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{{Short description|German political organisation in Hungary}}
{{Infobox political party
| name             = National Self-Government of Germans in Hungary
| logo             = [[File:Das Wappen der Ungarndeutschen.png|Das Wappen der Ungarndeutschen|200px]]
| colorcode        = {{party color|National Self-Government of Germans in Hungary}}
| leader           = [[Ibolya Hock-Englender]]
| chairman         = 
| secretary_general = 
| foundation       = 11 March 1995
| ideology         = {{nowrap|[[Germans of Hungary|German minority interests]]<ref name="Nordsieck">{{cite web|url=http://parties-and-elections.eu/hungary.html|title=Hungary|last=Nordsieck|first=Wolfram|date=2018|website=Parties and Elections in Europe}}</ref><br />[[Minority rights|Cultural autonomy]]<br />[[Cultural conservatism]]}}
| headquarters     = 1026 [[Budapest]], <br /> Júlia utca 9.
| international    = 
| website          = {{URL|https://ldu.hu/}}
| country          = Hungary
| leader2_title    = Parliamentary spokesman
| leader2_name     = [[Imre Ritter]]
| leader3_title    = Vice President
| leader3_name     = [[Éva Waldmann-Baudentisztl]]
| native_name      = {{langx|de|Landesselbstverwaltung der Ungarndeutschen}}<br />{{langx|hu|Magyarországi Németek Országos Önkormányzata}}
| leader1_title    = 
| leader1_name     = 
| wing1_title      = 
| wing1            = 
| dissolution      = 
| position         = [[Centre-right politics|Centre-right]]
| european         = [[Federal Union of European Nationalities|FUEN]]
| europarl         = 
| flag             = Drapeau minorité ALLEMANDS-HONGRIE.svg
| colours          = {{color box|{{party color|National Self-Government of Germans in Hungary}}|border=darkgray}} [[Cobalt blue ]]
| seats1_title     = [[National Assembly of Hungary|National Assembly]]
| seats1           = {{Composition bar|1|199|hex=#0047AB}}
| seats2_title     = 
| seats2           = 
| seats3_title     = 
| seats3           = 
| youth_wing       = Gemeinschaft Junger Ungarndeutscher
| membership       = 
| slogan           = Ungarndeutsch, steh’ dazu!
| abbreviation     = LdU; MNOÖ
}}{{Conservatism in Hungary}}

The '''National Self-Government of Germans in Hungary''' ({{langx|de|Landesselbstverwaltung der Ungarndeutschen}}, LdU; {{langx|hu|Magyarországi Németek Országos Önkormányzata}}, {{IPA|hu|ˈmɒɟɒrorsaːɡi ˈneːmɛtɛk ˈorsaːɡoʃ ˈøŋkormaːɲzɒtɒ|pron}}, MNOÖ) is the nationwide representative organization of the [[Germans of Hungary|German minority in Hungary]].

== History ==

After electing minority self-governments in 1994, the electoral assembly of the German minority elected the political and cultural representative body of the [[Germans of Hungary]], the National Self-Government of the Germans in Hungary, on 11 March 1995. According to the opportunities offered by the 2011. CLXXIX. Nationality Act, it wants to implement a modern minority policy.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://www.ldu.hu/page/69|title=LdU - Landesselbstverwaltung der Ungarndeutschen - Zentrum Web|website=www.ldu.hu|access-date=2018-03-18}}</ref>

== Aims ==
Its main aims are to preserve and support the language, the intellectual heritage, the historical traditions and the German identity in Hungary. That includes the preservation of the German mother tongue in cultural areas, the teaching of [[German language]] in the Hungarian school system and in the field of international relations and the exchange of German relations by partnerships and programs.<ref name=":0" />

The implementation of cultural autonomy, the takeover of the German institutions in Hungary, ensures the main activity of LdU.<ref name=":0" />

At the same time, it supports co-operation of [[Hungary]] and its neighbours, above all with German-speaking countries.<ref name=":0" />

It is the umbrella organization of 406 local minority self-governments and more than 500 cultural groups and other German associations of Hungary.<ref name=":0" />

== Leaders ==
* [[Ottó Heinek]] (1999–2018)
* Olívia Schubert (2018–2019)
* Ibolya Hock-Englender (2019– )

== Electoral results ==
Since 2014, voters of [[Demographics of Hungary|ethnic minorities in Hungary]] are able to vote on nationality lists. The minorities can obtain a preferential mandate if they reach the quarter of the ninety-third part (which is <math>\frac{1}{4 \times 93}=\frac{1}{372}\approx0.2688\%</math>) of the list votes.<ref name=":1">{{Cite news|url=http://www.valasztas.hu/web/national-election-office/parliamentary-elections-2018|title=2018 - Nemzeti Választási Iroda|work=National Election Office|access-date=2018-03-18|language=hu-HU}}</ref> Nationalities who did not get a mandate could send a nationality spokesman to the [[National Assembly (Hungary)|National Assembly]].<ref name=":1" />

In the [[2018 Hungarian parliamentary election|2018 parliamentary election]], [[Imre Ritter]] was elected as the first German parliamentary spokesman in the history of the National Assembly.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://vorosvariujsag.pilisvorosvar.hu/bejegyzesek/2014-julius/megkezdte-munkajat-ritter-imre-nemet-nemzetisegi-szoszolo/|title=Megkezdte munkáját Ritter Imre német nemzetiségi szószóló|access-date=2018-03-23|language=hu}}</ref>

=== National Assembly ===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! rowspan=2| Election
! rowspan=2| Leader<br>(german name)
! colspan=2| Constituency
! colspan=2| Party list
! rowspan=2| Seats
! rowspan=2| +/–
! rowspan=2| Status
|-
! Votes
! %
! Votes
! %
|-
! [[2014 Hungarian parliamentary election|2014]]
| [[Ottó Heinek]]<br>(Otto Heinek)
| colspan=2 {{N/A}}
| 11,415
| 0.23% (#12)
| {{Composition bar|0|199|hex=#0047AB}}
| New
| {{no|Extra-parliamentary}}
|-
! [[2018 Hungarian parliamentary election|2018]]
| rowspan=2 | [[Imre Ritter]]<br>(Emmerich Ritter)
| colspan=2 {{N/A}}
| 26,477
| 0.46% (#9)
| {{Composition bar|1|199|hex=#0047AB}}
| {{increase}} 1
| {{maybe|Support}}<br/>{{small|([[Fidesz]]-[[KDNP]])}}
|-
! [[2022 Hungarian parliamentary election|2022]]
| colspan=2 {{N/A}}
| 24,630
| 0.44% (#7)
| {{Composition bar|1|199|hex=#0047AB}}
| {{steady}} 0
| {{maybe|Support}}<br/>{{small|([[Fidesz]]-[[KDNP]])}}
|}

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

{{Hungarian political parties}}
{{Authority control}}

[[Category:Political parties in Hungary]]
[[Category:German diaspora political parties]]
[[Category:Ethnic groups in Hungary]]
[[Category:Hungarian German communities]]
[[Category:1995 establishments in Hungary]]
[[Category:Political parties established in 1995]]