Hungarian Christian Democratic Movement
Hungarian Christian Democratic Movement Magyar Kereszténydemokrata Mozgalom Maďarské kresťanskodemokratické hnutie | |
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| Abbreviation | MKDM/MKDH, MKH/MKM |
| Leader | Béla Bugár |
| Founded | 1990 |
| Dissolved | 18 March 1998 |
| Merged into | Party of the Hungarian Coalition |
| Membership (1997) | 30,000[1] |
| Ideology | Hungarian minority interests Christian democracy[2] Conservatism[1] |
| Political position | Centre-right |
| European affiliation | European People's Party (observer) |
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The Hungarian Christian Democratic Movement (Hungarian: Magyar Kereszténydemokrata Mozgalom, Slovak: Maďarské kresťanskodemokratické hnutie, MKDM) was a political party in Czechoslovakia and Slovakia between 1990 and 1998. The party was led by Béla Bugár.
History
[edit]The party was established in 1990 and allied with Coexistence to take part in the general elections that year.[3] In the elections to the Czechoslovakian Federal Assembly the alliance won five seats in the Chamber of the People and seven in the Chamber of the Nations. In the elections to the National Council of Slovakia the alliance won 14 seats.
The parties maintained their alliance for the 1992 elections,[4] maintaining the same number of seats in the Federal Assembly and the Slovak National Council.
In 1994 the party allied with Coexistence and the Hungarian Civic Party to form the Hungarian Coalition.[5] In the elections that year the coalition won seventeen seats (seven of which were MKDM members),[6] making it the third largest party in the National Council. The three parties officially merged into the Party of the Hungarian Coalition on 18 March 1998.[7]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Szomolimyil, Sofia; Meseznikov, Grzgorij (1997). "Das Parteiensystem der Slowakei". Parteiensysteme in postkommunistischen Gesellschaften Osteuropas (PDF). p. 145, 155. ISBN 978-3-322-85102-4. Retrieved 18 May 2023.
- ^ "The Christian Element in the Party Landscape of Slovakia". March 13, 2006. Retrieved 18 May 2023.
- ^ Dataset: Slovakia: Parliamentary Election 1990 European Election Database
- ^ Dataset: Slovakia: Parliamentary Election 1992 European Election Database
- ^ Janusz Bugajski (2002) Political Parties of Eastern Europe: A Guide to Politics in the Post-Communist Era, ME Sharpe, p318
- ^ Bugajski, p319
- ^ Hungarians in the Slovak Government NISPAcee
- Political parties established in 1990
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- Political parties of minorities in Czechoslovakia