István Győrkös
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István Győrkös (born 20 November 1940) is a Hungarian far-right political figure and convicted murderer. He was the founder and leader of the Hungarist and neo-Nazi paramilitary movement Hungarian National Front (MNA) from 1989 to 2016. He had been a leading and prominent figure in Hungarian extremist and neo-Nazi politics in the 1990s.[1] In 1995, he proclaimed himself the sole leader of the Hungarist movement under the title Vezető ("Leader"), a term similar to Duce (Italian) for Benito Mussolini, Führer (German) for Adolf Hitler and Nemzetvezető (Hungarian) for Ferenc Szálasi.[2]
István Győrkös | |
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Born | (1940-11-20) 20 November 1940 (age 83) |
Nationality | Hungarian |
Years active | 1989–2016 |
Known for | Neo-Nazi and Hungarist activist |
Children | István Jr. Kolos Csaba (d. 2013) |
Győrkös fatally shot a police officer during a perquisition at his property in Bőny, Győr-Moson-Sopron County on 26 October 2016. In 2019, he was found guilty of murder and sentenced to life in prison.[3]