János Pócs (born 17 November 1963)[1] is a Hungarian politician, member of the National Assembly (MP) for Jászapáti (Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok County Constituency II) from 2010 to 2014, and for Jászberény (Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok County Constituency II) since 2014.[2]
János Pócs | |
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 János Pócs in 2017 | |
| Member of the National Assembly | |
| Assumed office 14 May 2010 | |
| Constituency | 2nd of Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 17 November 1963 Jászapáti, Hungary |
| Political party | Fidesz |
| Profession | politician |
He was elected member of the Committee on Agriculture on 14 May 2010. He served as the mayor of Jászapáti between October 2010 and 2014.[2] He functioned as one of the recorders of the National Assembly from 6 May to 2 June 2014.[2]
He made international news in December 2017 when he posted a photo on his Facebook page showing people standing over a slain and charred pig, with "Ő VOLT A SOROS!!!" inscribed on the animal. The inscription can be translated as "He was next in line" or "He was Soros." He commented on the photo the following: "One pig less over there." He denied that the inscription had anything to do with George Soros. The Open Society Foundations described the photo as a "shocking attack" and "another example of officially accepted anti-Semitism in Viktor Orbán's Hungary." The Hungarian government has previously launched a political campaign against the Hungarian-American businessman.[3][4]
References
edit- ^ "Biography" (PDF). Országgyűlés.
- ^ a b c "Register". Országgyűlés.
- ^ "Hungarian Ruling Party Lawmaker Mocks Soros With Image of Dead Pig". Bloomberg.com. 2017-12-08. Retrieved 2017-12-08.
- ^ "George Soros' Group Decries Pig Photo as Anti-Semitic Attack". The New York Times. Associated Press. 2017-12-08. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2017-12-08.