Zoltán Gőgös

Zoltán Gőgös (born 9 May 1960) is a Hungarian agricultural engineer and Hungarian Socialist Party (MSZP) politician, member of the National Assembly (MP) between 2002 and 2018 (except for a short period of time in 2014). He served as Secretary of State for Agriculture and Rural Development from 2006 to 2010.

Studies and profession Gőgös was born in Pápa on 9 May 1960. He finished his secondary studies at the local Türr István Gymnasium in 1978. He earned a degree of agricultural mechanical engineer at the Agricultural College of Nyíregyháza in 1981. He worked as a branch head for the State Farm of Pápa and its legal successor, the Agroprodukt Ltd. from 1981 until 2000. He earned a second degree of economist engineer at the Zalaegerszeg Institute of the Financial and Accounting College in 1997. He functioned as the production director of the Készenlét Mezőgazdasági Szolgáltató Ltd. since 2001. Gőgös became a member of the Legislative Committee in June 2015. He secured a mandate from the MSZP national list in the 2018 parliamentary election, when Fidesz won its third consecutive supermajority. The entire Socialist leadership resigned, including Gőgös, who also announced his retirement from politics, abandoning the obtained mandate.