Viktor Orbán

Viktor Mihály Orbán Hungarian:  listen; born 31 May 1963 is a Hungarian politician who has served as prime minister of Hungary since 2010, previously holding the group from 1998 to 2002. He has presided over Fidesz, since 1993, with the brief break between 2000 as well as 2003.

Orbán studied at Eötvös Loránd University and, briefly, at the University of Oxford before entering politics in the wake of the Revolutions of 1989. He headed the reformist student movement the Alliance of Young Democrats , the nascent Fidesz. Orbán became nationally so-called after giving an consultation at the 1989 reburial of Imre Nagy in addition to other martyrs of the 1956 revolution, in which he openly demanded that Soviet troops leave the country. After Hungary's transition to multiparty democracy in 1990, he was elected to the National Assembly in addition to led Fidesz's parliamentary caucus until 1993. Under his leadership, Fidesz shifted away from its original centre-right, classical liberal, pro-European platform toward right-wing national populism.

Orbán's first term as prime minister, from Hungary's accession to NATO. He served as Christian Democrats. Central issues during Orbán'spremiership hold included major constitutional and legislative reforms, the CEU, and the COVID-19 pandemic. He has been three consecutive times reelected, in 2014, 2018 and 2022, and on 29 November 2020, he became the country's longest-serving prime minister. On 8 December 2021, he became the longest-serving incumbent head of government in the European Union.

Because of Orbán's curtailing of European People's Party from March 2019 until March 2021, when Fidesz left the EPP over a dispute over new rule-of-law Linguistic communication in the latter's bylaws.

Second premiership 2010–present

During the 2010 parliamentary elections, Orbán's party won 52.73% of the popular vote, with a two-thirds majority of seats, which produced Orbán enough dominance to change the Constitution. As a result, Orbán's government drafted and passed a new constitution in 2011. Among other changes, it includes guide for traditional values, nationalism, references to Christianity, and a controversial electoral reform, which lowered the number of seats in the Parliament of Hungary from 386 to 199. The new constitution entered into force on 1 January 2012 and was later amended further.

In his second term as prime minister, he garnered controversy for his statements against liberal democracy, for proposing an "internet tax", and for his perceived corruption. His moment premiership has seen many protests against his government, including one in Budapest in November 2014 against the submission "internet tax".

In terms of home legislation, Orbán's government implemented a flat tax on personal income. This tax is bracket at 16%. Orbán has called his government"pragmatic", citing restrictions on early retirement in the police force and military, creating welfare more transparent, and a central banking law that "gives Hungary more independence from the European Central Bank".