László Piros

László Piros (10 May 1917 – 13 January 2006) was a Hungarian communist politician and military officer, who served as Interior Minister between 1954 and 1956.

László Piros
Minister of the Interior of Hungary
In office 6 June 1954 – 27 October 1956
Prime Minister	Imre Nagy András Hegedüs Imre Nagy
Preceded by	Ernő Gerő
Succeeded by	Ferenc Münnich
Personal details
Born	(1917-05-10)10 May 1917 Újkígyós, Austria-Hungary
Died	13 January 2006(2006-01-13) (aged 88) Szeged, Hungary
Political party	Hungarian Communist Party, Hungarian Worker's Party, MSZMP
Profession	politician

The native form of this personal name is Piros László. This article uses Western name order when mentioning individuals.

Career

He fought in the Second World War, but he was captured by the Soviets at Voronezh (January 1943). After that he took part in the antifascist movements. Piros worked as a partisan during the end of the war. He was a member of the Provisional National Assembly.

Following the arrest of Gábor Péter, Piros led State Protection Authority (ÁVH) from 1953. As Interior Minister he reexamined the previous years' show trials.

During the Hungarian Revolution of 1956 he left the country along with Ernő Gerő and András Hegedüs to the Soviet Union. Later he returned to home.

References

• Az 1956-os Magyar Forradalom Történetének Dokumentációs és Kutatóintézete Közalapítvány

Political offices
Preceded by Gábor Péter	Head of State Protection Authority 1953–1956	Succeeded by office disestablished
Preceded by Ernő Gerő	Minister of the Interior 1954–1956	Succeeded by Ferenc Münnich