a member of that delegation which took over the returned Holy Crown from U.S. Secretary of State Cyrus Vance in the Hungarian Parliament Building. In the summer of 1987, when the highest party and state offices' major personnel changes were made (although most senior official only got another post, the same cadres stayed), Lázár was appointed Deputy Secretary-General of the Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party (i.e. deputy for Kádár). Károly Grósz succeeded him in the position of Prime Minister. The previous Deputy Secretary-General Károly Németh became Chairman of the Hungarian Presidential Council following the retiring Pál Losonczi. Retirement and later life In May 1988 at the party's national conference, when Kádár was replaced, Lázár was one of the few ancient leaders who were not elected to the new Central Committee. He lost all of his party functions. Lázár was retired in 1988. Since then, he has lived away from the public view. In 2011 the issue of the former communist leaders and senior officials' high state pensions were highlighted. His name appeared on Heti Válasz'''s list, as well as the names of Béla Biszku or István Kovács. He died on 2 October 2014 at the age of 90 in Budapest. He was buried without publicity, his family informed Népszabadság'' on Lázár's death on 30 October 2014. References Sources Bölöny, József – Hubai, László: Magyarország kormányai 1848–2004 [Cabinets of Hungary 1848–2004], Akadémiai Kiadó, Budapest, 2004 (5th edition). Ezenanapon: Lázár György (Hungarian) Hungarian History, glossary, 1968–1990 (Hungarian) 1924 births 2014 deaths People from Isaszeg Hungarian Communist Party politicians Members of the Hungarian Working People's Party Members of the Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party Prime Ministers of Hungary Members of the National Assembly of Hungary (1975–1980) Members of the National Assembly of Hungary (1980–1985) Members of the National Assembly of Hungary (1985–1990) Soviet military personnel of World War II Hungarian prisoners of war World War II prisoners of war held by the Soviet Union