The Right Honourable
The Lord Rogan
Deputy Speaker of the House of Lords
Assumed office
5 March 2018
Leader of the Ulster Unionist Party in the House Of Lords
Assumed office
2009
President of the Ulster Unionist Party
In office
2004–2006
Preceded byMartin Smyth
Succeeded byJohn White
Member of the House of Lords
Lord Temporal
Assumed office
22 July 1999
Life Peerage
Personal details
Born (1942-06-30) 30 June 1942
NationalityBritish
Political partyUlster Unionist Party
Alma materOpen University
Harvard University

Dennis Robert David Rogan, Baron Rogan (born 30 June 1942), is an Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) politician in Northern Ireland who served as president of the party from 2004 until 2006. He was previously chairman of the party.

He was created a life peer as Baron Rogan, of Lower Iveagh in the County of Down, on 16 July 1999[1] and is regarded as leader of the UUP in the Lords.

Lord Rogan is the son of Robert and Florence Rogan.

Lord Rogan is founder and managing director of Dennis Rogan & Associates – Carpet Yarn Brokers, founder and chairman of Associated Processors Ltd – Jute Processors, chairman of Stakeholder Communications Ltd, chairman of Events Management Ltd, and deputy chairman of Independent News & Media (NI) Ltd.

He is a member of the international advisory board of Independent News & Media, patron of The Somme Association and "Friend" of The Salvation Army. Lord Rogan was the honorary colonel of 40 (Ulster) Signals Regiment until its disbandment in 2010.

He has co-chaired the British-Taiwanese all-party parliamentary group.[2]

Lord Rogan supported Britain's exit from the European Union.

He was granted arms on 9 September 2021.[3]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "No. 55559". The London Gazette. 21 July 1999. p. 7858.
  2. ↑ Twitter https://twitter.com/_theformosaclub/status/1430690655941050370/photo/2. Retrieved 26 August 2021. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  3. ↑ "January 2022 Newsletter (no 67)". College of Arms. Retrieved 29 January 2022.
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Dennis Rogan, Baron Rogan.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.