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Előd Novák

Előd Novák

Hungarian politician


Előd Novák (born 25 April 1980) is a Hungarian politician. He was one of the deputy chairmen of the far-right political party, Jobbik. His wife is Dóra Dúró, a former spokesperson for the party.

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After the 2010 elections he was elected to the National Assembly of Hungary. He was a “local assistant” of Csanád Szegedi to the Member of the European Parliament in Brussels. Novák in five months received the salaries, although he is a eurosceptic who in January 2012 burned the European Union's flag at an anti-EU demonstration organized by Jobbik.[1] In 2015, he was involved in a controversy as deputy leader 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.[2]

Előd Novák was forced by the party's parliamentary group to resign from his position as an MP in 2016.[3] Now, he is a vocal critic of Jobbik's new policies.

In June 2018 he joined Our Homeland Movement, László Toroczkai's new party with several other Jobbik members.[4]

Personal life

He is married to Dóra Dúró. They have a daughter, Hunóra Kincső (2011) and three sons, Bottyán János (2013),[5] Nimród Nándor (2014)[6] and Zente Levente (2019).[7][8]


References

  1. "Brüsszelből is kapott fizetést Novák Előd". hvg.hu (in Hungarian). August 1, 2012. Retrieved December 12, 2020.
  2. "The baby that divided a nation". BBC News. 8 February 2015. Retrieved February 9, 2015.
  3. Székely, Tamás (June 7, 2016). "Hardliner MP Előd Novák Kicked Out Of Jobbik's Parliamentary Group". Hungary Today. Archived from the original on October 21, 2017. Retrieved October 20, 2017.
  4. Kovács, Róbert M. (June 25, 2018). "Hamvaiból születhet újjá a szélsőjobb". lokal.hu (in Hungarian). Archived from the original on July 29, 2018. Retrieved July 29, 2018.
  5. "Három éven belül harmadszor szült Dúró Dóra". Alfahír (in Hungarian). August 19, 2014. Retrieved December 12, 2020.
  6. "Megszületett Dúró Dóra és Novák Előd negyedik gyermeke". mandiner.hu (in Hungarian). September 22, 2019. Retrieved September 22, 2019.
  7. "DÚRÓ DÓRA - JOBBIK - 2015-ÖS VAGYONNYILATKOZAT - January 26, 2016". Archived from the original on November 12, 2017. Retrieved November 12, 2017.



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