{"id":2600719,"date":"2026-05-09T10:02:01","date_gmt":"2026-05-09T14:02:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hungarys-peter-magyar-is-set-to-be-sworn-in-as-prime-minister-ending-viktor-orbans-16-year-rule\/"},"modified":"2026-05-09T10:06:06","modified_gmt":"2026-05-09T14:06:06","slug":"hungarys-peter-magyar-is-set-to-be-sworn-in-as-prime-minister-ending-viktor-orbans-16-year-rule","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hungarys-peter-magyar-is-set-to-be-sworn-in-as-prime-minister-ending-viktor-orbans-16-year-rule\/","title":{"rendered":"Hungary\u2019s Peter Magyar is set to be sworn in as prime minister, ending Viktor Orban\u2019s 16-year rule"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">34<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fhungarys-peter-magyar-is-set-to-be-sworn-in-as-prime-minister-ending-viktor-orbans-16-year-rule%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2600719&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Saturday in Budapest,Peter magyar was sworn in as Hungary\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/iraqs-kurds-face-iranian-resistance-to-energy-development-pm-says\/\" title=\"Iraq\u2019s Kurds face Iranian resistance to energy development, PM says\">incoming prime minister<\/a>,signaling the end of Viktor Orb\u00e1n\u2019s 16-year rule. Magyar\u2019s newly triumphant center-right Tisza party beat Orban\u2019s nationalist-populist Fidesz last month and won a two-thirds parliamentary majority,giving it room to reverse many of Orban\u2019s policies and pursue tougher action against alleged corruption-changes that critics say had shifted Hungary toward far-right,authoritarian politics.<\/p>\n<p>Magyar took his oath along with 140 tisza lawmakers, giving the new 199-seat parliament 141 seats to Tisza. Orban\u2019s coalition dropped to 52 seats, while the far-right Mi Hazank won six. Orban himself did not appear for the swearing-in, and the new assembly includes 54 women lawmakers, mostly from Tisza.<\/p>\n<p>Magyar has pledged to rebuild Hungary\u2019s strained relationship with the European Union, which deteriorated under Orban. A major priority is unlocking roughly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/a-look-at-europes-plan-to-tackle-winter-energy-crisis\/\" title=\"A Look at ...rope\u2019s Plan to Tackle Winter Energy Crisis\">17 billion euros<\/a> in EU funds that were frozen over rule-of-law and corruption concerns. Tisza officials also say they will fly the EU flag again on the Parliament building facade, after Orban\u2019s government removed it in 2014.<\/p>\n<p>As the inauguration moves forward, Budapest officials and political figures are <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >planning public celebrations marking<\/a> the transition, including an event organized to thank citizens who opposed Orban\u2019s system.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<article class=\"fn-body\">\n<p><strong>BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) \u2014<\/strong> Hungary\u2019s incoming prime minister, <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/hungary-election-magyar-orban-challenger-ce08f1cf55219af8773a594b10514547\">Peter Magyar<\/a>, arrived Saturday at the Parliament building to be sworn into office, ending <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/viktor-orban\">Viktor Orban\u2019s<\/a> autocratic 16-year rule.<\/p>\n<p>Magyar\u2019s center-right Tisza party defeated Orban\u2019s nationalist-populist Fidesz in <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/hungary-election-orban-magyar-trump-1a4eb0ba6b94e0c80c3cd18bd36254ab\">a stunning blow<\/a> last month, gaining more votes and seats in Parliament than any other party in Hungary\u2019s post-Communist history.<\/p>\n<section class=\"explore-more-section\" id=\"wex-recommended-widget\">\n<div class=\"magazine-container single\">\n<h1 class=\"magazine-title mt-2\">Recommended Stories<\/h1>\n<p>             <i class=\"fa-solid fa-play icon\"><\/i>         <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-grid\">\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a 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Ukraine<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/4560711\/uae-dumps-100-million-board-of-peace-gaza-police-force\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>UAE dumps another $100 million into Board of Peace to fund Gaza police force<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p>The win, which gave Tisza a two-thirds parliamentary majority, will allow it to roll back many of the policies that gave Orban a reputation among many of his critics as <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/trump-orban-hungary-autocracy-authoritarian-republicans-dfdf6299a614ec4e364be37c1132e446\">a far-right authoritarian<\/a>, clamp down <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/hungary-orban-estate-protest-d96308c6589844c4bda4291bd94ea1df\">on alleged corruption<\/a> and transform political dynamics within the European Union, where the former prime minister had upended the bloc by frequently vetoing key decisions.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/4552487\/iran-war-is-us-taking-out-trash-tiana-lowe-doescher\/\"><strong>IRAN WAR IS US \u2018TAKING OUT THE TRASH\u2019: TIANA LOWE DOESCHER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-a-parliament-without-orban\">A Parliament without Orban<\/h2>\n<p>On Saturday, Magyar entered the sprawling neo-Gothic <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fact-check-does-this-video-show-a-massive-protest-in-greece-against-covid-19-vaccines\/\" title=\"FACT CHECK: Does This Video Show A Massive Protest In Greece Against COVID...19 Vaccines?\">parliament building<\/a> alongside 140 of his party representatives, controlling 141 seats in Hungary\u2019s 199-seat parliament. Orban\u2019s Fidesz-KDNP coalition will control 52 seats, down from 135, while the far-right Mi Hazank (Our Homeland) party will hold six seats.<\/p>\n<p>The 199 representatives took their oaths of office at around 11 a.m. local time. Orban was not among them for the first time since Hungary\u2019s first post-Communist Parliament was formed in 1990.<\/p>\n<p>The new national assembly has 54 women lawmakers, most from the Tisza party \u2014 more than a quarter of the total and the most in Hungary\u2019s history.<\/p>\n<p>Magyar, a 45-year-old lawyer who founded Tisza in 2024 after years as an insider in Orban\u2019s party, has vowed to end official corruption, which he argues has robbed Hungarians of economic opportunity.<\/p>\n<p>The new prime minister has <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/hungary-magyar-regime-change-celebration-inauguration-orban-8a3b2a6acf7175d463e465567de894de\">called on Hungarians to attend<\/a> an all-day \u201cregime-change\u201d celebration outside Parliament to mark his inauguration and the end of the Orban era. Several thousand people had already gathered as the new representatives were sworn in.<\/p>\n<p>After he takes his oath at around 3 p.m. local time, Magyar is set to address the crowd outside.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-repairing-relations-with-the-eu\">Repairing relations with the EU<\/h2>\n<p>Magyar has promised to repair his country\u2019s ties with the EU, which Orban had <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/europe-hungary-ukraine-loan-elections-summit-1084eb91a739889f5bde50ebd2cf3bc1\">pushed to the breaking point<\/a>, and to restore Hungary\u2019s place among Western democracies, whose standing had been called into question as Orban <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/orban-opponent-calls-alleged-russian-backchannel-treason-014af62a374215d3feceec5f9b2db7ad\">drifted ever closer to Russia<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/hungary-eu-unlock-funds-orban-5a208f4094d4d66a47de9fc10b9d194f\">Unlocking about 17 billion euros<\/a> ($20 billion) of EU funds for Hungary frozen during Orban\u2019s time in office over rule-of-law and corruption concerns is among the incoming prime minister\u2019s top priorities. The money is sorely needed to help jump-start Hungary\u2019s struggling economy, which has stagnated for the last four years.<\/p>\n<p>In a sign of that commitment, Tisza officials say they will once again fly the EU flag on the Parliament building\u2019s facade after Orban\u2019s government removed it in 2014.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-a-party-to-celebrate-the-end-of-orban-s-rule\">A party to celebrate the end of Orban\u2019s rule<\/h2>\n<p>Budapest\u2019s liberal mayor, Gergely Karacsony, posted an open invitation to a party by the Danube River later Saturday to celebrate Orb\u00e1n\u2019s fall and the formation of the new government.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4557669\/trump-beats-lame-duck-indianna-romp\/\"><strong>TRUMP SHOWS LITTLE SIGN OF BECOMING GOP LAME DUCK<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Karacsony wrote in a social media post the party was to express gratitude to Hungarians who have spent years speaking out against Orban\u2019s system: \u201cTeachers fired, civilians and journalists humiliated, small churches torn apart.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe can finally leave this era behind us \u2014 but first, let us remember the everyday heroes and express our gratitude with a farewell to the system,\u201d he wrote on Facebook.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Magyar sworn in as Hungary\u2019s PM, ending Orban\u2019s 16-year rule after Tisza win<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2634,"featured_media":2600720,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/AP26129286490850.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[12874,79377,66673],"class_list":["post-2600719","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner","tag-hungary","tag-peter-magyar","tag-viktor-orban"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/AP26129286490850.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2600719","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2634"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2600719"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2600719\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2600723,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2600719\/revisions\/2600723"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2600720"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2600719"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2600719"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2600719"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}