The state secretary responsible for national policy has passed away.

"The loyal soldier of Hungarian national politics has passed away. God be with you, Árpád!" - wrote Deputy Prime Minister Zsolt Semjén in his Facebook post on Thursday, in which he also published a joint photo with Árpád János Potápi.

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Árpád János Potápi was born in Bonyhád on March 28, 1967. The politician has been a parliamentary representative of the Fidesz – Hungarian Civic Alliance since June 18, 1998, the mayor of Bonyhád between 2002 and 2014, and the state secretary of the Prime Minister's Office responsible for national policy since 2014.

The prime minister also remembered János Árpád Potápi: