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Hungary's outgoing Prime Minister Viktor Orbán addresses his supporters after receiving the results of a parliamentary election in Budapest, 12 April, 2026

Video. Viktor Orbán: From young dissident to Europe's most polarising leader

Updated: 13/04/2026 - 0:22 GMT+2

Viktor Orbán rose from liberal student activist to a self-professed illiberal, reshaping Hungary’s rule, foreign policy and relations with the EU and Russia.

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