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Viktor Orbán

Prime Minister of Hungary (1998-2002; 2010-2026; born 1963) · Hungary · Politicians

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Hungary's longest-serving prime minister ran the country for most of two decades, remaking its constitution and institutions while pulling it toward what he called an "illiberal state." His government drew repeated warnings from the EU over judicial independence and media freedom, and analysts began describing the...

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202646×2026 Hungarian parliamentary election: a change of office on 12 April 2026.12 April 2026, 46 times the usual readers on 13 April 2026

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See the moment2024Supreme Order of Turkic WorldAward2022Order of St. SavaAwardOrder of the Republic of SerbiaAward2017“Our Western European friends, who are tired of enlargement, must frankly admit that there will be no peace in Europe without the full EU integration of the Balkans.”In their words22 July 2017Speech at the 28th Bálványos Summer Open University and Student Camp (Tusnádfürdő, 22 July 2017)

“With regard to migration, I welcome Europe's increasing movement towards a sensible policy and sensible measures.”In their words28 March 2017Speech after the meeting of the Visegrád Four (Warsaw, 28 March 2017)

2016“By 2050 Egypt's population will increase from 90 million to 138 million. The population of Nigeria will increase from 186 million to 390 million.”In their words26 July 2016Tusnádfürdő speech (26 July 2016)

“The main danger to Europe's future does not come from those who want to come here, but from Brussels' fanatical internationalism.”In their words15 March 2016Budapest speech (15 March 2016)

2015“There is a clear correlation between the illegal immigrants who are flooding into Europe and the spread of terrorism.”In their words25 July 2015Tusnádfürdő speech (25 July 2015)

2014“Just because a state is not liberal, it can still be a democracy.”In their words26 July 2014Tusnádfürdő speech (26 July 2014)

2013Order 8-SeptemberAward2010Prime Minister of HungaryOffice2010-20262004Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St. Gregory the GreatAward2002St. Stephen PrizeAward2001Franz Josef Strauss AwardAwardGrand Cross of the National Order of MeritAward1998Prime Minister of HungaryOffice1998-20021993Party leaderOffice1993-20001990Member of the National Assembly of HungaryOffice1990-20261963Born31 May 1963

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  1. Our Western European friends, who are tired of enlargement, must frankly admit that there will be no peace in Europe without the full EU integration of the Balkans.

    Jul 22, 2017, Speech at the 28th Bálványos Summer Open University and Student Camp (Tusnádfürdő, 22 July 2017), Own words

  2. With regard to migration, I welcome Europe's increasing movement towards a sensible policy and sensible measures.

    Mar 28, 2017, Speech after the meeting of the Visegrád Four (Warsaw, 28 March 2017), Own words

  3. By 2050 Egypt's population will increase from 90 million to 138 million. The population of Nigeria will increase from 186 million to 390 million.

    Jul 26, 2016, Tusnádfürdő speech (26 July 2016), Own words

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Supreme Order of Turkic World2024
Order of St. Sava, Porfirije Perić2022
Order of the Republic of Serbia, Aleksandar Vučić2022
Order 8-September, Gjorge Ivanov2013
Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St. Gregory the Great, Juliusz Janusz2004
St. Stephen Prize2002
Grand Cross of the National Order of Merit2001
Franz Josef Strauss Award, Alfred Bayer2001
Hungarian Order of Merit
Order of St. Gregory the Great
Order of the Lithuanian Grand Duke Gediminas
Dostyk Order of grade I
Order of Glory and Honor
Order of the Republika Srpska
Royal Order of Cambodia

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Born 31 May 1963, Orbán was elected to parliament in 1990 and became prime minister in 1998, leading a conservative coalition that brought Hungary into NATO and reduced inflation. After losing in 2002, he spent eight years in opposition before returning in 2010 with a supermajority he would win again in three consecutive elections. His second stretch in power brought sweeping changes: constitutional amendments in 2013, judiciary reforms, new media regulators, and measures restricting LGBTQ rights and opposing EU migration policy. Fidesz was suspended from the European People's Party in 2019, then quit in 2021 over rule-of-law disputes; corruption allegations shadowed public contracts and EU funds, and Freedom House flagged democratic backsliding. In 2026, record turnout handed him a landslide loss to Péter Magyar's Tisza Party. Orbán refused his parliamentary seat but kept his party post.

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Hungary
Category
Politicians
Type
Politician
Status
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Born 1963 · age 63

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