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János Csorba (Makó, 9 August 1897 - Budapest, 11 September 1986) Hungarian lawyer, small-town politician, after the German occupation Budapest's first mayor, during the 1956 Revolution, was the leader of the newly formed Smallholders' Party.

During and after the Revolution[]

János Csorba was a member of the provisional commission of the Smallholders Party, from October 30 to November 4, 1956, until the Soviet army was involved, according to a newspaper report by the chairman of the committee. He retired in 1970.

His political views during the Revolution He supported Mr Prime Minister Imre Nagy's measures and plans for the withdrawal of the Warsaw Pact, the declaration of neutrality of the country and the complaint to the UN against the Soviet intervention.

As head of the reorganized Smallholders Party, however, he went far beyond his demands as those who waited for Imre Nagy to reform the Communist regime. He agreed with those who wanted to pursue the revolution and set up a new government of pure people who did not participate in the politics of the last ten years, which made the country decay.

"Imre Nagy should not delay and urgently need to call a coalition government that is in line with the country's internal political relations. Any delay is a serious responsibility," said Csorbát on November 3, 1956, the Hungarian Nation.

Earlier, on 1 November, in Truth, Csorba made more precise statements about his demands: he wanted a new coalition government on the basis of the 1945 party ratios, a new constitution, the termination of the Presidential Council and the restoration of the republic (the state form was then a people's republic)

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