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Second Hungarian Republic

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Also known as Hungarian Republic

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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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.