Előd Novák (born 25 April 1980) is a Hungarian politician who serves as vice president of the far-right political party Our Homeland Movement.

He was formerly a deputy chairman of Jobbik, 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.[1]

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, representing Jobbik. 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.[2] 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.[3]

Előd Novák was forced by the party's parliamentary group to resign from his position as an MP in 2016.[4] 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),[5] Nimród Nándor (2014)[6] and Zente Levente (2019).[7][8]

References

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ "Brüsszelből is kapott fizetést Novák Előd". hvg.hu (in Hungarian). August 1, 2012. Retrieved December 12, 2020.
  3. ^ "The baby that divided a nation". BBC News. 8 February 2015. Retrieved February 9, 2015.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ https://www.jobbik.hu/hireink/megszuletett-duro-dora-es-novak-elod-masodik-gyermeke Archived 2019-10-23 at the Wayback Machine - Jobbik.hu, May 12, 2013
  6. ^ "Három éven belül harmadszor szült Dúró Dóra". Alfahír (in Hungarian). August 19, 2014. Retrieved December 12, 2020.
  7. ^ "Megszületett Dúró Dóra és Novák Előd negyedik gyermeke". mandiner.hu (in Hungarian). September 22, 2019. Retrieved September 22, 2019.
  8. ^ "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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