Fidesz - Hungarian Civic Union
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Fidesz – Hungarian Civic Alliance
Fidesz – Magyar Polgári Szövetség |
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| President | Viktor Orbán |
| Vice Presidents |
Gergely Gulyás Gábor Kubatov Szilárd Németh Ildikó Pelczné Gáll |
| Parliamentary leader | Lajos Kósa |
| Founded | March 30, 1988 |
| Headquarters | 1088 Budapest, VIII. Szentkirályi Street 18. |
| Youth wing | Fidelitas |
| Ideology |
National conservatism Social conservatism Soft Euroscepticism Right-wing populism Economic nationalism |
| Political position | Center-right to Right-wing |
| European affiliation | European People's Party |
| International affiliation |
International Democrat Union, Centrist Democrat International |
| European Parliament group | European People's Party |
| Colours | Orange |
| National Assembly |
114 / 199
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| European Parliament |
11 / 21
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| County Assemblies |
245 / 419
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| Party flag | |
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| Website | |
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Fidesz – Hungarian Civic Alliance (Hungarian pronunciation: [ˈfidɛs]; in full, Hungarian: Fidesz – Magyar Polgári Szövetség) is a national conservative and populistpolitical party in Hungary. It has dominated Hungarian politics on the national and local level since its landslide victory in the 2010 national elections on a joint list with the Christian Democratic People's Party, securing it a parliamentary supermajority that it retained in 2014 (two parliamentary by-elections have since eliminated the supermajority). Fidesz also retains current majorities in the county legislatures (19 of 19), almost all (20 of 23) urban counties and in the Budapest city council.
The party was founded in 1988, named simply Fidesz (Fiatal Demokraták Szövetsége, meaning the Alliance of Young Democrats), originally as a youthful libertarian, anti-communist party. Fidesz was founded by young democrats, mainly students, who were persecuted by the communist party and had to meet in small, clandestine groups. The movement became a major force in many areas of modern Hungarian history. The membership had an upper age limit of 35 years (this requirement was abolished at the 1993 congress).
In 1989, Fidesz won the Rafto Prize. The Hungarian youth opposition movement was represented by one of its leaders, Dr Péter Molnár, who became a Member of Parliament in Hungary. In 1992, Fidesz joined the Liberal International.
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