József Révai
József Révai (born József Lederer; 12 October 1898 – 4 August 1959) was a Hungarian communist politician, statesman and cultural ideologue.
Also recorded as Jozsef Revai
József Révai

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- Name
- József Révai
- Born
- 12 October 1898
- Birthplace
- Budapest, Austria-Hungary
- Birth Name
- József Lederer
- Died
- 4 August 1959
- Place of death
- Budapest, Hungary
- Occupation
- Politician, journalist, writer
- Full name
- Lederer József.
- Nationality
- Hungary.
- Honours
- Kossuth Prize.
- Languages
- Hungarian.
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• Name — József Révai • Order — Minister of Popular Culture • Prime Minister — István Dobi (1949–1952) Mátyás Rákosi (1952–1953) • Term Start — 11 June 1949 • Term End — 4 July 1953 • Predecessor — Gyula Ortutay (as Minister of Education) • Successor — József Darvas • Order2 — Member of the High National Council • Term Start2 — 11 May 1945 • Term End2 — 27 September 1945 • Alongside2 — Béla Miklós and Béla Zsedényi • Predecessor2 — Ernő Gerő • Successor2 — Mátyás Rákosi • Born — 12 October 1898 • Birthplace — Budapest, Austria-Hungary • Birth Name — József Lederer • Died — 4 August 1959 • Place of death — Budapest, Hungary • Occupation — Politician, journalist, writer • Party — Hungarian Communist Party (1918–1948) Hungarian Working People's Party (1948–1956) Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party (1956–1959) József Révai (born József Lederer; 12 October 1898 – 4 August 1959) was a Hungarian communist politician, statesman and cultural ideologue.
Life and career
Life and career
Révai was born to a middle-class Jewish family. He was one of the founders of the Communist Party of Hungary (Kommunisták Magyarországi Pártja; KMP) in 1918. Révai lived in the Soviet Union between 1934 and 1944. From 11 May to 27 September 1945 he was a member of the High National Council, and between 1945 and 1950 he was chief editor of Szabad Nép ("Free People"). Révai controlled all aspects of Hungary's cultural life from 1948 until 1953; from 1949 he was also the Minister of Culture. After 1953 his influence decreased. Between 1945–1956 he was a member of the Central Committee of his party, which was renamed in 1948 to Hungarian Working People's Party (Magyar Dolgozók Pártja; MDP) after merging with the Hungarian Social Democratic Party (Magyarországi Szociáldemokrata Párt, MSZDP). He was the member of the Political Committee (1945–1953; 1956). After the Workers' Party was dissolved and the Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party took over its role as the ruling Communist party, Révai became a member of the new party's Central Committee in 1957. He was vice-president to the Presidential Committee between 1953–1958. Révai died on August 4, 1959, after years of suffering from heart disease.
Works
Works
• Ady (Budapest, 1945) • Marxizmus és magyarság ("Marxism and the Hungarians"; Budapest, 1946) • Marxizmus és népiesség ("Marxism and Popularism"; Budapest, 1946) • Élni tudunk a szabadsággal ("We Can Live with Freedom"; Budapest, 1949) • Kulturális forradalmunk kérdései ("Questions about our Cultural Revolution"; Budapest, 1952) • Válogatott irodalmi tanulmányok ("Selected Essays in Literature", Budapest, 1960) • Válogatott történelmi írások I–II. ("Selected Essays in History I–II."; Budapest, 1966).
Identity and origins
Identity and origins
József Révai was recorded at birth as Lederer József. The authorities additionally record the heading Jozsef Revai. His recorded language was Hungarian. His recorded confession was Judaism. 2 children are recorded: János Révai and Gábor Révai.
Career and activity
Career and activity
Recorded positions include member of the National Assembly of Hungary, member of the Provisional National Assembly, Minister of Public Instruction, member of the Presidential Council of the Hungarian People's Republic and member of Central Committee of the Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party. He belonged to Hungarian Academy of Sciences. He worked at Budapest.

Parlament. Az első sorban balra Farkas Mihály, jobbra Révai József, a második sorban bal szélen Veres Péter, jobb szélen Harustyák József.
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Life and career
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1898
József Révai born at Budapest.
1959
József Révai died at Budapest.
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- 1.Anne Applebaum, Iron Curtain: The Crushing of Eastern Europe 1945–56, 2012, , p. 144
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- Magyar Életrajzi Lexikon 1000–1990
- Egyetemes Lexikon, Officina Nova Kiadó (1994).
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