# Hungary elects ousted judge Andras Baka as new president

https://mins.news/en/video/19492

- Al Jazeera English, 2026-08-11 20:10 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ic-FXeUtjjQ

> Hungary’s National Assembly has chosen former Supreme Court judge Andras Baka as president of the republic. Baka was removed during Viktor Orban’s rule, a dismissal later judged unfair by the European Court of Human Rights. New Prime Minister Peter Magyar presents the appointment as a symbolic break with Orban’s approach to power. Baka is calling for healing rather than revenge and for checks and balances to be restored in Hungarian democracy.

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