Hungarian People's Party of Transylvania "I think the basic treaty with Hungary should be amended to introduce a reference to the possibility of creating the legal framework of autonomy for national communities, specifically for Hungarians." This political organization is closely associated with the European MP László Tőkés, who was described by the president Tibor Toró as "the mentor of the party". Hungarian People's Party of Transylvania The Hungarian People's Party of Transylvania (; ) is a political party of the Hungarian minority in Romania. It was founded in 2011. It positions itself as an alternative to the Democratic Union of Hungarians in Romania, the largest
Principality of Transylvania (1570–1711) West and north Royal Hungary, Ottoman Hungary, and the Eastern Hungarian Kingdom under Ottoman suzerainty, which later became the Principality of Transylvania where Austrian and Turkish influences vied for supremacy for nearly two centuries. The Hungarian magnates of Transylvania resorted to policy of duplicity in order to preserve independence. Transylvania was administrated by Isabella, John Sigismund's mother from 1541 to 1551, when it fell for 5 years (1551–1556) under Habsburg rule. The House of Zapolya gained again the control of Transylvania in 1556, when the Diet of Szászsebes elected Sigismund as prince of Transylvania. Transylvania was now beyond the reach