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| The Encyclopedia of World History. 2001. |
| 1952, Aug. 14 | |
| István Dobi formally resigned as premier and was succeeded by Mátyás Rákosi. | 1 |
| 1953, Feb. 21 | |
| A purge, reportedly dictated by a visiting Soviet group, took a toll of 30 Jewish Communist leaders. | 2 |
| July 2 | |
| Following a shakeup of the top Communist leadership, the government resigned. The next day, parliament reelected István Dobi to the presidency and Imre Nagy to the vice presidency. On July 4 Prime Minister Rákosi resigned, as a concession to the farmers and consumers, to make way for the new premier, Imre Nagy. | 3 |
| The Encyclopedia of World History, Sixth edition. Peter N. Stearns, general editor. Copyright © 2001 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Maps by Mary Reilly, copyright © 2001 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. | |
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