Peter Marki-Zay, the small-town mayor who will take on Prime Minister Viktor Orban in Hungary's 2022 election, figures his conservative, family-man persona will leave nationalist Orban floundering in next year's vote.
By Gergely Szakacs BUDAPEST (Reuters) - Peter Marki-Zay, the small-town mayor who will take on Prime Minister Viktor Orban in Hungary s 2022 election, figures his conservative, family-man persona will leave nationalist Orban floundering in next year s vote. Marki-Zay beat left-wing front-runner Klara Dobrev in an opposition primary on Sunday in a major upset, as only two of the six opposition parties had endorsed him before the vote. The 49-year-old father of seven, who has degrees in economics, marketing and engineering, rose to prominence when he won a 2018 mayoral contest in his hometown, a stronghold of the ruling Fidesz party. Portraying himself as a palatable choice for both left-wing and conservative voters, Marki-Zay had said the opposition stood no chance of defeating Orban with Dobrev, the wife of former prime minister Ferenc Gyurcsany, one of the most divisive figures in Hungarian politics. This (contest) is about whether we will be free, Marki-Zay told a news conference aft
Peter Marki-Zay, the small-town mayor who will take on Prime Minister Viktor Orban in Hungary's 2022 election, figures his conservative, family-man persona will leave nationalist Orban floundering in next year's vote.
BUDAPEST (Reuters) - Peter Marki-Zay, the small-town mayor who will take on Prime Minister Viktor Orban in Hungary's 2022 election, figures his conservative, family-man persona will leave nationalist Orban floundering in next year's vote.