73岁的前法官安德拉什·巴卡在匈牙利议会选举中以140票对6票的压倒性多数当选国家元首。[1]巴卡曾于2011年因反对奥尔班削弱法治而被从最高法院院长职位移除。[1]在投票前，所有51名执政党Fidesz党议员集体退出议场以示抗议。[1]
新任总理彼得·马热尔领导的政府正在推行大幅变革，以拆解奥尔班建立的权力体系。[1]这一届政府已通过27项法律和两项宪法修正案，并推动制宪进程。[1]巴卡承诺进行最广泛的宪法讨论，但表示反对限制议员任期的规定。[1]新总统的任期至新宪法生效或最长五年。[1]巴卡在成为国家元首之前，曾在欧洲人权法院担任匈牙利法官17年。[1]
Hungary's parliament has elected András Baka, a 73-year-old former judge, as the country's new president, receiving 140 votes against 6 [1]. Baka previously served as a judge at the European Court of Human Rights for 17 years and was removed from his position as head of Hungary's Supreme Court in 2011 after opposing Prime Minister Viktor Orbán's efforts to weaken judicial independence [1].
The election took place amid significant political transformation, as all 51 lawmakers from Orbán's Fidesz party walked out of parliament in protest before the vote [1]. The new government led by Prime Minister Péter Magyar has already passed 27 laws and two constitutional amendments designed to dismantle the power structures established by Orbán and advance a constitutional reform process [1]. Baka has pledged to conduct the most comprehensive constitutional discussion possible, though he stated his opposition to measures that would limit parliamentary terms [1]. His presidency will remain in effect until a new constitution takes effect or for a maximum of five years [1].