_#_National holiday: October 23 (1956); commemorates the Hungarian uprising
_#_Executive branch: president, prime minister
_#_Legislative branch: unicameral National Assembly (Orszaggyules)
_#_Judicial branch: Supreme Court, may be restructured as part of ongoing government overhaul
_#_Leaders:
Chief of State—President Arpad GONCZ (since 3 August 1990; previously interim President from 2 May 1990);
Head of Government—Prime Minister Jozsef ANTALL (since 23 May 1990)
_#_Political parties and leaders: Democratic Forum, Jozsef ANTALL, chairman; Free Democrats, Janos KIS, chairman; Independent Smallholders, Ferenc Jozsef NAGY, president; Hungarian Socialist Party (MSP), Gyula HORN, chairman; Young Democrats, Gabor FODOR, head; Christian Democrats, Dr. Lazlo SURJAN, president; note—the Hungarian Socialist (Communist) Workers' Party (MSZMP) renounced Communism and became the Hungarian Socialist Party (MSP) in October 1989
_#_Suffrage: universal at age 18
_#_Elections: