Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán—who was endorsed by former President Donald Trump and is widely considered an authoritarian nationalist—claimed to win his fourth straight election on Sunday, according to CNN and the Associated Press, as his Fidesz party leads a coalition of opposition groups in preliminary vote-counting.
Orbán has served as Hungary’s prime minister since 2010. He has staunchly opposed immigration and implemented policies limiting the rights of LGBTQ+ people—most recently pledging in a speech to “stop at Hungary’s border the gender insanity sweeping across the Western world.” A vocal supporter of what he calls “illiberal democracy,” Orbán has also been accused of leading a turn toward authoritarianism in Hungary, attempting to expand his own power over Hungary’s government, election system, civil society and news media. Trump gave Orbán his “complete support and endorsement” in January, claiming he’d done a “wonderful job in protecting Hungary, stopping illegal immigration.” Orbán has also sought a close relationship with Russian President Vladimir Putin, and has strayed from other EU countries by not committing to send weapons to Ukraine, though Hungary has supported many of Europe’s sanctions against Russia.