Viktor Mihály Orbán [1] (Hungarian: [ˈviktor ˈorbaːn] ⓘ; born 31 May 1963) is a Hungarian lawyer and politician who has been Prime Minister of Hungary since 2010, previously holding the office from 1998 to 2002. He has also led the Fidesz political party since 2003, and previously from 1993 to 2000. He was re-elected as prime minister in 2014, 2018, and 2022.

Apr 4, 2020 · In the late 80s and early 90s, Orbán was heralded as a proponent of democracy in the resistance against the Soviet regime. However, more recently, events this week have caused some to suggest that the erosions of the democratic method in Hungary, under Orbán’s premiership, are at their most severe.

Apr 6, 2018 · Mr. Orban had co-founded a liberal youth group, Fidesz, that was reconstituted as a political party and won 22 seats in the new Parliament.

May 17, 2023 · Viktor Orbán and Tamás Deutsch in 2000. To the young voter in Hungary today, the domestic politics of the 1990s is not a personal experience, but history.

Jan 25, 2018 · Orban’s journey from young champion of democracy to creator of what he has called an “ illiberal democracy” is one of the most remarkable recent transformations in European politics. It is a ...

6 days ago · By 2017, around 90 percent of Hungarian media were controlled by the state or an allied entity. The United States today has a far more robust and diverse media sector than 2010 Hungary.

5 days ago · A film ugyanakkor elmeséli azt is, milyen előzményei voltak ennek a gazdasági építkezésnek már a 90-es években is, és bemutatja azt is, hogy miként játszott ebben szerepet Orbán Viktor és Simicska Lajos hosszú ideig tartó szövetsége.

Jan 29, 2020 · During the 1990 parliamentary elections, the MSZP (Magyar Szocialista Párt) socialist party gathered only 11% of the votes. The first post-communist, democratically elected government of Hungary was thus ruled by a coalition of …

Viktor Orbán discovered his roots in a tradition devoted to family, country and Christian values. Though he submits to democratic elections and legal restraints on his power, in order for his right-wing populism to survive he must exercise greater authority than is his by law… On June 16, 1989, 200,000 Hungarians filled Heroes’ Square in Budapest.

Orbanism or Orbánism is a conservative and nationalist political ideology attributed to Viktor Orbán, the right-wing Prime Minister of Hungary. It is influenced by the concept of Christian democracy and also draws from Hungarian history. Advocates of Orbanism describe it as an example that conservatism can succeed.