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proceedings affecting the rights of future generations or in the scientific theory of such
proceedings.
(4) Parliament shall elect the Deputy of the Commissioner for Fundamental Rights responsible
for the protection of the rights of nationalities living in Hungary from among those lawyers who
have reached the age of thirty-five years, have outstanding theoretical knowledge or at least ten
years of professional experience, and have considerable experience in conducting or supervising
proceedings affecting the rights of nationalities living in Hungary or in the scientific theory of
such proceedings.
(5)155 No one may become Commissioner for Fundamental Rights or his/her Deputy who–in
the four years preceding the proposal for his/her election–has been a Member of Parliament,
Member of the European Parliament, President of the Republic, Member of the Government,
state secretary, permanent state secretary, deputy state secretary, member of a local government
body, mayor, deputy mayor, member of a nationality self-government, notary, professional
member of the Hungarian Defense Forces, professional member of the law-enforcement organs
or of organs performing law-enforcement tasks, or the officer or employee of a political party.
Section 6 – (1) The President of the Republic shall make a proposal for the person of the
Commissioner for Fundamental Rights between the ninetieth day and the forty-fifth day
preceding the expiry of the mandate of the Commissioner for Fundamental Rights.
(2) If the mandate of the Commissioner for Fundamental Rights has terminated for a reason
specified in points b) to g) of Subsection (1) of Section 16, the President of the Republic shall
make a proposal for the person of the Commissioner for Fundamental Rights within thirty days
of the termination of the mandate.
(3) If the proposed person is not elected by Parliament, the President of the Republic shall
make a new proposal within thirty days at the latest.
(4) The person proposed for Commissioner for Fundamental Rights shall be given a hearing by
the committee of Parliament competent according to the tasks of the Commissioner for
Fundamental Rights.
(5) The Commissioner for Fundamental Rights may be re-elected once.
Section 7 – (1) The Commissioner for Fundamental Rights shall make a proposal for the
person of a Deputy Commissioner for Fundamental Rights between the ninetieth day and the
forty-fifth day preceding the expiry of the mandate of the Deputy Commissioner for
Fundamental Rights.
(2) If the mandate of a Deputy Commissioner for Fundamental Rights has terminated for a
reason specified in points b) to g) of subsection (1) of Section 16, the Commissioner for
Fundamental Rights shall make a proposal for the person of the Deputy Commissioner for
Fundamental Rights within thirty days of the termination of the mandate.
(2a)156 If the mandates of the Commissioner for Fundamental Rights and his/her Deputy
terminate at the same time, the newly elected Commissioner for Fundamental Rights shall make a
proposal for the person of the Deputy Commissioner for Fundamental Rights within thirty days
after his/her election.
(3) If the person proposed for Deputy Commissioner for Fundamental Rights is not elected by
Parliament, the Commissioner for Fundamental Rights shall make a new proposal within thirty
days at the latest.
(4) The Commissioner for Fundamental Rights shall–before making his/her proposal for the
person of the Deputy Commissioner for Fundamental Rights responsible for the protection of
the rights of the nationalities living in Hungary–request an opinion from the national nationality
self-governments.
Shall enter into force with the text amended by Section 410, Subsection (1) of Act CCI of 2011 Amended by Section 158,
Subsection (28) of Act XXXVI of 2012
156 Enacted by Section 6 of Act CCXXIII of 2013 Effective as of December 19, 2013
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