Saturday, 9 May 2026
At its inaugural sitting, Parliament elected Péter Magyar as Prime Minister and Ágnes Forsthoffer as Speaker, and set up its committees. An act set the list of the new ministries.
In a new act, Parliament listed Hungary's 16 ministries, including the new Ministry of Health, Ministry of Education and Children, Ministry of Social Affairs and Family and Ministry for the Living Environment. The first three are separated from the Ministry of the Interior. Several ministries continue under new names: the Ministry for National Economy becomes the Ministry of Finance, and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The Ministry for European Union Affairs and the Prime Minister's Cabinet Office merge into the Prime Minister's Office. The act enters into force on the day the new government is formed.
Weight: 3/3 · substantive · Concrete decision to be implemented (linked to promise H01, O02).
Parliament raised to the level of law some of the decrees adopted during the state of danger declared because of the war in Ukraine, as transitional or permanent rules. Among others, the interest rate cap on mortgage loans remains (interest cannot be higher than the level of 27 October 2021), and there are rules on farmers hit by frost, drought and foot-and-mouth disease. Imports of certain agricultural products must be notified to NÉBIH in advance. The official fuel price is at most HUF 595 per litre for 95 petrol and HUF 615 for diesel. The act enters into force on 14 May 2026; from the text of more than 160,000 characters only the main parts are highlighted here.
Weight: 3/3 · substantive · Concrete decision to be implemented (linked to promise B03).
At its inaugural session, Parliament elected Ágnes Forsthoffer Speaker of Parliament. The resolution entered into force upon adoption, and the resolution on the 2022 election of the Speaker ceases to apply.
Weight: 1/3 · Internal personnel or organisational decision of Parliament.
Parliament elected its deputy speakers: Anikó Hallerné Nagy and Krisztián Kőszegi (TISZA), Eszter Vitályos (Fidesz), Csaba Latorcai (KDNP) and Dóra Dúró (Mi Hazánk). The mandates of Eszter Vitályos and Csaba Latorcai run from 13 May 2026. Richárd Rák (TISZA) became the deputy speaker responsible for legislation.
Weight: 1/3 · Internal personnel or organisational decision of Parliament.
Parliament elected 14 clerks: seven from TISZA, five from Fidesz and one each from KDNP and Mi Hazánk. They include Ákos Berki, Szilvia Ujvári, István Simicskó and Dávid Dócs.
Weight: 1/3 · Internal personnel or organisational decision of Parliament.
Parliament set up the standing committees of the new term, defined their remits and elected their members. There are also new committees, for example the Committee on Digitalisation and Technology and the Committee for the Living Environment. TISZA MPs have a majority in most committees, alongside members from Fidesz, KDNP and Mi Hazánk. The membership of some opposition MPs only runs from 13 May 2026.
Weight: 1/3 · Internal personnel or organisational decision of Parliament.
Parliament elected Péter Magyar Prime Minister. The resolution entered into force upon adoption, on 9 May 2026.
Weight: 1/3 · Internal personnel or organisational decision of Parliament.
Issue no. 44 of the Hungarian Gazette (Magyar Közlöny) for 2026 appeared on 9 May and contains 7 items. The new Parliament elected Péter Magyar Prime Minister and Ágnes Forsthoffer Speaker, and elected its deputy speakers, clerks and committees. The act on the new ministry structure and the act raising emergency decrees into law also appeared. Each item is described separately on this page.
Weight: 1/3 · Gazette issue: the items in it are rated separately.