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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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
424:. 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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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.
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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
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In 2009 Vona repeatedly called for a change of government and for
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from 2006 until 2018. He was the party's candidate for the position of prime minister in the
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613:"Exclusive: In First Talk with Jewish Media, Hungary's Far Right Leader Strikes a New Pose"
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Vona withdrew from party politics after the failure in the
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On 9 September, 2023, he founded his own political party,
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Gábor Vona, the Jobbik party candidate for prime minister
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Members of the
National Assembly of Hungary (2014–2018)
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563:"Debreceni jobbikosok, elő a származásotokkal!"
386:In 2013 Vona travelled to Russia to meet with
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958:Hungarian people of Italian descent
307:Vona was born on 20 August 1978 in
963:Hungarian people of Slovak descent
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810:"Vona Gábor kilépett a Jobbikból"
116:14 May 2010 – 7 May 2018
1003:21st-century Hungarian educators
16:Hungarian politician (born 1978)
938:Eötvös Loránd University alumni
104:Member of the National Assembly
584:"A short summary about Jobbik"
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884:National Assembly of Hungary
590:. 2016-12-12. Archived from
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841:. September 9, 2023.
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866:President of Jobbik
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446:adolescence
344:During his
261:nationalist
253:Gábor Vona
175:(2003–2019)
169:(2001–2003)
80:Preceded by
922:Categories
904:2010–2016
820:2019-10-29
794:2017-11-08
598:2017-11-08
588:jobbik.com
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140:1978-08-20
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25:Vona Gábor
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483:Hungarian
458:Hungarian
450:adulthood
112:In office
70:In office
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317:Budapest
309:Gyöngyös
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