Hungarian National Party (Czechoslovakia)
Hungarian National Party (
The party was founded in February 1920 in Komárno under the name National Hungarian Smallholder and Farmer Party (Országos Magyar Kisgazda és Földműves Párt).[1] From May 1925 it used the name National Hungarian Smallholders, Farmers and Small-business Party (Országos Magyar Kisgazda, Földműves és Kisiparos Párt), often abbreviated as Hungarian Smallholders Party (Magyar Kisgazda Párt). In 1925 the name was changed to Hungarian National Party (Magyar Nemzeti Párt). On June 21, 1936 the party merged with Provincial Christian-Socialist Party (OKszP), another large Hungarian party, into the United Hungarian Party (Egyesült Magyar Párt, EMP) led by János Esterházy as national executive chairman (until then leader of OKszP) and Andor Jaross as national chairman.
The main objective of the party was initially an autonomy for ethnically Hungarian parts in
After establishment of
Footnotes
References
- Marek, Pavel (2000). "Politické strany maďarské menšiny". In Pavel Marek; et al. (eds.). Přehled politického stranictví na území českých zemí a Československa v letech 1861-1998. Olomouc: Katedra politologie a evropských studií ISBN 80-86200-25-6.
Literature
- Publications by historian Ladislav Deák (Slovak Academy of Sciences).
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