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Csaba Hende resigns as defence minister

On 7 September 2015, during the migration crisis, Csaba Hende resigned as Hungary's defence minister amid criticism of slow construction of the border fence.

Csaba Hende (Wikimedia Commons portrait; person avatar reused as fact cover, land-pack1 pattern).

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On 7 September 2015, during the migration crisis, Csaba Hende resigned as Hungary's defence minister amid criticism of slow construction of the border fence. He handed in his resignation after the government's national security cabinet reviewed progress on the temporary barrier along the Serbian border; Orbán accepted it and asked István Simicskó to take over.

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  • Csaba Hende

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    Csaba Hende resigns as defence minister. Actor role on this event; contribution size permanently_blocked (no sourced fraction). Contribution size is permanently_blocked (no sourced fraction); provisional 0.4 stored because contributions.size is NOT NULL.

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  1. 1.2015-2019.kormany.hu — source2015-2019.kormany.hu · verified
  2. 2.bbj.huchecked 2026-10-15 GET 200, final URL = original (no non-trivial redirect), claim in text: hende+resign · verified
  3. 3.rulers.orgchecked 2026-10-15 GET 200, final URL = original (no non-trivial redirect), claim in text: hende+resign · verified
  4. 4.hvg.huchecked 2026-10-15 GET 200, final URL = original (no non-trivial redirect), claim in text: hende+resign · verified
  5. 5.portfolio.huchecked 2026-10-15 GET 200, final URL = original (no non-trivial redirect), claim in text: hende+resign · verified

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Factrail. (2026). Csaba Hende resigns as defence minister. Factrail. https://factrail.ai/facts/hende-resigns-defence-minister-2015-09-07

https://factrail.ai/facts/hende-resigns-defence-minister-2015-09-07

Accessed 15 October 2026.

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