Lajos Drahos
Speaker of the National Assembly of Hungary
In office
23 August 1949 – 18 May 1951
Preceded byKároly Olt
Succeeded byImre Dögei
Personal details
Born(1895-03-07)7 March 1895
Budafok, Pest-Pilis-Solt-Kiskun County, Kingdom of Hungary
Died2 June 1983(1983-06-02) (aged 88)
Budapest, Hungarian People's Republic
Political partySZDP, MDP, MSZMP
Professionpolitician

Lajos Drahos (7 March 1895 – 2 June 1983) was a Hungarian Communist politician, who served as Speaker of the National Assembly of Hungary between 1949 and 1951.[1] He was the ambassador to Poland from May 1951 to his retirement (1955). He was unsuitable for his position, because he did not speak any foreign languages, and was unprepared and inexperienced in diplomacy.[2] A single viewpoint controlled the Communist decision makers at the time of their selection: reliability.[2]

References

  1. ^ "Drahos Lajos" (PDF). www.parlament.hu. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 July 2011.
  2. ^ a b Tischler, János. "A mi Rákosi elvtársunk jól van: Drahos Lajos, a félanalfabéta követ jelentései Varsóból". MagyarNemzet. Archived from the original on 27 September 2011.
Political offices Preceded byKároly Olt Speaker of the National Assembly 1949–1951 Succeeded byImre Dögei
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