Background
Grosz, Karoly was born in 1930 in Miskolc, Hungary, WORLD0.
Grosz, Karoly was born in 1930 in Miskolc, Hungary, WORLD0.
Student, Eötvös Lóránd University, Budapest, Hungry.
Official, Center Apparatus of the Party, Hungary, 1950; officer, Hungarian People's Army head department, Borsod-Abauj-Zemplén County Party Committee, 1954; managing editor, Észak-Magyarország Daily, 1958; member political staff, Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party secretary committee Hungarian radio and television, Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party, 1962-1968; deputy head department central committee, Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party, 1968-1973; 1st secretary Fejér County Committee, Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party, 1973; head department central committee, Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party, 1974-1979; 1st secretary Borsod-Abauj-Zemplén County Committee, Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party, 1979-1984; member central committee, Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party, 1980-1996; 1st secretary Budapest Party Committee, Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party, 1984-1987; member Political Center Committee, Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party, 1985-1996; prime minister, Republic of Hungary, 1987-1988; general secretary central committee, Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party, 1988-1989; general secretary politburo, Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party, 1989.
HSWP Political Committee 1985-1989, General Secretary April-October 1989.
Married Éva Csontó; children: Iván, Péterritory.