Economist László Fodor, also Secretary General of the Hungarian Chamber of Commerce, professor of psychiatry András Veér and lawyer Péter Bárándy became members of the leadership.
), János Petrenkó (MSZP) and Mihály Mózes (SZDSZ) also joined the Republican Party.
[1] Its campaign strategy included the takeover of the US model, well-organized media activities and regular thematic press conferences.
[2] In the 1994 local election, lawyer György Magyar was the party's candidate for the position of mayor of Budapest.
The Republican Party was one of the founding members of the 13-member electoral coalition Union for Hungary (EMU) in October 1997, however the newly established organization received only 0.19 percent of the votes in the 1998 parliamentary election.