Dennis Rogan, Baron Rogan

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

He was made a life peer as Baron Rogan, of Lower Iveagh in the County of Down in 1999 and sits as a crossbencher, although he is regarded as leader of the UUP in the Lords.^[1]

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 is also currently the Honorary Colonel of 40 (Ulster) Signals Regiment.

References

^ http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/dennis-rogan/26980

External links

Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Dennis Rogan

Political offices
Preceded by Martin Smyth	President of the Ulster Unionist Party 2004–2006	Succeeded by John White

Ulster Unionist Party

Leaders	Saunderson (1905–06) · Long (1906–10) · Carson (1910–21) · Craigavon (1921–40) · Andrews (1940–46) · Brookeborough (1946–63) · O'Neill (1963–69) · Chichester-Clark (1969–71) · Faulkner (1971–74) · West (1974–79) · Molyneaux (1979–95) · Trimble (1995–2005) · Empey (2005–2010) · Elliott (2010–)

Deputy Leaders	John Taylor (1995-2003) · Reg Empey and Roy Beggs (2003–2005) · Danny Kennedy (2005-2010) · John McCallister (2010-)

Chairperson	Dennis Rogan (1996-2001) · James Cooper (2003-2005) · David Campbell

President (Office merged with Chairman in 2008)	James Hamilton · James Craig · John Miller Andrews · Herbert Dixon (1947-1950) · Basil Brooke · Clarence Graham (1963-1964) · Jack Andrews (1969-1973) · James Cunningham (1973–1979) · George Clark (1980–1990) · Josias Cunningham (1990–2000) · Martin Smyth (2000–2004) · Dennis Rogan (2004-2006) · Robert John White (2006-2008)

Leadership elections	1969 · 1971 · 1979 · 1995 (Mar) · 1995 (Sep) · 2000 · 2004 · 2005 · 2010

General Secretary (Chief Executive)	T. H. Gibson (1905-1906) · Dawson Bates (1906-1921) · Wilson Hungerford (1921-1941) · Billy Douglas (1941-1963) · Jim Bailie (1963-1974) · Norman Hutton (1974-1983) · Frank Millar Jr (1983-1987) · Jim Wilson (1987-1998) · David Boyd (1998-200?) · Alastair Patterson (200?-2004) · Lyle Rea (2004-2005) · Will Corry (2005-2007) · Jim Wilson (2007-)

Organisational structure	Ulster Unionist Council (Party Executive Committee · UUP Constituency Association · District Branches) · Ulster Womens Unionist Council · Young Unionists · Westminster Unionist Association Fraternal association: Orange Order (affiliation formally ended in 2005)

History and related organisations	Progenitor: Irish Unionist Alliance (1891) · Allies: Liberal Unionist Party/Conservative and Unionist Party · Established as: Ulster Unionist Council (1905) · Militia: Ulster Volunteer Force (1913) · Faction/Offshoot: Vanguard Unionist Progressive Party (1973-78) · Electoral alliance: Ulster Conservatives and Unionists (2009) · Ulster Unionist Labour Association

Persondata
Name	Rogan, Dennis
Alternative names
Short description	British politician
Date of birth	1942
Place of birth
Date of death
Place of death

Dennis Rogan, Baron Rogan

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