00:00Prime Minister Viktor Orban loses power after 16 years as Hungarians voted in record numbers for a pro-EU party
00:07led by center-right rival Petr Madjar.
00:10Early results show his nationalist Fidesz party losing to Madjar's pro-EU TISA party due to Hungary's economic stagnation.
00:17Orban is a key opponent of European Union efforts to help Ukraine fend off Russia's invasion.
00:22He had won endorsements from US President Donald Trump and some top European conservatives.
00:26A fiery anti-communist youth leader during the Cold War, Orban became Prime Minister for the first time in 1988
00:32at the age of 35.
00:34After 8 years in the opposition, he won a landslide victory in 2010.
00:39He rewrote Hungary's constitution and passed major laws aimed at creating what he calls an illiberal democracy.
00:44A right-wing populist and conservative, Orban opposes LGBTQ rights and espouses closer ties with China, Russia, and Turkey.
00:52His government has been accused of being a mafia state and a kleptocracy.
00:56He's a very good man.
00:56He's a very good man.
00:57He's a very good man.
00:57He's a very good man.
00:57He's a very good man.
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