Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party Magyar Szocialista Munkáspárt
First leader	János Kádár
Last leader	Károly Grósz
Founded	October 25, 1956
Dissolved	October 7, 1989
Preceded by	Hungarian Working People's Party
Succeeded by	Hungarian Socialist Party, Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party
Headquarters	Budapest, People's Republic of Hungary
Ideology	Communism, Marxism-Leninism, "Goulash Socialism"
International affiliation	Comecon
Official colors	Red, White, Green (Colours of the Hungarian flag)

The Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party (Magyar Szocialista Munkáspárt (MSZMP) in Hungarian) was the ruling communist party of Hungary during the Cold War between 1956 and 1989. It was organised from parts of the Hungarian Working People's Party, during the 1956 Hungarian Revolution. On November 4 1956 the party fell under the sway of János Kádár and the Soviet Union.

In 1989 it separated into two parties: the majority Hungarian Socialist Party and the minority Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party.

[edit] General Secretaries of the Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party

• Janos Kadar October 25, 1956–May 22, 1988
• Karoly Grosz May 22, 1988–October 7, 1989

[edit] See also

• Politics of Hungary
• List of political parties in Hungary

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