Hungarian People's Republic (1918–19)

Hungarian People's Republic
Magyar Népköztársaság
Unrecognised rump state
1918–1919 1919
Flag Coat of arms
Anthem Himnusz Hymn
Capital		Budapest
Languages		Hungarian · German · Romanian · Slovak · Croatian · Slovene · Serbian · Italian · Ruthenian
Religion		Roman Catholicism · Calvinism · Lutheranism · Eastern Orthodoxy · Eastern Catholicism · Unitarianism · Judaism
Government		People's republic
President
•	1918–1919	Mihály Károlyi
•	1919	Gyula Peidla
Regent
•	1919	Joseph August
Prime Minister
•	1918–1919	Mihály Károlyi
•	1919	Dénes Berinkey
•	1919	Gyula Peidl
•	1919	István Friedrich
Legislature		National Council
Historical era		Interwar period
•	Dissolution of Austria-Hungary	31 October 1918
•	Monarchy abolished	16 November 1918
•	Soviet Republic proclaimed	21 March 1919
•	State re-established	1 August 1919
•	Government overthrown	6 August 1919
•	Disestablished	8 August 1919
Area
•	1918 b	282,870 km² (109,217 sq mi)
Currency		Austro-Hungarian korona (1918–19) Hungarian korona (1919)
Preceded by Succeeded by Kingdom of Hungary (1867–1918) Hungarian Soviet Republic Hungarian Soviet Republic Hungarian Republic (1919–20)
Today part of		Austria  Croatia  Hungary  Poland  Romania  Serbia  Slovakia  Slovenia  Ukraine
a.	as acting Head of State
b.	Area claimed by the Hungarian People's Government, actual control was tenuous.

The First Hungarian Republic (Hungarian: Első magyar köztársaság) or by its contemporary name Hungarian People's Republic (Hungarian: Magyar Népköztársaság) was a short-lived people's republic that existed, apart from a 133-day interruption, from late 1918 until mid-1919. It was established in the wake of the dissolution of the Austro-Hungarian Empire following World War I. The Hungarian People's Republic replaced the Kingdom of Hungary and was in turn replaced by another short-lived state.

During this period, Hungary was forced to cede lands for the formation of nations based on majority-ethnic groups, who formed Czechoslovakia, Romania, and Yugoslavia, made up of Serbians, Croatians and Slovenes.

"Hungarian People's Republic" was adopted as the official name of the country on 16 November 1918 and remained in use until the overthrow of the Dénes Berinkey government on 21 March 1919. Following the collapse of the Hungarian Soviet Republic, the Gyula Peidl government restored the pre-communist name of the state on 2 August 1919. The government of István Friedrich changed the name to "Hungarian Republic" on 8 August; however, the denomination "Hungarian People's Republic" appeared on some government-issued decrees during this period.

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