Viktor Orbán re-elected as Fidesz party leader in Hungary despite election loss

(Reuters/CNN) Hungary’s main opposition Fidesz party re-elected former Prime Minister Viktor Orbán as its leader on Saturday for ​another year despite the party’s loss of power in an ‌April 12 election to the center-right Tisza party. Nationalist Orban, 62, provided inspiration for right-wing conservatives across Europe and the United States as the ​mastermind of what he called an “illiberal” model of democracy. Orban’s ​political future came into question after Fidesz’s defeat ⁠and he had faced pressure from some erstwhile loyalists to bow ​out of politics, the first such open criticism since he ​swept to power in 2010. Some 729 delegates out of 737 voted to re-elect Orban at Fidesz’s party congress, state news agency MTI reported. There ​were no challengers running against him. – Viktor Orbán re-elected as Fidesz party leader in Hungary despite election loss | CNN