Dr. Koloman Brenner descends from a Poncichter family near Sopron, whose roots reach back many generations. He continues to uphold such family values as diligence, communal responsibility, and the preservation of cultural identity.

After completing his studies at the József Attila University, where he qualified as a secondary school teacher of history and German, he worked as a college lecturer and later as an assistant professor. Already as a student he turned towards linguistics and wrote his doctoral dissertation on Bavarian–Austrian German dialects and their appearance in Hungary. He has published several books, among them Deutsche Minderheit(en) und Institutionen (2018), Deutsche Phonetik(2006), Ungarndeutscher Sprachatlas (Südungarn) (2008), and Sehnlichst (2007).

From 2000 he was a faculty member of the Institute of Germanic Studies at Eötvös Loránd University, where between 2014 and 2017 he served as deputy director of the institute and as vice-dean for strategic affairs at the Faculty of Humanities. His research focuses on German phonetics and phonology, German and comparative dialectology, as well as questions of minority languages and multilingualism.

He subsequently turned to public life, accepting the invitation of the Movement for a Better Hungary (Jobbik) to run as a Member of Parliament from 2018. As an MP he has regarded the protection of national minorities and the strengthening of the civic democratic rule of law as his personal mission. He has been an active member of several parliamentary committees, including the Legislative Committee, the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and the Committee on National Cohesion.

Between 2020 and 2022 he served as Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly, where in addition to his consistent advocacy of democratic values and the protection of minorities, he paid particular attention to the situation of Hungarians beyond the borders.

Alongside education and culture, he considers foreign affairs to be a decisive area in which he strives to contribute to Hungary’s stability, the shaping of a positive international image, and the development of friendly relations. As Vice-Chairman of the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the National Assembly and as a member of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, he has focused particularly on the Central European region, the European Union, and international minority protection.

As a conservative politician, he is convinced that public life must rest upon shared values: respect for tradition, moral consistency, and service to the people.