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| 1990, Jan. 5 |
| | | The Parliament adopted a resolution calling for the withdrawal of Soviet troops from Hungary by the end of 1991. | 1 |
| | | Jan. 23 |
| | | The Hungarian Democratic Forum pushed for an investigation of the secret service. | 2 |
| | | March 10 |
| | | The Soviet Union agreed to a complete withdrawal of troops from Hungary and finished the withdrawal by June 19, 1991. | 3 |
| | | March–April |
| | | 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 |
| | | June |
| | | Parliament voted for Hungary's total withdrawal from the Warsaw Pact by the end of 1991. | 5 |
| | | July 22 |
| | | The governing coalition agreed to the reprivatization of farmlands. | 6 |
| | | Aug. 3 |
| | | The National Assembly elected Arpad Göncz, a member of the Alliance of Free Democrats, as national president. | 7 |
| | | Oct. 14 |
| | | The opposition was victorious in municipal elections. | 8 |
| | | Oct. 23 |
| | | Parliament declared Oct. 23 a national holiday in honor of the revolution of 1956. | 9 |
| | | Dec. 11 |
| | | The government signed a trade agreement with the Soviet Union. | 10 |
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| The Encyclopedia of World History, Sixth
edition. Peter N. Stearns, general editor. Copyright © 2001 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Maps by Mary Reilly, copyright © 2001 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
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