Minister_of_Agriculture_(Hungary)

Minister of Agriculture (Hungary)

Cabinet minister responsible for agriculture in Hungary

The minister of agriculture of Hungary (Hungarian: Magyarország földművelésügyi minisztere) is a member of the Hungarian cabinet and the head of the Ministry of Agriculture. The current agriculture minister is István Nagy.

The position was called Minister of Agriculture, Industry and Trade (Hungarian: földmívelés-, ipar-, és kereskedelemügyi miniszter) from 1848 to 1889, People's Commissar of Agriculture (Hungarian: földmívelésügyi népbiztos) during the Hungarian Soviet Republic in 1919, Minister of Agriculture and Food (Hungarian: mezőgazdasági és élelmezésügyi miniszter) between 1967 and 1990, Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development (Hungarian: földművelésügyi és vidékfejlesztési miniszter) from 1998 till 2010 and Minister of Rural Development (Hungarian: vidékfejlesztési miniszter) between 2010 and 2014.

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No.	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office		Political party	Cabinet	Assembly (Election)
1	Gábor Klauzál (1804–1866)	23 March 1848	2 October 1848	Opposition Party	Batthyány	Last Diet
1	Gábor Klauzál (1804–1866)	23 March 1848	2 October 1848	Opposition Party	Batthyány	1 (1848)
—	Committee of National Defence	2 October 1848	14 April 1849	—	Committee of National Defence	1 (1848)

No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office		Political party	Cabinet	Assembly (Election)
(—)		Committee of National Defence	14 April 1849	2 May 1849	—	Committee of National Defence	1 (1848)
—		Kázmér Batthyány (1807–1854) acting	2 May 1849	11 August 1849	Opposition Party	Szemere	1 (1848)

No.	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office		Political party	Cabinet	Assembly (Election)
2	István Gorove (1819–1881)	20 February 1867	23 May 1870	Deák Party	Andrássy DP	3 (1865)
2	István Gorove (1819–1881)	20 February 1867	23 May 1870	Deák Party	Andrássy DP	4 (1869)
3	József Szlávy (1818–1900)	23 May 1870	14 November 1871	Deák Party	Andrássy DP
		14 November 1871	5 December 1872		Lónyay DP
		14 November 1871	5 December 1872		Lónyay DP	5 (1872)
4	József Zichy (1841–1924)	5 December 1872	21 March 1874	Deák Party	Szlávy DP
5	György Bartal (1820–1875)	21 March 1874	2 March 1875	Deák Party	Bittó DP–BK
6	Lajos Simonyi (1824–1894)	2 March 1875	20 October 1875	Liberal Party	Wenckheim SZP
6	Lajos Simonyi (1824–1894)	20 October 1875	21 August 1876	Liberal Party	K. Tisza SZP	6 (1875)
—	Ágoston Trefort (1817–1888) acting	21 August 1876	4 December 1878	Liberal Party		6 (1875)
—	Ágoston Trefort (1817–1888) acting	21 August 1876	4 December 1878	Liberal Party		7 (1878)
7	Gábor Kemény (1830–1888)	4 December 1878	12 October 1882	Liberal Party		7 (1878)
7	Gábor Kemény (1830–1888)	4 December 1878	12 October 1882	Liberal Party		8 (1881)
8	Pál Széchenyi (1838–1901)	12 October 1882	8 April 1889	Liberal Party		8 (1881)
						9 (1884)
						10 (1887)
9	Gyula Szapáry (1832–1905)	8 April 1889	15 June 1889	Liberal Party		10 (1887)

No.	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office		Political party	Cabinet	Assembly (Election)
(9)	Gyula Szapáry (1832–1905)	15 June 1889	15 March 1890	Liberal Party	K. Tisza SZP	10 (1887)
10	András Bethlen (1847–1898)	15 March 1890	17 November 1892	Liberal Party	Szapáry SZP	10 (1887)
		15 March 1890	17 November 1892		Szapáry SZP	11 (1892)
		17 November 1892	10 June 1894		Wekerle I SZP
—	Géza Fejérváry (1833–1914) acting	10 June 1894	16 July 1894	Independent
11	Andor Festetics (1843–1930)	16 July 1894	15 January 1895	Liberal Party
11	Andor Festetics (1843–1930)	15 January 1895	2 November 1895	Liberal Party	Bánffy SZP
12	Ignác Darányi (1849–1927) 1st term	2 November 1895	26 February 1899	Liberal Party
		2 November 1895	26 February 1899			12 (1896)
		26 February 1899	27 June 1903		Széll SZP	12 (1896)
		26 February 1899	27 June 1903		Széll SZP	13 (1901)
		27 June 1903	3 November 1903		Khuen-Héderváry I SZP
13	Béla Tallián (1851–1921)	3 November 1903	18 June 1905	Liberal Party	I. Tisza I SZP
14	Endre György (1848–1927)	18 June 1905	18 October 1905	Liberal Party	Fejérváry SZP	14 (1905)
15	Artúr Feilitzsch (1859–1925)	18 October 1905	8 April 1906	Liberal Party	Fejérváry SZP	14 (1905)
(12)	Ignác Darányi (1849–1927) 2nd term	8 April 1906	17 January 1910	National Constitution Party	Wekerle II F48P–OAP–KNP–PDP	15 (1906)
16	Béla Serényi (1866–1919) 1st term	17 January 1910	22 April 1912	National Party of Work	Khuen-Héderváry II NMP	15 (1906)
		17 January 1910	22 April 1912		Khuen-Héderváry II NMP	16 (1910)
		22 April 1912	10 June 1913		Lukács NMP
17	Imre Ghillány (1860–1922)	10 June 1913	15 June 1917	National Party of Work	I. Tisza II NMP
18	Béla Mezőssy (1870–1939)	15 June 1917	23 August 1917	F48P	Esterházy NMP–F48P–OAP–PDP–KNP
18	Béla Mezőssy (1870–1939)	23 August 1917	25 January 1918	F48P	Wekerle III NMP–F48P–OAP–PDP–KNP
—	Sándor Wekerle (1848–1921) acting	25 January 1918	11 February 1918	Constitution Party of '48
(16)	Béla Serényi (1866–1919) 2nd term	11 February 1918	31 October 1918	National Party of Work
—	István Szabó de Nagyatád (1863–1924)	30 October 1918	31 October 1918	O48FGP	Hadik not formed
19	Barna Buza (1873–1944)	31 October 1918	16 November 1918	F48P–Károlyi	M. Károlyi F48P–Károlyi–PRP–MSZDP	MNT (—)

No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office		Political party	Cabinet	Assembly (Election)
1		Barna Buza (1873–1944)	16 November 1918	19 January 1919	F48P–Károlyi	M. Károlyi F48P–Károlyi–PRP–MSZDP	MNT (—)
1		Barna Buza (1873–1944)	19 January 1919	21 March 1919	F48P–Károlyi	Berinkey F48P–Károlyi–PRP–MSZDP–OKGFP	MNT (—)

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No.	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office		Political party	Cabinet	Assembly (Election)
1	Sándor Csizmadia (1871–1929) serving with György Nyisztor, Jenő Hamburger and Károly Vántus	21 March 1919	3 April 1919	MSZP	Central Executive Council MSZP/SZKMMP	TOGY (—)
1	György Nyisztor (1869–1956) serving with Sándor Csizmadia, Jenő Hamburger and Károly Vántus	21 March 1919	24 June 1919	MSZP/SZKMMP
1	Jenő Hamburger (1883–1936) serving with Sándor Csizmadia, György Nyisztor and Károly Vántus	21 March 1919	1 August 1919	MSZP/SZKMMP
1	Károly Vántus (1879–1927) serving with Sándor Csizmadia, György Nyisztor and Jenő Hamburger	21 March 1919	1 August 1919	MSZP/SZKMMP

No.	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office		Political party	Cabinet	Assembly (Election)
—	János Kintzig (1870–1939)	5 May 1919	31 May 1919	Independent	Arad	—
		31 May 1919	6 June 1919		Szeged I
		6 June 1919	12 July 1919		Szeged II

No.	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office		Political party	Cabinet	Assembly (Election)
—	Loránd Győry (1871–1926) acting	7 August 1919	15 August 1919	Independent	Friedrich KNP/KNEP–OKGFP	—
1	István Szabó de Nagyatád (1863–1924) 1st term	15 August 1919	27 August 1919	OKGFP
2	Gyula Rubinek (1865–1922)	27 August 1919	24 November 1919	OKGFP
2	Gyula Rubinek (1865–1922)	24 November 1919	29 February 1920	OKGFP	Huszár KNEP–OKGFP–MSZDP–NDPP

No.	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office		Political party	Cabinet	Assembly (Election)
1	Gyula Rubinek (1865–1922)	29 February 1920	15 March 1920	OKGFP	Huszár KNEP–OKGFP–MSZDP–NDPP	—
		15 March 1920	19 July 1920		Simonyi-Semadam KNEP–OKGFP	17 (1920)
		19 July 1920	15 August 1920		Teleki I KNEP–OKGFP
2	István Szabó de Nagyatád (1863–1924) 2nd term	15 August 1920	14 April 1921	OKGFP	Teleki I KNEP–OKGFP
2	István Szabó de Nagyatád (1863–1924) 2nd term	14 April 1921	3 December 1921	OKGFP	Bethlen (KNEP–OKGFP)→EP
3	János Mayer (1871–1955) 1st term	3 December 1921	2 February 1922	OKGFP
(3)	János Mayer (1871–1955) 1st term	2 February 1922	16 June 1922	EP
(2)	István Szabó de Nagyatád (1863–1924) 3rd term	16 June 1922	14 October 1924	EP		18 (1922)
—	István Bethlen (1874–1946) acting	14 October 1924	15 November 1924	EP
(3)	János Mayer (1871–1955) 2nd term	15 November 1924	24 August 1931	EP
						19 (1926)
						20 (1931)
4	Béla Ivády (1873–1962)	24 August 1931	4 February 1932	EP	G. Károlyi EP–KGSZP
5	Emil Purgly (1880–1964)	4 February 1932	1 October 1932	EP	G. Károlyi EP–KGSZP
6	Miklós Kállay (1887–1967)	1 October 1932	9 January 1935	NEP	Gömbös NEP
7	Kálmán Darányi (1886–1939)	9 January 1935	12 October 1936	NEP
		9 January 1935	12 October 1936			21 (1935)
		12 October 1936	9 March 1938		Darányi NEP
8	Ferenc Marschall (1887–1970)	9 March 1938	14 May 1938	NEP	Darányi NEP
9	Sándor Sztranyavszky (1882–1942)	14 May 1938	15 November 1938	NEP	Imrédy NEP
10	Mihály Teleki (1896–1991)	15 November 1938	16 February 1939	NEP	Imrédy NEP
		16 February 1939	30 December 1940	MÉP	Teleki II MÉP
		16 February 1939	30 December 1940	MÉP		22 (1939)
11	Dániel Bánffy (1893–1955)	30 December 1940	3 April 1941	Transylvanian Party
		3 April 1941	9 March 1942		Bárdossy MÉP
		9 March 1942	22 March 1944 (deposed)		Kállay MÉP
12	Béla Jurcsek (1893–1945)	22 March 1944	29 August 1944	MÉP	Sztójay MÉP–MMP
12	Béla Jurcsek (1893–1945)	29 August 1944	16 October 1944 (deposed)	MÉP	Lakatos MÉP

No.	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office		Political party	Cabinet	Assembly (Election)
1	Imre Nagy (1896–1958)	22 December 1944	15 November 1945	MKP	Provisional National Government FKGP–MKP–MSZDP–NPP–PDP	INGY (1944)
2	Béla Kovács (1885–1950)	15 November 1945	1 February 1946	FKGP	Tildy FKGP–MKP–MSZDP–NPP	INGY (1944)
2	Béla Kovács (1885–1950)	15 November 1945	1 February 1946	FKGP	Tildy FKGP–MKP–MSZDP–NPP	23 (1945)

No.	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office		Political party	Cabinet	Assembly (Election)
1	Béla Kovács (1885–1950)	1 February 1946	23 February 1946	FKGP	F. Nagy FKGP–MKP–MSZDP–NPP	23 (1945)
2	István Dobi (1898–1968) 1st term	23 February 1946	20 November 1946	FKGP
3	Károly Bárányos (1892–1956)	20 November 1946	31 May 1947	FKGP
		31 May 1947	24 September 1947		Dinnyés MKP–FKGP–MSZDP–NPP
		31 May 1947	24 September 1947			24 (1947)
4	Árpád Szabó (1878–1948)	24 September 1947	16 April 1948	FKGP
(2)	István Dobi (1898–1968) 2nd term	16 April 1948	9 December 1948	FKGP
—	István Dobi (1898–1968) acting	9 December 1948	10 December 1948	FKGP
5	István Csala (1899–1987)	10 December 1948	11 June 1949	FKGP	Dobi MDP–FKGP–NPP
6	Ferenc Erdei (1910–1971)	11 June 1949	20 August 1949	NPP	Dobi MDP–FKGP–NPP	25 (1949)

No.	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office		Political party	Cabinet	Assembly (Election)
1	Ferenc Erdei (1910–1971) 1st term	20 August 1949	14 August 1952	Independent	Dobi MDP	25 (1949)
1	Ferenc Erdei (1910–1971) 1st term	14 August 1952	4 July 1953	Independent	Rákosi MDP	25 (1949)
2	András Hegedüs (1922–1977)	4 July 1953	30 October 1954	MDP	I. Nagy I MDP	26 (1953)
(1)	Ferenc Erdei (1910–1971) 2nd term	30 October 1954	18 April 1955	Independent	I. Nagy I MDP
(1)	Ferenc Erdei (1910–1971) 2nd term	18 April 1955	15 November 1955	Independent	Hegedüs MDP
3	János Matolcsi (1923–1983)	15 November 1955	24 October 1956	MDP	Hegedüs MDP
4	Béla Kovács (1885–1950)	24 October 1956	3 November 1956	FKGP	I. Nagy II MDP/MSZMP–FKGP
5	Imre Dögei (1912–1964)	4 November 1956	28 January 1958	MSZMP	Kádár I MSZMP
		28 January 1958	15 January 1960		Münnich MSZMP
		28 January 1958	15 January 1960			27 (1958)
6	Pál Losonczi (1919–2005)	15 January 1960	13 September 1961	MSZMP
		13 September 1961	30 June 1965		Kádár II MSZMP
		13 September 1961	30 June 1965		Kádár II MSZMP	28 (1963)
		30 June 1965	14 April 1967		Kállai MSZMP	28 (1963)

No.	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office		Political party	Cabinet	Assembly (Election)
1	Imre Dimény (1922–2017)	14 April 1967	15 May 1975	MSZMP	Fock MSZMP	29 (1967)
		14 April 1967	15 May 1975		Fock MSZMP	30 (1971)
		15 May 1975	4 July 1975		Lázár MSZMP	30 (1971)
2	Pál Romány (1929–2019)	4 July 1975	27 June 1980	MSZMP		31 (1975)
3	Jenő Váncsa (1928–2016)	27 June 1980	25 June 1987	MSZMP		32 (1980)
		27 June 1980	25 June 1987			33 (1985)
		25 June 1987	24 November 1988		Grósz MSZMP
		24 November 1988	10 May 1989		Németh (MSZMP)→MSZP
4	Csaba Hütter (1943–)	10 May 1989	7 October 1989	MSZMP
(4)	Csaba Hütter (1943–)	7 October 1989	23 October 1989	Independent

No.	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office		Political party	Cabinet	Assembly (Election)
1	Ferenc József Nagy (1923–2019)	23 May 1990	16 January 1991	FKGP	Antall MDF–FKGP–KDNP	34 (1990)
2	Elemér Gergátz (1942–2019)	16 January 1991	24 February 1992	FKGP
(2)	Elemér Gergátz (1942–2019)	24 February 1992	22 February 1993	EKGP
3	János Szabó (1937–2021)	22 February 1993	21 December 1993	EKGP
3	János Szabó (1937–2021)	21 December 1993	15 July 1994	EKGP	Boross MDF–EKGP–KDNP
4	László Lakos (1945–)	15 July 1994	15 December 1996	MSZP	Horn MSZP–SZDSZ	35 (1994)
5	Frigyes Nagy (1939–)	15 December 1996	8 July 1998	MSZP	Horn MSZP–SZDSZ	35 (1994)

No.	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office		Political party	Cabinet	Assembly (Election)
1	József Torgyán (1932–2017)	8 July 1998	15 February 2001	FKGP	Orbán I Fidesz–FKGP–MDF	36 (1998)
—	Imre Boros (1947–) acting	15 February 2001	25 March 2001	FKGP
2	András Vonza (1955–)	25 March 2001	27 May 2002	FKGP
3	Imre Németh (1955–)	27 May 2002	4 October 2004	MSZP	Medgyessy MSZP–SZDSZ	37 (2002)
3	Imre Németh (1955–)	4 October 2004	1 May 2005	MSZP	Gyurcsány I MSZP–SZDSZ
4	József Gráf (1946–)	1 May 2005	9 June 2006	MSZP	Gyurcsány I MSZP–SZDSZ
		9 June 2006	14 April 2009		Gyurcsány II MSZP–SZDSZ	38 (2006)
		14 April 2009	29 May 2010		Bajnai MSZP	38 (2006)

No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office		Political party	Cabinet	Assembly (Election)
1		Sándor Fazekas (1963–)	6 June 2014	18 May 2018	Fidesz	Orbán III Fidesz–KDNP	40 (2014)
2		István Nagy (1967–)	18 May 2018	Incumbent	Fidesz	Orbán IV Fidesz–KDNP	41 (2018)