Pál Ilku

Pál Ilku
Minister of Education of Hungary
In office 13 September 1961 – 13 July 1973
Preceded by	Valéria Benke
Succeeded by	Miklós Nagy
Personal details
Born	(1912-10-08)8 October 1912 Bulcsu, Kingdom of Hungary
Died	13 July 1973(1973-07-13) (aged 60) Budapest, People's Republic of Hungary
Political party	MKP, MDP, MSZMP
Profession	politician

The native form of this personal name is Ilku Pál. This article uses Western name order when mentioning individuals.

Pál Ilku (8 October 1912 – 13 July 1973) was a Hungarian soldier and politician, who served as Minister of Education from 1961 until his death. He had significant part in the organizing of the police strengths (pufajkások) which consolidated the János Kádár regime after the crushing of the Hungarian Revolution of 1956.

References

• Magyar Életrajzi Lexikon