András Fekete-Győr

András Fekete-Győr (born 13 April 1989) is a Hungarian activist, lawyer and politician. He is the leader of the Momentum Movement (Hungarian: Momentum Mozgalom) party[1][2] and led the NOlimpia campaign.[3]

András Fekete-Győr
President of Momentum Movement
Assumed office
3 February 2017
Personal details
Born (1989-04-13) 13 April 1989
Budapest, Hungary
Political partyMomentum Movement
Alma materEötvös Loránd University
Heidelberg University
ProfessionPolitical activist
The native form of this personal name is Fekete-Győr András. This article uses Western name order when mentioning individuals.

Education

He went to primary school in Solymár and then to the Ferenc Toldy High School. He then continued to the Eötvös Loránd University with an Erasmus visit to the Ruprecht-Karls University in Heidelberg, Germany.

Political career

After working at a few different firms, he decided in January 2014 to return to Hungary to start a political movement. In 2015 the Momentum Movement was founded by 9 people.

In 2017 he led the NOlimpia campaign, a signature-collection campaign to stop Budapest's bid to host the 2024 Summer Olympics. The campaign was successful; after NOlimpia collected 266,151 signatures (of 138,000 required to automatically trigger a public referendum), the national government preemptively withdrew the city's bid.[3]

On May 18, 2017 Fekete-Győr caused controversy after he and other Momentum members walked into the offices of pro-government news portal origo.hu without permission. The protesters tried to ask a journalist about an article suggesting—falsely, Momentum claimed—that another leader of the movement had embezzled funds from an earlier start-up venture. Pro-government media portrayed the event as a break-in, and Fekete-Győr as threatening,[4][5] although independent media (e.g. index.hu) were also critical of Fekete-Győr's tactics.[6]

References
  1. Balogh, Eva S. (19 January 2017). "Another attempt to change the political landscape: The Momentum Movement". Hungarian Spectrum. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
  2. "After surprise victory over Olympic bid, young Hungarian group aims for parliament". Reuters. 22 February 2017. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
  3. "Breaking: No Olympics [sic] After All? NOlimpia Movement Collects Over 250,000 Signatures to Hold a Referendum on Budapest's 2024 Bid - Hungary Today". Hungary Today. 17 February 2017. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
  6. Gábor, Miklósi. "A Momentum eddigi legrosszabb húzása volt a látogatás az Origóban" (in Hungarian). Retrieved 2017-11-08.
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