Third Hungarian Republic

The Third Hungarian Republic is today's Republic of Hungary. The Republic was proclaimed on October 23, 1989, after the end of Hungary's Communist era, replacing the former system of government (People's Republic of Hungary). The date was chosen because it was the anniversary of the Hungarian Revolution of 1956 and now it is one of Hungary's national holidays.

The First Hungarian Republic was in 1918. It was turned by a coup into a short-lived communist regime. After it, the royal state was restored, with help from the entente and Romania, Miklós Horthy, who exercised the rights of a king as regent.
The Second Hungarian Republic was transient like the first one. It existed from 1946 to 1948. Communists seized power with the help of the Soviet Red Army, and Hungary remained a Communist state until 1989.

As a rhetorical term, Third Hungarian Republic is used frequently by Prime Minister Ferenc Gyurcsány and other left-wing politicians.