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Kovács becomes state secretary for international communication

On 27 November 2018 Zoltán Kovács received his appointment as state secretary for international communication in the Prime Minister's Cabinet Office.

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

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On 27 November 2018 Zoltán Kovács received his appointment as state secretary for international communication in the Prime Minister's Cabinet Office. Viktor Orbán had asked him to take the post, ending his time as government spokesman, a role handed to István Hollik.

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  • Zoltán Kovács

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    Kovács becomes state secretary for international communication. 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.origo.huchecked 2026-10-15 GET 200, final URL = original (no non-trivial redirect), claim in text: hollik+szovivo · verified
  2. 2.hirtv.origo.huchecked 2026-10-15 GET 200, final URL = original (no non-trivial redirect), claim in text: kovacs+nemzetkozi kommunikac · verified
  3. 3.magyarhirlap.huchecked 2026-10-15 GET 200, final URL = original (no non-trivial redirect), claim in text: kovacs+nemzetkozi kommunikac · verified

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Factrail. (2026). Kovács becomes state secretary for international communication. Factrail. https://factrail.ai/facts/kovacs-international-communication-state-secretary-2018-11

https://factrail.ai/facts/kovacs-international-communication-state-secretary-2018-11

Accessed 15 October 2026.

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