Dóra Dúró (born 5 March 1987) is a Hungarian

politician A politician is a person active in party politics, or a person holding or seeking an elected office in government. Politicians propose, support, reject and create laws that govern the land and by an extension of its people. Broadly speaking ...

of the

Our Homeland Movement Our Homeland Movement ( Hungarian: ''Mi Hazánk Mozgalom,'' MHM) is a Hungarian far-right political party founded by Ásotthalom mayor and former Jobbik Vice-President László Toroczkai and other Jobbik dissidents that left the organization af ...

, formerly spokesperson of the far-right nationalist political party

Jobbik The Movement for a Better Hungary ( hu, Jobbik Magyarországért Mozgalom), commonly known as Jobbik (), is a conservative political party in Hungary. Originating with radical and nationalist roots, at its beginnings, the party described itself ...

. After the 2010 elections, she was elected to the

National Assembly of Hungary The National Assembly ( hu, Országgyűlés, lit=Country Assembly) is the parliament of Hungary. The unicameral body consists of 199 (386 between 1990 and 2014) members elected to 4-year terms. Election of members is done using a semi-proport ...

. Assuming office at the age of 23, she was the youngest member of the Országgyűlés until 2018. Her husband is Előd Novák, the former deputy leader of Jobbik. In 2018, after her expulsion from

, she joined

László Toroczkai László Toroczkai (born László Tóth, 10 March 1978) is a Hungarian politician, journalist, leader of the Our Homeland Movement political party, and former mayor of Ásotthalom. He is also a member of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Counc ...

's new party Our Home Movement and became the party's single MP.

Personal life

In 2008, Dúró married fellow politician Előd Novák in the Church of Our Lady of the Hungarians in Gellért Hill Cave. They have a daughter, Hunóra Kincső, and three sons, Bottyán János, Nimród Nándor and Zente Levente.

Life

She was born in

Szentes Szentes is a town in south-eastern Hungary, Csongrád county, near the Tisza river. The town is a cultural and educational center of the region. Notable people * Árpád Balázs (born 1937), classical music composer * János Bácskai 1954. novemb ...

. Her father was a veterinarian and her mother was a housewife. She studied in

Csépa Csépa is a village in Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok county, in the Northern Great Plain region of central Hungary. Geography It covers an area of and has a population Population typically refers to the number of people in a single area, whethe ...

, Döbrököz and

Dombóvár Dombóvár (german: Dombowa; la, Iowia) is a town in Tolna County, Hungary. Twin towns – sister cities Dombóvár is twinned with: * Kernen im Remstal, Germany * Ogulin, Croatia * Vir, Croatia * Höganäs, Sweden Notable people * Ján Gol ...

. She graduated from the Illyés Gyula Grammar School in Dombóvár in 2005 and later studied political science at the Faculty of Law of the

University of Budapest A university () is an institution of higher (or tertiary) education and research which awards academic degrees in several academic disciplines. Universities typically offer both undergraduate and postgraduate programs. In the United States, th ...

, where she received a doctorate degree. She speaks English and German on intermediate levels and Italian on a conversational level.

Book shredding

In September, 2020, the politician said that the book titled ''Meseország mindenkié'' (Fairytaleland is for Everyone) is "homosexual propaganda". She tore out sheets and then shredded it in a paper shredder. Many public figures criticized her action, and the Magyar Könyvkiadók és Könyvterjesztők Egyesülése (Association of Hungarian Publishers and Distributors) stated in a communication: "communion with the legacy of Nazi bookbinders and communist book shreds."

References

External links

Biography
on jobbik.hu
Dúró Dóra , Jobbik.hu
Latest edition of Biography in Hungarian language. 1987 births Living people Hungarian political scientists Far-right politics in Hungary Women members of the National Assembly of Hungary Jobbik politicians Our Homeland Movement politicians Members of the National Assembly of Hungary (2010–2014) Members of the National Assembly of Hungary (2014–2018) Members of the National Assembly of Hungary (2018–2022) Members of the National Assembly of Hungary (2022–2026) People from Szentes Women political scientists 21st-century Hungarian women politicians {{Hungary-politician-stub