György Budaházy (born 3 June 1969) is a Hungarian nationalist and far-right activist.

Education and early life

Budaházy was born in Budapest on 3 June 1969. His early years were spent in the Kelenföld housing estate. After graduating from the Antal Budai Nagy high school (Hungarian: Budai Nagy Antal Gimnázium), he studied mechanical engineering at the Budapest University of Technology. He graduated in 1992, but did not work as an engineer; instead, he studied at the Budapest Business School.[1]

Around that time, he joined the center-right Hungarian Democratic Forum political party.[1]

Public life

He founded in 2006, together with László Toroczkai the Hunnia organization. This organization rejects both the accession of Hungary to the European Union in 2004 and the Treaty of Trianon, and calls for a Greater Hungary with borders as they were before 1920.[2]

Budaházy was known with his new organization by numerous acts of violence with Molotov cocktails. Budaházy was imprisoned in custody for various militant offenses since 2009.[3][4] Budaházy was pardoned in April 2023 by the Hungarian president, Katalin Novák.[5][6]

Family

In 1997, he married Bernadett Trencsányi, with whom he has three children (born 1999, 2001 and 2006). His younger sister Edda Budaházy is a well-known right-wing activist, too.

References

  1. 1 2 Sereg, András (2 May 2023). "Gépészmérnökből lett elítélt bűnöző" [A Mechanical Engineer Turned Convicted Felon]. Index.hu (in Hungarian). Retrieved 21 May 2023.
  2. ↑ Spengler, Frank; Friedrich, Mark Alexander (1 January 2013). "The Far-Right Jobbik Party and the Situation of Political Extremism in Hungary". Security Policy: 89–107. JSTOR resrep10118.8.
  3. ↑ Népszabadság: Őrizetbe vették Budaházyt, terrorcselekménnyel gyanúsítják
  4. ↑ Origo: Őrizetbe vették Budaházy Györgyöt
  5. ↑ Bardi, Balint; Mortensen, Antonia; Pickston, Eleanor; Chen, Heather (30 April 2023). "Convicted terrorist pardoned in Hungary on eve of Pope's visit". CNN. Retrieved 21 May 2023.
  6. ↑ Simon, Zoltan (28 April 2023). "Hungary President Pardons Far-Right Terrorist Before Pope Visit". Bloomberg. Retrieved 21 May 2023.

Further reading

  • Egy család évszázadai. A budaházi és veskóczi Budaházy család története. Genealogiai táblázatok az 1260-as évektől napjainkig. Budaházi Családi Alapítvány, Debrecen, 2004, ISBN 963-216-123-8
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