Published on
06/08/2026 – 11:45 GMT+2
Hungary’s parliament will vote on a new president next Tuesday, but no candidate has yet been nominated for the post.
A change of guard in key state positions was one of Prime Minister Péter Magyar’s main promises after his Tisza party won a landslide victory in April’s general election, ending Viktor Orbán’s 16 years in power.
In July, Magyar’s government used a constitutional amendment to remove the previous president, Tamás Sulyok, whom the prime minister described as an Orbán “puppet”.
Shortly afterwards, Magyar offered the role to chess legend and former world champion Judit Polgár, who turned down the…
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