Peter Magyar vowed to implement wide-ranging reforms after winning a landslide election last month, ending Viktor Orban's 16 years in power.
Magyar's center-right Tisza party defeated Orban's nationalist-populist Fidesz by a landslide last month, ending right-wing populist Viktor Orban's 16-year rule.
"Hungarian people have given us a mandate to put an end to decades of drifting," Magyar said.
"They have given us a mandate to open a new chapter in Hungary's history. Not only to change the government, but to change the system as well. To start again." The 45-year-old has pledged to tackle corruption and undo policies enacted under Orban to control the judiciary, the media and other sectors.
He has also vowed to repair ties with the EU. Relations between the NATO member and the bloc were strained under Orban, who fostered close ties Moscow and opposed EU efforts to support Ukraine against Russia's invasion.
Magyar inherits an economy that only just emerged from stagnation in the first quarter and is now coming under pressure from surging energy costs related to the war in the Middle East.
One of his first tasks as prime minister will be trying to unblock billions of euros in suspended EU funding. The money was frozen during Orban's time in office due concerns about rule of law and corruption in Hungary.
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