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==Presidential elections (indirect)== {{Expand section|date=July 2010}} The [[President of Hungary]], who has a largely ceremonial role under the [[Constitution of Hungary|country's constitution]], is elected by the members of the National Assembly to serve for a term of five years (maximum two times), and has to quit their political party (if they have one) in order to be impartial and able to express the unity of the nation (so the "Political Party" column refers to their party membership, prior to becoming president). Presidents of Hungary: {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |- ! # ! Picture ! Name ! From ! Until ! Political party ! Notes |- ! style="background-color:{{party color|Hungarian Socialist Party}}; color:white" | — |[[File:Szűrös Mátyás (Heti Válasz).JPG|80px]] |[[Mátyás Szűrös]] |23 October 1989 |2 May 1990 |[[Hungarian Socialist Party]] (MSZP) |acting president |- ! style="background-color:{{party color|Alliance of Free Democrats}}; color:white" | 1 |[[File:GönczÁrpád.jpg|80px]] |[[Árpád Göncz]] |2 May 1990 |3 August 2000 |[[Alliance of Free Democrats]] (SZDSZ) |president of the republic |- ! style="background-color:" | 2 |[[File:Ferenc Mádl.jpg|80px]] |[[Ferenc Mádl]] |4 August 2000 |4 August 2005 |[[Non-partisan]] |president of the republic |- ! style="background-color:" | 3 |[[File:László Sólyom.jpg|80px]] |[[László Sólyom]] |5 August 2005 |5 August 2010 |[[Non-partisan]] |president of the republic |- ! style="background-color:{{party color|Fidesz}}; color:white" | 4 |[[File:Pál Schmitt (2011).jpg|80px]] |[[Pál Schmitt]] |6 August 2010 |2 April 2012<br />(resigned) |[[Fidesz]] |president of the republic |- ! style="background-color:{{party color|Fidesz}}; color:white" | — |[[File:László Kövér Senate of Poland 01.JPG|80px]] |[[László Kövér]] |2 April 2012 |10 May 2012 |[[Fidesz]] |acting president |- ! style="background-color:{{party color|Fidesz}}; color:white" | 5 |[[File:Ader Janos.jpg|80px]] |[[János Áder]] |10 May 2012 |10 May 2022 |[[Fidesz]] |president of the republic |- ! style="background-color:{{party color|Fidesz}}; color:white" | 6 |[[File:Katalin Novák in 2017 (cropped).jpg|80px]] |[[Katalin Novák]] |10 May 2022 |26 February 2024 (resigned) |[[Fidesz]] |president of the republic |- ! style="background-color:{{party color|Fidesz}}; color:white" | — |[[File:László Kövér Senate of Poland 01.JPG|80px]] |[[László Kövér]] |26 February 2024 |5 March 2024 |[[Fidesz]] |acting president |- ! style="background-color:" | 7 |[[File:Sulyok Tamás hivatalos portréja (cropped).jpg|80px]] |[[Tamás Sulyok]] |5 March 2024 |''Incumbent'' |[[Non-partisan]] |president of the republic |} The non-partisan Ferenc Mádl had been elected by the [[Fidesz]]-[[Independent Smallholders, Agrarian Workers and Civic Party|FKgp]]-[[Hungarian Democratic Forum|MDF]] government in 2000, while the also non-partisan László Sólyom (former President of the [[Constitutional Court of Hungary|Constitutional Court]]) had been elected president as the opposition Fidesz's and MDF's candidate in 2005. The minor party of the coalition government ([[Alliance of Free Democrats|SZDSZ]]) did not support the superior coalition government party's ([[Hungarian Socialist Party|MSZP]]) candidate, therefore Sólyom could win as an opposition candidate. Non-partisan Tamás Sulyok had been elected by the [[Fidesz-KDNP]] supermajority government in 2024.
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