József Révai

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The native form of this personal name is Révai József. This article uses the Western name order.

József Révai (born József Lederer; Budapest, 12 October 1898 – Budapest, 4 August 1959) Hungarian communist politician.

He was born to a Jewish family,^[1] he was one of the founders of the Communist Party of Hungary (Kommunisták Magyarországi Pártja; KMP) in 1918. He lived in the Soviet Union between 1934 and 1944. From 11 May to 27 September 1945 Révai was a member of the High National Council. Between 1945 and 1950 he was chief editor of Szabad Nép ("Free People").

He 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 another party. 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.

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).

Sources

Magyar Életrajzi Lexikon 1000–1990
Egyetemes Lexikon, Officina Nova Kiadó (1994).

References

↑ Anne Applebaum, Iron Curtain: The Crushing of Eastern Europe 1945-56, 2012, ISBN 0385515693, page 144

Political offices
Preceded by post created	Minister of Culture 1949–1953	Succeeded by József Darvas

v t e Ministers of Education of Hungary since 1848

Revolution of 1848	J. Eötvös Batthyány Horváth

Kingdom of Hungary	J. Eötvös Szlávy Pauler Trefort Baross Csáky L. Eötvös Wlassics Berzeviczy G. Lukács (*1865) Tost Apponyi Székely Zichy Jankovich Apponyi Zichy

Transition period	Lovászy Juhász Nagy Kunfi G. Lukács (*1885) Pogány (opposed by P. Teleki) Garbai Imre Huszár

Regency	Haller Jó. Vass Klebelsberg Ernszt Karafiáth Hóman P. Teleki Hóman Szinyei Merse Antal Rakovszky

Transition period	Rajniss Szálasi G. Teleki Keresztury

Communist Hungary	Ortutay Darvas Erdey-Grúz Kónya Kállai Benke Ilku Nagy Polinszky Pozsgay Köpeczi Czibere Glatz

Republic of Hungary	Andrásfalvy Mádl Fodor Magyar Pokorni Pálinkás Magyar Hiller

Ministers of Culture	Révai Darvas G. Lukács (*1885) Orbán Pozsgay Hámori Rockenbauer Görgey Hiller Bozóki

Minister of Religion	Já. Vass

Minister of Higher Education	Erdey-Grúz

Minister of National/Human Resources	Réthelyi Balog

Authority control	VIAF: 62591812 BNF: cb12771187h

Persondata
Name	Revai, Jozsef
Alternative names
Short description	Hungarian politician
Date of birth	12 October 1898
Place of birth
Date of death	4 August 1959
Place of death

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