János Pócs

János Pócs (born November 17, 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
János Pócs in 2017
Member of the National Assembly
Assumed office
14 May 2010
Personal details
Born (1963-11-17) 17 November 1963
Jászapáti, Hungary
Political partyFidesz
Professionpolitician
The native form of this personal name is Pócs János. This article uses Western name order when mentioning individuals.

He was elected member of the Committee on Agriculture on May 14, 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 May 6, 2014 to June 2, 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
  1. "Biography" (PDF). Országgyűlés.
  2. "Register". Országgyűlés.
  3. "Hungarian Ruling Party Lawmaker Mocks Soros With Image of Dead Pig". Bloomberg.com. 2017-12-08. Retrieved 2017-12-08.
  4. "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.
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