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| 1990, Jan. 5 |
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| The Parliament adopted a resolution calling for the withdrawal of Soviet troops from Hungary by the end of 1991. | 1 |
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| Jan. 23 |
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| The Hungarian Democratic Forum pushed for an investigation of the secret service. | 2 |
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| March 10 |
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| The Soviet Union agreed to a complete withdrawal of troops from Hungary and finished the withdrawal by June 19, 1991. | 3 |
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| March–April |
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| Formation of a noncommunist government: Hungarian voters favored the Center-Right Hungarian Democratic Forum and its appeal to nationalism over other parties in general elections; it won nearly 60 percent of the seats in Parliament. The Democratic Forum formed a three-party coalition government with Józef Antall as prime minister. In May, Antall presented a government program that emphasized privatization and foreign investment. | 4 |
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| June |
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| Parliament voted for Hungary's total withdrawal from the Warsaw Pact by the end of 1991. | 5 |
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| July 22 |
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| The governing coalition agreed to the reprivatization of farmlands. | 6 |
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| Aug. 3 |
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| The National Assembly elected Arpad Göncz, a member of the Alliance of Free Democrats, as national president. | 7 |
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| Oct. 14 |
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| The opposition was victorious in municipal elections. | 8 |
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| Oct. 23 |
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| Parliament declared Oct. 23 a national holiday in honor of the revolution of 1956. | 9 |
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| Dec. 11 |
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| The government signed a trade agreement with the Soviet Union. | 10 |
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