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Despite yesterday's news, there may still be an Orban wandering the corridors of the Hungarian Parliament.
Anita Orban, who is not related to Viktor Orban, appears set to become the country's foreign minister, writes Sky News.
When Peter Magyar, now the prime minister of Hungary, introduced her to Donald Tusk, he joked, "Her name is just a coincidence."
"My name is Donald," replied the former President of the European Council, then Prime Minister of Poland.
Peter Magyar, once a staunch loyalist of Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orban, has ended his mentor's 16-year rule after his Tisza party won Sunday's parliamentary elections in a landslide victory.
With votes counted in 97.35 percent of polling stations, Hungary's center-right party secured 138 seats in the 199-seat parliament and 53.6 percent of the vote. Orban's Christian nationalist Fidesz party won 55 seats with 37.8 percent of the vote, according to official results.
What will be Peter Magyar's political stances?
Peter Magyar has pledged to revive Hungary's economy, which has been stagnant since the start of 2022.
He has also pledged to improve relations with the European Union. Under Orban, ties between Brussels and Budapest were strained due to his close ties with Russia. Magyar said he would reduce Hungary's dependence on Russian energy by 2035, while striving for a "pragmatic relationship" with Moscow. He also said he would focus on persuading the EU to release funds frozen by the union due to Hungary's alleged failure to meet a number of the bloc's conditions for financial support.
At the same time, Magyar has in the past been critical of Ukraine's bid to join the EU immediately, arguing that the process should not be rushed by setting it at odds with Kiev.
For many young Hungarians, however, Magyar's election represents a change that seemed hard to imagine just a few months ago.
Izabella Nagy, a young professional in Budapest, told Al Jazeera that Peter Magyar had "rekindled a sense of hope for millions of Hungarians, both at home and in the diaspora."
But she noted that the hard work he has to do to improve the country has only just begun.
"Rebuilding a democracy and a divided society is a much more arduous task than dismantling one, which we have seen over the past decade. While the road ahead is difficult, the enthusiasm of his team suggests that they feel a weight of responsibility to the millions of citizens who now count on them for real change," she added.
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