János Kádár , (born János Csermanek , marked) is a politician Hungarian born in Fiume (now Rijeka) the May 26th 1912 and died with Budapest the July 6th 1989.

Natural child, of modest condition, rudimentary formation, he becomes mechanic of precision and trade-union activist as of the 17 years age. He adheres to the clandestine communist movement in 1931. Imprisoned, it goes up in the hierarchy of the party and fact proof of an unquestionable talent of organizer. In 1943, he is member of the Central committee which decides to transform the Hungarian Communist party into party of peace, taking with the letter dissolution Komintern.

In 1945, Kádár is one of the hopes of the Hungarian party and occupies of the stations of high responsibility: member of the Political office, assistant general secretary, Minister of Interior Department, chief of the Secret police (1948 - 1951).

Victim of a purging, suspecté of Titoism, it will be imprisoned because of its participation in the central committee of 1943 and its decision of dissolution. (1951 - 1953). It had however served the Stalinist policy well and had not criticized the inculpation, the lawsuit and the execution of his/her comrade and friendly László Rajk.

Released in 1954 by Imre Nagy, Prime Minister of a reforming current, it hesitates to take party between the reformers and the Stalinist ones. During the insurrection of the November 4th 1956, Kadar will be initially favorable to insurgent then will form a shadow governement which will support the Soviet intervention. He was chief of the government after the crushing of the national movement (1956 - 1958, 1961 - 1965). He directed the Communist party of 1956 to 1988 (first secretary and member of praesidium of 1956 with 1985, general secretary since 1985). He got busy to liberalize the mode within the limit of the socialist system.

He is deceased the July 6th 1989, the very same day where the Supreme court of Hungary solemnly rehabilitated Imre Nagy and its companions that Kádár had made carry out in 1958, while declaring null and not avenue their judgment, i.e. by destroying the political thesis on which the mode of Kádár had drawn its legitimacy.

According to a survey published fine 2006,65  % of the Hungarians judge that Kádár played a positive role in the history of the country.

The tomb of Kádár in the Cimetière Kerepesi with Budapest was profaned on May 1st, 2007. Close to the tomb an inscription was saying that “an assassin and a traitor cannot rest in a crowned ground”. Majority of the bones of Kádár, whose its cranium, were stolen.

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