Ervin Nagy, philosopher, author, journalist, and former founder of Jobbik, has died at the age of 48. He was a researcher at the 21st Century Institute, a lecturer at the Faculty of Philosophy of the Károli Gáspár University of the Reformed Church, and the author and co-author of several books. He has left behind three children.
The philosopher and journalist Ervin Nagy, an employee of Mandiner, has died at the age of 48, the portal wrote. “We will keep his memory in our hearts,” wrote his colleagues.
Ervin Nagy studied at the Eötvös Loránd University in Budapest. He had been politically active since 2003, and was deputy editor-in-chief of Kárpát-medencei Magyarok Lapja (Newspaper of Hungarians in the Carpathian Basin) between 2005-2006.
He was founder, vice-president, and later chairman of the board of the political party Jobbik. In 2006, he stood as a candidate for the Third Way (Harmadik Út) – MIÉP-Jobbik alliance in the 12th district of the capital. In 2008, he resigned from the party together with several co-founders because he did not agree with the party’s political orientation.
Nagy was a researcher at the 21st Century Institute and a lecturer at the Faculty of Philosophy of the Károli Gáspár Reformed University. He is the author of the book A liberalizmus illúziói (The Illusions of Liberalism) and the essay collection Omladozó téveszmék (Crumbling Delusions). He co-edited the volume Tiszta szívvel 1956-ban (With a Pure Heart in 1956).
Since 2010, he has published regularly in Magyar Hírlap, Pesti Srácok and Mandiner. He was a permanent participant in Hír TV‘s debate programs since 2018, and a journalist at Mandiner since 2024.
He is survived by three children. He was an outstanding financial supporter of orphanages in Transylvania.
Many have taken to social media to say goodbye and remember Ervin Nagy.
“I am searching for words but cannot find them. Rest in peace, Ervin!” wrote Mária Schmidt, General Director of the 21st Century Institute, the research center at which Nagy had worked for many years.
Csaba Dömötör, Fidesz MEP, recalled that he had met Nagy for the first time during his university years. “That was many years ago. He has hardly changed since then, and that was one of his greatest merits: he organized communities and tirelessly exchanged ideas that went far beyond the level of daily debates,” he added.
“Only when you read his farewell and obituaries can you truly realize how much he gave to noble and good causes. With the same humility with which he started it all many years ago,” the politician continued. “His tragedy is painful, his passing is difficult to comprehend. Rest in peace, Ervin,” concluded Csaba Dömötör.
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