# Parliament elects Tamás Sulyok President of Hungary

Date: 2024

On 26 February 2024 Hungary's [National Assembly](/organizations/national-assembly) elected [Tamás Sulyok](/people/tamas-sulyok), then president of the Constitutional Court, as President of the Republic. His nomination by Fidesz followed [Katalin Novák](/people/katalin-novak)'s resignation over a pardon granted in a child-abuse cover-up case; opposition parties did not support him.

## People

- Tamás Sulyok: https://factrail.ai/people/tamas-sulyok

## Sources

- https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/2/26/hungary-parliament-elects-new-president-following-scandal
- https://astanatimes.com/2025/10/kazakh-hungarian-presidents-pledge-to-expand-trade-and-economic-partnership/

## Methodology

https://factrail.ai/methodology

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