Preceded by Mihaly Karolyi Name Sandor Garbai | Nationality Hungarian | |
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Born 27 March 1879Kiskunhalas, Hungary ( 1879-03-27 ) Political party Social Democratic Party of Hungary, Hungarian Socialist Party | ||
Communist bela kun and socialist sandor garbai outside the hungarian parliament b hd stock footage
Sándor Garbai (27 March 1879 – 7 November 1947) was a Hungarian socialist politician.
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- Communist bela kun and socialist sandor garbai outside the hungarian parliament b hd stock footage
- Political career
- References
Political career
He came to power as both prime minister and de facto president in March 1919 in alliance with the Communists, and proclaimed a Soviet Republic. Although Garbai remained titular head of the Hungarian Soviet Republic for most of its length, practical authority was in the hands of Communist foreign minister Béla Kun.
Mátyás Rákosi later joked that the revolution's Jewish leaders took the gentile Garbai in so that they would have somebody to sign the death sentences on Shabbat.
References
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