Dávid Kovács (born on 15th of March 1976 in Budapest) is a Hungarian politician, historian and former founding member of the Jobbik – Movement for a Better Hungary. He served as inaugural president of the party from 2003 to 2006. After resigning of politics in 2008, he became an assistant professor of history at the "Károli Gáspár" University of the Reformed Church Hungary.

Biography

Dávid Kovács was born in Budapest on 15th of March 1976 as the younger son of Dr. Etele Kovács, Vice Dean at the University of Physical Education (TF) and Valéria Végh, a former elementary school teacher. During his presidency the Jobbik established a coalition with the

Hungarian Justice and Life Party The Hungarian Justice and Life Party ( hu, Magyar Igazság és Élet Pártja, MIÉP) was a nationalist political party in Hungary that was founded by István Csurka in 1993. In the 1998 legislative elections, the party won 5.5% of the votes and ...

(''see: MIÉP–Jobbik Third Way Alliance of Parties'') for the

2006 Hungarian parliamentary election Parliamentary elections were held in Hungary on 9 April 2006, with a second round of voting in 110 of the 176 single-member constituencies on 23 April. Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p 900 The ...

. After the election, when the party alliance failed to win any parliamentary seats, he was succeeded by

Gábor Vona Gábor Vona (born Gábor Zázrivecz; 20 August 1978) is a Hungarian historian, teacher and former nationalist politician who led the political party Jobbik from 2006 until 2018. He was the party's candidate for the position of prime minister i ...

, Kovács becoming one of the deputy chairmen of the Jobbik. He did not support the establishment of the

Magyar Gárda Magyar Gárda Mozgalom (English: ''Hungarian Guard Movement'') founded by Magyar Gárda Hagyományőrző és Kulturális Egyesület (English: ''Hungarian Guard Association for Preservation of Traditions and Culture'') was a patriotic-nationalist ...

, insofar as he left the party along with two prominent founding members on 10th of March 2008.

References

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