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HUNGARY
| The President of the Republic, elected by the National Assembly every 5 years, has a largely ceremonial role but powers also include appointing the prime minister. The prime minister selects cabinet ministers and has the exclusive right to dismiss them. The unicameral, 386-member National Assembly is the highest organ of state authority and initiates and approves legislation sponsored by the prime minister. A 15-member Constitutional Court has power to challenge legislation on grounds of unconstitutionality. |
| CURRENT GOVERNMENT |
| President |
Madl, Ferenc |
| Prime Minister |
Medgyessy, Peter |
| Min. of Agriculture & Rural Development |
Nemeth, Imre |
| Min. for Children, Youth, & Sports |
Gyurcsany, Ferenc |
| Min. of Defense |
Juhasz, Ferenc |
| Min. of Economics & Transportation |
Csillag, Istvan |
| Min. of Education |
Magyar, Balint |
| Min. of Environmental Protection & Water Management |
Persanyi, Miklod |
| Min. of Finance |
Laszlo, Csaba |
| Min. of Foreign Affairs |
Kovacs, Laszlo |
| Min. of Health, Social, & Family Affairs |
Csehak, Judit |
| Min. of Information Technology & Telecommunications |
Kovacs, Kalman |
| Min. of the Interior |
Lamperth, Monika |
| Min. of Justice |
Barandy, Peter |
| Min. of Labor Affairs |
Burany, Sandor |
| Min. for National Cultural Heritage |
Hiller, Istvan |
| Min. in Charge of the Prime Minister's Office |
Kiss, Elemer |
| Min. Without Portfolio for EU Integration |
Juhasz, Endre |
| Min. Without Portfolio for Equal Opportunity Promotion |
Levai, Katalin |
| Speaker of Parliament |
Szili, Katalin |
| Pres., Hungarian National Bank |
Jarai, Zsigmond |
| Ambassador to the US |
Simonyi, Andras |
| Permanent Representative to the UN, New York |
Molnar, Laszlo |
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