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At its inception, Fidesz was a liberal, pro-Western youth movement that openly challenged the Hungarian Young Communist League.

To maintain its "young" identity, the party initially had an upper age limit of 35 for its members. viktor_orban_poczatki_politycznej_kariery_w_jak...

During this time, Orbán received a scholarship from the George Soros Foundation to study the history of civil society at Oxford. 2. The Breakout Moment: The 1989 Speech At its inception, Fidesz was a liberal, pro-Western

Orbán became a household name on , during the ceremonial reburial of Imre Nagy, the martyred leader of the 1956 Revolution. At its inception

On , Orbán and 36 other university students—mostly from the prestigious Bibó István Law College in Budapest—founded Fidesz (Alliance of Young Democrats).