The Independent Smallholders, Agrarian Workers and Civic Party (Független Kisgazda, Földmunkás és Polgári Párt) is a political party

Political party

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 in Hungary

Hungary

Hungary , officially the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is situated in the Carpathian Basin and is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine and Romania to the east, Serbia and Croatia to the south, Slovenia to the southwest and Austria to the west. The...

. At Hungary's most recent legislative elections (2010)

Hungarian parliamentary election, 2010

A parliamentary election was held in Hungary on 11 and 25 April 2010 to choose MPs for the National Assembly. They were the sixth free elections since the end of communist era. The 386 members of parliament were elected in a combined system of party lists and electoral constituencies...

, the party won no seats.

Founded in 1908, the original party won an overwhelming majority in the first elections after the Second World War, resulting in its leader, Zoltán Tildy

Zoltán Tildy

Zoltán Tildy , was an influential leader of Hungary, who served as Prime Minister from 1945–1946 and President from 1946-1948 in the post-war period before the seizure of power by Soviet-backed communists....

, becoming prime minister. The Smallholders-dominated parliament established a republic in 1946 with Tildy as president. He was succeeded as prime minister by Ferenc Nagy

Ferenc Nagy

Ferenc Nagy was a Hungarian politician of the Smallholders Party. He was a Speaker of the National Assembly of Hungary from 29 November 1945 to 5 February 1946 and a member of the High National Council from 7 December 1945 to 2 February 1946.Later he served as Prime Minister of Hungary from 4...

. However, the Soviet occupation of the country, the Hungarian Communist Party

Hungarian Communist Party

The Communist Party of Hungary , renamed Hungarian Communist Party in 1945, was founded on November 24, 1918, and was in power in Hungary briefly from March to August 1919 under Béla Kun and the Hungarian Soviet Republic. The communist government was overthrown by the Romanian Army and driven...

's salami tactic to break up opponent parties and widespread election fraud in 1947 led to a communist

Communism

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 government.

In 1947 the Communist Party carried out a coup d’état against the rule of the Smallholders’ Party. Though not all democratic institutions were abolished, the Communists firmly held power. The prominent smallholders politicians were either arrested or forced to leave the country. Lajos Dinnyés

Lajos Dinnyés

Lajos Dinnyés was a Hungarian politician of the Smallholders Party who served as the last pre-communist Prime Minister of Hungary from 1947 to 1948.-Biography:...

 of the Smallholders remained prime minister after the 1947 elections, but his government was controlled by the communists. Another Smallholder, the openly pro-Communist István Dobi

István Dobi

István Dobi was a Hungarian politician and prime minister of Hungary from 1948 to 1952.-Early life:Dobi originated from a poor peasant family and was born in Szőny, Hungary. He finished primary school and in 1916 came into contact with the peasant movement...

, became premier in December 1948, and gradually pushed out those elements of the party who weren't willing to do the Communists' bidding. In 1949, the party was absorbed into a People’s Independent Front, led by the communist Hungarian Working People's Party. The latter prevailed in elections held that year, marking the onset of undisguised Communist rule in Hungary. The Smallholders party was dissolved.

Party leaders (1945–1949; 1988–)

Leader	Dates
Zoltán Tildy Zoltán Tildy Zoltán Tildy , was an influential leader of Hungary, who served as Prime Minister from 1945–1946 and President from 1946-1948 in the post-war period before the seizure of power by Soviet-backed communists....	1945–1947
István Dobi István Dobi István Dobi was a Hungarian politician and prime minister of Hungary from 1948 to 1952.-Early life:Dobi originated from a poor peasant family and was born in Szőny, Hungary. He finished primary school and in 1916 came into contact with the peasant movement...	1947–1949
From 1949–1988, Hungary was under one-party rule People's Republic of Hungary The People's Republic of Hungary or Hungarian People's Republic was the official state name of Hungary from 1949 to 1989 during its Communist period under the guidance of the Soviet Union. The state remained in existence until 1989 when opposition forces consolidated in forcing the regime to...
István Prepaliczay	1988–1990
Ferenc József Nagy Ferenc József Nagy Ferenc József Nagy is a Hungarian agrarian engineer and former politician, who served as Minister of Agriculture between 1990 and 1991. After that he was appointed minister without portfolio, he also held this position in the cabinet of Péter Boross...	1990–1991
Ferenc József Nagy Ferenc József Nagy Ferenc József Nagy is a Hungarian agrarian engineer and former politician, who served as Minister of Agriculture between 1990 and 1991. After that he was appointed minister without portfolio, he also held this position in the cabinet of Péter Boross...  & József Torgyán József Torgyán József Torgyán is a Hungarian lawyer and politician, chairman of the Independent Smallholders' Party, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development in the government of Viktor Orbán ....	1991
József Torgyán József Torgyán József Torgyán is a Hungarian lawyer and politician, chairman of the Independent Smallholders' Party, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development in the government of Viktor Orbán ....	1991–2002
Miklós Réti	since 2002