Magyar government officially formed, he says the task ahead is enormous

“With the appointment of the ministers, the Hungarian government has been formed,”

Ágnes Forsthoffer, Speaker of the Parliament announced after a transcript from President Tamás Sulyok was read in parliament, listing the appointed ministers.

The following individuals had received their ministerial appointments from President Tamás Sulyok previously, early Tuesday afternoon:

• Bálint Ruff, Minister in Charge of the Prime Minister’s Office
• Gábor Pósfai, Minister of the Interior
• István Kapitány, Minister of Economy and Energy
• András Kármán, Minister of Finance
• Anita Orbán, Minister of Foreign Affairs
• Márta Görög, Minister of Justice
• Romulusz Ruszin-Szendi, Minister of Defense
• Judit Lannert, Minister of Children and Education
• Zsolt Hegedűs, Minister of Health
• Vilmos Kátai-Németh, Minister of Social and Family Affairs
• Dávid Vitézy, Minister of Transport and Investment
• Zoltán Tarr, Minister of Social Relations and Culture
• Szabolcs Bóna, Minister of Agriculture and Food Economy
• Viktória Lőrincz, Minister of Rural and Urban Development
• László Gajdos, Minister of the Living Environment
• Zoltán Tanács, Minister of Science and Technology

Although President Tamás Sulyok personally handed the documents to the new ministers, he did not pose with them for the official photographs. This was likely in response to Prime Minister Péter Magyar's previous announcement on Facebook that “the members of the Tisza government do not wish to receive congratulations from the puppet president nor pose for a photo with him, neither upon accepting their appointments nor after taking their oaths.” Magyar has previously called on Sulyok to submit his resignation before 31 May on several occasions, reproaching him for not speaking up on issues that shook the whole country, including when Viktor Orbán called Hungarian citizens “bugs,” and for failing to stand up for victims of child abuse, as well as for not opposing the previous government’s unconstitutional decisions and legal arbitrariness.

A few hours later, at Parliament, representatives gathered for a plenary session and for the final act in the forming of the government. The Prime Minister gave a speech introducing each minister, briefly describing their specific responsibilities. He explained that there are four ministries which will play a key role in the transition to democracy, as they will be tasked with the most difficult responsibilities.

The heads of these ministries will be granted veto power within the government.

They are:

• the Ministry of Finance;
• the Ministry of Health;
• the Ministry of Education and Child Welfare;
• and the Ministry of Justice.

At one point in his speech, Péter Magyar mentioned that on Monday evening, he and a few colleagues had toured the former Prime Minister's Office Building, (known as the Karmelita) the building of the Cabinet Office next door finished in 2025, and the brand new building of the Ministry of Interior. As he said, they found astonishing luxury and wastefulness there.

According to Magyar, the previous government knew exactly how impoverished the country was becoming, they knew that hundreds were freezing to death each winter, and they were very much aware of the conditions in orphanages throughout the country. He said it was a disgrace that despite being aware of this, they still spent tens of billions of forints building themeselves palaces in Buda's castle district—and specifically cited the ones he and some of his ministers had toured the night before.

“You have built luxury palaces for yourselves with the Hungarian people’s money, while millions in our country are living in poverty,” Magyar said, turning to the Fidesz MPs.

According to the Prime Minister, unlike them, the Tisza government will work to create a functioning and humane Hungary, and their government will be staffed by experts who are knowledgeable in their respective fields. He announced that the Prime Minister’s Office will not move into the Karmelita building, where Orbán moved his offices in 2019 after extensive and expensive renovations. Péter Magyar said the building “will now be returned to the Hungarian people.”

According to Magyar, they have an enormous task ahead of them, as they must put the country back on track after two decades of neglect. He concluded his introduction of the members of the new Hungarian government by urging everyone to let him know if they, including him should ever to stray from the path that has just been laid out.