Administrative divisions
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19 counties (megyek, singular - megye), 23 urban counties (singular - megyei varos), and 1 capital city (fovaros) counties: Bacs-Kiskun, Baranya, Bekes, Borsod-Abauj-Zemplen, Csongrad, Fejer, Gyor-Moson-Sopron, Hajdu-Bihar, Heves, Jasz-Nagykun-Szolnok, Komarom-Esztergom, Nograd, Pest, Somogy, Szabolcs-Szatmar-Bereg, Tolna, Vas, Veszprem, Zala urban counties: Bekescsaba, Debrecen, Dunaujvaros, Eger, Erd, Gyor, Hodmezovasarhely, Kaposvar, Kecskemet, Miskolc, Nagykanizsa, Nyiregyhaza, Pecs, Salgotarjan, Sopron, Szeged, Szekesfehervar, Szekszard, Szolnok, Szombathely, Tatabanya, Veszprem, Zalaegerszeg capital city: Budapest
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Capital city
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Geographic coordinates
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Capital city
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Name
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Budapest
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Constitution
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previous 1949 (heavily amended in 1989 following collapse of communism); latest approved 18 April 2011, signed 25 April 2011, effective 1 January 2012; amended several times, last in 2013
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Diplomatic representation from the US
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Mailing address
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pouch: American Embassy Budapest, 5270 Budapest Place, US Department of State, Washington, DC 20521-5270
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Executive branch
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Cabinet
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Cabinet of Ministers prime minister elected by the National Assembly on the recommendation of the president; other ministers proposed by the prime minister and appointed and relieved of their duties by the president
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Executive branch
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Chief of state
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Janos ADER (since 10 May 2012)
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Executive branch
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Head of government
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Prime Minister Viktor ORBAN (since 29 May 2010)
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Government type
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parliamentary democracy
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Judicial branch
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Constitutional Court (judges are elected by the National Assembly for nine-year terms); Curia (highest court; head of Curia elected by National Assembly, the other judges elected by the president on recommendation of the head of the National Office of the Courts, a separate administrative body); Regional Courts of Appeal (judges are appointed by the president)
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Legal system
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civil legal system influenced by the German model
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Legislative branch
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unicameral National Assembly or Orszaggyules
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Political parties and leaders
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Christian Democratic People's Party or KDNP [Zsolt SEMJEN] Democratic Coalition [Ferenc GYURCSANY] Dialogue for Hungary [Benedek JAVOR, Timea SZABO, co-chairs] Fidesz-Hungarian Civic Alliance or Fidesz [Viktor ORBAN, chairman] Hungarian Socialist Party or MSZP [Attila MESTERHAZY] Movement for a Better Hungary or Jobbik [Gabor VONA] Politics Can Be Different or LMP [13-member leadership; some positions currently vacant]
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Political pressure groups and leaders
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Air Work Group (works to reduce air pollution in towns and cities) Danube Circle (protests the building of the Gabchikovo-Nagymaros dam) Fourth Republic (Negyedik Koztarsasag) or 4K! (anti-Orban, pro-democracy Facebook movement emerged from a Facebook group, One Million for Freedom of the Press or "Milla," and plans to form a leftist political party) Green Future (protests the impact of lead contamination of local factory on health of the people) Hungarian Civil Liberties Union (Tarsasag a Szabadsagjogokert) or TASZ (freedom of expression, information privacy) Hungarian Helsinki Committee (asylum seekers' rights, human rights in law enforcement and the judicial system) Szolidaritas ("Solidarity," formed in October 2011 by three trade unions and an NGO - anti-Orban government) "Egyutt 2014" ("Together 2014," a political electoral alliance bringing together Milla, Szolidaritas, and "Haza es Haladas," an association headed by former PM Gordon BAJNAI, to contest Fidesz and Viktor ORBAN in the 2014 parliamentary elections) Civil Osszefogas Forum ("Civil Unity Forum," nominally independent organization that serves as pro-government mass organization, supporting ORBAN government's policies)
environmentalists: Hungarian Ornithological and Nature Conservation Society (Magyar Madartani Egyesulet) or MME Green Alternative (Zold Alternativa)
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Suffrage
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18 years of age, 16 if married; universal
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