Tibor Bana (born 1 December 1985) is a Hungarian economist, political scientist and politician, who was the member of the

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(MP) between 2010 and 2022, sitting as a

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 ...

politician until 2020, then as a non-partisan.

Profession

Tibor Bana was born in

Körmend Körmend ( sl, Kermendin, Prekmurje Slovene: ''Karmadén,'' ger, Kirment) is a town in Vas county , Western Hungary. Places of interest The town is especially well known for its castle which used to belong to the Batthyány family, one of the mo ...

on 1 December 1985. He is

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. He was elected

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of the local Calvinist parish in

Szentgotthárd Szentgotthárd ( sl, Monošter; german: St. Gotthard) is the westernmost town of Hungary. It is situated on the Rába River near the Austrian border. History The town took its name from, and grew up round, the Cistercian Szentgotthárd Abbey, fo ...

in 2012 and was re-elected in 2017. He finished his secondary studies at the Nagy Lajos Secondary Grammar School in

Szombathely Szombathely (; german: Steinamanger, ; see also other alternative names) is the 10th largest city in Hungary. It is the administrative centre of Vas county in the west of the country, located near the border with Austria. Szombathely lies by t ...

in 2004. He earned a degree in political science and economics at the

Corvinus University of Budapest Corvinus University of Budapest ( hu, Budapesti Corvinus Egyetem) is a university in Budapest, Hungary. The university currently has an enrolment of approximately 9,600 students, with a primary focus on business administration, economics, and so ...

in 2009. Currently, he attends Doctoral School of Demography and Sociology,

University of Pécs The University of Pécs (UP; Hungarian: ''Pécsi Tudományegyetem''; PTE) is an institution of higher education in Hungary. The modern university was established in 1912 but has its roots in the medieval university founded in Pécs in 1367 by ...

Political career

Bana was a member of the youth organization of the far-right

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 ...

(MIÉP) between 2004 and 2006. He presided the organization from 2005 until his quit from the party in the autumn of 2006. He joined Jobbik in early 2007 and participated in the establishment of its local branch in Vas County. He was elected president of the Vas County branch of Jobbik in 2008. He was a domestic assistant of MEP Zoltán Balczó from 2009 to 2010. He was re-elected in 2010, 2012, 2014 and 2016. He was elected one of the vice-presidents of the party in May 2018. He held the position until January 2020. He was elected president of the Vas County branch again in February 2020. Bana ran as candidate for MP for Körmend (Vas County 5th constituency) in the 2010 parliamentary election. Ha came to the second place (15.6 percent) after

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candidate and winner Zsolt V. Németh. Nevertheless, Bana was elected MP via the national list of the Jobbik. As he was one of the youngest MPs for years, he acted as a senior recorder during the inaugural plenary sessions either in 2010, 2014 and 2018. Bana was again the candidate of his party in Körmend (Vas County 3rd constituency) in the 2014 parliamentary election, but Zsolt V. Németh defended his mandate and Bana came to the second place with 22.02 percent. Bana obtained a mandate from the national list of the Jobbik. Bana unsuccessfully contested for Körmend constituency for the third time in the 2018 parliamentary election, where Zsolt V. Németh was re-elected. Bana received 26.81 percent of the vote. He became MP via the national list of the Jobbik. Bana has been a member of the Committee on European Affairs since 2010. He served as vice-chairman of the committee from 2014 to 2020. He was also a member, then vice-chairman of the Ad hoc Committee on Innovation and Development between 2011 and 2014. Disagreeing with the direction and methods of the new party leadership led by

Péter Jakab Péter Jakab (born 16 August 1980) is a Hungarian politician and member of the National Assembly. He served as president of the right-wing Jobbik between January 2020 and June 2022. He had been the parliamentary group leader of Jobbik from July ...

, who was elected president of Jobbik in January 2020, Bana announced his quit from Jobbik and its parliamentary group on 2 March 2020. He said, "he wanted the party to operate as a center-right, civic and European force, instead nihilism, populism and internal showdown came under the leadership of Péter Jakab and

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, which is completely unacceptable". Bana retained his parliamentary seat, sitting as an independent MP, until the end of the parliamentary term in 2022. He founded the civil organization Association for Vas County in June 2020. He participated in the 2021 opposition primary as a candidate of the

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(MMM) in Körmend constituency. He defeated

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candidate Dániel Pleva, consequently he became the joint opposition candidate of

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against the ruling party Fidesz in the 2022 parliamentary election. In case of victory, Bana decided to will join the caucus of the

LMP – Hungary's Green Party LMP – Hungary's Green Party ( hu, LMP – Magyarország Zöld Pártja, Greens, between 2009 and 2020: ''Politics Can Be Different,'' hu, Lehet Más a Politika, LMP) is a green-liberal political party in Hungary. Founded in 2009, it was one o ...

. In the 2022 parliamentary election, Bana was defeated by Fidesz candidate Zsolt V. Németh, and because he was not on national list of opposition alliance this time, he left parliament after 12 years.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Bana, Tibor 1985 births Living people Hungarian political scientists Hungarian economists Corvinus University of Budapest alumni Hungarian Justice and Life Party politicians Jobbik 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) People from Körmend Hungarian Calvinist and Reformed Christians