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Ungheria 1989 (13 febbraio) - 2002 (31 dicembre) CercaDefinizione
János Kádár resigns as the party general secretary. Hungary becomes a multiparty country with the election of February 13, 1989. On May 8, 1989, Kádár is dismissed. On October 7, 1989, the Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party proclaims its own dissolution. Árpád Göncz is elected president on August 3, 1990. Nationalism grows in the country.
In June 1991 Parliament legislated restitution for properties taken by the communist regimes. A new phase of privatizations started in March 1992 in order to consolidate the free market system. September 1992 brought heightened tensions and demonstrations in Budapest between the right and left wing political parties.
In 1993 the privatization of state owned utilities started and parliament made it illegal to display Nazi and communist symbols. Large scale privatization of the state owned industries started only in 1994 and in the same year Hungary applied for membership in the European Union. On June 4, 1994 Gyula Horn, a socialist took over as Prime Minister. In the May 1998 parliamentary elections the Center-Right coalition won and appointed Viktor Orbán Prime Minister, indicating a definite shift in the public's political attitudes. Next year, in March 1999, Hungary obtained full membership in NATO and in June 2000 Ferenc Madl was elected President of the Republic. On May 27, 2002 the coalition government of the Alliance of Free Democrats (SzDSz) and the Hungarian Socialist Party (MSzP) nominated Péter Medgyessy Prime Minister, again registering a shift in the electorate's political sentiments.
May 1, 2004 is the expected date for Hungary to join the European Union. (en-US)
Fonte
"Hungary." The Encyclopedia of World History, 6th ed. Peter N. Stearns, ed. Houghton Mifflin Co. 2001. Bartleby.com: Great Books Online. 2004
(19 February 2004).