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{{Quote|Just because a state is not liberal, it can still be a democracy. And in fact we also had to and did state that societies that are built on the state organisation principle of liberal democracy will probably be incapable of maintaining their global competitiveness in the upcoming decades and will instead probably be scaled down unless they are capable of changing themselves significantly.|Viktor Orbán, July 2014}}

'''Viktor Mihály Orbán''' (May 31<sup>st</sup>, 1963) is a Hungarian politician serving as Prime Minister of Hungary since 2010. He also served as Prime Minister from 1998 to 2002. He is the present leader of the national conservative [[Fidesz]] party, a post he has held since 2003 and, previously, from 1993 to 2000.

'''Viktor Mihály Orbán''' (May 31<sup>st</sup>, 1963) is a Hungarian politician serving as Prime Minister of Hungary since 2010. He also served as Prime Minister from 1998 to 2002. He is the present leader of the national conservative [[Fidesz]] party, a post he has held since 2003 and, previously, from 1993 to 2000. He has discreetly supported [[Vladimir Putin]], despite condemning the Russian invasion of Ukraine, being the protégé of the Russian patriarch [[Kirill I of Moscow]].

==Biography==

Orbán was born on 31 May 1963 in Székesfehérvár into a rural middle-class family, as the eldest son of the entrepreneur and agronomist Győző Orbán (born 1940) and the special educator and speech therapist, Erzsébet Sípos (born 1944). He has two younger brothers, both entrepreneurs, Győző, Jr. (born 1965) and Áron (born 1977). His paternal grandfather, Mihály Orbán, practiced farming and animal husbandry. Orbán spent his childhood in two nearby villages, Alcsútdoboz and Felcsút in Fejér County; he attended school there and in Vértesacsa. In 1977, his family moved permanently to Székesfehérvár.

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 {{Quote|Just because a state is not liberal, it can still be a democracy. And in fact we also had to and did state that societies that are built on the state organisation principle of liberal democracy will probably be incapable of maintaining their global competitiveness in the upcoming decades and will instead probably be scaled down unless they are capable of changing themselves significantly.|Viktor Orbán, July 2014}}
-'''Viktor Mihály Orbán''' (May 31<sup>st</sup>, 1963) is a Hungarian politician serving as Prime Minister of Hungary since 2010. He also served as Prime Minister from 1998 to 2002. He is the present leader of the national conservative [[Fidesz]] party, a post he has held since 2003 and, previously, from 1993 to 2000.
+'''Viktor Mihály Orbán''' (May 31<sup>st</sup>, 1963) is a Hungarian politician serving as Prime Minister of Hungary since 2010. He also served as Prime Minister from 1998 to 2002. He is the present leader of the national conservative [[Fidesz]] party, a post he has held since 2003 and, previously, from 1993 to 2000. He has discreetly supported [[Vladimir Putin]], despite condemning the Russian invasion of Ukraine, being the protégé of the Russian patriarch [[Kirill I of Moscow]].
 ==Biography==
 Orbán was born on 31 May 1963 in Székesfehérvár into a rural middle-class family, as the eldest son of the entrepreneur and agronomist Győző Orbán (born 1940) and the special educator and speech therapist, Erzsébet Sípos (born 1944). He has two younger brothers, both entrepreneurs, Győző, Jr. (born 1965) and Áron (born 1977). His paternal grandfather, Mihály Orbán, practiced farming and animal husbandry. Orbán spent his childhood in two nearby villages, Alcsútdoboz and Felcsút in Fejér County; he attended school there and in Vértesacsa. In 1977, his family moved permanently to Székesfehérvár.