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Hungary PM Magyar proposes chess grandmaster Judit Polgar for president
France 24 [en]
Hungarian Prime Minister Peter Magyar will meet with former chess champion Judit Polgar on Monday to ask her if she will serve as the country's next president. Hungarian lawmakers last week passed an amendment removing the current president from office after Magyar accused him of being a "puppet" of former prime minister Viktor Orban.
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