Alliance of Free Democrats

Alliance of Free Democrats – the Hungarian Liberal Party

Szabad Demokraták Szövetsége – a Magyar Liberális Párt
Alliance of Free Democrats – the Hungarian Liberal Party Szabad Demokraták Szövetsége – a Magyar Liberális Párt
First leader	János Kis
Last leader	Viktor Szabadai
Founded	13 November 1988
Dissolved	30 October 2013
Headquarters	1143 Budapest, XIV. Gizella utca 36.
Ideology	Liberalism
Political position	Centre
European affiliation	Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe
International affiliation	Liberal International
European Parliament group	Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (2004–2009)
Colours	Blue
Website
	www.szdsz.hu (in Hungarian; as of October 2012, home page offered link to English module)
	Politics of Hungary; Political parties; Elections;

The Alliance of Free Democrats – Hungarian Liberal Party (Hungarian: Szabad Demokraták Szövetsége – a Magyar Liberális Párt, SZDSZ) was a liberal^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4] political party in Hungary.

The SZDSZ was a member of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Party^[2] and of Liberal International.^[2] It drew its support predominantly from Budapest among the middle classes, liberal intellectuals and entrepreneurs, with an ideological basis in social^[1] and economic liberalism.^[5] SZDSZ provided the first freely elected President for the Third Hungarian Republic, Árpád Göncz. The SZDSZ High Mayor of Budapest, Gábor Demszky was in office continuously since 1990 till 2010, when he was replaced by István Tarlós (who himself was a member of SZDSZ in the 1990s).

^ ^a ^b ^c Hloušek, Vít; Kopeček, Lubomír (2010), Origin, Ideology and Transformation of Political Parties: East-Central and Western Europe Compared, Ashgate, p. 115
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Nordsieck, Wolfram (2010). "Hungary". Parties and Elections in Europe. Archived from the original on 27 July 2013. Retrieved 23 April 2018.
^ ^a ^b José Magone (2010). Contemporary European Politics: A Comparative Introduction. Routledge. p. 456. ISBN 978-0-203-84639-1.
^ ^a ^b Paul G. Lewis (2000). Political Parties in Post-Communist Eastern Europe. Routledge. p. 51. ISBN 978-0-415-20182-7.
^ Szarvas, Lászlo (1995), "Parties and Party Factions in the Hungarian Parliament", Hungary, Frank Cass & Co., p. 121