This thesis is dealing with the issue of identity of Hungarians in the area of western Slavonia and its changes from Second World War until today. For the purpose of this paper a telephone interview with six interlocutors from Pakrac, Gaj, Daruvar, Velika Pisanica and Brekinska was conducted, and also my own experience from participation in activities of Hungarian society was interpreted. The aim of this paper is to present the construction of Hungarian identity through political and discourse of language, while observing identities as procedural and hybrid fluids and while having in mind the influence of global culture. This paper discusses the question of identity from naturalism to contemporary understandings, and the legislation of Croatia on the rights of national minorities. Also, it gives an overview of changes in population composition (Hungarians) in the area of western Slavonia through the prism of political discourse and language policy. The focus of the thesis is put on the cultural and symbolic practice of Hungarians and the narratives of the interlocutors who tell stories of what it means to be a Hungarian. Finally, this paper problematizes the notion of identity as national category and the effects that result from it.