Meet Péter Magyar, the man replacing Viktor Orbán as Hungary's prime minister

World Meet Péter Magyar, the man replacing Viktor Orbán as Hungary's prime minister By Emmet Lyons Emmet Lyons Producer Emmet Lyons is a news desk editor at the CBS News London bureau, coordinating and producing stories for all CBS News platforms. Prior to joining CBS News, Emmet worked as a producer at CNN for four years. Read Full Bio Emmet Lyons April 13, 2026 / 12:28 PM EDT / CBS News Add CBS News on Google Hungary's Viktor Orbán was one of President Trump's favorites. During his 16-year term in office, Orbán openly championed Mr. Trump's reelection and the two men got into frequent, detailed exchanges on political and governing strategy.In the run-up to Sunday's election, Vice President JD Vance flew to Budapest and called for people to vote for the incumbent.But in the end, none of that mattered. Orbán conceded, ending his 16-year iron grip on power.Mr. Trump has lost his biggest cheerleader in Europe. So who's the guy replacing him?Meet Péter Magyar. Hungary's new prime minister — whose name literally means "Hungarian" — is a young, well-dressed lawyer who campaigned on promises to crack down on corruption, tax the wealthiest and unlock billions of frozen European Union euros.He is far more pro-EU and anti-Russia than his predecessor. Péter Magyar, leader of the pro-European conservative Tisza party, gives a press conference in Budapest, Hungary, on April 13, 2026. Attila Kisbenedek/AFP via Getty Images While Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelenskyy and EU leaders have welcomed the election's result, Russia's Vladimir Putin has not. Russian state TV has even claimed that "European hawks" and "the head of the Kyiv regime" interfered in the election to oust Orbán. Once an Orbán fanMagyar grew up admiring Orbán as Hungary transitioned out of the Soviet Union in the 1990s. He reportedly had a photo of Orban — who at the time was more known as an anti-communist freedom fighter — on...