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Ashifa Kassam and Flora Garamvolgyi in Budapest

Péter Magyar sworn in as Hungary’s prime minister ending 16-year Orbán era

Prime Minister Peter Magyar stands in parliament while dozens of formally dressed people applaud him.
Péter Magyar receives a standing ovation in parliament during his swearing-in ceremony. Photograph: Bernadett Szabó/Reuters

The pro-European centre-right leader Péter Magyar has been sworn in as prime minister of Hungary, marking the official end to Viktor Orbán’s 16 years in power.

Saturday’s ceremony – during which Magyar had invited people to join him to “write Hungarian history” together and “step through the gate of regime change” – comes a month after his opposition Tisza party won a landslide victory in parliamentary elections.

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