France, July 20 -- "Our country needs unity, peace and a president of whom all Hungarians can be proud," Peter Magyar said in a Facebook post, adding that he will meet with Polgar on Monday to ask her if she would be willing to serve. AI automatic translation from Hungarian of a Facebook post published on 19 July 2026 by Hungary's Prime Minister Peter Magyar, proposing former chess champion Judit Polgar to become Hungary's next president.

Polgar, who will turn 50 in a few days, is considered as the greatest woman chess player of all time and was the top-ranked woman player for 25 years when she retired in 2014. Polgar at the 2008 Mainz Chess Classic.

Hungarian lawmakers last week passed an amendment that removed current President Tamas ...