Hungarian politicianThe native form of this personal name is Kővári János.:This article uses Western name order when mentioning individuals.

János Kővári (born April 5, 1971) is a Hungarian politician, member of the National *embly (MP) for Pécs (Baranya County Cons*uency III) between 2010 and 2014. He was a member of the Committee on Human Rights, Minority, Civic and Religious Affairs.

In October 2009 he was the candidate of the Fidesz during the by-election in Pécs (Baranya County Cons*uency III), after MP László Toller, who had been in a coma, declared incapacitated. After three unsuccessful rounds, fourth time Kővári received a whopping 88.3% of the votes, however, only 11% of registered voters cast their ballots, less than half of the 25% required for the result to be binding. After that the MP position remained vacant.

His local movement, the Alliance for Pécs *ociation (ÖPE) ran independently from the Fidesz during the 2014 local elections. Kővári was a non-partisan candidate for the position of Mayor of Pécs, but defeated by in*bent mayor Zsolt Páva.

Personal life

He is married and has four children.

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