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Government
Long-form name: Republic of Hungary.
Type: republic.
Capital: Budapest.
Administrative divisions: 19 counties (megyek, singular--megye)
and 1 capital city* (fovaros); Bacs-Kiskun, Baranya, Bekes,
Borsod-Abauj-Zemplen, Budapest*, Csongrad, Fejer, Gyor-Sopron,
Hajdu-Bihar, Heves, Komarom, Nograd, Pest, Somogy, Szabolcs-Szatmar,
Szolnok, Tolna, Vas, Veszprem, Zala.
Independence: 1001, unification by King Stephen I.
Constitution: 18 August 1949, effective 20 August 1949,
revised 19 April 1972 and 18 October 1989.
Legal system: based on Communist legal theory, with both
civil law system (civil code of 1960) and common law elements;
Supreme Court renders decisions of principle that sometimes
have the effect of declaring legislative acts unconstitutional;
has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction.
National holiday: Anniversary of the Liberation, 4 April (1945).
Executive branch: president, premier, Council of Ministers.
Legislative branch: unicameral National Assembly (Orszaggyules).
Judicial branch: Supreme Court.
Leaders:
Chief of State--President-designate Arpad GONCZ
(since 2 May 1990);
Head of Government--Prime Minister Jozsef ANTALL
(since 23 May 1990).
Political parties and leaders: Democratic Forum, Jozsef
Antall, chairman; Free Democrats, Janos Kis, chairman; Independent
Smallholders, Istvan Prepeliczay, president; Hungarian Socialist
Party (MSP), Rezso Nyers, chairman; Young Democrats; Christian
Democrats, Sandor Keresztes, president; note--the Hungarian
Socialist (Communist) Workers' Party (MSZMP) renounced Communism
and became the Hungarian Socialist Party (MSP) in October 1989.
Suffrage: universal at age 18.
Elections: National Assembly--last held on 25 March 1990
(first round, with the second round held 8 April 1990);
results--percent of vote by party NA; seats--(394 total)
Democratic Forum 165, Free Democrats 92, Independent Smallholders
43, Hungarian Socialist Party (MSP) 33, Young Democrats
21, Christian Democrats 21, independent candidates or jointly
sponsored candidates 19; an additional 8 seats will be given
to representatives of minority nationalities.
Communists: fewer than 100,000 (December 1989).
Member of: CCC, CEMA, FAO, GATT, IAEA, IBRD, IBEC, ICAC,
ICAO, ILO, ILZSG, IMF, IMO, IPU, ISO, ITC, ITU, UN, UNESCO,
UPU, Warsaw Pact, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO.
Diplomatic representation: Ambassador Dr. Peter VARKONYI;
Chancery at 3910 Shoemaker Street NW, Washington DC 20008;
telephone (202) 362-6730; there is a Hungarian Consulate
General in New York; US--Ambassador-designate Charles THOMAS;
Embassy at V. Szabadsag Ter 12, Budapest (mailing address
is APO New York 09213); telephone [36] (1) 126-450.
Flag: three equal horizontal bands of red (top), white, and green.