János Pócs
János Pócs in 2017
Member of the National Assembly
Assumed office
14 May 2010
Constituency2nd of Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok
Personal details
Born (1963-11-17) 17 November 1963
Jászapáti, Hungary
Political partyFidesz
Professionpolitician

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]

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. 1 2 3 "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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