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In 2004, Toroczkai was banned from Serbia for one year because of a fight in the town of [[Palić]]. 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 Slovakian Ministry of Internal Affairs. |
In 2004, Toroczkai was banned from Serbia for one year because of a fight in the town of [[Palić]]. 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 Slovakian Ministry of Internal Affairs. |
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Since 2010 he is a local representative of [[Csongrád County]]. He is |
Since 2010 he is a local representative of [[Csongrád County]]. He is the vice president of the [[Jobbik]] party<ref>{{cite web|title=JOBBIK'S VICE PRESIDENT LÁSZLÓ TOROCZKAI ON THE REFERENDUM RESULT|url=http://www.jobbik.com/jobbiks_vice_president_laszlo_toroczkai_on_the_referendum_result|accessdate=2 February 2018}}</ref> and led its county list during the elections of 2010 and 2014.<ref>{{cite web|title=Elections in Csongrád County|url=http://valasztas.hu/dyn/onk14/szavossz/hu/M06/mered.html|website=valasztas.hu|accessdate=21 October 2015}}</ref> |
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In 2017, Toroczkai endorsed policies to ban pro-[[LGBT rights in Hungary|LGBT rights]] messages and [[Islam in Hungary|Islamic religious practices]] in the city, arguing that homosexuality and Islam posed a threat to Hungarian traditions.<ref>[https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/muslims-gay-people-not-welcome-hungary-mayor-asotthalom-laszlo-toroczkai-lgbt-rights-islamophobia-a7566916.html]</ref> |
In 2017, Toroczkai endorsed policies to ban pro-[[LGBT rights in Hungary|LGBT rights]] messages and [[Islam in Hungary|Islamic religious practices]] in the city, arguing that homosexuality and Islam posed a threat to Hungarian traditions.<ref>[https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/muslims-gay-people-not-welcome-hungary-mayor-asotthalom-laszlo-toroczkai-lgbt-rights-islamophobia-a7566916.html]</ref> |
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Revision as of 00:33, 3 February 2018
László Torockai | |
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| Mayor of Ásotthalom | |
| Assumed office 2013 | |
| Preceded by | Ferenc Petró |
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| Born | László Torockai 10 March 1978 Szeged, Hungary |
| Political party | Jobbik |
| Children | 3 |
László Toroczkai is the founder of the far-right 64 Counties Youth Movement (HVIM) in Hungary. He resigned from the leadership of the movement in 2013 when elected as Mayor of Ásotthalom with 71.5 percent of the votes.[1]
In 2004, Toroczkai was banned from Serbia for one year because of a fight in the town of Palić. 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 Slovakian Ministry of Internal Affairs.
Since 2010 he is a local representative of Csongrád County. He is the vice president of the Jobbik party[2] and led its county list during the elections of 2010 and 2014.[3]
In 2017, Toroczkai endorsed policies to ban pro-LGBT rights messages and Islamic religious practices in the city, arguing that homosexuality and Islam posed a threat to Hungarian traditions.[4]
References
- ^ "Toroczkai László polgármester lett" (in Hungarian). Index.hu. 15 December 2013. Retrieved 16 December 2013.
{{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ "JOBBIK'S VICE PRESIDENT LÁSZLÓ TOROCZKAI ON THE REFERENDUM RESULT". Retrieved 2 February 2018.
- ^ "Elections in Csongrád County". valasztas.hu. Retrieved 21 October 2015.
- ^ [1]
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