English name:

Alliance of Free Democrats

Status:

Member (joined at Luzern Congress 1991)

Address:

6 Mérleg Utca

H-1051 Budapest

Telephone:

00 361 118 60 50

00 361 267 24 14

Fax:

00 361 118 60 50

Homepage on the World Wide Web:

http://www.szdsz.hu/

Leader:

Mr István Szent Iványi

President:

Mr Gábor Kuncze

Treasurer:

Dr Csaba Szabady

Director:

Dr Csaba Szabady

Press Officer:

Endre Schindler

Chair of Foreign Affairs Committee:

Mr István Szent Iványi

International Relations Secretary:

Mr András Forgács

- direct telephone number:

00 361 267 2414

- direct fax number:

00 361 118 6050

Party Newspaper:

Liberal Voice

- editor:

Mr István Szent Iványi

Foundation or Thinktank:

Institute of Political Sciences

- Director:

Dr Tamás Földi

Date of the last general Elections:

May 1998

- Votes:

1250000

- Percentage:

19.74

- Number of seats in parliament:

69/386

- Date of the next general Elections:

May 2002

Parliamentary Group:

Office building of Representatives

19 Széchenyi Rakpart

H-1354 Budapest

- Telephone

00 361 268 5820

- Fax

00 361 268 5950

Parliamentary Spokesperson(Foreign Policy):

Matyas Eörsi

Parliamentary Spokesperson(Defence):

Imre Mecs

Parliamentary Spokesperson(Human Rights):

István Meszaros

Parliamentary Spokesperson(Int. Economic Affairs):

Marton Tardos

Government or Opposition:

In government with the Hungarian Socialist Party

- Minister(s):

Balint Magyar ( Minister for Culture and Education), Gabor Kuncze (Deputy Prime-Minister for Home Affairs), Karoly Lotz ( Minister for Telecommunications-Transport and Water)