Árpád Szakasits, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Árpád Szakasits

Hungarian politician

Date of Birth: 06-Dec-1888

Place of Birth: Budapest, Hungary

Date of Death: 03-May-1965

Profession: mayor, politician, Esperantist, journalist

Nationality: Hungary

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

Árpád Szakasits (Hungarian: ['a?rpa?d 's?k??it??]; 6 December 1888 – 3 May 1965) was a Hungarian Social Democrat, then Communist politician.
He served as the country's head of state from 1948 to 1950, the first Communist to hold the post. A longtime leader of the Hungarian Social Democratic Party, he supported its merger with the Hungarian Communist Party to form the Hungarian Working People's Party.
When President Zoltán Tildy was forced to resign, Szakasits was named his successor on 3 August 1948 as part of the final stage of the Communists' complete takeover of the country. After the adoption of a new Soviet-style Constitution in 1949, the presidency was replaced with a Presidential Council, and Szakasits became its chairman on 23 August 1949, serving until 26 April 1950. Szakasits was an Esperantist for over 40 years, attended Esperanto congresses, and was a member of the International Patron Committee for the World Esperanto Congress in 1959.