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The Alliance of Free Democrats - the Hungarian Liberal Party ( party in Hungary , led by Gábor Kuncze . It is a member of the ELDR and of Liberal International . The SZDSZ draws it support predominantly from the cities. Right-wing opponents frequently feature the party in Conspiracy Theories and claim it a device of the Jewish and various other minorities. It was founded in November 1988 as an opposition party to the Communist s and draws support mostly from the middle classes, liberal intellectuals and entrepreneurs. Its heyday may be thought to have ended when it suffered heavy losses in the General Election in 1998 , and in 2002 it scored only 5.5% of the vote, returning 20 deputies. It is, however, a coalition partner with the ruling Hungarian Socialist Party . Presently SZDSZ is in charge of four government ministries, the most visible and most disputed policies coming from the Ministry of Education. In the 2004 European Parliamentary Election it recovered a little to 7.7% and elected 2 MEPs . In 2006, the party got the 6.5% of the votes (this was the first time that it raised its support) and 20 of the 386 seats. SZDSZ gave the first freely elected President of the Third Hungarian Republic , Árpád Göncz and the Mayor of Budapest , Gábor Demszky from 1990 . PARTY LEADERS
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