"Kádár" meaning in english lexicon

(1912-1989) Hungarian communist leader, in power 1956–88, after suppressing the national uprising. As Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party (HSWP) leader and prime minister 1956–58 and 1961–65, Kádár introduced a series of market-socialist economic reforms, while retaining cordial political relations with the USSR. He was ousted as party general secretary May 1988 and forced into retirement May 1989.