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Hungary Passes Amendment Barring Orban, Capping PM Terms

5/22/2026

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The amendment bars former premier Viktor Orban from becoming prime minister again.
Hungary’s ruling Tisza party submitted the amendment to parliament in Budapest on May 21.
It limits prime-minister tenure to eight years or two terms for service after May 2 1990.
The draft proposes dissolving the Sovereignty Protection Office.
It would return assets worth hundreds of billions of forints from public-interest foundations that run about two dozen universities to the state.

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The amendment bars former premier Viktor Orban from becoming prime minister again.
Hungary’s ruling Tisza party submitted the amendment to parliament in Budapest on May 21.
It limits prime-minister tenure to eight years or two terms for service after May 2 1990.
The draft proposes dissolving the Sovereignty Protection Office.
It would return assets worth hundreds of billions of forints from public-interest foundations that run about two dozen universities to the state.