title: István Kiss (sculptor)
text: # István Kiss (sculptor)
  
  István Kiss (Biharillye, 8 June 1927 – Szekszárd, 29 December 1997) was a Hungarian sculptor and a member of the Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party Central Committee between 1975 and 1989.
  
  ## Education
  
  Kiss attended secondary school at Nagyszalonta and Újpest. He graduated from the Könyves Kálmán Gimnázium [hu]. In 1946 he was student of András Kocsis and Imre Kovács Turáni. From 1948 to 1953 he was student of Zsigmond Kisfaludi Strobl and Sándor Mikus [hu] and Pál Pátzay at the Hungarian University of Fine Arts.
  
  ## Offices
  
  Kiss was a member of the Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party Central Committee between 22 March 1975 and 7 October 1989.
  
  ## Works
  
  One of his most notable sculptures is the Republic of Councils Monument (Hungarian: Tanácsköztársasági emlékmű), currently sitting at the Memento Park.
  
  