Hungarian Civic Party (Slovakia)

Hungarian Civic Party (Hungarian: Magyar Polgári Párt, Slovak: Maďarská občianska strana) was a political party in Czechoslovakia and Slovakia between 1992 and 1998. It was the party of the Hungarian minority. The party was created as the successor of the Hungarian Civic Initiative, a coalition partner of the former Public Against Violence. In May 1998, the party merged into the newly formed Party of the Hungarian Coalition.^[2][3] In 2009, their leader would leave the SMK-MKP to join the more liberal Most–Híd.

Hungarian Civic Party Magyar Polgári Párt Maďarská občianska strana
Abbreviation	MOS, MPP
Leader	László Nagy
Founded	19 February 1990 (as MHI)
Registered	25 January 1992
Dissolved	22 May 1998
Preceded by	Hungarian Civic Initiative
Merged into	Party of the Hungarian Coalition
Ideology	Hungarian minority interests Liberalism[1]
Political position	Centre to centre-right
International affiliation	Liberal International
Colours	Green
Politics of Slovakia Political parties Elections

References

1. Riemer, Andreas K. (March 1997). "Die ungarische Minderheit in der Südslowakei – ein multidimensionales Krisenpotential?: Ethnonationalismen oder das Aufleben alter Minderheiten in Ostmitteleuropa nach 1989/90". Osteuropa. 47 (3): 259. JSTOR 44919919. Retrieved 18 May 2023.
2. Koudelka, Zdeněk (14 February 1997). "Současná Slovenská politika" (PDF). Politologický Časopis: 204. Retrieved 2 October 2018.
3. http://mek.niif.hu/06000/06048/06048.pdf ^{[bare URL PDF]}