“Hungary has no raw materials and no major energy sources; we have some agricultural background. So what we produce here in Hungary is the result of our labor and minds, and then we have to sell it to the world. If we are not able to do that, if we are not innovative enough, if we are not modern and open enough, we can't do that.”

Hungarian lawyer and politician

Viktor Mihály Orbán is a Hungarian lawyer and politician. He has served as prime minister of Hungary, first from 1998 to 2002 and again from 2010 to 2026, and has been president of Fidesz for much of that time. He has led Fidesz since 2003, after an earlier term from 1993 to 2000. The party has been described in different ways, including as Christian nationalist, illiberal, and far-right.