István Győrkös

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. 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.

István Győrkös
Born (1940-11-20) 20 November 1940
NationalityHungarian
Years active1989–2016
Known forNeo-Nazi and Hungarist activist
ChildrenIstván 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.

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