Gergő Balla

Gergő Balla (born 21 February 1977) is a Hungarian metal lathe operator and politician, who was the member of the National Assembly (MP) between 2010 and 2014, sitting as a politician of the far-right Jobbik.

Biography Balla was born in Mezőcsát on 21 February 1977. He passed the machine tool turning technician exam in 1993. He worked in this capacity at several jobs.

Balla joined Jobbik in 2007, heading its Tiszaújváros branch. He was also a member of the electoral board of the party's Borsod–Abaúj–Zemplén County branch. After his election, Balla was one of four Jobbik MPs, who were removed from the Defense and Law Enforcement Committee because they had failed a vetting procedure that asked whether any MP's maintain contact with groups that engage in "activities that deny the basic principles of a state governed by the rule of law." He ran as the candidate of Jobbik in Tiszaújváros (Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County 6th constituency) during the 2014 Hungarian parliamentary election, where he came to second place after Fidesz candidate Roland Mengyi with 29.58 percent of the vote. He lost his parliamentary seat.