Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has concluded talks on forming Hungary’s next cabinet, the PM’s press chief said.
Zsolt Semjén will continue as Deputy Prime Minister and will take on the role of minister responsible for policies for Hungarian communities abroad and policies for national minorities and church relations as well as church diplomacy.
István Nagy and Sándor Pinter will stay on as minister of agriculture and interior minister, respectively.
János Lázár will oversee a new ministry, that of construction and investment.
Kristóf Szalay-Bobrovniczky will take over the defence ministry.
Judit Varga will continue to lead the justice ministry.
János Csák will lead a new cultural and innovation ministry.
Péter Szijjártó is staying on as minister of foreign affairs and trade, and Antal Rogán will continue as head of the cabinet office.
Gergely Gulyás will carry on heading the prime minister’s office, while Mihály Varga will continue to lead the finance ministry.
László Palkovics will head the ministry of technology and industry, while former deputy central bank governor
Márton Nagy will take on the mantle of minister for economic development.
Former European commissioner Tibor Navracsics will lead a new ministry for regional development and the utilisation of EU funds.
Orbán structured the new government and chose its ministers with a view to resolving the challenges facing the country, the PM’s press chief, Bertalan Havasi, said.
Orbán earlier said:
“A decade of dangers is on our doorstep,”
Havasi noted, adding that the war in Ukraine has driven prices up across Europe and looks like triggering a serious energy crisis. Meanwhile, the coronavirus pandemic has not fully disappeared, he said.
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Source: MTI
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The cabinet looks great. Good luck.
If I look at the composition of the ministry, I find it almost laughable to see what Zsolt Semjén’s ministerial portfolio is.
He is chosen as deputy PM, but then his ministerial portfolio is so minor that it’s a joke. …If I remember correctly, last time around he didn’t even have a ministerial portfolio (?).
Yes, he’s also deputy PM, but with PM Orban at the helm, that is equal to nothing. PM Orban rules (alone), and the others are just his lackeys and “hangers-on”. Orban IS FIDESZ, and FIDESZ is Orban!
Viktor Orban is NOT the same man I so much respected (and admired) back in 1998 when he first became PM. He was a like a breath of fresh air, and now…. 🙁
OK, the KDNP only won c. 18 seats, but if any government is going to form a coalition then it is expected that the other party will have more of a role to play than just to have some crumbs thrown at them.
Why do I feel that Viktor Orban’s only reason for having the KDNP “moniker” as a FIDESZ ally is to take advantage of the word “Christian” in KDNP’s name – and (subtly) try to make the voter feel that he is more of a “Christian” than not.
I found it utterly distasteful to see PM Orban go to see the pontiff, as if to show the good people of Hungary that he has the His Holiness’ blessing, as if to show that he is the anointed one. …Just have a good look at all the photos of the two of them, look closely at His Holiness’ body-language, and his eyes.
So out of that picture of the table of 13, only one is female. I do hope there are more, perhaps they’re just not in this picture. Says a lot about the government’s dinosaur attitude here though. Seem to think a woman’s place is in the home raising kids.
So many oversize bellies…
@marievontheresa, not any of your business. You live in Canada and are now Canadian. Butt out buddy.