Hungary Adopts a Multiparty System
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- Series: Great Events from History II: Human Rights Series
- Categories: Government and Politics, Social Issues, Reform, and Protest
- Subcategories: Civil Rights, Minority Rights, Minorities, Wars, Battles, Human Rights, Cold War
- Curriculum: 20th & 21st Century European History, Eastern European History
- Geographical Location: Hungary
- Date: 1989
Article abstract: In 1989, as part of the new political movements sweeping East Central Europe, Hungary began to develop a multiparty system.
Summary of Event
Mikhail Gorbachev’s policies of glasnost (openness) and perestroika (restructuring) had wide-reaching effects throughout East Central Europe. Among the countries that responded to the new liberalization in the Soviet Union with its own drive for liberalization was Hungary. Hungary had long been one of the leaders of change among the socialist states, but most of the change had...
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