Viktor Orbán
Prime Minister of Hungary
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| April 2025 | During Benjamin Netanyahu's visit to Hungary, Orbán's government announced Hungary's withdrawal from the International Criminal Court (ICC), characterizing it as 'politically biased'. |
| March 18 2025 | Hungarian Parliament voted in favor of banning the Budapest Pride event. |
| March 18 2025 | Hungarian Parliament voted in favor of banning Pride events. |
| 2024 | Viktor Orbán received the Order of the Republika Srpska from Bosnia and Herzegovina (Republika Srpska). |
| November 6 2024 | He was awarded the Supreme Order of Turkic World. |
| October 2024 | In October 2024, during Hungary's six-month presidency of the European Council, Viktor Orbán addressed the European Parliament. He faced criticism from various MEPs, including Ursula von der Leyen, who accused him of failing to support Ukraine and mismanaging Hungary's economy. |
| July 2024 | In July 2024, following Ukrainian President Zelensky's decision to shut down the overland pipeline transfer of petroleum products from Russia to Hungary, Orbán and his government protested vehemently against this action. |
| 2023 | The number of abortions procured in Hungary fell to 24.8 per hundred live births, nearly a 45% decrease from 44.8 per hundred in 2010. |
| 2023 | During his visit to Kazakhstan, Orbán expressed that Hungarians feel a connection to Kazakhstan due to their 'millennial common roots'. |
| 2023 | Orbán was awarded the First Class of the Order of Friendship by Kazakhstan. |
| 2023 | He was awarded the First Class of the Order by the Russian Orthodox Church. |
| 2023 | According to Transparency International, Hungary was ranked as the most corrupt country in the European Union in 2023. |
| December 2023 | Ukraine's language law was amended in December 2023 to accommodate official EU languages, including Hungarian, which Orbán's government had criticized. |
| October 22 2023 | Fidesz parliamentary leader Máté Kocsis announced that the party will introduce a manifesto before the parliament condemning Hamas terrorism, reflecting Orbán's government's position. |
| October 13 2023 | Viktor Orbán stated that 'Israel has the right to defend itself' during the 2023 Israel–Hamas war, emphasizing Hungary's support for Israel. |
| July 22 2023 | During a speech in Romania, Orbán expressed his belief that the EU was conducting an 'LGBTQ offensive' against Hungary. |
| February 27 2023 | Orbán expressed Hungary's support for the Chinese peace plan regarding the Russo-Ukrainian conflict, despite opposition from Western leaders. |
| February 20 2023 | Orbán met with Chinese Communist Party Politburo member and top diplomat Wang Yi in Budapest, where he supported Wang Yi's peace plan regarding Russia's invasion of Ukraine. |
| 2023 | Orbán attended the inauguration ceremonies of re-elected Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. |
| 2022 | Announced a four-question referendum on LGBTQ issues in education, which did not pass and was condemned by human rights groups as supporting discrimination. |
| 2022 | During the ongoing conflict, Orbán was the first EU leader to meet with Vladimir Putin in Moscow, referring to the visit as a 'peacekeeping mission' to discuss Russian gas exports to Hungary. |
| 2022 | Orbán received the First Class of the Order of St. Sava from the Serbian Orthodox Church. |
| 2022 | Viktor Orbán was awarded the Holy Cross Medal of Gratitude by the Armenian Catholic Church. |
| 2022 | Orbán received the Golden Order from the Azeri international magazine My Azerbaijan. |
| 2022 | He received the First Class of the Order of the Republic of Serbia. |
| 2022 | Despite initially condemning the invasion, Orbán faced criticism from Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky for his lack of support for Ukraine by late March 2022. |
| 2022 | Viktor Orbán was condemned by the International Auschwitz Committee for his comments criticizing the mixing 'with non-Europeans', which were seen as racially charged. |
| 2022 | The European Parliament stated in 2022 that Hungary can no longer be considered a full democracy, characterizing the nation as an 'electoral autocracy'. |
| 2022 | Re-elected as Prime Minister of Hungary. |
| November 2022 | The Brussels branch of the Mathias Corvinus Collegium, a conservative think tank, was opened. |
| August 2022 | Orbán was the opening speaker at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Dallas, Texas, further solidifying his ties to the American conservative movement. |
| July 2022 | Two days after his controversial speech, Orbán clarified in Vienna that his comments were about cultures, not race. |
| July 2022 | Two days after his speech at Bálványos, Viktor Orbán clarified his statements in Wien, asserting that his comments were about cultures rather than race. |
| July 2022 | In July 2022, Viktor Orbán delivered a speech in Romania where he expressed views against the mixing of European and non-European races, asserting that Hungarians do not wish to become a mixed race, a thesis he attributed to Jean Raspail. |
| July 2022 | In a speech at the 31st Bálványos Free Summer University and Student Camp, Viktor Orbán made controversial statements regarding migration, which were later criticized by one of his senior advisers, Zsuzsa Hegedűs, who described the remarks as akin to 'a pure Nazi text' worthy of Goebbels. |
| July 2022 | Later in July, Viktor Orbán addressed his critics at the CPAC opening in Dallas, asserting that 'a Christian politician cannot be racist' and labeling his detractors as 'simply idiots'. |
| May 2022 | The Conservative Political Action Conference held a satellite event in Budapest, highlighting Orbán's influence on American conservatism. |
| May 2022 | In May 2022, Viktor Orbán promoted the Great Replacement conspiracy theory during a public speech. |
| April 2022 | In the April 2022 parliamentary election, Viktor Orbán's party, Fidesz, won a majority with 135 of the 199 seats in the National Assembly. Orbán declared victory on Sunday night, stating that they won a victory so substantial that it could be seen from the moon and Brussels, while opposition leader Péter Márki-Zay admitted defeat shortly thereafter. |
| April 2022 | In the lead-up to the parliamentary election, Orbán announced a four-question referendum concerning LGBTQ issues in education, which ultimately did not pass. This referendum followed EU complaints regarding Hungary's anti-LGBTQ laws. |
| March 2 2022 | As Russia had launched its invasion of Ukraine, Orbán announced Hungary's decision to welcome Ukrainian refugees and support Ukraine's EU membership. |
| January 2022 | Donald Trump endorsed Orbán for the 2022 Hungarian parliamentary election, commending his hard-line immigration policies. |
| 2021 | Orbán made comments regarding the integration of Bosnia's Muslim population, which led to calls for the cancellation of his visit to Sarajevo from Bosnian leaders. |
| 2021 | Hungary enacted a law regulating sex education in schools, which was later referenced as a model by Florida's 'Don’t Say Gay' law. |
| 2021 | His party proposed new legislation to censor 'LGBT+ positive content' in various media and severely restrict sex education in schools, forbidding any discussion that could be seen as encouraging gender change or homosexuality. This law drew criticism from notable leaders including German Chancellor Angela Merkel and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen. |
| 2021 | Income taxes for individuals aged 25 years or younger were completely abolished. |
| 2021 | Orbán emphasized the shared historical and cultural heritage between the Hungarian and Turkic peoples, reflecting on their pride in this heritage. |
| 2021 | The V-Dem Democracy indices ranked Hungary 96th in its 'electoral democracy index' in 2021, reflective of concerns over free and fair elections and media independence. |
| 2021 | The Hungarian parliament transferred control of 11 state universities to foundations led by allies of Orbán, with significant government funding aimed at training future conservative intellectuals. |
| October 2021 | Orbán attributed the record-breaking surge in energy prices in Europe to the European Commission's Green Deal plans amid a crisis involving natural gas supply. |
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