Hungary

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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Basic information > About parliament

Speaker

Speaker
László Kövér (Male)
Year of birth
1959
Additional information
Sworn in on 6 Aug. 2010, re-elected on 6 May 2014, on 8 May 2018 and on 2 May 2022.
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Secretary general

Secretary General
György Such (Male)

Members

Current number of members, by sex
Men The number of male parliamentarians who currently hold seats in parliament.
172
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Women The number of female parliamentarians who currently hold seats in parliament.
27
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Percentage of women Calculated by dividing the current number of women by the current number of members.
13.57% See historical data for this field.

Age

Average age of all members Age at the time of the last election or renewal.
53.47
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Youngest member (years) Age at the time of the last election or renewal.
27
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Youngest member
Miklós Hajnal (Male)
Oldest member (years) Age at the time of the last election or renewal.
87
Oldest member
Béla Turi-Kovács (Male)
Total number of MPs, 45 years of age or younger
60 See historical data for this field.
Total number of MPs, 46 years of age or older
139 See historical data for this field.
Total per sex
Total of male
171 See historical data for this field.
Total of female
28 See historical data for this field.
Total per age interval
18-20
0
21-30
6 See historical data for this field.
31-40
31 See historical data for this field.
41-45
23 See historical data for this field.
46-50
27 See historical data for this field.
51-60
72 See historical data for this field.
61-70
33 See historical data for this field.
71-80
6 See historical data for this field.
81-90
1 See historical data for this field.
91 and over
0
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 6 31 23 27 72 33 6 1 0
Total <= 45: 60 Total >= 46: 139
Male 0 4 24 19 22 65 31 5 1 0 171
Female 0 2 7 4 5 7 2 1 0 0 28
Percentage of members, by age
Age as last election or renewalOverallMaleFemale
Percentage of MPs 30 years of age or younger3.02%2.01%1.01%
Percentage of MPs 40 years of age or younger18.59%14.07%4.52%
Percentage of MPs 45 years of age or younger30.15%23.62%6.53%

Reserved seats and quotas

Electoral quota for women Quotas to promote the representation of women in parliament.
Yes
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Notes
Voluntary political party quotas
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Women's suffrage

Women’s right to vote
Women’s right to vote Year in which women obtained the right to vote
1918
National or local Suffrage: National or Local
National
Restricted or unrestricted suffrage Suffrage: Restricted or Universal
Universal
Detail of restrictions Suffrage: Restrictions detail
"Male citizens over 24 who had proof of literacy and fulfilled a one year residency requirement. The right to vote was also limited by property or income qualifications. These prerequisites were waived for non-commissioned and commissioned officers and fo
Notes Suffrage: Additional Notes on right of suffrage
"Women twice gained and also quickly lost the right ot vote(…)before they finally gained universal suffrage in 1945. They were granted suffrage first in the social-democratic revolution of 1918 and then saw it reaffirmed during the communist takeover of 1919, but their universal voting rights were short lived. The successive authoritarian political regime under the leadership of Admiral Horthy persistently moved to eradicate signs of the immediate past and, consequently, passed laws that severely restricted women's right to stand as political candidates, vote and have acess to university education" (from, Katalin Fabian; "Making an Appearance: the Formation of Women's Groups in Hungary")
Women’s right to vote Year in which women obtained the right to vote
1945
National or local Suffrage: National or Local
National
Restricted or unrestricted suffrage Suffrage: Restricted or Universal
Universal
Notes Suffrage: Additional Notes on right of suffrage
(According to Wikipedia, men and women voted with different colored ballot paper, thus making it possible to see how each sex voted)
Women’s right to vote Year in which women obtained the right to vote
1953
National or local Suffrage: National or Local
National
Restricted or unrestricted suffrage Suffrage: Restricted or Universal
Universal
Notes Suffrage: Additional Notes on right of suffrage
According to 2004 response
Women’s right to stand for election
Women's right to stand for election Year in which women obtained the right to stand for election
1958
National or local Stand for Election: National or Local
National
Restricted or unrestricted suffrage Stand for Election : Restricted or Universal
Universal
Notes Stand for Election: Additional Notes on right to stand for election
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First woman in parliament
First woman in parliament Year in which first woman entered parliament
1945
First woman speaker
Year of first woman speaker Date at which, for the first time in the country's parliamentary history, a woman became Presiding Officer of Parliament or of one of its Houses.
1963