et: Council of Ministers elected by the National Assembly on
the recommendation of the president

elections: president elected by the National Assembly for a
five-year term; election last held 6 June 2000 (next to be held by
June 2005); prime minister elected by the National Assembly on the
recommendation of the president

election results: Ferenc MADL elected president; percent of
legislative vote - NA% (but by a simple majority in the third round
of voting); Viktor ORBAN elected prime minister; percent of
legislative vote - NA%

note: to be elected, the president must win two-thirds of
legislative vote in the first two rounds or a simple majority in the
third round

Legislative branch: unicameral National Assembly or Orszaggyules
(386 seats; members are elected by popular vote under a system of
proportional and direct representation to serve four-year terms)

elections: last held on 10 and 24 May 1998 (next to be held
May/June 2002)

election results: percent of vote by party (5% or more of the vote
required for parliamentary representation in the first round) - MSZP
32.0%, FIDESZ 28.2%, FKGP 13.8%, SZDSZ 7.9%, MIEP 5.5%, MMP 4.1%,
MDF 2.8%, KDNP 2.3%, MDNP 1.5%; seats by party - MSZP 134, FIDESZ
148, FKGP 48, SZDSZ 24, MDF 17, MIEP 14, independent 1; note -
seating as of 2000 by party - MSZP 136, FIDESZ 141, FKGP 48, SZDSZ
24, MDF 16, MIEP 12, independents 9

Judicial branch: Constitutional Court (judges are elected by the
National Assembly for nine-year terms)

Political parties and leaders: Alliance of Free Democrats or SZDSZ
[Gabor DEMSZKY]; Christian Democratic People's Party or KDNP [Gyorgy
GICZY, president]; Federation of Young Democrats-Hungarian Civic
Party or FYD-HCP [Laszlo KOVER]; note - used to be Hungarian Civic
Party or FIDESZ; Hungarian Democratic Forum or MDF [Ibolya DAVID];
Hungarian Democratic People's Party or MDNP [Erzsebet PUSZTAI,
chairman]; Hungarian Justice and Life Party or MIEP [Istvan CSURKA,
chairman]; Hungarian Socialist Party or MSZP [Laszlo KOVACS,
chairman]; Hungarian Workers' Party or MMP [Gyula THURMER,
chairman]; Independent Smallholders or FKGP [Jozsef TORGYAN,
president]

Political pressure groups and leaders: NA

International organization participation: ABEDA, Australia Group,
BIS, CCC, CE, CEI, CERN, EAPC, EBRD, ECE, EU (applicant), FAO, G- 9,
IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC, ICFTU, ICRM, IDA, IEA, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF,
IMO, Inmarsat, Intelsat, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IS