With the dissolution of the Presidential Council, Szűrös became provisional president under the 1949 Constitution and made the official proclamation that Hungary had removed the "People's" from its official name and was now simply the Republic of Hungary.
With the dissolution of the Presidential Council, Szűrös became provisional president under the 1949 Constitution, which had been almost completely rewritten to remove its Communist character. On October 23, he made the official proclamation that Hungary had removed the "People's" from its official name and was now simply the Republic of Hungary.