Second Hungarian Republic
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Central European state between 1946 and 1949
Key facts
- 1946
- 93,073 km (35,936 sq mi)
- 1947
- 93,011 km (35,912 sq mi)
- 1949
- 93,011 km (35,912 sq mi)
- Capital and largest city
- Budapest
- Official languages
- Hungarian
- Religion
- Christianity (majority) , Judaism (minority)
- Demonym
- Hungarian
- Government
- Unitary parliamentary republic
- 1946 1948
- Zoltán Tildy
- 1948 1949
- Árpád Szakasits
- 1946 1947
- Ferenc Nagy
- 1947 1948
- Lajos Dinnyés
- Legislature
- National Assembly
- Historical era
- Cold War
- Monarchy abolished
- 1 February 1946
- Paris peace treaty
- 10 February 1947
- Communist coup
- 31 May 1947
- Blue ballot elections
- 31 August 1947
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- sovereign state
- Official name
- Magyar Köztársaság
- Country
- Second Hungarian Republic
- Continent
- Europe
- Capital
- Budapest
- Official language
- Hungarian
- Currency
- Hungarian adópengő
- Population
- 9204779
- Form of government
- parliamentary republic
- Anthem
- Himnusz
- Flag
- flag of Hungary
- Coat of arms
- Coat of arms of Hungary
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- inception
- 1946-02-01
- dissolved, abolished or demolished date
- 1949-08-20
- replaces
- Kingdom of Hungary
- replaced by
- Hungarian People's Republic
- language used
- Hungarian
- native label
- Magyar Köztársaság
- short name
- Венгрия
- Commons category
- Republic of Hungary
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Encyclopedic overview
Today part ofHungary Slovakia
The Second Hungarian Republic was the Hungarian state that existed as a parliamentary republic briefly established after the disestablishment of the Kingdom of Hungary on 1 February 1946. It was itself dissolved on 20 August 1949 and succeeded by the Soviet-backed Hungarian People's Republic.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Second Hungarian Republic” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.