Liberal MP Josh Frydenberg may be a dual Hungarian citizen

Energy Minister Josh Frydenberg has become the latest federal politician to become embroiled in the dual citizenship fiasco.

Mr Frydenberg is reportedly seeking urgent advice as it is revealed he may hold Hungarian citizenship, according to The Australian.

If the Liberal MP was found to be ineligible to sit in parliament it would threaten his party’s thin majority.

Mr Frydenberg released a form from when his mother entered Australia from Hungary describing her as ‘stateless’

He has hired a consultant in Budapest to check if he is a citizen of Hungary through his mother.

His mother Erica was born there in 1943 and fled to Australia during the Holocaust.

Hungarian law states anyone born in the country between 1941 and 1945 is automatically a citizen, and a child of a citizen also becomes one upon their birth.

Mr Frydenberg released a form from when his mother entered Australia from Hungary describing her as ‘stateless’.

He said he had never applied for Hungarian citizenship. 

‘As someone who was born in Australia with Hungarian ancestors who arrived in Australia after the Holocaust, I would be required to initiate and undertake a lengthy and formal application and interview procedure in order to be considered a Hungarian citizen,’ he said.

If the Liberal MP was found to be ineligible to sit in parliament it would threaten Malcolm Turnbull’s thin majority

‘Neither I nor anyone on my behalf has ever made such an application or engaged in such a procedure.’

Six politicians have been forced to stand down after a High Court decision ruled them ineligible to sit in parliament.

The latest casualty was Senate President Stephen Parry who resigned on Tuesday.