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Hungarian National Party (Czechoslovakia)
Hungarian National Party ( hu, Magyar Nemzeti Párt, MNP, cs, Maďarská národní strana, sk, Maďarská národná strana) was one of political parties of Hungarians in Slovakia, ethnic Hungarians in the First Republic of Czechoslovakia. The party was founded in February 1920 in Komárno under the name National Hungarian Smallholder and Farmer Party (''Országos Magyar Kisgazda és Földműves Párt''). From May 1925 it used the name National Hungarian Smallholders, Farmers and Small-business Party (''Országos Magyar Kisgazda, Földműves és Kisiparos Párt''), often abbreviated as Hungarian Smallholders Party (''Magyar Kisgazda Párt''). In 1925 the name was changed to Hungarian National Party (''Magyar Nemzeti Párt''). On June 21, 1936 the party merged with Provincial Christian-Socialist Party (OKszP), another large Hungarian party, into the United Hungarian Party (''Egyesült Magyar Párt'', EMP) led by János Esterházy as national executive chairman (until then leader of O ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hungarians In Slovakia
Hungarians are the largest ethnic minority in Slovakia. According to th2021 Slovak census 422,065 people (or 7.75% of the population) declared themselves Hungarians, while 462,175 (8.48% of the population) stated that Hungarian was their mother tongue. Hungarians in Slovakia are concentrated mostly in the southern part of the country, near the border with Hungary. They form the majority in two districts, Komárno and Dunajská Streda. History The First Czechoslovak Republic (1918–1938) Origins of the Hungarian minority After the defeat of the Central Powers on the Western Front in 1918, the Treaty of Trianon was signed between the winning Entente powers and Hungary in 1920 at the Paris Peace Conference. The treaty greatly reduced the Kingdom of Hungary's borders, including ceding all of Upper Hungary to Czechoslovakia, in which Slovaks made up the dominant ethnicity. In consideration of the strategic and economic interests of their new ally, Czechoslovakia, the vict ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
