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                 &lt;p&gt;At just 35 Viktor Orban, then a fiery radical, became Europe's youngest prime minister. Since then, his political brand has undergone an astonishing change. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;So how did the student dissident become a 21st Century demagogue?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Guests:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Zsuzsanna Szelenyi - Program director at the CEU Democracy Institute, former Hungarian politician and author, Tainted Democracy Viktor Orban and the Subversion of Hungary &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Nick Thorpe - The BBC's Central Europe correspondent &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Ben Wellings - Associate Professor of politics and international relations at Monash University &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p&gt;Producers: Zoe Ferguson and Linda Lopresti &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Executive Producer: Amruta Slee &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Sound Engineer: John Jacobs&lt;/p&gt; 
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At just 35 Viktor Orban, then a fiery radical, became Europe's youngest prime minister. Since then, his political brand has undergone an astonishing change. 

So how did the student dissident become a 21st Century demagogue?

 

Guests:


Zsuzsanna Szelenyi - Program director at the CEU Democracy Institute, former Hungarian politician and author, Tainted Democracy Viktor Orban and the Subversion of Hungary 


Nick Thorpe - The BBC's Central Europe correspondent 


Ben Wellings - Associate Professor of politics and international relations at Monash University 

 

 

Producers: Zoe Ferguson and Linda Lopresti 

Executive Producer: Amruta Slee 

Sound Engineer: John Jacobs

Take Me To Your Leader!

Dictators & Demagogues 04: Hungary's Viktor Orban

Dictators & Demagogues 04: Hungary's Viktor Orban

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