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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.

Ministers of agriculture, industry and trade (1848–1889)

Hungarian Kingdom (1848–1849)

Parties       Opposition Party

No. Portrait Name
(Birth–Death)
Term of office Political party Cabinet Assembly
(Election)
1 Klauzál Gábor.jpg Gábor Klauzál
(1804–1866)
23 March 1848 2 October 1848 Opposition Party Batthyány Last Diet
1 (1848)
Crown of Saint Stephen.svg

Coa Hungary Country History (1849).svg

Committee of National Defence 2 October 1848 14 April 1849 Committee of National Defence

Hungarian State (1849)

Parties       Opposition Party

No. Portrait Name
(Birth–Death)
Term of office Political party Cabinet Assembly
(Election)
(—) Coa Hungary Country History (1849).svg Committee of National Defence 14 April 1849 2 May 1849 Committee of National Defence 1 (1848)
Batthyány Kázmér Barabás.jpg 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

No. Portrait Name
(Birth–Death)
Term of office Political party Cabinet Assembly
(Election)
2 Gorove István Pollák.jpg István Gorove
(1819–1881)
20 February 1867 23 May 1870 Deák Party Andrássy
DP
3 (1865)
4 (1869)
3 Szlavy Jozsef.jpg 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 Zichy Jozsef.jpg József Zichy
(1841–1924)
5 December 1872 21 March 1874 Deák Party Szlávy
DP
5 Bartal György ifj.jpg György Bartal
(1820–1875)
21 March 1874 2 March 1875 Deák Party Bittó
DP–BK
6 Simonyi Lajos Borsos.jpg 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)
Trefort Ágoston Ellinger.jpg Ágoston Trefort
(1817–1888)
acting
21 August 1876 4 December 1878 Liberal Party
7 (1878)
7 Kemény Gábor (1830–1888).jpg Gábor Kemény
(1830–1888)
4 December 1878 12 October 1882 Liberal Party
8 (1881)
8 SzechenyiPal.jpg Pál Széchenyi
(1838–1901)
12 October 1882 8 April 1889 Liberal Party
9 (1884)
10 (1887)
9 Szapáry Gyula Koller.jpg 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

No. Portrait Name
(Birth–Death)
Term of office Political party Cabinet Assembly
(Election)
(9) Szapáry Gyula Koller.jpg Gyula Szapáry
(1832–1905)
15 June 1889 15 March 1890 Liberal Party K. Tisza
SZP
10 (1887)
10 Bethlen András Ellinger 1892.jpg 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
Fejérváry Géza Ellinger.jpg Géza Fejérváry
(1833–1914)
acting
10 June 1894 16 July 1894 Independent
11 Festetich Andor Ellinger.jpg Andor Festetics
(1843–1930)
16 July 1894 15 January 1895 Liberal Party
15 January 1895 2 November 1895 Bánffy
SZP
12 Darányi Ignác (miniszter).jpg 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 Tallián Béla.jpg Béla Tallián
(1851–1921)
3 November 1903 18 June 1905 Liberal Party I. Tisza I
SZP
14 György Endre.jpg Endre György
(1848–1927)
18 June 1905 18 October 1905 Liberal Party Fejérváry
SZP
14 (1905)
15 Feilitzsch Artúr 1905.jpg Artúr Feilitzsch
(1859–1925)
18 October 1905 8 April 1906 Liberal Party
(12) Darányi Ignác (miniszter).jpg Ignác Darányi
(1849–1927)
2nd term
8 April 1906 17 January 1910 National Constitution Party Wekerle II
F48P–OAP–KNP–PDP
15 (1906)
16 Serényi Béla.JPEG 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 Báró Ghillány Imre földművelődésügyi miniszter.jpg Imre Ghillány
(1860–1922)
10 June 1913 15 June 1917 National Party of Work I. Tisza II
NMP
18 Mezőssy Béla.JPEG 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
Wekerle Sándor Benczúr.jpg Sándor Wekerle
(1848–1921)
acting
25 January 1918 11 February 1918 Constitution Party of '48
(16) Serényi Béla.JPEG Béla Serényi
(1866–1919)
2nd term
11 February 1918 31 October 1918 National Party of Work
Nagyatádi Szabó István, Tolnai Világlapja, 1924.jpg István Szabó de Nagyatád
(1863–1924)
30 October 1918 31 October 1918 O48FGP Hadik
not formed
19 Buza Barna.jpg 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

No. Portrait Name
(Birth–Death)
Term of office Political party Cabinet Assembly
(Election)
1 Buza Barna.jpg 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 agriculture (1919)

Hungarian Soviet Republic (1919)

Parties       MSZP/SZKMMP

No. Portrait Name
(Birth–Death)
Term of office Political party Cabinet Assembly
(Election)
1 Csizmadia-secretario-estado-agricultura-hungría--outlawsdiary02tormuoft.png 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 Nyistor-viceministro-agricultura-hungría--outlawsdiary02tormuoft.png György Nyisztor
(1869–1956)
serving with Sándor Csizmadia,
Jenő Hamburger and Károly Vántus
21 March 1919 24 June 1919 MSZP/SZKMMP
1 Hamburger-comisario-agricultura-hungría--outlawsdiary02tormuoft.png Jenő Hamburger
(1883–1936)
serving with Sándor Csizmadia,
György Nyisztor and Károly Vántus
21 March 1919 1 August 1919 MSZP/SZKMMP
1 Vántus Károly 1911.jpg 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

No. Portrait Name
(Birth–Death)
Term of office Political party Cabinet Assembly
(Election)
Coat of arms of Hungary (1915-1918, 1919-1946; angels).svg 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

No. Portrait Name
(Birth–Death)
Term of office Political party Cabinet Assembly
(Election)
1 Takács József (1919).jpg 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

No. Portrait Name
(Birth–Death)
Term of office Political party Cabinet Assembly
(Election)
Loránd Győry.png Loránd Győry
(1871–1926)
acting
7 August 1919 15 August 1919 Independent Friedrich
KNP/KNEP–OKGFP
1 Nagyatádi Szabó István, Tolnai Világlapja, 1924.jpg István Szabó de Nagyatád
(1863–1924)
1st term
15 August 1919 27 August 1919 OKGFP
2 Rubinek Gyula.jpg 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

No. Portrait Name
(Birth–Death)
Term of office Political party Cabinet Assembly
(Election)
1 Rubinek Gyula.jpg 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 Nagyatádi Szabó István, Tolnai Világlapja, 1924.jpg 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 Mayer János földművelődésügyi miniszter.jpg János Mayer
(1871–1955)
1st term
3 December 1921 2 February 1922 OKGFP
(3) 2 February 1922 16 June 1922 EP
(2) Nagyatádi Szabó István, Tolnai Világlapja, 1924.jpg István Szabó de Nagyatád
(1863–1924)
3rd term
16 June 1922 14 October 1924 EP 18 (1922)
RetratoIstvanBethlen.jpg István Bethlen
(1874–1946)
acting
14 October 1924 15 November 1924 EP
(3) Mayer János földművelődésügyi miniszter.jpg János Mayer
(1871–1955)
2nd term
15 November 1924 24 August 1931 EP
19 (1926)
20 (1931)
4 Ivády Béla 1932.jpg Béla Ivády
(1873–1962)
24 August 1931 4 February 1932 EP G. Károlyi
EP–KGSZP
5 Purgly Emil, Képes Krónika, 1932.jpg Emil Purgly
(1880–1964)
4 February 1932 1 October 1932 EP
6 Kallay Miklos 1942.jpg Miklós Kállay
(1887–1967)
1 October 1932 9 January 1935 NEP Gömbös
NEP
7 Bundesarchiv Bild 183-E05367A, Johann von Daranyi.jpg Kálmán Darányi
(1886–1939)
9 January 1935 12 October 1936 NEP
21 (1935)
12 October 1936 9 March 1938 Darányi
NEP
8 Marschall Ferenc, Tolnai Világlapja, 1925.jpg 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 Teleki Mihály 1940-07.jpeg Mihály Teleki
(1896–1991)
15 November 1938 16 February 1939 NEP
16 February 1939 30 December 1940 MÉP Teleki II
MÉP
22 (1939)
11 Bánffy Dániel 1.jpg 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 Jurcsek Béla 1944.jpg 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

No. Portrait Name
(Birth–Death)
Term of office Political party Cabinet Assembly
(Election)
1 Pálffy Fidél 1944.jpg Fidél Pálffy
(1895–1946)
16 October 1944 28 March 1945 NYKP Szálasi
NYKP–MMP

Soviet-backed provisional governments (1944–1946)

Parties       MKP       FKGP

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

Hungarian Republic (1946–1949)

Parties       FKGP       NPP

No. Portrait Name
(Birth–Death)
Term of office Political party Cabinet Assembly
(Election)
1 Kovács Béla szobra Budapesten.jpg Béla Kovács
(1885–1950)
1 February 1946 23 February 1946 FKGP F. Nagy
FKGP–MKP–MSZDP–NPP
23 (1945)
2 Dobi István 1948-06.jpg István Dobi
(1898–1968)
1st term
23 February 1946 20 November 1946 FKGP
3 Coat of arms of Hungary (1946-1949, 1956-1957).svg 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 Coat of arms of Hungary (1946-1949, 1956-1957).svg Árpád Szabó
(1878–1948)
24 September 1947 16 April 1948 FKGP
(2) Dobi István 1948-06.jpg 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 Coat of arms of Hungary (1946-1949, 1956-1957).svg István Csala
(1899–1987)
10 December 1948 11 June 1949 FKGP Dobi
MDP–FKGP–NPP
6 Erdei Ferenc 1947.jpg 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

No. Portrait Name
(Birth–Death)
Term of office Political party Cabinet Assembly
(Election)
1 Erdei Ferenc 1947.jpg 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 1956 (crop).jpg András Hegedüs
(1922–1977)
4 July 1953 30 October 1954 MDP I. Nagy I
MDP
26 (1953)
(1) Erdei Ferenc 1947.jpg Ferenc Erdei
(1910–1971)
2nd term
30 October 1954 18 April 1955 Independent
18 April 1955 15 November 1955 Hegedüs
MDP
3 Coat of arms of Hungary (1949-1956).svg János Matolcsi
(1923–1983)
15 November 1955 24 October 1956 MDP
4 Kovács Béla szobra Budapesten.jpg Béla Kovács
(1885–1950)
24 October 1956 3 November 1956 FKGP I. Nagy II
MDP/MSZMP–FKGP
5 Coat of arms of Hungary (1957-1990).svg 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.jpg 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

No. Portrait Name
(Birth–Death)
Term of office Political party Cabinet Assembly
(Election)
1 Coat of arms of Hungary (1957-1990).svg 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.jpg Pál Romány
(1929–2019)
4 July 1975 27 June 1980 MSZMP 31 (1975)
3 Coat of arms of Hungary (1957-1990).svg 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 Coat of arms of Hungary (1957-1990).svg Csaba Hütter
(1943–)
10 May 1989 7 October 1989 MSZMP
(4) 7 October 1989 23 October 1989 Independent

Hungarian Republic (1989–1990)

Parties       Independent

No. Portrait Name
(Birth–Death)
Term of office Political party Cabinet Assembly
(Election)
Coat of arms of Hungary (1957-1990).svg Csaba Hütter
(1943–)
provisional
23 October 1989 23 May 1990 Independent Németh
MSZP

Ministers of agriculture (1990–1998)

Hungarian Republic (1990–2006)

Parties       FKGP       EKGP       MSZP

No. Portrait Name
(Birth–Death)
Term of office Political party Cabinet Assembly
(Election)
1 Coat of arms of Hungary (1915-1918, 1919-1946, 1990).svg Ferenc József Nagy
(1923–2019)
23 May 1990 16 January 1991 FKGP Antall
MDF–FKGP–KDNP
34 (1990)
2 Coat of arms of Hungary.svg Elemér Gergátz
(1942–2019)
16 January 1991 24 February 1992 FKGP
(2) 24 February 1992 22 February 1993 EKGP
3 Coat of arms of Hungary.svg János Szabó
(1937–2021)
22 February 1993 21 December 1993 EKGP
21 December 1993 15 July 1994 Boross
MDF–EKGP–KDNP
4 Coat of arms of Hungary.svg László Lakos
(1945–)
15 July 1994 15 December 1996 MSZP Horn
MSZP–SZDSZ
35 (1994)
5 Coat of arms of Hungary.svg Frigyes Nagy
(1939–)
15 December 1996 8 July 1998 MSZP

Ministers of agriculture and rural development (1998–2010)

Hungarian Republic (1998–2010)

Parties       FKGP       MSZP

No. Portrait Name
(Birth–Death)
Term of office Political party Cabinet Assembly
(Election)
1 Torgyán József - 2016 (crop).jpg József Torgyán
(1932–2017)
8 July 1998 15 February 2001 FKGP Orbán I
Fidesz–FKGP–MDF
36 (1998)
Coat of arms of Hungary.svg Imre Boros
(1947–)
acting
15 February 2001 25 March 2001 FKGP
2 Coat of arms of Hungary.svg András Vonza
(1955–)
25 March 2001 27 May 2002 FKGP
3 Coat of arms of Hungary.svg 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 GrafJozsef.png 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)

Hungarian Republic / Hungary (2010–2014)

Parties       Fidesz

No. Portrait Name
(Birth–Death)
Term of office Political party Cabinet Assembly
(Election)
1 Fazekas Sandor Portrait.jpg Sándor Fazekas
(1963–)
29 May 2010 6 June 2014 Fidesz Orbán II
Fidesz–KDNP
39 (2010)

Ministers of agriculture (2014–present)

Hungary (2014–present)

Parties       Fidesz

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

See also

Cabinet ministers
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