Independent Smallholders, Agrarian Workers and Civic Party

Independent Smallholders, Agrarian Workers and Civic Party Független Kisgazda, Földmunkás és Polgári Párt
Leader	Péter Hegedüs
Founded	1908, 1988 (refoundation)
Headquarters	1092. Budapest, Kinizsi u. 22.
Ideology	National conservatism, Nationalism, Agrarianism
European affiliation	None
European Parliament Group	None
Official colours	Green
Website
www.fkgp.hu
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The Independent Smallholders, Agrarian Workers and Civic Party (Független Kisgazda, Földmunkás és Polgári Párt) is a political party in Hungary. At Hungary's most recent legislative elections (2010), the party won no seats.

Founded in 1908, the original party won an overwhelming majority in the first elections after the Second World War, resulting in its leader, Zoltán Tildy, becoming prime minister. The Smallholders-dominated parliament established a republic in 1946 with Tildy as president. He was succeeded as prime minister by Ferenc Nagy. However, the Soviet occupation of the country, the Hungarian Communist Party's salami tactic to break up opponent parties and widespread election fraud in 1947 led to a communist government.

In 1947 the Communist Party carried out a coup d’état against the rule of the Smallholders’ Party. Though not all democratic institutions were abolished, the Communists firmly held power. The prominent smallholders politicians were either arrested or forced to leave the country. Lajos Dinnyés of the Smallholders remained prime minister after the 1947 elections, but his government was controlled by the communists. Another Smallholder, the openly pro-Communist István Dobi, became premier in December 1948, and gradually pushed out those elements of the party who weren't willing to do the Communists' bidding. In 1949, the party was absorbed into a People’s Independent Front, led by the communist Hungarian Working People's Party. The latter prevailed in elections held that year, marking the onset of undisguised Communist rule in Hungary. The Smallholders party was dissolved.

Party leaders (1945–1949; 1988–)

Leader	Dates
Zoltán Tildy	1945–1947
István Dobi	1947–1949
From 1949–1988, Hungary was under one-party rule
István Prepaliczay	1988–1990
Ferenc József Nagy	1990–1991
Ferenc József Nagy & József Torgyán	1991
József Torgyán	1991–2002
Miklós Réti	since 2002

External links

• Official website