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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Nadeem Badshah

Hungary’s president agrees to stand down after law change ends his term

Hungary's President Tamas Sulyok sits in an ornate wooden chair with carved details
Tamás Sulyok, an ally of the former prime minister Viktor Orbán, said he had no choice but to rubber-stamp the legislation as it respected the letter of the law. Photograph: Dénes Erdős/AP

Hungary’s president, Tamás Sulyok, has agreed to step down after signing a constitutional amendment passed by the ruling Tisza party of the prime minister, Péter Magyar.

The amendment will end Sulyok’s term immediately, citing society’s “serious loss of confidence” in a leader elected in early 2024 by lawmakers from the former prime minister Viktor Orbán’s nationalist Fidesz party.

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