Hungary's parliament has passed a constitutional amendment capping the prime minister's time in office at eight years in total, effectively barring former leader Viktor Orbán from ever returning to the role. The measure, adopted on Monday by 135 votes to 50 with six abstentions, fulfils a central campaign promise of Prime Minister Péter Magyar, whose Tisza party swept Orbán's Fidesz from power in April's general election.

The new rule counts all time served as prime minister since 1990, meaning Orbán — who governed from 1998 to 2002 and again from 2010 to 2026, accumulating roughly 20 years in office — is disqualified from any future candidacy. Orbán branded the measure a