Prosecutor General of Hungary

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The Prosecutor General of Hungary is the head of the country’s independent prosecution service, responsible for directing criminal prosecutions and overseeing the enforcement of the law.

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instanceOf chief prosecutor position
public office
appliesToJurisdiction Hungary
appointedBy President of Hungary
canFile extraordinary legal remedies
canInitiate criminal proceedings
canRepresent state in criminal cases
canSubmit motions to courts
canSupervise lawfulness of police investigations
canTerminate criminal proceedings in specified cases
country Hungary
currentOfficeHolder Péter Polt
currentOfficeHolderStart 2010
hasAuthorityOver county prosecutors in Hungary
district prosecutors in Hungary
regional chief prosecutors in Hungary
hasDuty ensuring respect for the rule of law
protecting public interest in criminal matters
reporting annually to the National Assembly
hasRole directing criminal prosecutions
ensuring uniform application of criminal law
issuing prosecutorial guidelines
overseeing enforcement of the law
overseeing regional and local prosecutors
participating in criminal policy formulation
representing public prosecution in courts
supervising legality of investigations
headOf Office of the Prosecutor General of Hungary
Prosecution Service of Hungary
independence institutionally independent from the government
separate from the judiciary
isHeadOf independent prosecution service of Hungary
languageOfTitle Hungarian
legalBasis Act on the Prosecution Service of Hungary
Fundamental Law of Hungary
nominatedBy National Assembly of Hungary
officeHolderTitleInHungarian legfőbb ügyész
officeType constitutional office
non-ministerial office
oversees compliance with prosecutorial decisions
enforcement of final criminal judgments
execution of sentences
partOf criminal justice system of Hungary
judicial system of Hungary
previousOfficeHolder Kálmán Györgyi
Tamás Kovács
reportsTo National Assembly of Hungary
seat Budapest

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Fundamental Law of Hungary definesConstitutionalBody Prosecutor General of Hungary
Prosecutor General of Hungary headOf Office of the Prosecutor General of Hungary
linked to: Prosecutor General of Hungary
Prosecutor General of Hungary officeHolderTitleInHungarian legfőbb ügyész
linked to: Prosecutor General of Hungary