Árpád Habony (born 1968) is a Hungarian entrepreneur, oligarch and longtime unofficial advisor to
Viktor Orbán. He has been referred to as the "unacknowledged
spin doctor" of Orbán, but his exact position is not formally stated. He is credited as the unofficial architect of the fake news, anti-immigration and negative propaganda campaign of Orbán's party,
Fidesz. He and the late
Arthur J. Finkelstein
Arthur Jay Finkelstein (May 18, 1945 – August 18, 2017) was a New York state-based Republican Party (GOP) consultant who worked for conservative and right-wing candidates in the United States, Canada, Israel, Central Europe, and Eastern Europe ...
were shareholders in "Danube Business Consulting Ltd."
Assault conviction
In 2006, he physically abused an elder couple on the street in
Budapest for which he received two years probation.
References
External links
Árpád Habonyin The Orange Files
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How the Habony Fidesz communication machine works- The Budapest Beacon
Businesspeople from Budapest
1968 births
Living people
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