Ernő Gerő was a Hungarian Communist leader in the period after World War II and briefly the most powerful man in Hungary in 1956, as leader of the ruling Hungarian Working People's Party.
- Occupation
- economist, politician, spy, civil servant
- Position held
- member of the National Assembly of Hungary, member of the Provisional National Assembly, Minister of Trade and Transport, Minister of Interior of Hungary
- Citizenship
- Hungary
- Born
- July 8, 1898
- Died
- March 12, 1980