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...
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