I will serve - not rule over Hungary, says new PM

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Nick Thorpe Budapest correspondent

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Peter Magyar was sworn in on Saturday, almost a month after he won a landslide victory in Hungary's election.

Hungary's new prime minister, Péter Magyar, has been sworn in, almost a month after he steered his Tisza party to a landslide victory, sweeping away 16 years of rule by Viktor Orbán.

"I will not rule over Hungary - I will serve my country," Magyar said after he took the oath of office in parliament.

Tisza holds 141 seats out of 199 in the new parliament - up from zero, a result of the party being founded just two years ago.

Tens of thousands of people are expected to take part in a "celebration of freedom and democracy" outside parliament in Budapest, along the shores of the Danube.…