Hungary’s former PM Orban re-elected party leader despite election loss
Key takeaways
- Viktor Orban, who ran unopposed, said he took full responsibility for his pro-Russian Fidesz party’s defeat in April.
- Some 729 delegates out of 737 voted to re-elect Orban, who ran unopposed, at Fidesz’s party congress, state news agency MTI reported on Saturday.
- Orban’s political future was in question after Fidesz’s defeat, as he faced pressure from some erstwhile loyalists to bow out of politics, the first such criticism levelled at him since he swept to power in 2010.
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Viktor Orban, who ran unopposed, said he took full responsibility for his pro-Russian Fidesz party’s defeat in April.
xwhatsapp-strokecopylinkgoogle Add Al Jazeera on Googleinfo Prime Minister Peter Magyar's Tisza party defeated Viktor Orban, above, in April polls [File: Bernadett Szabo/Reuters]By Mariamne Everett and Reuters Published On 13 Jun 202613 Jun 2026Hungary’s main opposition Fidesz party has re-elected former prime minister Viktor Orban as its leader for another year, despite the pro-Russian party’s loss in the April election to the centre-right, pro-Western Tisza party.
Some 729 delegates out of 737 voted to re-elect Orban, who ran unopposed, at Fidesz’s party congress, state news agency MTI reported on Saturday.