Chess grandmaster Judit Polgár has rejected an invitation to serve as Hungary's president, citing the difficulty of uniting a divided nation. Prime Minister Péter Magyar is now continuing the search for an independent successor following the end of Tamás Sulyok's term.

Hungarian President Tamas Sulyok has signed an amendment that concludes his presidential mandate. Parliament must now elect a successor within 30 days.

Prime Minister Péter Magyar has secured a parliamentary supermajority to remove President Tamás Sulyok and implement a broad institutional purge.