The Deák Party ( hu, Deák Párt) was a political party in

Hungary Hungary ( hu, Magyarország ) is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Spanning of the Pannonian Basin, Carpathian Basin, it is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine to the northeast, Romania to the east and southeast, Serbia to the ...

in the 1860s and 1870s led by Ferenc Deák.

History

The Deák Party was founded in 1865 as the successor to the

Address Party The Address Party ( hu, Felirati Párt) was one of the two political groups of the National Assembly of 1861 in Hungary. The group was led by Ferenc Deák. In 1865 the party was renamed to Deák Party. The Deák Party was succeeded by the Liberal ...

. It won the 1865 elections in

, and also won a large majority in the 1869 elections following the Austro-Hungarian Compromise of 1867.Vincent E McHale (1983) ''Political parties of Europe'', Greenwood Press, p499 It won another majority in the 1872 elections, but Deák retired from public life in 1873, setting the party into decline. In February 1875 it merged with the

Left Centre The Left Centre ( hu, Balközép) was a political party in Hungary in the 1860s and 1870s led by Kálmán Tisza and Kálmán Ghyczy.Vincent E McHale (1983) ''Political parties of Europe'', Greenwood Press, p505 History The Left Centre finished s ...

to form the

Liberal Party The Liberal Party is any of many political parties around the world. The meaning of ''liberal'' varies around the world, ranging from liberal conservatism on the right to social liberalism on the left. __TOC__ Active liberal parties This is a li ...

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Deak Party Defunct political parties in Hungary Political parties established in 1865 Political parties disestablished in 1875 Political parties in Austria-Hungary Liberal parties in Hungary