Jozsef Revai
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About
Hungarian politician who served as Minister of Culture from 1949 to 1953 and was a founder of the Communist Party of Hungary.
Before fame
He spent ten years in the Soviet Union during the 1930s and '40s.
Trivia
His Communist Party of Hungary was re-named the Hungarian Working People's Party in 1948. The party further morphed into the Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party.
Family life
He was born into a Jewish family in Budapest, Hungary.
Associated with
He was a contemporary of Austrian-born philosopher and fellow Communist, Arthur Koestler.
