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BUDAPEST, Hungary \u2014 Following his party’s overwhelming electoral victory, Hungarian opposition leader P\u00e9ter Magyar revealed his initial Cabinet selections on Monday after conducting the first meeting with his parliamentary group members.<\/p>

Magyar’s center-right Tisza party crushed longtime Prime Minister Viktor Orb\u00e1n in Hungary’s April 12 election, capturing a commanding two-thirds parliamentary majority that will enable them to reverse numerous policies established during Orb\u00e1n’s 16-year tenure.<\/p>

The incoming leader has pledged to rebuild Hungary’s democratic foundations and legal framework, which deteriorated during Orb\u00e1n’s administration, while pursuing accountability for those he claims oversaw and profited from extensive government corruption.<\/p>

Tisza secured an unprecedented 141 parliamentary seats from the total 199 available \u2014 marking the most substantial majority since Hungary transitioned from Communist rule. Orb\u00e1n’s far-right, anti-European Union Fidesz party saw their representation plummet from 135 seats to just 52.<\/p>

During Monday’s Budapest press conference, Magyar \u2014 who will replace Orb\u00e1n as prime minister \u2014 announced plans to expand the government structure from 12 to 16 ministries.<\/p>

Among his disclosed Cabinet nominees were Anita Orb\u00e1n (no family connection to the current prime minister) for foreign affairs minister, Istv\u00e1n Kapit\u00e1ny for economy and energy minister, and Andr\u00e1s K\u00e1rm\u00e1n for finance minister.<\/p>

Magyar stated his party would establish a government “that will be worthy of the Hungarian people’s trust.”<\/p>

The incoming prime minister has committed to extensively restructuring Hungary’s governmental framework, including establishing independent ministries for health, environmental protection, and education \u2014 departments that were eliminated under Orb\u00e1n’s leadership.<\/p>

According to Magyar, the new parliament will convene for its opening session on May 9 or 10, followed immediately by the prime ministerial election. Cabinet confirmations will proceed in subsequent days, he explained.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

P\u00e9ter Magyar revealed his initial Cabinet picks following his center-right Tisza party’s decisive victory over longtime Prime Minister Viktor Orb\u00e1n in Hungary’s April 12 election. Magyar’s party secured 141 of 199 parliamentary seats, giving them a supermajority to reverse Orb\u00e1n’s 16-year policies.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":54974,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[832],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-54975","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world-news"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/news-1776706690888.jpg?fit=1000%2C666&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pbtNqq-eiH","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":52493,"url":"https:\/\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/hungarian-opposition-leader-peter-magyar-set-to-take-power-in-early-may\/","url_meta":{"origin":54975,"position":0},"title":"Hungarian Opposition Leader P\u00e9ter Magyar Set to Take Power in Early May","author":"Admin","date":"April 15, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"Hungarian opposition leader P\u00e9ter Magyar announced Wednesday that the country's president assured him his new government could assume control in the first week of May. 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