Hungarian President Tamás Sulyok signed a constitutional amendment on Saturday that brings his presidency to an immediate end, closing a weeks-long standoff between him and the new government of Prime Minister Péter Magyar. Sulyok, who had repeatedly refused to resign voluntarily, had five days to sign the amendment after parliament passed it on Monday — and did so on the final day before the deadline, with his term set to officially expire at midnight on Sunday. Speaker of Parliament Ágnes Forsthoffer will serve as interim head of state while lawmakers elect a new president, a process that must be completed within 30 days.

The removal of Sulyok, a former Constitutional Court judge elected to the presidency in 2024 when Viktor Orbán's right-nationalist Fidesz party held a commanding parliamentary majority, represents one of the most dramatic steps yet by Magyar's administration since it swept to a landslide victory in April. Magyar, whose pro-European, centre-right Tisza party had campaigned on a promise of