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| Magyarország miniszterelnöke | |
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| Style | Mr. Prime Minister (informal) His Excellency(diplomatic) |
| Type | Head of government |
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| Reports to | Parliament |
| Seat | Carmelite Monastery of Buda |
| Nominator | President |
| Appointer | Elected by National Assembly |
| Term length | Four years, no term limit |
| Constituting instrument | April Laws(historic) Fundamental Law(current) |
| Precursor | Palatine |
| Inaugural holder | Lajos Batthyány |
| Formation | 7 March 1848 |
| Deputy | Deputy prime minister (list) |
| Salary | 7,100,000 Ft /US$21,030 monthly[2] |
| Website | The Prime Minister's Office |
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Theprime minister of Hungary (Hungarian:Magyarország miniszterelnöke) is thehead of government ofHungary. Theprime minister and theCabinet are collectivelyaccountable for their policies and actions to theParliament, to theirpolitical party and ultimately to theelectorate. Thecurrent holder of the office isViktor Orbán, leader of theFidesz – Hungarian Civic Alliance, who has served since 29 May 2010.[3]
According to theHungarian Constitution, the prime minister is nominated by thepresident of Hungary and formally elected by the National Assembly. Constitutionally, the president is required to nominate the leader of the political party that wins a majority of seats in the National Assembly as prime minister.[4] If there is no party with a majority, the president holds an audience with the leaders of all parties represented in the assembly and nominates the person who is most likely to command a majority in the assembly, who is then formally elected by a simple majority of the assembly. In practice, when this situation occurs, the prime minister is the leader of the party winning aplurality of votes in the election, or the leader of the senior partner in the governing coalition.
The title of Hungary's head of government in Hungarian isminiszterelnök. Translated, this means "minister-president". However, since "prime minister" or "premier" is the more usual title in a parliamentary system for a head of government in English-speaking nations, the title is translated as "prime minister" by most English sources.
The longest-serving prime minister is incumbent office-holderViktor Orbán, who held the position from 6 July 1998 to 27 May 2002 and from 29 May 2010 until present-day. He surpassed Kálmán Tisza as the longest-serving prime minister on 30 November 2020. If the years are counted cumulatively, with 19 years in total as of 2025.
Thepalatine (Latin:comes palatii, comes palatinus, laterpalatinus (regni),Hungarian:nádorispán/nádor,Slovak:nádvorný župan / nádvorný špán, later:palatín/nádvorník,German:Palatin) was the highest dignitary in theKingdom of Hungary after theking (a kind of powerfulPrime Minister and supreme judge) from the kingdom's rise up to 1848/1918.
Initially, he was the representative of the king; later, the vice-regent (viceroy). In the early centuries of the kingdom, he was appointed by the king, later elected by theDiet of the Kingdom of Hungary. After theHabsburgs solidified their hold of Hungary, the dignity became an appointed position once again. Finally, it became hereditary in a cadet (junior) branch of the Habsburg dynasty afterKing Francis appointed his brotherJoseph.
During the Hungarian Revolution of 1848, the revolutionaries wanted the creation of a Hungarian cabinet which would be independent from theAustrian Empire and the Buda Chancellery (which was an office of the imperial governor-general). One of the12 points said:2. A responsible government inBuda-Pest.
Ferdinand V appointed CountLajos Batthyány for the position of prime minister of Hungary on 17 March 1848. The government was calledministry, different from the current acceptance. The ministries were calleddepartments. The position was vacant after the defeat of the freedom fight.
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