What type of details about istván kossa  can be gathered from the following bio?  Bio: istván kossa -lrb- 31 march 1904 -- 9 april 1965 -rrb- was a hungarian politician , who served as minister of finance twice : between 1949 -- 1950 and between 1956-1957 . after the secondary grammar school 's accomplishment he worked in budapest as a tram conductor . he joined to the social democratic party in 1923 . he took a part in the trade union opposition 's fights actively as member of the left-wing tram alliance . he was elected to the position of the general secretary of the alliance in 1933 . in this same year he was arrested along with other members of the leadership . kossa was taken to the eastern front in 1942 , where he and many other prisoners joined to the soviet troops . on november 1944 he returned to home to make a connection with the hungarian communist party and the hungarian front . after the war kossa led many offices -lrb- for example council of the trade union -rrb- . from 1945 he worked as a member of the hungarian working people 's party 's central leadership and the national assembly of hungary . kossa was appointed minister of industry on 5 august 1948 , later served as minister of finance until 24 february 1950 . from 5 january 1952 to 2 july 1953 he was the minister of metallurgical and machine industry . in 1955 he worked for the national planning board as first deputy chairman . from 24 october 1956 he served as minister of finance again . until his retirement -lrb- 1963 -rrb- he was the minister of transport and post . he was also member of the hungarian socialist workers ' party 's central committee until his death .
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