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Hungary

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National Assembly

Political system Political systems: Presidential, Parliamentary, Presidential-Parliamentary, Monarchy, Communist, Transitional.
Parliamentary system
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Structure of parliament Structure of parliament: Unicameral, bicameral
Unicameral
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IPU membership Current membership status
Yes
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About parliament

Basic information such as the official name of parliament and details of its structure and leadership. Also includes the current breakdown of MPs by sex and age, and provisions for quotas and reserved seats.

Parliament name
Országgyülés (National Assembly)
Chamber name
Orszaggyules (National Assembly)
Parliamentary term (years)
4

IPU membership

Affiliation periods
from 1889 to 1950
from 1954
IPU Geopolitical Group/s IPU Geopolitical Groups: African Group, Arab Group, Asia-Pacific Group, Eurasia Group, Group of Latin America and the Caribbean (GRULAC), Twelve Plus Group.
Twelve Plus Group

Speaker

Official title The Speaker may for example be known as the Presiding Officer, President, Chairman/Chairperson, etc.
Speaker of the National Assembly
Speaker
László Kövér (Male)
Year of birth
1959
Term
06.08.2010
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Secretary General

Official title This post is most commonly called Secretary General or Clerk. It may also be called Secretary, Head/Chief of the Secretariat, Director General, etc.
Director General
Secretary General
György Such (Male)

Members

Statutory number of members Statutory number of members, as defined in the constitution or other fundamental law.
199
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Principal mode of designation of members
Directly elected
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Directly elected members Directly elected by citizens.
199
Note on the statutory number of members
In addition, there are 12 National Advocates representing national minorities living in Hungary.
Current number of members Number of members who currently hold seats in parliament. May be lower or higher than the statutory number of members.
199
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Women The number of female parliamentarians who currently hold seats in parliament.
25
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Percentage of women Calculated by dividing the current number of women by the current number of members.
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Statutory number of members per country As defined in the constitution or other fundamental laws. Combines the number of parliamentarians in both chambers in bicameral parliaments.
199
Population (in thousands) Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects.
9,784
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Inhabitants per parliamentarian Calculated by dividing the population by the statutory number of parliamentarians.
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Age

Data on the age of parliamentarians is collected at start of the legislature, following the most recent elections. This data is not updated during the legislature.

 

Average age of all members
Not available
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Youngest member (years) Age at the time of the last election or renewal.
27
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Youngest member
Dóra Dúró (Female)
Oldest member (years) Age at the time of the last election or renewal.
79
Oldest member
Béla Turi-Kovács (Male)
Number of members, by age
Breakdown of members by age and gender
18 - 20 21 - 30 31 - 40 41 - 45 46 - 50 51 - 60 61 - 70 71 - 80 81 - 90 91 and over Totals per gender
Totals per age interval 0 4 54 22 41 57 17 2 0 0
Total <= 45: 80 Total >= 46: 117
Male 0 2 47 20 37 54 15 2 0 0 177
Female 0 2 7 2 4 3 2 0 0 0 20
Percentage of members, by age
Age as last election or renewalOverallMaleFemale
Percentage of MPs 30 years of age or younger2.03%1.02%1.02%
Percentage of MPs 40 years of age or younger29.44%24.87%4.57%
Percentage of MPs 45 years of age or younger40.61%35.03%5.58%
Members for whom data is available
197

Reserved seats and quotas

There are reserved seats in parliament for certain groups Reserved seats are a means to ensure the parliamentary representation of certain groups in society.
No
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Electoral quota for women Quotas to promote the representation of women in parliament.
Yes
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Notes
Voluntary political party quotas
Legal source Legal text that stipulates the quota, such as the Constitution or electoral law.
Cf. individual party statutes.
Electoral quota for youth Quotas to promote the representation of youth in parliament.
No
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