Index – National – How much do members of the government earn?



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In the first part of our series, we looked at the salaries of municipal representatives and then we continued the line with the salaries of mayors. While there are no uniform calculation rules for municipal representatives, it is much more transparent for mayors how much they earn. The situation is similar for members of parliament. Determining and making the salaries of the prime minister and ministers transparent is perhaps the easiest.

Law XLIII of 2010 on the statute of the organs of the central administration of the State and members of the Government and Secretaries of State, currently in force. according to the law, the prime minister may fix a personal salary for ministers during the period from March 1 of the current year to the end of February of the following year.

The monthly amount of personal salary cannot exceed the personal income tax paid to the same person in the year preceding the year in question by a body of the central public administration administered or supervised by the Minister, a budget body other than a central public administration body or a company owned by the Minister. one twelfth of maximum annual employment income

– can be read in the law.

From the document repository kormany.hu, it is easy to find out how much political leaders, ministers and secretaries of state earn each month.

According to the public data available here, the salary of the general staff of ministers will be gross between March 1, 2020 and February 28, 2021. 1,979 400 florin. The personal salary of the secretaries of state is gross monthly 1,750,000 florin.

If a politician is a Member of Parliament in addition to the position of Minister and Secretary of State, he will receive an additional base salary, ie 1,103,400 HUF gross per month.

The following members of the government are entitled to a gross monthly salary of HUF 3,082,800 with the base salary of their representatives:

  • Zsolt Semjén Deputy Prime Minister for National Policy, Church Affairs and Nationalities
  • Mihály varga Minister of Finance, Deputy Prime Minister
  • Gergely Gulyás Minister occupying the Prime Minister’s Office
  • Istvan Nagy Minister of Agriculture
  • Katalin Novák Minister without portfolio for families
  • Rogan Antal, Chief of Staff to the Prime Minister
  • Péter Szijjártó Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade

Non-mandated government members are entitled to a gross monthly membership fee of 1,979,400 HUF, as follows:

  • Sándor Pintér Minister of the Interior, Deputy Prime Minister
  • Tibor Benkő Minister of Defense
  • Miklós Kásler Minister of Human Resources
  • László Palkovics Minister of Innovation and Technology
  • Judit Varga Ministry of Justice

The government also has two exceptionally paid ministers, Andrea skinny, the minister without portfolio responsible for the management of the national patrimony is gross monthly 5,000,000 you are entitled to HUF, you receive the same amount János Süli, the Minister without Portfolio responsible for the expansion of the Paks Nuclear Power Plant, who, however, also receives the base salary of his representatives, that is, a gross monthly total 6 103 400 florin.

Viktor Orbán is entitled to less than more members of the government

The amount of the Prime Minister’s monthly salary is thirty-nine times the official’s base salary. The salary base is determined in the budget each year.

CXCIX Law of 2011 on Civil Service Officials. According to article 132 of the law, the salary base in 2020 is HUF 38,650.

This means that Viktor Orban prime minister gross monthly 1 507 350 as prime minister entitled to one forint, to which is added the basic salary of a member of parliament, i.e. a gross monthly total 2 610 750 his base salary is HUF.

(Cover image: Viktor Orbán and Zsolt Semjén in the plenary session of Parliament on November 30, 2020. Photo: Szilárd Koszticsák / MTI)



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