Antal Rogán Explained

Antal Rogán
Honorific-Suffix:MP
Order1:Leader of the Fidesz parliamentary group
Term Start1:2 June 2012
Term End1:30 September 2015
Predecessor1:János Lázár
Successor1:Lajos Kósa
Order:Back Office
Primeminister:Viktor Orbán
Predecessor:position established
Term Start:17 October 2015
Order2:Mayor of Belváros-Lipótváros
District V, Budapest
Term Start2:1 October 2006
Term End2:12 October 2014
Predecessor2:Pál Steiner
Successor2:Péter Szentgyörgyvölgyi
Order3:Member of the National Assembly
Term Start3:18 June 1998
President3:dikhead
Birth Date:29 January 1972
Birth Place:Körmend, Hungary
Spouse:Alexandra Sonnevend (1st)
Cecília Gaál-Rogán (2nd)
Barbara Obrusánszki (3rd)
Profession:economist, politician
Party:Fidesz (since 1996)

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]

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

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

Antal Rogán, a trained economist,[9] is also an 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.[10] The invention concerns electronic signatures, and it is used by several large private companies, who are important partners of the state.[11] 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.[12]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Biography . Országgyűlés.
  2. Web site: Register . Országgyűlés.
  3. Web site: Rogán Antal vagyonnyilatkozata - 2003. február . origo.hu.
  4. Web site: 2015-11-05 . Válságban Rogánék házassága . 2024-03-31 . Blikk . hu.
  5. Web site: 2019-11-15 . „Meghoztuk életünk legnehezebb döntését” – 12 év házasság után válik a Rogán házaspár . 2024-03-31 . Blikk . hu.
  6. Web site: Ágnes . Kovács . 2021-02-02 . Blikk: Itt vannak Rogán Antal harmadik esküvőjének kulisszatitkai . 2024-03-31 . Nyugati Fény . hu-HU.
  7. Web site: 2021-02-04 . Minister’s new wife and her family granted HUF 1.6 billion loan by a state bank for farmland purchase . 2024-03-31 . English . en-US.
  8. Web site: 2021-02-02 . Íme, Rogán Antal esküvőjének kulisszatitkai . 2024-03-31 . Blikk . hu.
  9. https://adatbazis.k-monitor.hu/adatbazis/cimkek/rogan-antal
  10. https://444.hu/2024/02/01/sajat-bevallasa-szerint-rogan-mar-13-milliard-forintot-markolt-fel-egy-talalmanybol
  11. https://444.hu/2016/08/17/rogan-antalek-semmi-ujat-nem-talaltak-fel-de-legalabb-rengeteget-kerestek-vele
  12. https://budapestbeacon.com/was-antal-rogans-invention-a-mere-excuse-to-obtain-eu-funds/