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Rh (c) The Minister or Ministers of State;

(d) The Ministers in charge of Government Departments.

(2) The Council of Ministers, individually and collectively, is elected and dismissed by the National Assembly on the proposal of the Presidium of the People’s Republic.

(3) Those members of the Council of Ministers who are not members of the National Assembly may participate in and speak at meetings of the National Assembly.

24. The Ministries of the Hungarian People’s Republic are;—

(a) The Ministry of Foreign Affairs,

(b) The Ministry of the Interior,

(c) The Ministry of National Defence,

(d) The Ministry of Finance,

(e) The Ministry of Justice,

(f) The Ministry of Heavy Industry,

(g) The Ministry of Light Industry,

(h). The Ministry of Agriculture.

(i) The Ministry of External Trade,

(j) The Ministry of Internal Trade,

(k) The Ministry of Building,

(l) The Ministry of Communications and Postal Affairs,

(m) The Ministry of Popular Culture,

(n) The Ministry of Religion and Public Education,

(o) The Ministry of Public Welfare.

25.—(1) The Council of Ministers:—

(a) Directs the work of the Ministries and other organs under its control;

(b) Is responsible for the carrying into effect of laws and decrees issued by the Presidium of the People’s Republic;

(c) Is responsible for the implementation of the plans of the people’s economy;

(d) Solves ail those questions which by law come under its authority.

(2) In order to discharge its functions effectively, it may issue decrees. These, however, may not be opposed to the laws of the People’s Republic or to the decrees issued by the Presidium of the People’s Republic.

(3) Decrees of the Council of Ministers are signed by the Chairman of the Council and must be published in the Official Gazette.