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{{Infobox country|name=Hungary|leader_title1=President|mode_of_production=[[Capitalism]]|population_estimate_year=2021|population_estimate=9,730,000|area_km2=93,030|leader_name2=[[Viktor Orbán]]|leader_name1=[[János Áder]]|leader_title2=Prime Minister|government_type=Unitary parliamentary bourgeois republic|native_name=Magyarország|official_languages=Hungarian|largest_city=[[Budapest]]|capital=[[Budapest]]|anthem=Himnusz|map_width=200|image_map=Hungary map.png|image_coat=Hungarian COA.png|image_flag=Hungarian flag.png|coa_size=50}}
{{Infobox country|name=Hungary|leader_title1=President|mode_of_production=[[Capitalism]]|population_estimate_year=2021|population_estimate=9,730,000|legislature=[[Országgyűlés]]|area_km2=93,030|leader_name2=[[Viktor Orbán]]|leader_title3=Speaker|leader_name3=[[László Kövér]]|leader_name1=[[Tamás Sulyok]]|leader_title2=Prime Minister|government_type=Unitary parliamentary republic under a [[dictatorship of the bourgeoisie]]|native_name=Magyarország|official_languages=Hungarian|largest_city=[[Budapest]]|capital=[[Budapest]]|anthem=Himnusz|map_width=200|image_map=Hungary map.png|image_coat=Hungarian COA.png|image_flag=Hungarian flag.png|coa_size=50}}


'''Hungary''' is a country in central [[Europe]]. From 1949 to 1989, it was a [[Hungarian People's Republic|socialist people's republic]]. In 2010, 72% of Hungarians said life was better under socialism, and only 8% said it was better now.<ref name=":2">{{Web citation|newspaper=Pew Research Center|title=People Worse off than Under Communism?|date=2010-04-21|url=https://www.pewresearch.org/global/2009/11/02/end-of-communism-cheered-but-now-with-more-reservations/communism220px/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201112035654/https://www.pewresearch.org/global/2009/11/02/end-of-communism-cheered-but-now-with-more-reservations/communism220px/|archive-date=2020-11-12|retrieved=2022-09-24}}</ref>
'''Hungary''' is a country in central [[Europe]] bordered by [[Republic of Austria|Austria]], [[Republic of Slovenia|Slovenia]], [[Republic of Serbia|Serbia]], [[Romania]], [[Ukraine]], and [[Slovak Republic|Slovakia]]. From 1949 to 1989, it was a [[Hungarian People's Republic|socialist people's republic]]. In 2010, 72% of Hungarians said life was better under socialism, and only 8% said it was better now.<ref name=":2">{{Web citation|newspaper=Pew Research Center|title=People Worse off than Under Communism?|date=2010-04-21|url=https://www.pewresearch.org/global/2009/11/02/end-of-communism-cheered-but-now-with-more-reservations/communism220px/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201112035654/https://www.pewresearch.org/global/2009/11/02/end-of-communism-cheered-but-now-with-more-reservations/communism220px/|archive-date=2020-11-12|retrieved=2022-09-24}}</ref>


== History ==
== History ==
=== Dual Monarchy ===
{{Main article|Austro-Hungarian Monarchy (1867–1918)}}


=== Fascism ===
=== Fascism ===
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Latest revision as of 13:44, 21 March 2024

Hungary
Magyarország
Flag of Hungary
Flag
Coat of arms of Hungary
Coat of arms
Anthem: Himnusz
Location of Hungary
Capital
and largest city
Budapest
Official languagesHungarian
Dominant mode of productionCapitalism
GovernmentUnitary parliamentary republic under a dictatorship of the bourgeoisie
• President
Tamás Sulyok
• Prime Minister
Viktor Orbán
• Speaker
László Kövér
LegislatureOrszággyűlés
Area
• Total
93,030 km²
Population
• 2021 estimate
9,730,000


Hungary is a country in central Europe bordered by Austria, Slovenia, Serbia, Romania, Ukraine, and Slovakia. From 1949 to 1989, it was a socialist people's republic. In 2010, 72% of Hungarians said life was better under socialism, and only 8% said it was better now.[1]

History[edit | edit source]

Dual Monarchy[edit | edit source]

See main article: Austro-Hungarian Monarchy (1867–1918)

Fascism[edit | edit source]

See main article: Kingdom of Hungary (1920–1946)

Socialist era[edit | edit source]

See main article: Hungarian People's Republic (1949–1989)

Post-Cold War[edit | edit source]

From 1988 to 1995, Hungary's poverty rate increased by 300%.[2]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. "People Worse off than Under Communism?" (2010-04-21). Pew Research Center. Archived from the original on 2020-11-12. Retrieved 2022-09-24.
  2. Branko Milanovic (1998). Income, Inequality and Poverty during the Transition from Planned to Market Economy (p. 68). [PDF] Washington, D.C.: World Bank.