universal

Executive branch: Ferenc MADL (since NA August 2000) head of government:
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 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 election results: Ferenc MADL elected
president; percent of legislative vote - NA% (but by a simple majority
in the third round of voting); Peter MEDGYESSY elected prime minister;
percent of legislative vote - NA%

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) election
results: percent of vote by party (5% or more of the vote required for
parliamentary representation in the first round) - FIDESZ/MDF 48.70%,
MSZP 46.11%, SZDSZ 4.92%, other 0.27%; seats by party - FIDESZ/MDF 188,
MSZP 178, SZDSZ 20 elections: 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 KUNCZE]; Christian Democratic People's Party or KDNP [Gyorgy GICZY,
president]; Hungarian Civic Party or FIDESZ [Zoltan POKORNI]; 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, Interpol, IOC, IOM, ISO, ITU, MINURSO, NAM (guest), NATO, NEA,
NSG, OAS (observer), OECD, OPCW, OSCE, PCA, PFP, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO,
UNFICYP, UNHCR, UNIDO, UNIKOM, UNMIBH, UNMIK, UNOMIG, UNU, UPU, WCL,
WEU (associate), WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WToO, WTrO, ZC

Diplomatic representation in the US: chief of mission: Ambassa