András Hegedüs

András Hegedüs
Hegedüs in 1956
Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the People's Republic of Hungary
In office
18 April 1955  24 October 1956
Chairman of the PresidencyIstván Dobi
First SecretaryMátyás Rákosi
Ernő Gerő
Preceded byImre Nagy
Succeeded byImre Nagy
Personal details
Born(1922-10-31)31 October 1922
Szilsárkány, Kingdom of Hungary
Died23 October 1999(1999-10-23) (aged 76)
Budapest, Hungary
Political partyHungarian Communist Party,
Hungarian Working People's Party,
Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party
OccupationPolitician, sociologist

András Hegedüs (Hungarian: [ˈɒndraːʃ ˈhɛɡɛdyʃ]; 31 October 1922 – 23 October 1999) was a Hungarian Communist politician who served as Chairman of the Council of Ministers from 1955 to 1956. He fled to the Soviet Union on 28 October, the fifth day of the Hungarian Revolution of 1956, but returned in 1958 and taught sociology.