Hungary's Tisza Party nominates former top judge Andras Baka as president

Published Aug 8, 02:07 PM UTC

Hungary's new ruling party, Tisza, has nominated former supreme court judge Andras Baka as the next state president. The 73-year-old Baka, a critic of former Prime Minister Viktor Orban, was removed as supreme court judge in 2011 after criticizing Orban's judicial reforms. Prime Minister Peter Magyar announced the nomination on social media, praising Baka's commitment to the rule of law and separation of powers. The election in parliament is expected to be a formality as Tisza holds a two-thirds majority. Baka replaces Tamas Sulyok, whom Magyar had called a 'puppet of the Orban government.' The nomination follows chess grandmaster Judit Polgar's decline of the position.

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