Árpád Potápi

Árpád János Potápi (28 March 1967 – 17 October 2024) was a Hungarian educator and politician, member of the National Assembly (MP) for Bonyhád (Tolna County Constituency III) from 1998 to 2014, and for Dombóvár (Tolna County Constituency II) from 2014 until his death. He was elected mayor of his birthplace Bonyhád in 2002, serving in this capacity until 2014. Potápi served as Secretary of State for National Policy from 15 June 2014 to 17 October 2024, his death. He finished Petőfi Sándor Secondary School at Bonyhád in 1985. He worked as an unqualified teacher at Vörösmarty Mihály Primary School of Bonyhád from 1985 to 1986. In 1991 he graduated from Juhász Gyula Teacher Training College of Szeged as a teacher of Hungarian language, literature, history. In 1994 he graduated in history from Eötvös Loránd University (ELTE).

Potápi died of a heart attack on 17 October 2024, at the age of 57.