Előd Novák (born 25 April 1980) is a
Hungarian politician
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who serves as vice president of the
far-right
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political party
Our Homeland Movement
Our Homeland Movement ( Hungarian: ''Mi Hazánk Mozgalom'', '','' Mi Hazánk, MHM, MH) is a Hungarian far-right political party. It was founded by Ásotthalom mayor and former Jobbik Vice-President, László Toroczkai, along with other Jobbik ...
.
He was formerly a deputy chairman of
Jobbik
The Jobbik – Movement for a Better Hungary (, ), commonly known as Jobbik (), and previously known as Conservatives () between 2023 and 2024, is a Conservatism, conservative List of political parties in Hungary, political party in Hungary.
Ori ...
, but left the party in June 2018, following Jobbik's move to the center-right. He formed Our Homeland along with
László Toroczkai and several other former Jobbik members.
He is married to
Dóra Dúró, another founder and vice president of Our Homeland Movement.
In the
2010 elections he was elected to the
National Assembly of Hungary
The National Assembly ( ) is the parliament of Hungary. The unicameral body consists of 199 (386 between 1990 and 2014) members elected to four-year terms. Election of members is done using a semi-proportional representation: a mixed-member m ...
, representing Jobbik. He was a “local assistant” of
Csanád Szegedi
Csanád Szegedi (; born 22 September 1982) is a Hungarian politician and former Member of the European Parliament. He was a member of the Hungarian radical nationalist Jobbik political party between 2003 and 2012, which at the time had been accus ...
to the
Member of the European Parliament
A member of the European Parliament (MEP) is a person who has been Election, elected to serve as a popular representative in the European Parliament.
When the European Parliament (then known as the Common Assembly of the European Coal and S ...
in Brussels. Novák in five months received the salaries, although he is a
eurosceptic
Euroscepticism, also spelled as Euroskepticism or EU-scepticism, is a political position involving criticism of the European Union (EU) and European integration. It ranges from those who oppose some EU institutions and policies and seek refor ...
who in January 2012 burned the
European Union's flag at an anti-EU demonstration organized by Jobbik. In 2015,
he was involved in a controversy as
deputy leader
A deputy leader (in Scottish English, sometimes depute leader) in the Westminster system is the second-in-command of a political party, behind the party leader. Deputy leaders often become Deputy prime minister when their parties are elected to go ...
over his remarks shared on social media where he suggested that the
Romani population in Hungary was the biggest problem that the country was facing.
Előd Novák was forced by the party's parliamentary group to resign from his position as an MP in 2016. Now, he is a vocal critic of Jobbik's new policies.
Personal life
He is married to
Dóra Dúró. They have a daughter, Hunóra Kincső (2011) and three sons, Bottyán János (2013), Nimród Nándor (2014) and Zente Levente (2019).
External links
Biographyon jobbik.hu
References
1980 births
Living people
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 (2022–2026)
Politicians from Budapest
Hungarian nationalists
Hungarian Justice and Life Party politicians
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