16h 34min, aug 1, 1948 y - Communists formally take over Hungary
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The non-communists won the 1945 elections in Hungary and appointed Zoltan Tildy as their president. However, the Communists' leader, Rakosi, took control of the secret police (the AVO), and executed and arrested his opponents. Tildy was then forced to resign and Cardinal Mindzenty, head of the Catholic Church, was imprisoned. By 1948, Rakosi had complete control of Hungary.
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