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This article gives an overview ofliberalism and radicalism inHungary. It is limited toliberal andradicalparties with substantial support, mainly proved by having had a representation in parliament. Modern Hungarian liberalism mostly opposesViktor Orbán's government since 2010 and claims it to beundemocratic,quasi-democratic orhybrid.

From the start ofliberalism inHungary its program is combined with the struggle for independence from the Habsburg-rule and thus more autonomy in the country's affairs in relation with theAustrian Empire and laterAustria-Hungary. The two realists groups, Deákists and Kossuthists, differ in their attitude towards the Habsburg rulers. Both groups had a conservativeliberal or evenconservative philosophy by the beginning of the 20th century.^[1]

In the antebellum period, liberalism was very successful and led by the party of Károlyi, but after the communist revolution of 1919, and during the conservative regency, liberalism became limited to small city-based parties. After the 1988 end of communist rule, liberalism reconstituted itself in theAlliance of Free Democrats (Szabad Demokraták Szövetsége, memberLI,ELDR), a center market liberal party. Originally also theYoung Democrats chose a liberal profile, but soon they developed into a national-conservative party.

• 1847: Liberal opposition led byFerenc Deák andLajos Kossuth formed theOpposition Party.^[2]
• 1849: The party is banned.

• 1849: Radical liberals formed the illegalRadical Party.
• 1868: The party joined with the new 1848 Party.

• 1861: The moderate followers ofFerenc Deák formed theAddress Party.^[3]
• 1866: After a compromise with the Austrian rulers, the party is reorganized into theconservative liberalDeák Party.
• 1875: The party merged with the conservativeLeft Centre into the conservative liberalLiberal Party.
• 1876: The liberal wing seceded as theIndependent Liberal Party.
• 1899: The National Party joined the party.
• 1904: The National Party seceded from the party.
• 1906: The party was dissolved.

• 1867: Going back to the traditions of the Opposition, liberals formed theIndependence and 1848 Party.
• 1868: The party united with the former radicals into theIndependence and 1848 Party.
• 1874: A faction seceded and formed theIndependence Party.
• 1884: The parties reunited into theIndependence and 1848 Party.
• 1895: An agrarian faction formed theIndependence and 1848 Party of Ug.
• 1904: The parties reunited.
• 1905: The National Party joined.
• 1908: A left-wing faction seceded as the Left Party.
• 1909: A conservative faction formed the1848 Independence Kossuth Party.
• 1910: The Left Party rejoined the party.
• 1912: The radicalCountrywide Republican Party seceded.
• 1913: The party merged with the1848 Independence Kossuth Party intothe United Independence and 1848 Party.
• 1916: The liberal wing seceded as theIndependence and 1848 Károlyi Party.
• 1919: The party, now a conservative party, is renamedIndependence and 1848 Party

and in 1924, it was renamed theKossuth Party. It was disbanded by 1945.

• 1874: A faction of the 1848 Party formed theIndependence Party.
• 1884: The parties reunited into theIndependence and 1848 Party.

• 1876: The liberal wing of the Liberal Party formed theIndependent Liberal Party.
• 1878: It joined the more conservative groups and theUnited Opposition was formed.
• 1881: The party is reorganised into theModerate Opposition.
• 1891: The party is renamedNational Party.
• 1899: It joined theLiberal Party.
• 1904: The party seceded from theLiberal Party.
• 1905: It joined theIndependence and 1848 Party.

• 1894: Budapest liberals formed theCivic Democratic Party.
• 1900: The party is reorganized into a national party and namedCivic Democratic Party.
• 1918: The party split into theNational Socialist Party and theLiberal Citizen's Party.
• 1919: The parties reunited into theNational Democratic Party.
• 1926: The party merged with theFKFPP into theIndependent National Democratic Party.
• 1928: The formerFKPP secedes and the party is renamedNational Democratic Party.
• 1942: The party was dissolved.
• 1944: The party is reorganized into theCivic Democratic Party.
• 1949: ThePDP joined the left-wing non-MarxistHungarian Radical Party.

• 1908: A left-wing faction of theIndependence and 1848 Party formed theLeft Party.
• 1910: The party rejoined withthe Independence and 1848 Party.

• 1912: A radical faction of theIndependence and 1848 Party formed theCountrywide Republican Party.
• 1913: The party is banned.

• 1916: The liberal wing of theUnited Independence and1848 Party formed theIndependence and 1848 Party, led byMihály Károlyi.
• 1919: After a communist coup, the party is dissolved.

• 1916: Radical liberals formed theCountrywide Civic Radical Party.
• 1919: The party was dissolved.

• 1918: A faction of theCivic Democratic Party formed theLiberal Citizens' Party.
• 1919: The parties reunited into theNational Democratic Party.

• 1921:Károly Rassay formed, in an attempt to find liberal support outside the cities, the liberalIndependence Party of Smallholders, Agrarian Workers and Citizens.^[4]
• 1926: The party merged into theIndependent National Democratic Party.
• 1928: The party is reconstituted as theNational Liberal Party.
• 1934: The party is renamed theCivic Freedom Party.
• 1944: The remnants of the party joined theCivic Democratic Party.

• 1988: Just before the collapse of the communist regime, the liberalAlliance of Free Democrats party was formed.
• 2010: TheAlliance of Free Democrats fell out of theParliament, and split into several parties.
• 2013: Former SZDSZ members founded theHungarian Liberal Party.
• 2020s: MLP became inactive and de facto merged intoDemocratic Coalition

• 2015: TheMomentum Movement has been founded.
• 2017: Momentum Movement became a party.

• Lajos Kossuth,Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Hungary from 1848 to 1849,Governor-President of the Hungarian State in 1849
• Ferenc Deák,Minister of Justice in 1848
• Kálmán Tisza,Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Hungary from 1875 to 1890
• Kálmán Ghyczy,Minister of Finance from 1874 to 1875

• Mihály Károlyi,Prime Minister and 1stPresident of Hungary after theAster Revolution from 1918 to 1919
• Árpád Göncz, 1st non-communistPresident of Hungary from 1990 to 2000, member of the Alliance of Free Democrats

• History of Hungary
• Politics of Hungary
• List of political parties in Hungary
• Politics in 19th-century Hungary

• Liberalism and radicalism by country
• Politics of Hungary

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