Hungarian Democratic Forum Magyar Demokrata Fórum | |
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| First leader | Zoltán Bíró |
| Last leader | Zsolt Makay |
| Founded | 27 September 1987 |
| Dissolved | 8 April 2011 |
| Succeeded by | Democratic Community of Welfare and Freedom (JESZ) |
| Headquarters | 1025 Budapest, Szilágyi Erzsébet fasor 73. |
| Newspaper | Magyar Fórum (1988–1993) |
| Youth wing | Youth Democratic Forum |
| Ideology | |
| Political position | Centre-right[1][7][9] |
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| European Parliament group |
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| International affiliation | Centrist Democrat International |
| Colours | Green |
| Website | |
| mdf.hu | |
The Hungarian Democratic Forum (Hungarian: Magyar Demokrata Fórum, pronounced [ˈmɒɟɒr ˈdɛmokrɒtɒ ˈfoːrum], MDF) was a centre-right political party in Hungary. It had a Hungarian nationalist, national-conservative, Christian-democratic ideology. The party was represented continuously in the National Assembly from the restoration of democracy in 1990 until 2010. It was dissolved on 8 April 2011.
The MDF was the largest party on Hungary's emergence as a democratic country under the leadership of József Antall, Prime Minister between 1990 and 1993. Since then, its representation receded, with the party playing the role of junior coalition partner to Fidesz from 1998 to 2002, and in opposition otherwise.
It was a member of the Centrist Democrat International and was a member of the European People's Party until 2009, when it joined the Alliance of European Conservatives and Reformists. The MDF's first MEP, Péter Olajos, was a member of the European People's Party–European Democrats group from 2004 to 2009, while Lajos Bokros sat with the European Conservatives and Reformists from 2009 in the European Parliament.
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