Károly Grósz

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Károly Grósz
Grósz in 1986
General Secretary of the MSZMP
In office
22 May 1988 – 7 October 1989
Preceded byJános Kádár
Succeeded byEnd of communist rule
Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the People's Republic of Hungary
In office
25 June 1987 – 24 November 1988
Preceded byGyörgy Lázár
Succeeded byMiklós Németh
Personal details
Born(1930-08-01)1 August 1930
Miskolc, Hungary
Died7 January 1996(1996-01-07) (aged 65)
Gödöllő, Hungary
NationalityHungarian
Political partyHungarian Socialist Workers' Party (1956–1989)
Other political
affiliations
Hungarian Communist Party (1945–1949)
Hungarian Working People's Party (1949–1956)

Károly Grósz (1 August 1930 – 7 January 1996) was a Hungarian communist politician, who served as the General Secretary of the Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party from 1988 to 1989.