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Section 55
 

The President of the National Election Office


(1) The National Election Office shall be headed by a President. The President of the National Election Office shall be a Hungarian citizen eligible to stand for election to the Parliament appointed by the President of the Republic on the proposal of the Prime Minister.
(2) Persons who served as President of the Republic, a member of the Government, secretary of state, representative, vice mayor, vice Lord Mayor or party official or employee may not be appointed President of the National Election Office.
(3) The President of the Republic shall appoint the President of the National Election Office for a term of nine years.
(4) After the appointment, the President of the National Election Office shall take an oath or a pledge in front of the President of the Republic using the text contained in the Act on the Oath and Pledge of Certain Public Officials.