third Orbán Government
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{{Infobox government cabinet
| cabinet_name = Third Orbán Government
| jurisdiction = Hungary
| cabinet_number = 71st
| flag = Flag_of_Hungary.svg
| incumbent = Incumbent
| image = Viktor Orbán 2016-02-17.jpg
| date_formed = 6 June 2014
| date_dissolved = 18 May 2018
| government_head = Viktor Orbán
| deputy_government_head = Zsolt Semjén
| government_head_history = 1998–2002, 2010–present
| state_head = János Áder
| current_number =
| former_members_number =
| total_number =
| political_party = {{hlist|Fidesz|KDNP}}
| opposition_cabinet =
| opposition_party = {{hlist|MSZP|Jobbik|LMP}}
| opposition_leader = Gyula Molnár, Gábor Vona
| legislature_status = Supermajority {{small|(until 22 February 2015)}}{{Composition bar|133|199|{{party color|Fidesz}}|background-color=|border border-color=darkgray|width=|per=1}}{{-}}Majority government {{small|(by end of term)}}{{Composition bar|131|199|{{party color|Fidesz}}|background-color=|border border-color=darkgray|width=|per=1}}
| election = 2014 election
| last_election = 2018 election
| legislature_term = 2014–2018
| outgoing_formation =
| previous = Second Orbán Government
| successor = Fourth Orbán Government
}}
The third government of Viktor Orbán was the Government of Hungary between 6 June 2014 and 18 May 2018. Prime Minister Viktor Orbán formed his third cabinet after his party-alliance, Fidesz and its coalition partner, Christian Democratic People's Party (KDNP) altogether won a qualified majority in the 2014 parliamentary election.
Policy
=Immigration=
{{Main article|Hungarian migrant quota referendum, 2016||Hungarian border barrier}}
During the 2015 European migrant crisis the government initiated the erection of the Hungary-Serbia barrier to block entry of illegal immigrants.{{cite news|last1=Troianovski|first1=Anton|author-link=Anton Troianovski|last2=Feher|first2=Margit|date=19 August 2015|title=Migration Crisis Pits EU's East Against West|work=The Wall Street Journal|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/migration-crisis-pits-eus-east-against-west-1439957453|url-access=registration|access-date=19 August 2015}} Just like the other Visegrád Group leaders, the government was against any compulsory EU long-term quota on redistribution of migrants.Ian Traynor. [https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/sep/05/migration-crisis-europe-leaders-blame-brussels-hungary-germany Refugee crisis: east and west split as leaders resent Germany for waiving rules] . The Guardian, 5 September 2015.
On 24 February 2016 the prime minister announced that the government would hold a Referendum on whether to accept the European Union's proposed mandatory quotas for relocating migrants.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-35652655|title=Migrant crisis: Hungary to hold referendum on EU quota plan|publisher=BBC News|date=24 February 2016|accessdate=26 May 2016}} He also said it is "no secret that the Hungarian government refuses migrant quotas" and that they will be campaigning for "no" votes. Orbán argued that the quota system would "redraw Hungary's and Europe's ethnic, cultural and religious identity, which no EU organ has the right to do".{{cite web|url=http://mno.hu/belfold/orban-nepszavazas-lesz-a-betelepitesi-kvotarol-1330246|title=Orbán: Népszavazás lesz a betelepítési kvótáról|publisher=Magyar Nemzet|date=24 February 2016|accessdate=26 May 2016}} On 5 May, after examining the legal challenges, the Supreme Court (Kúria) allowed the holding of the referendum.{{cite web|url=http://nol.hu/belfold/lehet-nepszavazni-orbanek-kerdeserol-1613995 |title=Lehet népszavazni Orbánék kérdéséről |accessdate=2016-05-10 |date=2016-05-03 |publisher=Népszabadság |language=Hungarian |url-status=bot: unknown |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160603075457/http://nol.hu/belfold/lehet-nepszavazni-orbanek-kerdeserol-1613995 |archivedate=2016-06-03 }}
In the autumn of that year the no vote won with 3,362,224 votes or 98.36% of the total number of votes.
=Free Sunday=
Fidesz and the Christian Democratic People's Party (Hungary) has supported the restriction on Sunday shopping ("free Sunday", as they called) for a long time, citing Christian values. Parliament voted on the issue on December 14, 2014{{cite web|url=http://kdnp.hu/node/31855|title=Megszavazta az Országgyűlés a szabad vasárnap bevezetését|author=KDNP.hu}} and the law came into effect on March 15, 2015{{cite web|url=http://hvg.hu/gazdasag/20150315_Annyian_voltak_mint_a_saskak__egy_kics |title=Vasárnapi boltzár: "Annyian voltak, mint a sáskák" |author=HVG.hu|date=2015-03-15}} (a Sunday on which shops would have been closed anyway, the day being a public holiday in Hungary). Public opinion was predominantly against the decision. Three polls done in the spring of 2015 registered an opposition of 64% (Szonda Ipsos), 62% (Medián) 59% (Tárki). By the end of May, according to a poll by Medián, 72% of those polled disliked the new law, even the majority of Fidesz-KDNP voters were against it.{{cite web|url=http://www.origo.hu/gazdasag/20150630-mar-a-fidesz-szavazoknak-is-eleguk-van-a-vasarnapi-zarva-tartasbol.html|author=Origo.hu|title=Már a Fidesz-szavazóknak is elegük van a vasárnapi zárva tartásból|date=2015-06-30}} Opposition parties and private persons tried to start a public referendum several times. By November 2015 there were 16 such attempts, but none of them were approved, for various bureaucratic reasons,{{cite web|url=http://444.hu/2015/11/11/barmi-aron-meg-kell-akadalyozni-hogy-nepszavazas-legyen-a-vasarnapi-zarva-tartasrol|author=444.hu|title=Bármi áron meg kell akadályozni, hogy népszavazás legyen a vasárnapi zárva tartásból|date=2015-11-11}} until in early 2016 one of these attempts, initiated by the Hungarian Socialist Party, was finally successful. The government, rather than being forced to hold the referendum (which could have been interpreted as a huge success for the opposition party, even though the law was opposed by the majority of Fidesz voters too) lifted the ban in April 2016.{{cite web|url=https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2016-04-11/hungary-moving-to-lift-disputed-sunday-shopping-ban|title=Hungary's government says it has asked parliament to repeal a very unpopular law banning most retail stores from opening on Sundays|author=usnews.com|date=2016-04-11}}
=NGO restriction=
On 13 June 2017, The Hungarian parliament passed a law targeting foreign-funded NGOs. The law requires civil groups receiving foreign donations above a certain threshold to register as organizations funded from abroad. The law was passed 130 to 44, with 25 abstaining.{{cite web | url=https://hungarytoday.hu/hungary-orban-ngo-law-soros-parliament-54968/ | title=Hungarian Parliament Passes Law Targeting Foreign-Funded NGOs | date=14 June 2017 }}{{cite news | url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-40258922 | title=Hungary approves strict regulations on foreign-funded NGOs | work=BBC News | date=13 June 2017 }}
Party breakdown
=Beginning of term=
Party breakdown of cabinet ministers in the beginning of term:
| * Fidesz
| 7 |
| * KDNP
| 2 |
| * Independents
| 2 |
=End of term=
Party breakdown of cabinet ministers in the end of term:
| * Fidesz
| 8 |
| * KDNP
| 3 |
| * Independents
| 3 |
Members of the Cabinet
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| Office
!Name !colspan=2|Party !Term |
|---|
| colspan="5" style="text-align: center;" | Prime Minister's Office |
| Prime Minister
|style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Fidesz}}" | |{{nowrap|2014–2018}} |
| Minister of the Prime Minister’s Office
|style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Fidesz}}" | |{{nowrap|2014–2018}} |
| Minister of the Prime Minister’s Cabinet Office
|style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Fidesz}}" | |{{nowrap|2015–2018}} |
| colspan="5" style="text-align: center;" | Deputy Prime Minister |
| Deputy Prime Minister
|style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Christian Democratic People's Party (Hungary)}}" | |KDNP |{{nowrap|2014–2018}} |
| colspan="5" style="text-align: center;" | Ministers |
| rowspan=2| Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade
|style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Fidesz}}" | |{{nowrap|2014}} |
| Péter Szijjártó
|style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Fidesz}}" | |{{nowrap|2014–2018}} |
| Minister of Interior
|style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Independent politician}}"| |{{nowrap|2014–2018}} |
| Minister of Justice
|style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Independent politician}}"| |{{nowrap|2014–2018}} |
| Minister of National Economy
|style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Fidesz}}" | |{{nowrap|2014–2018}} |
| Minister of Human Resources
|style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Fidesz}}" | |{{nowrap|2014–2018}} |
| Minister of National Development
|style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Christian Democratic People's Party (Hungary)}}" | |KDNP |{{nowrap|2014–2018}} |
| Minister of Agriculture
|style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Fidesz}}" | |{{nowrap|2014–2018}} |
| rowspan=2| Minister of Defence
|style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Fidesz}}" | |{{nowrap|2014–2015}} |
| István Simicskó
|style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Christian Democratic People's Party (Hungary)}}" | |KDNP |{{nowrap|2015–2018}} |
| colspan="5" style="text-align: center;" | Ministers without portfolio |
| Minister for National Politics
|style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Christian Democratic People's Party (Hungary)}}" | |KDNP |{{nowrap|2014–2018}} |
| Minister for Responsible for the Planning, Construction and Commissioning of the two new blocks at Paks Nuclear Power Plant |style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Independent politician}}"| |{{nowrap|2017–2018}} |
| Minister for Responsible for the Development of Cities with County Rights
|style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Fidesz}}" | |{{nowrap|2017–2018}} |
Composition
Following the 2014 parliamentary election, Fidesz–KDNP gained 133 seats in the National Assembly. The government majority of the parliament elected Viktor Orbán as a fully-fledged prime minister on 10 May, but his third cabinet formed only 6 June.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs transformed into the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, while the Ministry of Rural Development and the Ministry of Public Administration and Justice were renamed to Ministry of Agriculture and Ministry of Justice, respectively. On 17 October 2015, the Ministry of the Prime Minister's Cabinet Office was established. Two ministers without portfolio were appointed in May 2017 and October 2017.
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| Office | Image | Incumbent |colspan="2"|Political party | In office |
| bgcolor="#DDDDDD"| Prime Minister
| 100px |style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Fidesz}}" | | Fidesz |10 May 2014 – 10 May 2018 |
| bgcolor="#EEEEEE" | Deputy Prime Minister Minister without portfolio for National Politics | 100px |style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Christian Democratic People's Party (Hungary)}}" | | KDNP |6 June 2014 – 18 May 2018 |
| bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Minister of the Prime Minister's Office
| 100px |style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Fidesz}}" | | Fidesz |6 June 2014 – 18 May 2018 |
| bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Minister of the Prime Minister's Cabinet Office
| 100px |style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Fidesz}}" | | Fidesz |17 October 2015 – 18 May 2018 |
| rowspan="2" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade
| 100px |style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Fidesz}}" | | Fidesz |6 June 2014 – 13 September 2014 |
| 100px
|style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Fidesz}}" | | Fidesz |23 September 2014 – 18 May 2018 |
| bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Minister of Interior
| 100px |style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Independent (politician)}}" | |6 June 2014 – 18 May 2018 |
| bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Minister of Justice
| 100px |style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Independent (politician)}}" | |6 June 2014 – 18 May 2018 |
| bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Minister of National Economy
| 100px |style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Fidesz}}" | | Fidesz |6 June 2014 – 18 May 2018 |
| bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Minister of Human Resources
| 100px |style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Fidesz}}" | | Fidesz |6 June 2014 – 18 May 2018 |
| bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Minister of National Development
| 90px |style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Christian Democratic People's Party (Hungary)}}" | | KDNP |6 June 2014 – 18 May 2018 |
| bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Minister of Agriculture
| 100px |style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Fidesz}}" | | Fidesz |6 June 2014 – 18 May 2018 |
| rowspan="2" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Minister of Defence
| 100px |style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Fidesz}}" | | Fidesz |6 June 2014 – 9 September 2015 |
| 100px
|style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Christian Democratic People's Party (Hungary)}}" | | KDNP |10 September 2015 – 18 May 2018 |
| bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Minister without Portfolio responsible for the planning, construction and commissioning of the two new units at Paks Nuclear Power Plant | |style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Independent (politician)}}" | |2 May 2017 – 18 May 2018 |
| bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Minister without Portfolio responsible for the development of towns with county rights | 100px |style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Fidesz}}" | | Fidesz |2 October 2017 – 18 May 2018 |
References
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=General=
- {{cite web|url=http://www.kormany.hu/en/members-of-the-government|title=Official website of the Hungarian Government}}
{{Viktor Orbán}}
{{Hungarian Governments}}
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