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.

12 hours 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 ...

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 …

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 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...

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 ...

3 days ago · Prime Minister Viktor Orbán on the Kossuth Radio programme “Good Morning Hungary”

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

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...

Nov 8, 2024 · Viktor Orban, Hungary’s prime minister, has been at odds with his fellow European Union leaders for years over his right-wing nationalist stance on immigration, minority rights, the rule of law...