Hungarian Civic Party

The Hungarian Citizens' Party (Hungarian: Fidesz - Magyar Polgári Szövetség) is a large conservative political party in Hungary. It has realigned its political position from the youthful libertarianism off the original Fidesz (Fiatal Demokraták Szövetsége) established in 1988 in opposition to the communists.

Before 2002 it, under leader and Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, had governed Hungary in coalition with the smaller Hungarian Democratic Forum. It lost the elections to the Hungarian Socialist Party.

It has 164 members of the Hungarian National Assembly, out of a total of 386. It was the most successful party in the 2004 European Parliamentary Elections, gaining 47.4% of the vote and electing 12 MEPs

See also: Politics of Hungary, List of political parties in Hungary.

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