The Deák Party () was a political party in

Hungary Hungary is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Spanning much 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 south, Croatia and ...

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

History

The Deák Party was founded in 1865 as the successor to the Address Party. It won the 1865 elections in

, and also won a large majority in the 1869 elections following the

Austro-Hungarian Compromise of 1867 The Austro-Hungarian Compromise of 1867 (, ) established the dual monarchy of Austria-Hungary, which was a military and diplomatic alliance of two sovereign states. The Compromise only partially re-established the former pre-1848 sovereign ...

.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 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. For example, while the political systems ...

References

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