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The Civic Freedom Party () was one of the two inter-war
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Hungary Hungary is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Spanning much of the Pannonian Basin, Carpathian Basin, it is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine to the northeast, Romania to the east and southeast, Serbia to the south, Croatia and ...
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History

The party was founded in 1921 by Károly Rassay as the Independent Party of Smallholders, Workers and Citizens (, FKFPP) as an attempt to mobilize voters for
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outside the cities. In the
1922 elections The following elections occurred in the year 1922. Africa * 1922 Southern Rhodesian government referendum Asia * 1922 Philippine House of Representatives elections * 1922 Philippine Senate elections * 1922 Philippine legislative election Europe ...
it ran alone, winning five seats, Nohlen, D & Stöver, P (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p908 and also in alliance with the National Democratic Party, with the joint list winning seven seats. For the
1926 elections The following elections occurred in the year 1926. Africa * 1926 Egyptian parliamentary election * 1926 Lagos by-election * 1926 Northern Rhodesian general election * 1926 South West African legislative election Asia * 1926 Hong Kong sanitary boa ...
it ran in alliance with the National Democratic Party under the name "United Left", winning nine seats.Nohlen & Stöver, p929 Rassay reconstituted the party in 1930 as the National Liberal Party (),Vincent E McHale (1983) ''Political parties of Europe'', Greenwood Press, p507 as an attempt to build an alternative to the conservative government. In the 1931 elections it ran as the "Unified Liberal Democratic Party, winning four seats. The 1935 elections saw it run in alliance with the National Democratic Party again, this time under the name "Liberal and Democratic Opposition", with the alliance winning seven seats. In the 1939 elections the party, now renamed the Civic Freedom Party, ran alone, winning five seats. In 1944 it was dissolved by the Communist Party. It was reformed as the Civic Democratic Party in 1945.


See also

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Liberalism Liberalism is a Political philosophy, political and moral philosophy based on the Individual rights, rights of the individual, liberty, consent of the governed, political equality, the right to private property, and equality before the law. ...
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Contributions to liberal theory Individual contributors to classical liberalism and political liberalism are associated with philosophers of the Age of Enlightenment, Enlightenment. Liberalism as a specifically named ideology begins in the late 18th century as a movement toward ...
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Liberalism worldwide This article gives information on liberalism worldwide. It is an overview of parties that adhere to some form of liberalism and is therefore a list of liberal parties around the world. Introduction What constitutes a liberal party is highly deb ...
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List of liberal parties This article gives information on liberalism worldwide. It is an overview of parties that adhere to some form of liberalism and is therefore a list of liberal parties around the world. Introduction What constitutes a liberal party is highly deb ...
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Liberal democracy Liberal democracy, also called Western-style democracy, or substantive democracy, is a form of government that combines the organization of a democracy with ideas of liberalism, liberal political philosophy. Common elements within a liberal dem ...
* Liberalism and radicalism in Hungary


References

{{reflist Liberal parties in Hungary Hungary 1921 Defunct political parties in Hungary Political parties established in 1921 Political parties disestablished in 1944 1921 establishments in Hungary 1944 disestablishments in Hungary