(FILES) Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban (R) chats with Hungarian Finance Minister Mihaly Varga prior to the UEFA Euro 2020 qualifier Group E football match Hungary against Wales on June 11, 2019 in Budapest. Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban named a long-time ally to be the next central bank governor on November 29, 2024, as he aims to jumpstart the country's struggling economy. The nationalist leader told state radio that he had chosen Finance Minister Mihaly Varga, a founding member of the governing Fidesz party, to replace Gyorgy Matolcsy, whose second six-year term ends in March 2025. (Photo by ATTILA KISBENEDEK / AFP) (Photo by ATTILA KISBENEDEK/AFP via Getty Images)