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Viktor Orbán

Historical and international

Photo: The White House, Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Position estimated from: Hungarian premiership 2010-present: "illiberal democracy", restrictive immigration, Christian nationalism. Media consolidation and court restructuring drew EU rule-of-law proceedings.

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Political compass placement

Map dimensionScore (0–100)PositionReading
Economic
Collective / planned ↔ Market
53near the center
Social
Progressive ↔ Traditional
92strongly toward traditional
Authority
Libertarian ↔ Authoritarian
68toward authoritarian
National identity
Cosmopolitan ↔ Nationalist
97strongly toward nationalist
Foreign policy
Non-intervention ↔ Intervention
24toward non-intervention
All nine underlying dimensions
DimensionScoreReading
Economic ownership
Collective ownership ↔ Private ownership
63near the center
Civil liberties
Civil liberty ↔ State restrictions
64near the center
National identity
Cosmopolitan ↔ Nationalist
97strongly toward nationalist
Social and cultural values
Progressive ↔ Traditionalist
99strongly toward traditionalist
Political governance
Democratic ↔ Autocratic
72toward autocratic
Equality and hierarchy
Egalitarian ↔ Hierarchical
71toward hierarchical
Economic management
Free market ↔ State planning
62near the center
Military intervention
Non-intervention ↔ Intervention
24toward non-intervention
Religion and government
Secular state ↔ Religious authority
74toward religious authority

These positions are estimates on the Atlas’s nine-dimension scale, produced by running the available evidence through the same questions and scoring used for test-takers. They are interpretations for comparison, not objective measurements. How scores are made.

Key positions

StatementPositionBasis
Same-sex couples should have the same right to marry as opposite-sex couples.Strongly disagreesfrom their record
A state should prioritize preserving its distinctive national culture.Strongly agreesfrom their record
The means of production should ultimately be owned collectively.Strongly disagreesestimated
Military aid to countries resisting invasion is worth the cost.Strongly disagreesfrom their record
During a pandemic, governments should be able to close businesses and places of worship.Agreesfrom their record
The state should not give any religion an official or favored status, even if other faiths can still worship freely.Disagreesfrom their record
Class distinctions should gradually disappear.Strongly disagreesestimated
Central economic planning is preferable to decentralized market decisions.Disagreesestimated
A strong leader who gets things done matters more than following proper procedures.Agreesestimated
Foreign students should be deported for taking part in protests the government considers supportive of terrorism.Agreesestimated

Closest ideologies

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Sources

Profile last reviewed October 11, 2026.