Minister of Agriculture (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, Dr. Minister of Agriculture]].
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.
This page is a list of Ministers of Agriculture of Hungary.
Ministers of Agriculture, Industry and Trade (1848–1889)
Hungarian Kingdom (1848–1849)
Parties Opposition Party
# | Picture | Name | From | Until | Political Party | Cabinet | Assembly (Election) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Gábor Klauzál (1804–1866) |
23 March 1848 | 2 October 1848 | Opposition Party | Batthyány | Last Diet | |
1 (1848) | |||||||
— | Committee of National Defence | 2 October 1848 | 14 April 1849 | — | Committee of National Defence | ||
Hungarian State (1849)
Parties Opposition Party
# | Picture | Name | From | Until | 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 | ||
After the collapse of the Hungarian Revolution of 1848, the Hungarian Kingdom became an integral part of the Austrian Empire until 1867, when dual Austro-Hungarian Monarchy was created.
Hungarian Kingdom (1867–1889)
Parties Deák Party/Liberal Party
# | Picture | Name | From | Until | Political Party | Cabinet | Assembly (Election) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2 | István Gorove (1819–1881) |
20 February 1867 | 23 May 1870 | Deák Party | Andrássy DP |
3 (1865) | |
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 | |||||
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 | ||
20 October 1875 | 21 August 1876 | K. Tisza SZP |
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 | |||
8 (1881) | |||||||
8 | Pál Széchenyi (1838–1901) |
12 October 1882 | 8 April 1889 | Liberal Party | |||
9 (1884) | |||||||
10 (1887) | |||||||
9 | Gyula Szapáry (1832–1905) |
8 April 1889 | 15 June 1889 | Liberal Party | |||
Ministers of Agriculture (1889–1919)
Hungarian Kingdom (1889–1918)
Parties Deák Party/Liberal Party/National Party of Work National Constitution Party F48P/F48P–Károlyi Constitution Party of '48 National Independence Agrarian Party of '48 (O48FGP) Independent
# | Picture | Name | From | Until | 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 | ||
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 | |||
15 January 1895 | 2 November 1895 | Bánffy SZP | |||||
12 | Ignác Darányi (1849–1927) 1st term |
2 November 1895 | 26 February 1899 | Liberal Party | |||
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 | |||
(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 | ||
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 | ||
23 August 1917 | 25 January 1918 | 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 (—) | |
Hungarian People's Republic (1918–1919)
Parties F48P–Károlyi
# | Picture | Name | From | Until | 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 (—) | |
19 January 1919 | 21 March 1919 | Berinkey F48P–Károlyi–PRP–MSZDP–OKGFP | |||||
People's Commissars of Justice (1919)
Hungarian Soviet Republic (1919)
Parties MSZP/SZKMMP
# | Picture | Name | From | Until | 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 | |||
Counter-revolutionary governments (1919)
Parties Independent
# | Picture | Name | From | Until | 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 | |||||
Ministers of Agriculture (1919–1967)
Hungarian People's Republic (1919)
Parties MSZDP
# | Picture | Name | From | Until | Political Party | Cabinet | Assembly (Election) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | József Takács (1884–1961) |
1 August 1919 | 6 August 1919 (deposed) |
MSZDP | Peidl MSZDP |
— | |
Hungarian Republic (1919–1920)
Parties National Smallholders and Agricultural Labourers Party (OKGFP) Independent
# | Picture | Name | From | Until | 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 | |||
24 November 1919 | 29 February 1920 | Huszár KNEP–OKGFP–MSZDP–NDPP | |||||
Hungarian Kingdom (1920–1946)
Parties National Smallholders and Agricultural Labourers Party (OKGFP) EP–NEP–MÉP Transylvanian Party Independent
# | Picture | Name | From | Until | 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 | |||
14 April 1921 | 3 December 1921 | Bethlen (KNEP–OKGFP)→EP | |||||
3 | János Mayer (1871–1955) 1st term |
3 December 1921 | 2 February 1922 | OKGFP | |||
(3) | 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 | |||
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 | |||
21 (1935) | |||||||
12 October 1936 | 9 March 1938 | Darányi NEP | |||||
8 | Ferenc Marschall (1887–1970) |
9 March 1938 | 14 May 1938 | 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 | |||
16 February 1939 | 30 December 1940 | MÉP | Teleki II 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 | ||
29 August 1944 | 16 October 1944 (deposed) |
Lakatos MÉP | |||||
Government of National Unity (1944–1945)
Parties Arrow Cross Party
# | Picture | Name | From | Until | Political Party | Cabinet | Assembly (Election) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Fidél Pálffy (1895–1946) |
16 October 1944 | 28 March 1945 | NYKP | Szálasi NYKP–MMP |
— | |
Soviet-backed provisional governments (1944–1946)
# | Picture | Name | From | Until | 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 | ||
23 (1945) | |||||||
Hungarian Republic (1946–1949)
# | Picture | Name | From | Until | 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 | |||||
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 | ||||
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) | |
Hungarian People's Republic (1949–1967)
Parties MDP-MSZMP FKGP MSZP Independent
# | Picture | Name | From | Until | Political Party | Cabinet | Assembly (Election) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Ferenc Erdei (1910–1971) 1st term |
20 August 1949 | 14 August 1952 | Independent | Dobi MDP |
25 (1949) | |
14 August 1952 | 4 July 1953 | Rákosi MDP | |||||
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 | |||
18 April 1955 | 15 November 1955 | Hegedüs MDP | |||||
3 | János Matolcsi (1923–1983) |
15 November 1955 | 24 October 1956 | 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 | |||||
27 (1958) | |||||||
6 | Pál Losonczi (1919–2005) |
15 January 1960 | 13 September 1961 | MSZMP | |||
13 September 1961 | 30 June 1965 | Kádár II MSZMP | |||||
28 (1963) | |||||||
30 June 1965 | 14 April 1967 | Kállai MSZMP | |||||
Ministers of Agriculture and Food (1967–1990)
Hungarian People's Republic (1967–1989)
Parties MSZMP Independent
# | Picture | Name | From | Until | Political Party | Cabinet | Assembly (Election) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Imre Dimény (1922–2017) |
14 April 1967 | 15 May 1975 | MSZMP | Fock MSZMP |
29 (1967) | |
30 (1971) | |||||||
15 May 1975 | 4 July 1975 | Lázár MSZMP | |||||
2 | Pál Romány (1929–) |
4 July 1975 | 27 June 1980 | MSZMP | 31 (1975) | ||
3 | Jenő Váncsa (1928–2016) |
27 June 1980 | 25 June 1987 | MSZMP | 32 (1980) | ||
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) | 7 October 1989 | 23 October 1989 | Independent | ||||
Hungarian Republic (1989–1990)
Parties Independent
# | Picture | Name | From | Until | Political Party | Cabinet | Assembly (Election) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
— | Csaba Hütter (1943–) provisional |
23 October 1989 | 23 May 1990 | Independent | Németh MSZP |
— | |
Ministers of Agriculture (1990–1998)
Hungarian Republic (1990–2006)
# | Picture | Name | From | Until | 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) | 24 February 1992 | 22 February 1993 | EKGP | ||||
3 | János Szabó (1937–) |
22 February 1993 | 21 December 1993 | EKGP | |||
21 December 1993 | 15 July 1994 | 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 | |||
Ministers of Agriculture and Rural Development (1998–2010)
Hungarian Republic (1998–2010)
# | Picture | Name | From | Until | 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) | |
4 October 2004 | 1 May 2005 | Gyurcsány I MSZP–SZDSZ | |||||
4 | József Gráf (1946–) |
1 May 2005 | 9 June 2006 | MSZP | |||
9 June 2006 | 14 April 2009 | Gyurcsány II MSZP–SZDSZ |
38 (2006) | ||||
14 April 2009 | 29 May 2010 | Bajnai MSZP | |||||
Ministers of Rural Development (2010–2014)
Ministers of Agriculture (2014–present)
Hungary (2014–present)
Parties Fidesz
# | Picture | Name | From | Until | 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) | |
See also
- List of heads of state of Hungary
- List of Prime Ministers of Hungary
- List of Ministers of Civilian Intelligence Services of Hungary
- List of Ministers of Croatian Affairs of Hungary
- List of Ministers of Defence of Hungary
- List of Ministers of Education of Hungary
- List of Ministers of Finance of Hungary
- List of Ministers of Foreign Affairs of Hungary
- List of Ministers of Interior of Hungary
- List of Ministers of Justice of Hungary
- List of Ministers of Public Works and Transport of Hungary
- Politics of Hungary