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c. Hungary
1945, Nov. 3
The first general election gave an absolute majority to the anticommunist Smallholders' Party, whose leader, Zoltan Tildy, formed a coalition cabinet. The Communists gained the Interior and Justice Ministries and thus controlled the secret police.	1
The economic situation of the country was desperate as a result of the war, with serious food shortages and an unprecedented currency inflation. Large-scale Soviet requisitions further aggravated the situation.	2
1946
About 150,000 ethnic Germans were expelled; another 100,000 were expelled in 1947.	3
Feb. 1
A republic was proclaimed with Zoltan Tildy as president. Ferenc Nagy of the Smallholders' Party became premier on Feb. 4.	4

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