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Hungary

Civil lawUnitary parliamentary republicReviewed· 2026-08-02
Capital
Budapest
Population
9,600,000
Languages
Hungarian
Currency
HUF

Hungary · Constitution

Fundamental Law of Hungary

Replaced the amended 1949 constitution with effect from 2012. It opens with a National Avowal, entrenches a range of policy choices, and can be amended by two-thirds of all Members of Parliament — the same majority needed for the cardinal statutes on courts, elections, the family and the media.

The constitutional text

Replaced the amended 1949 constitution with effect from 2012. It opens with a National Avowal, entrenches a range of policy choices, and can be amended by two-thirds of all Members of Parliament — the same majority needed for the cardinal statutes on courts, elections, the family and the media.

Separation of powers

A unicameral parliament dominates: it elects the President, the Curia’s President, the Prosecutor General and the constitutional judges. Judicial administration is split between the National Office for the Judiciary and the elected National Judicial Council.

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