Hungarian People's Republic Magyar Népköztársaság (Hungarian) | |||||||||||||
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1918–1919 | |||||||||||||
Anthem: "Himnusz" | |||||||||||||
![]() Hungarian territory in November 1918 | |||||||||||||
Status | Unrecognized rump state | ||||||||||||
Capital | Budapest 47°29′N 19°02′E / 47.483°N 19.033°E | ||||||||||||
Official language | Hungarian | ||||||||||||
Common languages | German, Slovak, Croatian, Romanian | ||||||||||||
Demonym(s) | Hungarian | ||||||||||||
Government | People's republic | ||||||||||||
President | |||||||||||||
• Nov. 1918 - Mar. 1919 | Mihály Károlyi | ||||||||||||
• Mar. 1919 - Aug. 1919 | interregnum | ||||||||||||
• Aug. 1919 | Gyula Peidl (acting) | ||||||||||||
Prime Minister | |||||||||||||
• Oct. 1918 - Jan. 1919 | Mihály Károlyi | ||||||||||||
• Jan. 1919 - Mar. 1919 | Dénes Berinkey | ||||||||||||
• Mar. 1919 - Aug. 1919 | interregnum | ||||||||||||
• Aug. 1919 | Gyula Peidl | ||||||||||||
• Aug. 1919 | István Friedrich | ||||||||||||
Legislature | National Council | ||||||||||||
Historical era | Interwar period | ||||||||||||
31 October 1918 | |||||||||||||
• Establishment | 16 November 1918 | ||||||||||||
• Beginning of the Hungarian–Romanian War | 13 November 1918 | ||||||||||||
• Beginning of the Hungarian–Czechoslovak War | November 1918 | ||||||||||||
• Vix Note | 26 February 1919 | ||||||||||||
21 March 1919 | |||||||||||||
• Re-establishment | 1 August 1919 | ||||||||||||
8 August 1919 | |||||||||||||
Area | |||||||||||||
• Total | 282,870 km2 (109,220 sq mi)[a] | ||||||||||||
Population | |||||||||||||
• 1920 | 7,980,143 | ||||||||||||
Currency |
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Today part of | Hungary | ||||||||||||
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The First Hungarian Republic (Hungarian: Első Magyar Köztársaság),[1] until 21 March 1919 the Hungarian People's Republic (Magyar Népköztársaság), was a short-lived unrecognized country, which quickly transformed into a small rump state due to the foreign and military policy of the doctrinaire pacifist Károlyi government. It existed from 16 November 1918 until 8 August 1919, apart from a 133-day interruption in the form of the Hungarian Soviet Republic. The republic was established in the wake of the dissolution of Austria-Hungary following World War I as a replacement for the Kingdom of Hungary. During the rule of Count Mihály Károlyi's pacifist cabinet, Hungary lost control over approximately 75% of its former pre-World War I territories, which was about 325,411 km2 (125,642 sq mi), without armed resistance and was subjected to unhindered foreign occupation. It was in turn succeeded by the Hungarian Soviet Republic but re-established following its demise, and ultimately replaced by the Hungarian Republic.