They can be Orbán’s ministers in the next government
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A Hungarian media outlet talked with government sources about PM Viktor Orbán’s plans to reshape his government in the next term. The prime minister’s party won a landslide victory in the general elections on 3 April. He has more than enough MPs for a supermajority, and the Fidesz-KDNP alliance’s parliament group is rock-solid. No Fidesz or KDNP MPs have left for 20 years. However, experts agree that the new cabinet will have to deal with crisis management, at least in the first one or two years.
Left-leaning Hungarian daily Népszava gathered as much background information as possible from sources in and around the government. They claim that Orbán’s fifth government would form in May. Interestingly, Viktor Orbán is the longest-serving Hungarian prime minister (1998-2002, 2010- ) in Hungary’s history. Kálmán Tisza follows him, serving consecutively between 1875 and 1890. With the current term, Orbán will become first in that category. Thus, future historians will probably craft the term Hungary’s “Orbán-era.”
Regarding the new government, Népszava says that the minister of foreign affairs, Péter Szijjártó, will remain in office in the next term, as well. Despite rumours, the Hungarian daily says foreign trade would remain in Szijjártó’s portfolio. Sándor Pintér (74) will remain the interior minister, while Mihály Varga will keep the finance ministry. However, his portfolio will probably become thinner, minus the taxes and budget. Gergely Gulyás will remain the prime minister’s chief of staff. According to Népszava, Orbán had already agreed with Gulyás, Varga and Pintér about their work in the next term.