Hungary's Orban Eyes Fourth Term as Premier After Party Vote
- Orban to remain ruling party Fidesz chairman after congress
- Government to cut home construction VAT to five percent
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Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban moved closer to his goal of winning a fourth term and becoming one of the longest-serving leaders in the eastern European nation’s history after winning re-election as the head of the ruling party.
Orban, who ran uncontested, was re-elected as chairman of Fidesz for another two years at a party convention in Budapest on Sunday. The premier, 52, said that he intends to lead the ruling party into 2018 parliamentary elections. Orban first served as premier in 1998-2002 and returned to the post in 2010.