As Hungary prepares for elections, a former Orbán loyalist, Péter Magyar, has emerged as a leading challenger. Explore his meteoric rise and the growing opposition movement.
Péter Magyar, a 45-year-old former Viktor Orbán loyalist, has found himself at the forefront of a potential political revolution in Hungary. Once a supporter of Orbán, Magyar is now the driving force behind the Tisza party, an opposition movement that has enjoyed a meteoric rise as the country prepares for its upcoming elections.
Growing up in Budapest, Magyar had a poster of Orbán – a leading figure in the country's pro-democracy movement – hanging above his bed, reflecting his early excitement over the political changes sweeping the nation after the collapse of communism. However, Orbán's 16-year tenure as the country's leader has since transformed Hungary into what many have dubbed a
Source: The Guardian
