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 days ago · 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 ...

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.

Feb 12, 2024 · BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Hungary’s long-serving government of Prime Minister Viktor Orbán faces a rare political crisis after the president, a member of Orbán’s ruling party, resigned amid public anger over her pardoning of a man convicted in …

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.

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...

Feb 14, 2024 · Hungary is shaken by the resignations of the two most successful women in the PM's ruling Fidesz party.

May 27, 2024 · Péter Magyar, a rising challenger to Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, enters the stage at a campaign rally in the rural city of Debrecen, Hungary, on May 5, 2024. Magyar, 43, seized on growing disenchantment with the populist Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, building a political movement that in only a matter of weeks looks poised to ...

Sep 13, 2018 · An unending drumbeat of propaganda, from both official state outlets and the private media empires of Orbán allies, demonizes refugees and Muslims, warning of an existential threat to Hungarian...

Sep 16, 2022 · The EU parliament voted to approve the report on Thursday, which accused Prime Minister Viktor Orban of creating an "electoral autocracy". Budapest rejected the findings and Foreign Minister...