Antal Rogán (born 29 January 1972)[1] is a Hungarian economist and politician, who served as Mayor of Belváros-Lipótváros (fifth district of Budapest) from 2006 to 2014.[2]

Antal Rogán
Antal Rogán in 2009
Minister of the Prime Minister's Cabinet Office
Assumed office
17 October 2015
Prime MinisterViktor Orbán
Preceded byposition established
Leader of the Fidesz parliamentary group
In office
2 June 2012 – 30 September 2015
Preceded byJános Lázár
Succeeded byLajos Kósa
Mayor of Belváros-Lipótváros
District V, Budapest
In office
1 October 2006 – 12 October 2014
Preceded byPál Steiner
Succeeded byPéter Szentgyörgyvölgyi
Member of the National Assembly
Assumed office
18 June 1998
Personal details
Born (1972-01-29) 29 January 1972 (age 52)
Körmend, Hungary
Political partyFidesz (since 1996)
Spouse(s)Alexandra Sonnevend (1st)
Cecília Gaál-Rogán (2nd)
Barbara Obrusánszki (3rd)
Children
  • Dániel
  • Áron
  • András
Professioneconomist, politician

He became a member of the National Assembly (MP) in the 1998 parliamentary election.[2] He had been leader of the Fidesz parliamentary group since 2 June 2012. Rogán was appointed Minister of the newly-formed Prime Minister's Cabinet Office on 17 October 2015.

Personal life edit

Rogán's family is Slovene descent from the Raba March in Vas County.

He married his first wife, Alexandra Sonnevend, in 1999.[3][4] He married his second wife, Cecília Gaál-Rogán, 2007; they announced their divorce in 2019.[5] He married his third wife, Barbara Obrusánszki, in 2021.[6][7]

He has one son, András, from his first marriage, and two sons, Dániel and Áron, from his second.[8]

Inventions edit

Antal Rogán, a trained economist is also a successful inventor in the information technology sector. As of 2024, his most successful intellectual property has generated a cumulative gross income of over 1,300,000,000 HUF (approximately 3,660,000 USD) for him. The invention concerns electronic signatures, and it is used by several large private companies, who are important partners of the state. It is notable that the first version of the technology covered by Rogán's invention received HUF 8 million (USD 29,000) of EU funds via the Hungarian state-administered Széchenyi Program.

References edit

  1. ^ "Biography" (PDF). Országgyűlés.
  2. ^ a b "Register". Országgyűlés.
  3. ^ "Rogán Antal vagyonnyilatkozata - 2003. február". origo.hu.
  4. ^ "Válságban Rogánék házassága". Blikk (in Hungarian). 2015-11-05. Retrieved 2024-03-31.
  5. ^ "„Meghoztuk életünk legnehezebb döntését" – 12 év házasság után válik a Rogán házaspár". Blikk (in Hungarian). 2019-11-15. Retrieved 2024-03-31.
  6. ^ Ágnes, Kovács (2021-02-02). "Blikk: Itt vannak Rogán Antal harmadik esküvőjének kulisszatitkai". Nyugati Fény (in Hungarian). Retrieved 2024-03-31.
  7. ^ "Minister's new wife and her family granted HUF 1.6 billion loan by a state bank for farmland purchase". English. 2021-02-04. Retrieved 2024-03-31.
  8. ^ "Íme, Rogán Antal esküvőjének kulisszatitkai". Blikk (in Hungarian). 2021-02-02. Retrieved 2024-03-31.
Political offices
Preceded by Mayor of Belváros-Lipótváros
2006–2014
Succeeded by
Preceded by
Office established
Minister of the Prime Minister's Cabinet Office
2015–
Succeeded by
Incumbent
National Assembly of Hungary
Preceded by Leader of the Fidesz parliamentary group
2012–2015
Succeeded by