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Hungary
Hungarian Republic
Magyar Köztársaság
Political Status: Independent kingdom created in 1000; republic proclaimed in 1946; Communist People's Republic established August 20, 1949; pre-Communist name revived as one of a number of Western-style constitutional changes approved on October 18, 1989.
Area: 35,919 sq. mi. (93,030 sq. km.).
Population: 10,197,119 (2001C); 10,080,000 (2004E).
Major Urban Centers (1999E): BUDAPEST (1,813,200), Debrecen (203,600), Miskolc (172,000), Pécs (160,000), Szeged (153,400), Györ (126,400).
Official Language: Hungarian.
Monetary Unit: Forint (official rate July 1, 2005: 204.26 forints = $1US).
President: Laszlo SOLYOM; elected in third-round balloting by the National Assembly on June 7, 2005, and sworn in for a five-year term on August 5, succeeding Ferenc MÁDL.
Prime Minister: Ferenc GYURCSÁNY (Hungarian Socialist Party); formally invited by the President to form a new government on September 26, 2004, following the resignation ...