The Entrepreneurs' Party (, VP) was a political party in

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between 1989 and 2007.

History

The party was formed in October 1989. In the 1990 elections it received almost 2% of the vote, but failed to win a seat.

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& Philip Stöver (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p932 Businessman Péter Zwack became party chairman in 1992, and the party formed several alliances prior to the

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, running joint candidates with the Agrarian Alliance, the

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and

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, as well as running its own independent campaign as the "Liberal Civic Alliance–Entrepreneurs Party". The party won a single seat, taken by Zwack. The party ran alone and on a joint list with the New Alliance for Hungary in the 1998 elections, but failed to win a seat. It subsequently contested the

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and 2006 elections in alliance with Fidesz. On 13 January 2007, the VP had its party status removed and it was reclassified as a civil association as it was unable to run separately in the previous two elections. Following this decision, the VP was ''de facto'' integrated into Fidesz, resulting in party chairman Antal Császár leaving the Fidesz parliamentary group. His successors, István Herman and Kristóf Szatmáry were elected MPs as Fidesz candidates in the 2010 elections.

References

Defunct political parties in Hungary Political parties established in 1989 Political parties disestablished in 2007 1989 establishments in Hungary 2007 disestablishments in Hungary {{Hungary-party-stub