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Wednesday, 19 August 2026
The size and pay of the boards and supervisory boards of state companies will now depend on the company's size and complexity, so they run more economically. A call was published for the director-general post of the National Archives of Hungary.
The government adopted new rules on the size and pay of boards of directors and supervisory boards of majority state-owned companies, and on executives' pay. Companies are grouped as of low, medium or high complexity; the high category includes, for example, MÁV, Magyar Posta, MVM Paks Nuclear Power Plant and Szerencsejáték Zrt. The board of directors may have at most five members and the supervisory board at most six. Chairs may be paid at most three times the minimum wage and members at most twice, while senior political officials may not be paid. CEOs' base pay is at most 4.12–4.94 times the previous year's average wage depending on the category, and their bonus at most 20 percent of annual base pay. The resolution entered into force on the day after publication.
Weight: 2/3 · substantive · Concrete decision to be implemented.
The Prime Minister dismissed Gyöngyi Katalin Sipkáné Szabó, deputy state secretary at the Ministry of Rural and Settlement Development. The dismissal was made on the proposal of the minister of rural and settlement development and is valid from 20 August 2026.
Weight: 1/3 · Personnel decision, a routine matter.
Under the interior minister's decree, police officers and other law enforcement staff must be given free meals and drinking water if they serve at least six hours at a major event. Such events include, for example, a major disaster, a mass event or securing the visit of an internationally protected person. The value of meals is at most HUF 1,200 for breakfast, HUF 1,950 for lunch, HUF 1,200 for dinner and HUF 1,000 for night-time catering. Drinking water must be provided at least every four hours. The rule also applies to officer cadets, border guards and civilian staff working on site.
Weight: 1/3 · Specialised or organisational rule affecting a narrow group.
On the foreign minister's proposal, the President, in recognition of his service, relieved Dr Csaba Demcsák, Hungary's ambassador in Zagreb, of leading the embassy. The resolution was signed by Dr Tamás Sulyok on 16 July 2026 and countersigned by foreign minister Dr Anita Orbán.
Weight: 1/3 · Routine decision of the President (appointment, award or similar).
President Dr András Baka appointed Dr István Szilveszter Timár head of the Office of the Sándor Palace with effect from 19 August 2026. At the same time he revoked the 2024 resolution on the earlier director-general appointment.
Weight: 1/3 · Routine decision of the President (appointment, award or similar).
The minister for social relations and culture is advertising the post of director-general of the National Archives of Hungary, for a fixed term of up to 5 years. According to the notice, applicants must submit a clear and feasible management strategy for the archives' tasks: preserving, researching and making public the written heritage. The director-general is employed as an executive employee under the Labour Code. The winner's professional programme may also be published on the archives' website after the deadline.
Weight: 1/3 · Informational document, not a decision.
Official introduction (original Hungarian): Pályázati felhívás a Magyar Nemzeti Levéltár főigazgatói munkakörének ellátására.
Issue no. 37 of the Official Bulletin (Hivatalos Értesítő) for 2026 appeared on 19 August and contains 10 items. It includes an amendment to the organisational rules of the Sándor Palace, an amendment to the rules of the Education Authority and the interim operating rules of the Ministry for Social Relations and Culture. It also contains an agricultural support instruction and a prison service instruction. The notices include applications to found three sectoral dialogue committees (spa, agriculture and water utilities) and NAV's fuel prices for September.
Weight: 1/3 · Gazette issue: the items in it are rated separately.
Issue no. 115 of the Hungarian Gazette (Magyar Közlöny) for 2026 appeared on 19 August and contains 5 items. The government adopted new pay and size rules for executives and boards of state companies. The interior minister's decree provides free meals for law enforcement staff at major events. The dismissal of the ambassador in Zagreb, the appointment of the head of the Sándor Palace office and the dismissal of a deputy state secretary also appeared. Each item is described separately on this page.
Weight: 1/3 · Gazette issue: the items in it are rated separately.