Ferenc Erdei

Ferenc Erdei
Minister of Justice of Hungary
In office
4 July 1953  30 October 1954
Prime MinisterImre Nagy
Preceded byBéla Kovács
Succeeded byErik Molnár
Minister of Agriculture of Hungary
In office
11 June 1949  4 July 1953
Prime MinisterIstván Dobi
Mátyás Rákosi
Preceded byIstván Csala
Succeeded byAndrás Hegedüs
In office
30 October 1954  15 November 1955
Prime MinisterImre Nagy
András Hegedüs
Preceded byAndrás Hegedüs
Succeeded byJános Matolcsi
Minister of the Interior of Hungary
In office
21 December 1944 (officially 27 March 1945)  15 November 1945
Prime MinisterBéla Miklós
Preceded byGábor Vajna
Succeeded byImre Nagy
Personal details
Born(1910-12-24)24 December 1910
Makó, Csanád County, Kingdom of Hungary, Austria-Hungary
Died11 May 1971(1971-05-11) (aged 60)
Budapest, Hungarian People's Republic
Political partyNPP (1939–1949)
MDP (1949–1956)
MSZMP (1956–1971)
ProfessionSociologist, politician

Ferenc Erdei (24 December 1910 11 May 1971) was a Hungarian politician and sociologist. Initially a member of the National Peasant Party (NPP), he supported the party's merging into the Hungarian Working People's Party (MDP) and held a number of ministerial positions after World War II and in the Hungarian People's Republic.