Women in the Second Line?

Politics in Central-Europe is the world of men. IEspecially it is true in Hungarywhrere the representation of women in the political elite and in the decision-making process is very low. The rate of women among Members of Parliament’s is approximately 10 % and among ministers is average only 8 %. The goal of this paper to present women’s participation in Hungarian government decision making but not only at ministerial level but also at state secretary level because political and bureaucratic state secretaries play important role in decision making process, too. The only place in the political decision making in Hungary where women can appear larger number is a deputy state secretary position. What is the background behind this phenomenon: the Hungarian political culture or political tradition, or is a special political recruiting pattern regarding women as political decision-maker. Feminist theories assume a 'glass ceiling' for women as decision-maker. The aim of this paper to examine whether political reasons or another social sympthoms cause that women can be found in the second line within executives. The results come from a database that contains social-demographic and career data about all members of Hungarian cabinets including political and bureaucratic leaders from 1990 to 2015. The database is suitable for making comparative examination among cabinets in a long time period.