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Hungary creates the National Office for the Judiciary under Act CLXI of 2011

On 28 November 2011 the National Assembly adopted Act CLXI of 2011 on the organisation and administration of courts, which created the National Office for the Judiciary and concentrated appointment and administration powers in its president from 1 January 2012. In the causal graph this event strengthens Judicial independence erosion (court capture), a driver that strengthens Rule of Law Gap from the Highest Governance Score — a worsening welfare path.

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On 28 November 2011 the National Assembly adopted Act CLXI of 2011 on the organisation and administration of courts, which created the National Office for the Judiciary and concentrated appointment and administration powers in its president from 1 January 2012. The Venice Commission criticised that concentration. This Fact is that dated cardinal statute. It is not the 2023 funds-linked judicial reform, not a later Kúria appointment, and not a personality. Official text sits in the National Legal Database; the Venice Commission 2012 opinion is the independent file.

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  • Viktor Orbán

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    Prime minister whose government or governing majority advanced the named measure. The institutional source ties the measure to the governing legal program under Orbán. Contribution size is permanently_blocked (no sourced fraction); provisional 0.4 is stored only because contributions.size is NOT NULL — not a sourced magnitude. Attached by Pack6 land-now subset; the fact's own primary source documents the measure.

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  1. 1.2025 Rule of Law Report – Country Chapter on HungaryEuropean Commission · verified

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  1. ActorViktor Orbán
  2. contributed toFactHungary creates the National Office for the Judiciary under Act CLXI of 2011
  3. strengthensDrivers (2)Judicial independence erosion (court capture)
  4. strengthensIndicatorRule of Law Gap from the Highest Governance Score

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Factrail. (2026). Hungary creates the National Office for the Judiciary under Act CLXI of 2011. Factrail. https://factrail.ai/facts/hu-national-judicial-office-2011

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Accessed 16 October 2026.

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