The rise of Viktor Orban

Witness History

BBC

History, Personal Journals, Society & Culture

4.4 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 22 March 2019

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Summary

Viktor Orban, now the populist Hungarian Prime Minister, was an anti-communist youth leader in 1988. Over the years his party has become increasingly nationalist. His former friend and fellow activist Gabor Fodor shared personal memories of Viktor Orban with Dina Newman.

Photo: Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban delivers his annual state of the nation speech in Budapest, Hungary, 10 February 2019. Credit: European Press Agency.

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1:05.8	Hello, you're listening to the Witness History Podcast with me, Dina Newman.
1:10.3	Today we go back to Budapest in March 1988 when a group of university students formed an opposition
1:18.3	youth movement.
1:19.8	One of their leaders was Victor Orbán, now the Hungarian Prime Minister. Another was his friend
1:25.4	Garbor Fodor, who took part in that secret meeting of about 60 students, urging
1:31.2	them to fight against the communist system in Hungary.
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