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
via Wikipedia infobox
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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.
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