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Hungary's Tisza party nominates ex-supreme court head Baka as president
In Hungary, a country in Europe, there is a group called the Tisza party.
The Tisza party is the group in charge of the government right now.
They chose a man named Andras Baka to be the next president.
Baka used to be the head of the Supreme Court, which is the highest court in the country.
Being president of Hungary is mostly a ceremonial job, which means the president performs official duties but does not make most of the decisions.
Baka's election is expected to happen on Tuesday.
The country's leader, Prime Minister Peter Magyar, is behind this choice.
Magyar is trying to take away power from Viktor Orban, who used to be the prime minister.
Magyar believes voters gave him a strong mandate, which means a clear go-ahead, to make these changes.
So this nomination is one symbolic step in that bigger plan.
Hungary's ruling Tisza party nominated Andras Baka, a former head of the Supreme Court, as the country's next president.
The party's parliamentary group announced the nomination in a Facebook post on Saturday, Aug 8.
Baka is expected to be elected to the largely ceremonial position on Tuesday.
The move is a symbolic step in Prime Minister Peter Magyar's attempt to dismantle former premier Viktor Orban's bastions of power.
Magyar says he received a strong mandate from voters for this effort.
- Who
- Andras Baka, a former head of the Supreme Court, nominated by Hungary's ruling Tisza party under Prime Minister Peter Magyar.
- What
- The Tisza party nominated Baka as Hungary's next president, with his election expected on Tuesday.
- Where
- Hungary, with the announcement coming from Budapest.
- When
- The nomination was announced on Saturday, Aug 8; the election is expected on Tuesday.
- Why
- It is a symbolic step in Prime Minister Peter Magyar's attempt to dismantle former premier Viktor Orban's bastions of power, a mandate he says he received from voters.
Key facts
- Nominee
- Andras Baka
- Nominating party
- Tisza party (ruling)
- Nominee's former role
- Head of the Supreme Court
- Position
- President (largely ceremonial)
- Announcement date
- Saturday, Aug 8
- Expected election
- Tuesday
- Prime Minister
- Peter Magyar
- Former premier
- Viktor Orban






