Prosecutor General Gábor Bálint Nagy's Resignation Takes Effect

Gábor Bálint Nagy's resignation as Hungary's Prosecutor General formally took effect on August 25, five weeks after he announced on July 22 that he would step down 'solely to safeguard the interests of the prosecutorial service' amid sustained political pressure from PM Péter Magyar's government. Nagy had initially refused Magyar's May 31 resignation deadline, becoming — after President Sulyok — the second Fidesz-era constitutional officeholder to resist the new government before ultimately departing. His exit removes the last of the three senior Orbán-appointed institutional officeholders (president, prosecutor general, and the earlier Sulyok presidency) that Magyar's government targeted since taking office in May. Magyar welcomed Nagy's departure, saying Hungary had freed itself from 'another Orbán puppet.'