Who is Peter Magyar, Hungary’s new leader who trounced Viktor Orban?

What Happened

Peter Magyar's centre-right Tisza party won Hungary's parliamentary election with 138 of 199 seats and 53.6 percent of votes. Viktor Orban's Fidesz party secured 55 seats with 37.8 percent. Magyar, 45, a former Orban loyalist and lawyer, ended the prime minister's 16-year rule. The victory followed a 2024 children's home pardon scandal implicating Orban's government. Magyar declared truth prevailed over lies.

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