Name assigned by coder: | no |
PGM ID Number: | 7 |
Country: | Hungary |
Date formed: | March 20, 1989 |
Accuracy of date formed: | year |
Details of Formation: | The PGM was established in 1956 after the Hungarian Uprising. |
Date dissolved: | Nov. 28, 1989 |
Accuracy of date dissolved: | day |
Details of Termination: | The Socialist Party’s proposal to integrate the militia into the national guard was turned down by parliament who voted to disband them altogether in 1989. In a referendum (58% turnout) people voted overwhelmingly (94-95%) to abolish the Workers’ Militia. |
Termination Type(s): | government defects |
Predecessor group(s): | none |
Successor group(s): | none |
Private Military Company? | no |
Former Group? | yes |
Former Armed Group? | yes |
Former Rebel Group? | no |
Former Rebel Group UCDP ID: | none |
PGM Becomes Rebel Group? | no |
Successor Rebel Group UCDP ID: | none |
Government Relation: | semi-official (type 2) |
Created by the Government?: | yes | Main Creating Government Institution: | governing party |
Government Link(s): | political party |
If link to party, name of party: | The Communist Party |
Training and Equipment: | no information |
Shared Information and Joint Operations: | no information |
Shared Personnel: | no information |
Type(s) of Material Support: | no information |
State Sponsor(s): | none |
Other Connection(s): |
Membership: | no information |
Primary Membership: | no information |
Alternative Primary Membership: | no information |
Location: | None |
Force Strength: | [53000, 60000] |
Target(s): | no information |
Purpose(s): | protect property and investment |
Ethnic Target(s): | none |
Quality of Information for Ethnic Targeting: | not applicable |
Ethnic Membership: | none |
Quality of Information for Ethnic Membership: | not applicable |
Ethnic Purpose: | none |
Quality of Information for Ethnic Purpose: | not applicable |
Other Information: | Imre Pozsgay stands on election promise that party's paramilitary workers' militia would be reduced from 60,000 to 40,000 members next year, its weapons placed under Defense Ministry control and its armed exercises discontinued. Also known as people's militia |
Purpose: | The Workers’ Militia was the private army of the Communist Party used for its protection. Another main task was to control the civilian population. |
Relative Benefit(s) of PGM Use | unknown |
Treatment of Civilians: | The group was used to control civilians after the 1956 uprising. |
Type(s) of Violence against Civilians: | unknown |
PGM Members Coerced? | no information |
PGM Members Paid? | no information |
Reasons for Membership: | |
PGM Members Killed? | no information |
Size: |
Weapons and Training: |
Organisation: | The PGM was under the control of the Interior Ministry. |