István Oláh | |
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| Minister of Defence of Hungary | |
| In office 6 December 1984 – 15 December 1985 | |
| President | János Kádár |
| Preceded by | Lajos Czinege |
| Succeeded by | Ferenc Kárpáti |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1926-12-16)16 December 1926 Nádudvar, Hungary |
| Died | 15 December 1985(1985-12-15) (aged 58)[1] |
| Political party | Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance |  Hungarian People's Republic |
| Branch/service |  Hungarian People's Army |
| Years of service | 1945–1985 |
| Rank | Army General |
István Oláh (16 December 1926 – 15 December 1985) was aHungarian military officer and politician, who served asMinister of Defence from 1984 until his death.
In 1945, he became a volunteer in theHungarian People's Army. That same year he joined the Communist Party.[2] In 1949 he graduated from the Kossuth Military Academy. In 1964, he studied at theVoroshilov Soviet Higher Military Academy. From 1966 to 1973, he rose through the ranks of the Hungarian People's Army. He had been serving as a Deputy Minister of Defense of the Hungarian People's Army since 1966.[3] In 1975, he was made a permanent member of the Central Committee of the Hungarian Socialist Workers Party.[4] He was the Minister of Defense after the removal ofLajos Czinege.[5]
Oláh died on 15 December 1985, a day before his 59th birthday.[6] He was buried inKerepesi Cemetery. Conspiracy theories about his death arose has his death occurred at a time when the defense ministers of theSoviet Union,Czechoslovakia andEast Germany had also died within the same year. It gave rise to assumptions by the media about a specially held action by the Western special services to eliminate the supporters of a forceful solution to the1981 Polish hunger demonstrations.[7]
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| Preceded by | Minister of Defence 1984–1985 | Succeeded by |
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