Antal Rogán (born 29 January 1972) is a Hungarian economist and politician, who serves as Minister of the Prime Minister's Cabinet Office. He served as Mayor of Belváros-Lipótváros (fifth district of Budapest) from 2006 to 2014.
Political career
He became a member of the National Assembly (MP) in the 1998 parliamentary election. 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. In January 2025 the US government sanctioned him for corruption under the Magnitsky Act. The press release of the United States Department of the Treasury claims Rogán has built a network of corruption in Hungary aimed at controlling strategic sectors and channeling their revenues to himself and his political allies.
Personal life
Rogán's family is of Slovene descent from the Raba March in Vas County.
He married his first wife, Alexandra Sonnevend, in 1999. He married his second wife, Cecília Gaál-Rogán, 2007; they announced their divorce in 2019. He married his third wife, Barbara Obrusánszki, in 2021.
He has one son from his first marriage, and two sons from his second.
Inventions
Antal Rogán, a trained economist, 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. The invention concerns electronic signatures, and it is used by several large private companies, who are important partners of the state. However, the novelty of the invention is highly questionable. 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.
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