End of communism in Hungary

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Fall of communism in Hungary

Part of the Revolutions of 1989
The reburial of Imre Nagy and other prominent figures of the 1956 Hungarian Revolution on June 16, 1989, in Heroes' Square, Budapest
Date	22 May 1988 – 2 May 1990 (1988-05-22 – 1990-05-02)
Location	Hungary
Participants	Dissident movements (primarily SZDSZ, MDF, and Fidesz) MSZMP reformers
Outcome	End of the Marxist-Leninist single-party state in Hungary End of the Hungarian People's Republic and proclamation of the Third Hungarian Republic on 23 October 1989 Implementation of a multi-party liberal democracy Free elections held in March–April 1990 Dismantling of the planned economy and implementation of a free market system Rehabilitation of the memory of the 1956 Revolution

Communist rule in the People's Republic of Hungary came to an end in 1989 by a peaceful transition to a democratic system. After the Hungarian Revolution of 1956 was suppressed by Soviet forces, Hungary remained a communist country. As the Soviet Union weakened at the end of the 1980s, the Eastern Bloc disintegrated.

The events in Hungary were part of the Revolutions of 1989, known in Hungarian as the Rendszerváltás (lit. 'system change' or 'change of regime').