János Pócs

{{Short description|Hungarian politician}}

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| name =János Pócs

| image =Pócs János Jászság.jpg

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| caption =János Pócs in 2017

| order =Member of the National Assembly

| term_start = 14 May 2010

| term_end =

| constituency2 = 2nd of Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok

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| birth_date ={{birth date and age|1963|11|17|df=yes}}

| birth_place =Jászapáti, Hungary

| profession =politician

| party =Fidesz

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{{eastern name order|Pócs János}}

János Pócs (born 17 November 1963){{cite web|url=http://www.parlament.hu/kepv/eletrajz/hu/p041.pdf |title=Biography |publisher=Országgyűlés}} is a Hungarian politician, member of the National Assembly (MP) for Jászapáti (Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok County Constituency II) from 2010 to 2014, and for Jászberény (Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok County Constituency II) since 2014.{{cite web|url=http://www.parlament.hu/internet/plsql/ogy_kpv.kepv_adat?p_azon=p041&p_ckl=39 |title=Register |publisher=Országgyűlés}}

He was elected member of the Committee on Agriculture on 14 May 2010. He served as the mayor of Jászapáti between October 2010 and 2014. He functioned as one of the recorders of the National Assembly from 6 May to 2 June 2014.

He made international news in December 2017 when he posted a photo on his Facebook page showing people standing over a slain and charred pig, with "Ő VOLT A SOROS!!!" inscribed on the animal. The inscription can be translated as "He was next in line" or "He was Soros." He commented on the photo the following: "One pig less over there." He denied that the inscription had anything to do with George Soros. The Open Society Foundations described the photo as a "shocking attack" and "another example of officially accepted anti-Semitism in Viktor Orbán's Hungary." The Hungarian government has previously launched a political campaign against the Hungarian-American businessman.{{Cite news|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-12-08/hungarian-ruling-party-lawmaker-pokes-fun-at-soros-with-dead-pig|title=Hungarian Ruling Party Lawmaker Mocks Soros With Image of Dead Pig|date=2017-12-08|work=Bloomberg.com|access-date=2017-12-08}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2017/12/08/world/europe/ap-eu-hungary-soros.html|title=George Soros' Group Decries Pig Photo as Anti-Semitic Attack|agency=Associated Press|date=2017-12-08|work=The New York Times|access-date=2017-12-08|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}