István Kossa, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

István Kossa

Hungarian politician

Date of Birth: 31-Mar-1904

Place of Birth: Balatonlelle, Somogy County, Hungary

Date of Death: 09-Apr-1965

Profession: politician, economist, Esperantist, trade unionist

Nationality: Hungary

Zodiac Sign: Aries


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About István Kossa

  • István Kossa (31 March 1904 – 9 April 1965) was a Hungarian politician, who served as Minister of Finance twice: between 1949–1950 and between 1956-1957.
  • After the secondary grammar school's accomplishment he worked in Budapest as a tram conductor.
  • He joined to the Social Democratic Party in 1923.
  • He took a part in the trade union opposition's fights actively as member of the left-wing Tram Alliance.
  • He was elected to the position of the general secretary of the alliance in 1933.
  • In this same year he was arrested along with other members of the leadership.
  • Kossa was taken to the Eastern Front in 1942, where he and many other prisoners joined to the Soviet troops. On November 1944 he returned to home to make a connection with the Hungarian Communist Party and the Hungarian front.
  • After the war Kossa led many offices (for example Council of the Trade Union).
  • From 1945 he worked as a member of the Hungarian Working People's Party's Central Leadership and the National Assembly of Hungary.
  • Kossa was appointed Minister of Industry on 5 August 1948, later served as Minister of Finance until 24 February 1950.
  • From 5 January 1952 to 2 July 1953 he was the Minister of Metallurgical and Machine Industry.
  • In 1955 he worked for the National Planning Board as first deputy chairman.
  • From 24 October 1956 he served as Minister of Finance again.
  • Until his retirement (1963) he was the Minister of Transport and Post.
  • He was also member of the Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party's Central Committee until his death.

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