Andras Arato, the man behind the meme, has reportedly topped an online poll to take on the post
A recent public poll identified the man behind the Hide the Pain Harold meme as the most popular candidate for next Hungarian president, according to The Guardian.
Andras Arato, a Hungarian retired electrical engineer who found online fame as the wincing meme, led the rankings, the newspaper wrote on Monday. Other leading picks included Nobel Prize-winning biochemist Katalin Kariko and Erno Rubik, the inventor of the Rubik’s Cube, it said.
Hungarian Prime Minister Peter Magyar’s Tisza party, which decisively beat Viktor Orban’s right-wing Fidesz this April, amended the country’s constitution to remove former president Tamas Sulyok from office without impeachment proceedings last month, as part of what Magyar called “regime change.”
Shortly after Sulyok – widely seen as an Orban loyalist – was removed from office, the prime minister invited politicians, NGOs, and the public to recommend a successor.
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