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Péter Polt

Péter Polt

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Prosecutor general from 2010 to 2025, then Constitutional Court president. The two-thirds Assembly elected him to the charging-referee post. Affiliated with the prosecution service and the Hungarian government; a Fidesz-era operator, not Orbán.

Sources: [1][2]

Accountability & contradictions

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Responsibility

What could change this assessment

  • 3 linked facts have no assessed welfare direction yet.
  • Lifetime coverage has not been assessed: the record reflects stored facts only (2010–2025).

Timeline

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  1. 1 January 2025

    Polt becomes president of the Constitutional Court

  2. 1 January 2019

    Polt re-elected prosecutor general for nine more years

  3. 1 December 2010

    Péter Polt returns as Hungary's prosecutor general

Evidence & methodology

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3 of 3 linked facts verified, drawing on 2 distinct sources (2010–2025).

Sources include checked 2026-10-15 GET 200, final URL = original (no non-trivial redirect), claim in text: polt+constitutional court, checked 2026-10-15 GET 200, final URL = original (no non-trivial redirect), claim in text: polt+prosecutor.

Sources

  1. 1.index.huchecked 2026-10-15 GET 200, final URL = original (no non-trivial redirect), claim in text: polt+prosecutor
  2. 2.portfolio.huchecked 2026-10-15 GET 200, final URL = original (no non-trivial redirect), claim in text: polt+constitutional court

The score is formula-derived (Factrail formula v1, version 1.0.0), not an editorial verdict. Read the methodology.

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