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Age62 years
BornMay 31, 1963
CountryHungary
ProfessionPolitician, jurist, association football player, sociologist, head of government
ZodiacGemini ♊
Born inSzékesfehérvár
PartnerAnikó Lévai
FatherGyőző Bálint Orbán
MotherErzsébet Sípos
SiblingsGyőző Orbán
Áron Orbán
Áron Orbán
Viktor Orbán
Personal Facts, Age, Height and Biography of Viktor Orbán
is a Hungarian lawyer and politician who has served as the prime minister of Hungary since 2010, having previously held the office from 1998 to 2002. He has also been the president of Fidesz, a Christian nationalist and far-right political party, since 2003, and previously from 1993 to 2000. He was re-elected as prime minister in 2014, 2018, and 2022, winning supermajorities in all three elections. On 29 November 2020, he became the country's longest-serving prime minister. In the 2026 Hungarian parliamentary election, Orbán was defeated in a landslide, with record turnout.
Orbán was first elected to the National Assembly in 1990 and led Fidesz's parliamentary group until 1993. During his first term as prime minister and head of the conservative coalition government, from 1998 to 2002, inflation and the fiscal deficit shrank, and Hungary joined NATO. After losing reelection, however, Orbán led the opposition party from 2002 to 2010. In March 2019, Fidesz was suspended from the European Union's Christian Democratic party, the European People's Party (EPP). In March 2021, Fidesz left the EPP over a dispute over new rule-of-law language in the latter's bylaws.
Since Orbán resumed office in 2010, Hungary has experienced democratic backsliding and weakened judicial independence, while witnessing an increase in corruption and the establishment of governmental agencies with stricter oversight of the press and media. During his second premiership, several controversial constitutional and legislative reforms were made, including the 2013 amendments to the Constitution of Hungary. On 12 April 2026, Orban lost the 2026 Hungarian parliamentary election to the Tisza Party led by Péter Magyar.
Orbán opposes the migration and asylum policy of the European Union, as well as LGBTQ rights in Hungary, including same-sex marriage, same-sex adoption, and LGBTQ-inclusive education. While espousing Christian nationalism, and constructing what he called an "illiberal state", he has promoted soft Euroscepticism, opposition to liberal democracy, and the establishment of closer ties with China, Russia, and Turkey. His government has been accused of enriching elites associated with the administration and has been characterized as a kleptocracy. Under Orbán's government, Hungary has variously been described as a hybrid regime, dominant-party system, or mafia state.
Orbán was first elected to the National Assembly in 1990 and led Fidesz's parliamentary group until 1993. During his first term as prime minister and head of the conservative coalition government, from 1998 to 2002, inflation and the fiscal deficit shrank, and Hungary joined NATO. After losing reelection, however, Orbán led the opposition party from 2002 to 2010. In March 2019, Fidesz was suspended from the European Union's Christian Democratic party, the European People's Party (EPP). In March 2021, Fidesz left the EPP over a dispute over new rule-of-law language in the latter's bylaws.
Since Orbán resumed office in 2010, Hungary has experienced democratic backsliding and weakened judicial independence, while witnessing an increase in corruption and the establishment of governmental agencies with stricter oversight of the press and media. During his second premiership, several controversial constitutional and legislative reforms were made, including the 2013 amendments to the Constitution of Hungary. On 12 April 2026, Orban lost the 2026 Hungarian parliamentary election to the Tisza Party led by Péter Magyar.
Orbán opposes the migration and asylum policy of the European Union, as well as LGBTQ rights in Hungary, including same-sex marriage, same-sex adoption, and LGBTQ-inclusive education. While espousing Christian nationalism, and constructing what he called an "illiberal state", he has promoted soft Euroscepticism, opposition to liberal democracy, and the establishment of closer ties with China, Russia, and Turkey. His government has been accused of enriching elites associated with the administration and has been characterized as a kleptocracy. Under Orbán's government, Hungary has variously been described as a hybrid regime, dominant-party system, or mafia state.
