Having held a de facto leadership role in the country for several years, Rákosi consolidated crucial positions within both the Communist Party and the state.

The role of the collection minister was assumed by József Tisza, who had previously served as the National Planning Office deputy president.

An independent Ministry of Higher Education was established, headed by academician Tibor Erdey-Grúz, a chemistry professor and general secretary of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences.

Gyula Décsi, who had previously been a lieutenant colonel of the ÁVH before his Ministry of Justice assignment starting in 1950, was arrested on January 16, 1953, after two months as minister.

Having held trade union positions subsequently, she was replaced by Sándor Zsoldos, the head of the health department of the Somogy County Council.

Mátyás Rákosi concurrently held the roles of President of the Council of Ministers and Secretary General of the MDP, the latter being a position he retained.

Deputy Prime Minister Károly Kiss, who chaired the Central Control Committee (KEB) of the MKP, MDP, and MSZMP uninterrupted from 1946 to 1957, held his relinquished government positions simultaneously.

Minister of National Defense Mihály Farkas, a staunch ally of Rákosi, was removed from the Political Committee in June and temporarily held no position.

Some politicians removed from the government secured high state positions as compensation: Foreign Minister Erik Molnár was elected President of the Supreme Court by the Parliament on the day the new government was formed, and Minister of Culture József Révai was chosen as Deputy President of the Presidential Council.

Two former government members transitioned to managing central offices under the government: Deputy Prime Minister Árpád Házi assumed the presidency of the State Control Center (a position he had already held from 1949 to 1951), and István Kossa, Minister of General Machine Industry, led the Office of Manpower Reserves.

Minister of Justice Béla Kovács, who became a miner after completing a one-year military academy in 1950, led the Ministry of Defense's judicial group.