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.

6 hours ago · BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration will reconnect Russia with the economies and energy networks of Western countries if the war in Ukraine, now nearly three years old, comes to an end, Hungary’s nationalist prime minister said on Friday.. In comments on state radio, Viktor Orbán said Trump had initiated a comprehensive shift in approach among Western ...

Jan 27, 2025 · Viktor Orban, prime minister of Hungary (1998–2002; 2010– ), the first post-Cold War head of government in eastern and central Europe who had not been a member of a Soviet-era communist regime. Over time, his rhetoric became nationalistic and anti-immigrant and his rule increasingly autocratic.

2 hours ago · Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban and Alice Weidel, the Alternative for Germany (AfD) party's candidate for chancellor, not pictured, hold a press conference following their meeting in the ...

Feb 7, 2025 · Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán says his government will take legal action to eliminate non-governmental organizations and media receiving U.S. or international funding, ... Hungary under Orbán has been accused by numerous domestic and international bodies of grave democratic backsliding and of abusing the rights of protected minorities ...

Mar 7, 2024 · Hungarian leader and strongman Viktor Orbán, who presided over the radical decline of democracy in his country, is scheduled to meet with former President Donald Trump, now the presumptive GOP...

Feb 13, 2024 · Viktor Orban accused George Soros's civil society groups of "trying secretly and with foreign money to influence Hungarian politics", and the Soros-founded Central European University, set up...

Mar 31, 2022 · Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban and his Fidesz party face their first closely-contested election on April 3 after three consecutive landslide victories since 2010.

Dec 6, 2024 · Two new books grant us vivid insight into Hungary’s descent into dictatorship—a feat pulled off so skillfully by Prime Minister Viktor Orban that it inspires awe—and uncover the mechanisms...

2 days ago · Viktor Orbán met with Alice Weidel, co-leader of Alternative for Germany or AfD, in Hungary’s opulent Carmelite Monastery, Orbán’s headquarters, where they held talks Wednesday morning. In a news conference following their meeting, Orbán said the AfD’s support in Germany had reached a level where other parties would find it possible to ...