Democratic Party of Hungarians of Ukraine

The Democratic Party of Hungarians of Ukraine (in Ukrainian: Демократична партія угорців України, in Hungarian: Ukrajnai Magyarok Demokrata Pártja) is a regionalist political party in Ukraine, that was officially registered on 24 March 2005.[1] The party offers competition to the other Hungarian minority party: the Party of Hungarians of Ukraine (KMKSZ).[2] From 2005 to 2012 the leader of the party was István Gajdos, whose name has since 2018 been listed on the controversial Myrotvorets website.[3]

The former leader of the party cooperated with the Jobbik political party of Hungary. In 2008, Gajdos signed a controversial decision of hoisting the Hungarian flag on the buildings of various public institutions and organizations in Berehove.[3][4][5]

Nowadays the party is led by László Zubánics.[6]

In the 2015 Ukrainian local elections, the Democratic Party of Hungarians of Ukraine and the Party of Hungarians of Ukraine formed a joint list and together won 8 seats in the Zakarpattia Oblast Council.

In the 2020 Ukrainian local elections, the party lost all of its seats in the Zakarpattia Oblast Council; however, it won 8 seats in Berehove city council, a result second only to the party's main competitor Party of Hungarians of Ukraine, which won 13 seats.[7][8][9]

References

  1. ↑ "Реєстр політичних партій". minjust.gov.ua (in Russian). Archived from the original on 27 October 2021. Retrieved 2021-10-15.
  2. ↑ "Монумент розбрату". day.kyiv.ua (in Ukrainian). Archived from the original on 15 October 2021. Retrieved 2020-10-15.
  3. 1 2 "Гайдош Иштван Ференцевич". Myrotvorets.center (in Russian). Archived from the original on 15 October 2021. Retrieved 2021-10-15.
  4. ↑ "Історія конфлікту: хто дозволив та хто знімав угорські прапори з місцевих рад на Закарпатті". www.eurointegration.com.ua (in Ukrainian). Archived from the original on 25 January 2022. Retrieved 2021-10-15.
  5. ↑ "Угорський прапор «пишемо» – а що в голові?". www.ukrinform.ua (in Ukrainian). Archived from the original on 15 October 2021. Retrieved 2021-10-15.
  6. ↑ "За тиждень НАЗК направило до суду 13 адмінпротоколів щодо керівників партій та виборчих фондів". Національне агентство з питань запобігання корупції (in Ukrainian). 2021-02-08. Archived from the original on 27 October 2021. Retrieved 2021-10-15.
  7. ↑ "У Береговому на Закарпатті більшість ради зайняли представники угорців". Українська правда (in Ukrainian). Archived from the original on 29 October 2021. Retrieved 2021-10-15.
  8. ↑ "Центральна виборча комісія України - WWW відображення ІАС "Місцеві вибори 2020"". www.cvk.gov.ua. Archived from the original on 28 October 2021. Retrieved 2021-10-15.
  9. ↑ "Партія угорців України в облраді Закарпаття буде, але не через агітацію з Будапешту – експерт". Радіо Свобода (in Ukrainian). Archived from the original on 15 October 2021. Retrieved 2021-10-15.
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