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First Hungarian Republic
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former country (1918–1919)
Key facts
- 1920
- 7,980,143
- Common languages
- German Slovak Croatian Romanian
- Demonym
- Hungarian
- Government
- People's republic
- Nov 1918 mar 1919
- Mihály Károlyi
- Mar 1919 aug 1919
- interregnum
- Aug 1919
- Gyula Peidl (acting)
- Oct 1918 jan 1919
- Mihály Károlyi (first)
- Legislature
- National Council
- Historical era
- Interwar period
- Aster revolution
- 31 October 1918
- Establishment
- 16 November 1918
- Beginning of the hungarian romanian war
- 13 November 1918
- Beginning of the hungarian czechoslovak
- November 1918
- Vix note
- 26 February 1919
- Soviet overthrow
- 21 March 1919
- Re establishment
- 1 August 1919
- Nationalist overthrow
- 8 August 1919
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- people's republic
- Country
- First Hungarian Republic
- Continent
- Europe
- Capital
- Budapest
- Official language
- Hungarian
- Currency
- Austro-Hungarian krone
- Form of government
- republic
- Anthem
- Himnusz
- Flag
- flag of Hungary
- Coat of arms
- Coat of arms of Hungary
- Significant event
- Aster Revolution
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- inception
- 1918-11-16
- dissolved, abolished or demolished date
- 1919-03-21
- replaces
- Kingdom of Hungary
- replaced by
- Hungarian Soviet Republic
- different from
- Hungarian People's Republic
- Commons category
- History of Hungary between the World Wars
- native label
- Magyar Népköztársaság
- language used
- Hungarian
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The First Hungarian Republic (Hungarian: Első Magyar Köztársaság), until 21 March 1919 the Hungarian People's Republic (Magyar Népköztársaság), was the short-lived unrecognized Hungarian state, which quickly transformed into a small rump state due to the foreign and military policy of the doctrinaire pacifist Károlyi government. It existed from 16 November 1918 until 8 August 1919, apart from a 133-day interruption in the form of the Hungarian Soviet Republic. The republic was established in the wake of the dissolution of Austria-Hungary following World War I as a replacement for the Kingdom of Hungary. During the rule of Count Mihály Károlyi's pacifist cabinet, Hungary lost control over approximately 75% of its former pre-World War I territories, which was about 325,411 km (125,642 sq mi), without armed resistance and was subjected to unhindered foreign occupation. It was in turn succeeded by the Hungarian Soviet Republic but re-established following its demise, and ultimately replaced by the Hungarian Republic.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “First Hungarian Republic” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.