János Volner

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János Volner was born on 28 September 1969, in Budapest, Hungary. After completing graduation in 1988, he had worked in the Police department and also as a district attorney. He was involved in the field of economics for around 17 years.[1]

In 2007, he was present in the newly formed Hungarian Guard Movement, and later worked as a national spokesperson. Since 2009, Volner has been a member of the Jobbik Economic Cabinet.[1]

He won a seat in the Parliament after the 2010 election and again in 2014 and 2018. On November 10, 2018, together with Dóra Dúró, István Apáti and Erik Fülöp he left the Jobbik group and joined Our Homeland, which did not get official recognition in the parliament due to insufficient membership count.

On September 19, 2020 he pronounced that he is leaving Our Homeland and forming a new party, named Volner Party. Since then he is mainly voting the same way as the ruling Fidesz party. In November 2020, Fidesz proposed a change to the electoral vote which would require nominating parties to present a minimum of 50 candidates (out of the 106 districts) in order to be allowed a place on the national ballot. This was viewed as a measure against small parties without nation-wide representation. To everyone's surprise, János Volner proposed an amendment, requiring a minimum of 71 candidates.[12] This was a strange proposal because the Volner Party itself only had 10 members and so they basically eliminated their own chances of participating. The other opposition parties reacted by forming a broad alliance, the United for Hungary.

On January 22, 2022, János Volner announced that his party would not participate in the 2022 election.[13]