Hungary

National Assembly

Political system
Parliamentary system
Structure of parliament
Unicameral
IPU membership
Yes

Administration

Parliamentary and State budget

Legal document(s) specifying parliament’s power over its budget
Standing Orders of Parliament
Other

Notes:

Act CXCV of 2011 on Public Finance

Act XXXVI of 2012 on the Hungarian National Assembly, Section 2(m) and 123-124

Responsibility for preparing the proposal for the parliamentary budget
Parliament
Decision-making about the maximum amount of the parliamentary budget
Parliament decides the maximum amount of the budget
Decision-making about the allocation of the parliamentary budget
Parliament decides how to allocate the budget
National currency
Hungarian Florint (HUF)
PPP (Purchasing Power Parity) conversion factor
170.210
(2023)
Parliament’s budget, per year
46,028,700,000 HUF
(2022)
Parliament’s budget, per year in PPP
316,674,923
(2022)
Offices included in the parliamentary budget
Other institutions

Notes:

The Parliamentary Guard

The Forum of Hungarian Representatives from the Carpathian Basin

State budget, per year
28,546,456,100,000 HUF
(2022)
Proportion of the State budget devoted to parliament, per year
0.002
(2022)

Parliamentary staff

The parliamentary administration is independent from the government
Yes
Parliament has control over the recruitment of parliamentary staff
Yes
There is one or more gender equality policy that applies to the parliamentary administration
No
Links to gender equality policies
No information available
Number of staff employed by the parliament (FTE)
1,013
(2022)

Secretary General

Authority that selects the Secretary General
The Speaker
Chamber/Parliament votes to approve the selection of the Secretary General
No
Length of term of the Secretary General
No fixed term
Previous occupation of the current Secretary General
Other

Notes: economist - journalist

Historical data for IPU membership

Historical data for IPU membership
Year IPU membership
2020-09
List of values for 2020-09
No
2019-04
List of values for 2019-04
No
2018-06
List of values for 2018-06
No