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'''Gábor Vona ''' (born '''Gábor Zázrivecz'''; 20 August 1978) is a Hungarian historian, teacher, and former ] politician who led the political party ] from 2006 until 2018. He was the party's candidate for the position of prime minister in the ], ], and ]. He served as a Member of Parliament (MP) from 2010 to 2018 and led the Jobbik parliamentary group until 2016.
{{eastern name order|Vona Gábor}}


Under his leadership, the Jobbik founded its controversial and short-lived paramilitary wing ], while the then minor extra-parliamentary party gained great popularity among voters since the ] and elevated into the National Assembly during the 2010 parliamentary election. Vona initiated to re-define Jobbik from a nationalist radical movement to a conservative people's party after 2014 when the party became the strongest opposition party to ]'s ]. Vona tendered his resignation after disappointing election results in the 2018 parliamentary election.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2018/4/9/hungary-elections-prime-minister-viktor-orban-declares-victory|title=PM Orban wins re-election with anti-migrant campaign|website=Al Jazeera}}</ref>
'''Gábor Vona ''' ''(born Gábor Zázrivecz)'' is a ] politician and the leader of the Hungarian ] political party ]. He was born on 20 August 1978 in ]. He studied history and psychology at the ] in ].
] and Vona on the campaign trail.]] According to Vona's biography,<ref></ref> the family's name was originally Vona but Gábor's grandfather, also called Gábor, died in World War II in Russia and his grandmother got married to a Zázrivecz who adopted Gábor's father. So, allegedly, he took back his rightful name. The name change occurred when he was in college. <ref></ref>
He worked as a teacher for a short period of time. He lives in ] with his wife and with his first child Benedek. His parents are pensioners. Vona was a founding member of Jobbik, first becoming deputy chairman, he was then elected as party leader in 2006.


==Early life and family==
In 2009 Vona repeatedly called for a change of government and for Hungary's ruling politicians to be "held to account",<ref></ref> referring to among others, ] and ]. He considers himself an "EU realist" arguing that the EU should take a new direction increasing the role of nations.<ref></ref> Vona argues that the national police should be greatly strengthened and supports introducing an American style "]".<ref></ref>
Vona was born on 20 August 1978 in ]. He studied secondary education focusing on history and psychology at the ] in ].


According to Vona's biography,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.jobbik.hu/node/6380|title=Wass Albert-est Városlődön|publisher=|accessdate=5 October 2017|archive-date=3 January 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130103043808/http://www.jobbik.hu/node/6380|url-status=dead}}</ref> the family's name was originally Vona but Gábor's grandfather, also called Gábor, died in World War II in Transylvania during the ] and his grandmother married a Zázrivecz who adopted Gábor's father. So he took back his original family name. The name change occurred when he was in college. According to Gábor Vona, the Vona surname came from his Italian paternal ancestors, while he also has Slovak maternal ancestors.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.civishir.hu/hajdu-bihari-hirek/debreceni-jobbikosok-elo-a-szarmazasotokkal/0206111120|title=Debreceni jobbikosok, elő a származásotokkal!|last=Civishír|publisher=|accessdate=5 October 2017}}</ref> He had worked as a history teacher for a short period of time, after which he had various jobs for a few years (educational organiser for a language school, and sales, first for a security company and then for an IT company). He lives in ] with his wife and his first son Benedek. His parents are pensioners.
He was the Jobbik's candidate for the position of ] on the ].<ref></ref> In a press conference Vona said it will be not a simple election, rather the people will vote on the past sixty years, and that the destiny of Hungary must be given back to Hungarians, rather than Hungarians being ]s in their own country.<ref></ref>


== Political career ==
After the elections the party's congress elected him to the leader of the Jobbik ]. Vona became a member of the parliamentarian Committee of Agriculture, and its sub-committees', the Sub-Committee of Viticulture and Winery and the Sub-Committee of Renewal Resources.
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=== Early career ===
During his ] years Gábor Vona actively participated in the student organization of the Alliance of Christian Intellectuals and was a member of the ] of his university. Besides founding JOBBIK (an acronym for Association of Right-Wing Youth; a youth movement that became the predecessor of the Jobbik party) he became a member of Fidesz and the civic circle of ]. With his expectations about ] frustrated and supplanted by disappointment, in 2003 Gábor Vona re-established Jobbik as a political party and became its deputy chairman; he was then elected as party leader in 2006.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.jobbik.com/short_summary_about_jobbik|title=A short summary about Jobbik|date=2016-12-12|work=jobbik.com|access-date=2017-11-08|language=en|archive-date=2016-03-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160312112450/http://jobbik.com/short_summary_about_jobbik|url-status=dead}}</ref>


In 2007, Vona had founded the paramilitary group ], which was outlawed in 2009.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://forward.com/news/world/362663/exclusive-in-first-talk-with-jewish-media-hungarys-far-right-leader-strikes/|accessdate=13 November 2017|title=Exclusive: In First Talk with Jewish Media, Hungary's Far Right Leader Strikes a New Pose|date=9 February 2017 }}</ref>
==Magyar Gárda==
In June 2007, Vona founded the radical nationalist '']'' (Hungarian Guard). The organization was disbanded by the Metropolitan Court of Budapest (Fővárosi Bíróság) 16 December 2008 on the grounds that the activities of the organization "were against the human rights of minorities as guaranteed by the Hungarian Constitution".


In 2009 Vona repeatedly called for a change of government and for Hungary's ruling politicians to be "held to account",<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.politics.hu/20090604/jobbik-demands-corrupt-politicians-be-held-to-account|title=Jobbik demands "corrupt" politicians be held to account|publisher=|accessdate=5 October 2017}}</ref> referring to among others, ] and ]. He considers himself an "EU realist" arguing that the EU should take a new direction in which the role of the nations should have more weight.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.haon.hu/hirek/Hajdu-Bihar/cikk/epvalasztas-2009-nemzetek-europajat-szeretnenk/cn/news-20090601-11562113|title=EP–választás, 2009: "Nemzetek Európáját szeretnénk"|publisher=|accessdate=5 October 2017}}</ref> Vona argues that the national police should be greatly strengthened and supports introducing an American style "]".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.veol.hu/|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110722072058/http://www.naplo-online.hu/fooldal-foldalrovat_legfrissebb_hirek/20090524_erositeni_kell_nemzettudatot|url-status=dead|title=VEOL - Veszprém vármegyei hírportál|archivedate=July 22, 2011|website=VEOL}}</ref>
At a rally before the 2010 election, Vona insisted that, if elected, he would wear a Gárda uniform to first day of parliament.<ref>http://www.politics.hu/20100409/justice-minister-reports-jobbik-leader-to-prosecutor-over-garda-link</ref> Vona, to much controversy, followed up at the opening session of the new Hungarian parliament on 14 May 2010, wearing a white shirt and a black vest from the banned uniform of the organization. Outgoing Prime Minister ] called on the Justice Minister ] to file a procedure against Vona. Vona said that if the vest was illegal he would see it as an act of civil disobedience, and was willing to face the consequences. <ref>{{citenews|url=http://www.boston.com/news/world/europe/articles/2010/05/14/lawmaker_wears_outlawed_outfit_in_hungary/|work=boston.com|title=Lawmaker wears outlawed outfit in Hungary|date=May 14, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{citenews|url=http://www.politics.hu/20100517/hungarys-new-parliament-holds-inaugural-session|work=Politics.Hu|title=Hungary's new Parliament holds inaugural session|date=May 17, 2010}}</ref>

In 2013 Vona travelled to Russia to meet with ], with whom he discussed creating potential ties between Hungary and Russia based on a shared affinity for ], additionally Vona had a traditionalist adviser by the name of Tibor Baranyi for a period of time.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Teitelbaum|first=Benjamin R.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QdHADwAAQBAJ&q=war+for+eternity|title=War for Eternity: The Return of Traditionalism and the Rise of the Populist Right|date=21 April 2020|publisher=Penguin Books Limited|isbn=978-0-14-199204-4|pages=58|language=en}}</ref>

He was the Jobbik's candidate for the position of ] in the ]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://index.hu/belfold/2009/12/17/vonat_miniszterelnoknek_morvait_koztarsasagi_elnoknek_jelolte_a_jobbik/|title=Vonát miniszterelnöknek, Morvait köztársasági elnöknek jelölte a Jobbik|date=17 December 2009|publisher=|accessdate=5 October 2017}}</ref> and ]<ref>http://dailynewshungary.com/gabor-vona-the-jobbik-party-candidate-for-prime-minister/ Gábor Vona, the Jobbik party candidate for prime minister</ref> Hungarian parliamentary elections. Jobbik won the seats for the first time in 2010, with ] won the ].

After the elections, the party's congress elected him to be the leader of the Jobbik ]. Vona became a member of the parliamentarian Committee of Agriculture, and its sub-committees, the Sub-Committee of Viticulture and Winery, and the Sub-Committee of Renewal Resources.

=== People's party era ===
Before the 2014 ] Vona proclaimed a new political trend, the so-called ''néppártosodás'' (English: moderation to a people's party) in Jobbik. Vona, as the president of the party, introduced a new style of ] while stating that Jobbik has grown out of its "]" and reached its ]. Since then Vona has been defining his party as a national people's party that significantly changed its views on the ], while in the internal politics the party started to be more open for the different groups of the ] ].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.diplomatamagazin.hu/ftp/s9eranm_3-5_(2).pdf|title=Jobbik is a national people's party today|last=|first=|date=|website=|access-date=}}</ref><ref name="auto">{{Cite news|url=http://hungarytoday.hu/news/hungarian-far-right-jobbik-party-holds-year-opening-conference-28046|title=Hungarian Far-Right Jobbik Party Holds Year-Opening Conference - Hungary Today|work=Hungary Today|access-date=2017-11-08|language=en-US|archive-date=2018-03-07|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180307111547/http://hungarytoday.hu/news/hungarian-far-right-jobbik-party-holds-year-opening-conference-28046|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Vona states that his personal political views do not matter anymore. Jobbik should not focus on ideological issues. Instead, they should make efforts to eliminate the social tensions and controversies as well as to fight against corruption that can be found in public life and administration.<ref name="auto"/>

Vona withdrew from party politics after the failure in the ]. He became a ] ]ger and established a political think-tank, the Second Reform Era Foundation ({{langx|hu|Második Reformkor Alapítvány}}), dedicated to the preservation of Hungary's traditions. On 29 October 2019, Gábor Vona announced that he quit Jobbik.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://index.hu/belfold/2019/10/29/vona_gabor_kilepett_a_jobbikbol/|title=Vona Gábor kilépett a Jobbikból|last=insz|date=2019-10-29|website=index.hu|language=hu|access-date=2019-10-29}}</ref>

=== Second Reform Era Party ===
On 9 September, 2023, he founded his own political party, ].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://telex.hu/belfold/2023/09/09/vona-gabor-masodik-reformkor-part-zaszlobontas|title=Vona Gábor új pártja olyan, mint az átmulatott céges buli beszélgetős másnapja|date=September 9, 2023|website=telex}}</ref>

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Latest revision as of 12:30, 16 November 2024

Hungarian politician (born 1978) The native form of this personal name is Vona Gábor. This article uses Western name order when mentioning individuals.
Gábor Vona
Vona in 2017
President of Jobbik
In office
25 November 2006 – 12 May 2018
Preceded byDávid Kovács
Succeeded byTamás Sneider
Member of the National Assembly
In office
14 May 2010 – 7 May 2018
Personal details
BornGábor Zázrivecz
(1978-08-20) 20 August 1978 (age 46)
Gyöngyös, Hungary
Political party
SpouseKrisztina Vona-Szabó
Children1
Alma materEötvös Loránd University (BA)
OccupationPolitician
Profession
  • History teacher
  • psychologist

Gábor Vona (born Gábor Zázrivecz; 20 August 1978) is a Hungarian historian, teacher, and former nationalist politician who led the political party Jobbik from 2006 until 2018. He was the party's candidate for the position of prime minister in the 2010, 2014, and 2018 parliamentary elections. He served as a Member of Parliament (MP) from 2010 to 2018 and led the Jobbik parliamentary group until 2016.

Under his leadership, the Jobbik founded its controversial and short-lived paramilitary wing Magyar Gárda, while the then minor extra-parliamentary party gained great popularity among voters since the 2006 nationwide protests and elevated into the National Assembly during the 2010 parliamentary election. Vona initiated to re-define Jobbik from a nationalist radical movement to a conservative people's party after 2014 when the party became the strongest opposition party to Viktor Orbán's Fidesz. Vona tendered his resignation after disappointing election results in the 2018 parliamentary election.

Early life and family

Vona was born on 20 August 1978 in Gyöngyös. He studied secondary education focusing on history and psychology at the Eötvös Loránd University in Budapest.

According to Vona's biography, the family's name was originally Vona but Gábor's grandfather, also called Gábor, died in World War II in Transylvania during the Battle of Torda and his grandmother married a Zázrivecz who adopted Gábor's father. So he took back his original family name. The name change occurred when he was in college. According to Gábor Vona, the Vona surname came from his Italian paternal ancestors, while he also has Slovak maternal ancestors. He had worked as a history teacher for a short period of time, after which he had various jobs for a few years (educational organiser for a language school, and sales, first for a security company and then for an IT company). He lives in Óbuda with his wife and his first son Benedek. His parents are pensioners.

Political career

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Early career

During his university years Gábor Vona actively participated in the student organization of the Alliance of Christian Intellectuals and was a member of the students' council of his university. Besides founding JOBBIK (an acronym for Association of Right-Wing Youth; a youth movement that became the predecessor of the Jobbik party) he became a member of Fidesz and the civic circle of Viktor Orbán. With his expectations about Fidesz frustrated and supplanted by disappointment, in 2003 Gábor Vona re-established Jobbik as a political party and became its deputy chairman; he was then elected as party leader in 2006.

In 2007, Vona had founded the paramilitary group Hungarian Guard, which was outlawed in 2009.

In 2009 Vona repeatedly called for a change of government and for Hungary's ruling politicians to be "held to account", referring to among others, Ferenc Gyurcsány and Gordon Bajnai. He considers himself an "EU realist" arguing that the EU should take a new direction in which the role of the nations should have more weight. Vona argues that the national police should be greatly strengthened and supports introducing an American style "three strikes law".

In 2013 Vona travelled to Russia to meet with Aleksandr Dugin, with whom he discussed creating potential ties between Hungary and Russia based on a shared affinity for Traditionalism, additionally Vona had a traditionalist adviser by the name of Tibor Baranyi for a period of time.

He was the Jobbik's candidate for the position of Prime Minister of Hungary in the 2010 and 2014 Hungarian parliamentary elections. Jobbik won the seats for the first time in 2010, with Fidesz won the Supermajority.

After the elections, the party's congress elected him to be the leader of the Jobbik parliamentary group. Vona became a member of the parliamentarian Committee of Agriculture, and its sub-committees, the Sub-Committee of Viticulture and Winery, and the Sub-Committee of Renewal Resources.

People's party era

Before the 2014 parliamentary elections Vona proclaimed a new political trend, the so-called néppártosodás (English: moderation to a people's party) in Jobbik. Vona, as the president of the party, introduced a new style of communication while stating that Jobbik has grown out of its "adolescence" and reached its adulthood. Since then Vona has been defining his party as a national people's party that significantly changed its views on the European Union, while in the internal politics the party started to be more open for the different groups of the Hungarian society.

Vona states that his personal political views do not matter anymore. Jobbik should not focus on ideological issues. Instead, they should make efforts to eliminate the social tensions and controversies as well as to fight against corruption that can be found in public life and administration.

Vona withdrew from party politics after the failure in the 2018 parliamentary election. He became a YouTube vlogger and established a political think-tank, the Second Reform Era Foundation (Hungarian: Második Reformkor Alapítvány), dedicated to the preservation of Hungary's traditions. On 29 October 2019, Gábor Vona announced that he quit Jobbik.

Second Reform Era Party

On 9 September, 2023, he founded his own political party, Second Reform Era Party.

References

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  2. "Wass Albert-est Városlődön". Archived from the original on 3 January 2013. Retrieved 5 October 2017.
  3. Civishír. "Debreceni jobbikosok, elő a származásotokkal!". Retrieved 5 October 2017.
  4. "A short summary about Jobbik". jobbik.com. 2016-12-12. Archived from the original on 2016-03-12. Retrieved 2017-11-08.
  5. "Exclusive: In First Talk with Jewish Media, Hungary's Far Right Leader Strikes a New Pose". 9 February 2017. Retrieved 13 November 2017.
  6. "Jobbik demands "corrupt" politicians be held to account". Retrieved 5 October 2017.
  7. "EP–választás, 2009: "Nemzetek Európáját szeretnénk"". Retrieved 5 October 2017.
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  9. Teitelbaum, Benjamin R. (21 April 2020). War for Eternity: The Return of Traditionalism and the Rise of the Populist Right. Penguin Books Limited. p. 58. ISBN 978-0-14-199204-4.
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  11. http://dailynewshungary.com/gabor-vona-the-jobbik-party-candidate-for-prime-minister/ Gábor Vona, the Jobbik party candidate for prime minister
  12. "Jobbik is a national people's party today" (PDF).
  13. ^ "Hungarian Far-Right Jobbik Party Holds Year-Opening Conference - Hungary Today". Hungary Today. Archived from the original on 2018-03-07. Retrieved 2017-11-08.
  14. insz (2019-10-29). "Vona Gábor kilépett a Jobbikból". index.hu (in Hungarian). Retrieved 2019-10-29.
  15. "Vona Gábor új pártja olyan, mint az átmulatott céges buli beszélgetős másnapja". telex. September 9, 2023.
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