First Hungarian Republic

Hungarian People's Republic Magyar Népköztársaság (Hungarian)
1918–1919
Flag Coat of arms
Anthem: Himnusz (English: "Hymn")
Hungarian territory in November 1918
Status	Unrecognized rump state
Capital	Budapest 47°29′N 19°02′E / 47.483°N 19.033°E / 47.483; 19.033
Official language	Hungarian
Common languages	German Slovak Croatian Romanian
Demonym(s)	Hungarian
Government	People's republic
President
• Nov. 1918 - Mar. 1919	Mihály Károlyi
• Mar. 1919 - Aug. 1919	interregnum
• Aug. 1919	Gyula Peidl (acting)
Prime Minister
• Oct. 1918 - Jan. 1919	Mihály Károlyi
• Jan. 1919 - Mar. 1919	Dénes Berinkey
• Mar. 1919 - Aug. 1919	interregnum
• Aug. 1919	Gyula Peidl
• Aug. 1919	István Friedrich
Legislature	National Council
Historical era	Interwar period
• Aster Revolution	31 October 1918
• Establishment	16 November 1918
• Beginning of the Hungarian–Romanian War	13 November 1918
• Beginning of the Hungarian–Czechoslovak War	November 1918
• Vix Note	26 February 1919
• Soviet overthrow	21 March 1919
• Re-establishment	1 August 1919
• Nationalist overthrow	8 August 1919
Area
• Total	282,870 km2 (109,220 sq mi)[a]
Population
• 1920	7,980,143
Currency	Austro-Hungarian korona (until 1919) Hungarian korona
Preceded by Succeeded by Nov. 1918: Kingdom of Hungary Aug. 1919: Soviet Hungary Mar. 1919: Soviet Hungary Aug. 1919: Hungarian Republic
Today part of	Hungary
^ In 1918. (Tarsoly 1995, pp. 595–597.)

The First Hungarian Republic (Hungarian: Első Magyar Köztársaság),^[1] until 21 March 1919 the Hungarian People's Republic (Magyar Népköztársaság), was a short-lived unrecognized country, which quickly transformed into a small rump state due to the foreign and military policy of the doctrinaire pacifist Károlyi government. It existed from 16 November 1918 until 8 August 1919, apart from a 133-day interruption in the form of the Hungarian Soviet Republic. The republic was established in the wake of the dissolution of Austria-Hungary following World War I as a replacement for the Kingdom of Hungary. During the rule of Count Mihály Károlyi's pacifist cabinet, Hungary lost control over approximately 75% of its former pre-World War I territories, which was about 325,411 km² (125,642 sq mi), without armed resistance and was subjected to unhindered foreign occupation. It was in turn succeeded by the Hungarian Soviet Republic but re-established following its demise, and ultimately replaced by the Hungarian Republic.