László Toroczkai

László Toroczkai (born 10 March 1978) is a Hungarian politician, journalist, leader of the far-right[6] Our Homeland Movement political party, and former mayor of Ásotthalom.

He is also a member of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, and vice-president of Board of the Hungarian National Group of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (2022-2026).

As a fearful judge, one of his great-grandfathers, Gusztáv Tutsek [hu], had a major role in the aftermath of the failed Hungarian Revolution of 1956 and was widely condemned for presiding over some of the notorious show trials.

In 2006, the authorities of Slovakia also banned him from the country for five years because of demonstrations that he organized in front of the Slovak Ministry of Internal Affairs.

[19][18] In addition, the local government had banned the Muslim call to prayer,[20] burqa, and public displays of same-sex affection.

[18][20] He endorsed policies to ban the promotion of pro-LGBT rights advertisements and Islamic religious practices in Ásotthalom, arguing that the aim was to preserve traditions of Hungary.

[21] In April 2017, after a lawsuit challenging the ban's legitimacy had been filed, the Constitutional Court struck it down, ruling that it violated human rights law as it aimed to "directly limit the freedom of speech, conscience and religion".

[23][24] This attitude is evidenced by the fact that he is the patron of the Hungulf Expo and Conference, which builds friendly relations with the Arab countries of the Gulf, and Toroczkai is the chairman of the Hungary-Bahrain Friendship Group.

[31] After the 2018 Hungarian parliamentary election, Toroczkai was a contender for Jobbik's presidency, but he lost to his opponent Tamás Sneider, receiving 46.2% of the vote.

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László Toroczkai speaking at Corvin köz
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