Hungarian National Party (Czechoslovakia)


Hungarian National Party was one of political parties of ethnic Hungarians in the First Republic of Czechoslovakia.
The party was founded in February 1920 in Komárom/Komárno as party of smallholders, under name Országos Magyar Kisgazda és Földműves Párt. From May 1925 it used name Országos Magyar Kisgazda, Földműves és Kisiparos Párt often abbreviated as Magyar Kisgazda Párt. In 1925 the name was changed to Magyar Nemzeti Párt. On June 21, 1936 the party merged with Országos Keresztényszocialista Párt, another large Hungarian party into Egyesült Magyar Párt led by János Esterházy as national executive chairman and Andor Jaross as national chairman. The main objective of the party was initially an autonomy for ethnically Hungarian parts in Slovakia. This stance was later revised, and the party advocated a revision of the Trianon Treaty. In the economic sphere, the party advocated free market and called for government support for smallholders and peasants.
After establishment of Slovak State which had about 65,000 ethnic Hungarians the party remained as one of few allowed political parties. During Slovak National Uprising the party was banned on the area controlled by insurgents. The ban was reconfirmed after the end of World War II.

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