Zoltán Kész is a former member of the Hungarian Parliament, where he served as an independent from 2015 to 2018. His victory at a by-election was a historic one, as he deprived Viktor Orbán's party of its supermajority for three years. He has worked most of his life for free market groups and has written extensively in several papers and journals globally. He now works for the Consumer Choice Center as Government Affairs Manager.