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András Baka attends the presidential election during the extraordinary plenary session of the Parliament in Budapest, 11 August, 2026

Video. Hungary parliament approves Orbán-critic former judge as president

Updated: 11/08/2026 - 16:47 GMT+2

Besides a brief stint as a lawmaker, elected from the conservative Hungarian Democratic Forum's party list in 1990, after the democratic transition, Baka did not hold any political positions.

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