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Links to Hungarian government executive, legislative, and judicial sites; law and political party sites. For a Library of Congress resource on Hungarian law, consult the Hungary section of the Guide to Law Online, at the Global Legal Information Network. For census information about Hungary and other FSU or former Soviet-bloc countries see also The Census Online: Internet Census Resources for Eastern Europe and the FSU .
General
Hungarian Government Portal (http://www.magyarorszag.hu)
Page sponsored by the Electronic Government Center, Office of the Prime Minister. Provides comprehensive access to the Hungarian government at various levels; in Hungarian, although some general information is available in English and German.
U.S. Central Intelligence Agency. Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members of Foreign Governments--Hungary (https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/world-leaders-1/world-leaders-h/hungary.html)
Online directory of chiefs of state and cabinet members of foreign governments.
Executive, Legislative, Judicial
Constitutional Court (http://www.mkab.hu)
The responsibilities of the Constitutional Court include interpreting the Constitution, ensuring that laws are in accordance with it; reconciling the differences between international and domestic law; rendering decisions on constitutional challenges; establishing the public responsibilities of the head of state and other public officials; and determining the spheres of authority of municipalities and local authorities. In Hungarian, English, and German, and French.
House of the Nation. Information
System of Hungarian National Assembly (http://www.mkogy.hu/parl%5Fen.htm)
Site contains information, from 1990 to the present, concerning the Parliament, member biographies, factions and committees, votes, laws, resolutions, and other links. In Hungarian and English; former provides more information.
Prime Minister of the Republic
of Hungary (http://www.miniszterelnok.hu)
Contains news, speeches, interviews, a biography, and links to other sections of the government. Mostly in Hungarian; some information in English and German.
Supreme Court (http://www.lb.hu/english/index.html)
The highest court in Hungary. In English and Hungarian.
Government, other
Hungarian Central Statistical Office (http://portal.ksh.hu)
Provides basic demographic, economic, and other statistical information and reports. In English and Hungarian.
Hungarian Patent Office (http://www.hpo.hu/English/index.html)
Information on obtaining patents, registering trademarks and industrial designs, utility models and topography protection of semiconductors. Site provides access to industrial property databases and the patent library. In English and Hungarian.
Magyar Posta (http://www.posta.hu)
Homepage of the Hungarian Postal Service. In Hungarian.
Official Gazettes (http://www.kozlonykiado.hu/kozlonyok/valaszt.htm)
Free downloadable (.pdf) copies of the official gazettes of Hungarian government ministries. Issues for 2008 available for all; earlier years available for some. In Hungarian.
Visegrad Group (http://www.visegradgroup.eu)
Home page of the Visegrad 4 Group with information on the Group's history, structure, documents, press releases, annual report, etc. Countries of the Central European region work together in a number of fields of common interest within all-European integration aimed at strengthening stability in the region and encouraging optimum cooperation with all countries, in particular its neighbors.
Constitution and Law
Constitution Finder (http://confinder.richmond.edu/country.php)
Provided by the University of Richmond, in Virginia. Select "Hungary" from the dropdown menu.
In Hungarian, English, and German.
New York University School of Law Library. Guide to Foreign and International Legal Databases (http://www.law.nyu.edu/library/foreign%5Fintl/index.html)
Searchable. Includes links to a variety of databases including foreign and international search engines, international law databases, human rights, and international treaties.
House of the Nation. Information System of the Hungarian National Assembly.
Constitution of the Republic of Hungary (http://www.mkogy.hu/parl_en.htm)
This links to the Hungarian Parliament's site. Click on "Constitution of the Republic of Hungary." Hungarian version also available; click on "Alkotmány."
Hungarian Civil Liberties Union (http://www.tasz.hu/index.php?cookielanguage=en)
A law reform and legal defense organization created in 1994. In English and Hungarian.
LLRX--Introduction to Hungarian Law Research (http://www.llrx.com/features/hungarian.htm)
Description of the Hungarian legal system. Includes links to the Parliament and parliamentary commissioner, the president, Constitutional Court, the judiciary and legal profession, and sources of legal literature. Dated December 2001. Hosted by the Law Library Resource Xchange.
U.S. Department
of State. Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor. Country Reports
on Human Rights Practices-2004: Hungary (http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2004/41685.htm)
Country Reports on Human Rights Practices are submitted annually by the U.S. Department of State to the U.S. Congress. The reports cover internationally recognized individual, civil, political, and worker rights, as set forth in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
Politics
Electionworld.org / Elections around
the world (http://www.electionworld.org)
A database on national elections, including the results of the latest elections, with links to parliaments and political parties.
Political Resources
on the Net: Hungary (http://www.politicalresources.net/hungary.htm)
Features a directory of Web sites on politics in Hungary, compiled by Agora Telematica. Links to information on the constitution, parliamentary elections, government, and political parties.
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