Hungary
Last reviewed: 25 January 2012

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Full Country Name: Republic of Hungary
Area: 93,030 sq km (35,920sq miles)
Population: 9,965,000 (July 2011)
Capital City: Budapest (population: 2 million)
Languages: Hungarian 98.2%, other 1.8%
Religion(s): Roman Catholic 67.5%, Calvinist 20%, Lutheran 5%, Jewish 5%, atheist and other 2.5%
Currency: Hungarian Forint (HUF)
Major political parties:
Governing majority:

• FIDESZ – Hungarian Civic Alliance (FIDESZ-MPSZ)
• Christian Democratic Party (KDNP)

Opposition:

• Hungarian Socialist Party (MSZP)
• The Movement for Better Hungary (JOBBIK)
• Politics Can Be Different (LMP)

President: Mr Pál Schmitt (since 6 August 2010)
Prime Minister: Mr Viktor Orbán (since 29 May 2010)
Membership of international groupings/organisations: Australia Group (AG), Bank of International Settlements (BIS), European Council (EC),  Central European Initiative (CEI), CERN, Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council (EAPC), European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), European Investment Bank (EIB), European Organisation for Nuclear Research (CERN), European Space Agency (ESA), European Union (EU), Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO), Group of 9 (G9), International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD), International Chamber of Commerce (ICC), International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO), International Criminal Court (ICCt), International Criminal Police Organisation (Interpol), International Development Association (IDA), International Energy Agency (IEA), International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRCS), International Finance Corporation (IFC), International Labour Organisation (ILO), International Maritime Organisation (IMO), International Mobile Satellite Organisation (IMSO), International Monetary Fund (IMF), International Olympic Committee (IOC), International Organisation for Migration (IOM), International Organisation for Standardisation (ISO), International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement (ICRM), International Telecommunication Union (ITU), International Telecommunications Satellite Organisation (ITSO), International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC), Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU), Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA), Non-Aligned Movement (NAM - guest), North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO), Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA), Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG), Organisation internationale de la Francophonie (OIF – observer), Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), Organisation for Co-operation and Security in Europe (OSCE), Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), Organisation of American States (OAS - observer), Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA), Schengen Convention, Southeast European Cooperative Initiative (SECI), United Nations (UN), United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO), United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), United Nations Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO), Universal Postal Union (UPU), Western European Union (WEU - associate), World Confederation of Labour (WCL), World Customs Organisation (WCO), World Federation of Trade Unions (WFTU), World Health Organisation (WHO), World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO), World Meteorological Organisation (WMO), World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO), World Trade Organisation (WTO),  Visegrad-4 Group (V4).

Hungary is a democratic republic. It became a member of NATO on 12 March 1999.
It joined the European Union on 1 May 2004.

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See also

Useful links

• UK Trade & Investment Country Profile: Hungary
• British Chamber of Commerce in Hungary
• British Council in Budapest
• Office of the Prime Minister of Hungary
• BBC News Country Timeline: Hungary
  

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