| Name assigned by coder: |
no
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| PGM ID Number: |
7
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| Country: |
Hungary |
| Date formed: |
March 20, 1989 |
| Details of Formation: |
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| Date dissolved: |
Nov. 28, 1989 |
| Details of Termination: |
Socialist parties proposal to integrate the militia into the national guard turned down by parliament who voted to disband them altogether (1989)
referendum (58% turnout) - people vote overwhelmingly (94-95%) to abolish workers militia
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| Successor group(s): |
none
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| Private Military Company? |
no |
| Government Relation: |
type2 |
| Government Link(s): |
political party
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| Training and Equipment |
no information |
| Shared Information and Joint Operations |
no information |
| Shared personnel |
no information |
| Types of Material Support: |
no information
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| State Sponsor(s): |
none
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| Other Connection(s): |
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| Membership: |
no information
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| Location: |
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| Force Strength: |
[53000,
60000] |
| Target(s): |
no information
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| Purpose(s): |
protect property and investment
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| Other Information: |
Imre Pozsgay stands on election promise that party's paramilitary workers' militia would be reduced from 60,000 to 40,000 members next year, its weapons placed under Defense Ministry control and its armed exercises discontinued. also known as people's militia
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