The
Hungarian Ministry of Agriculture (Agrárminisztérium) is a cabinet-level government department headed by the
Minister of Agriculture
An agriculture ministry (also called an) agriculture department, agriculture board, agriculture council, or agriculture agency, or ministry of rural development) is a ministry charged with agriculture. The ministry is often headed by a minister f ...
. It was founded in 1848 as the Ministry of Agriculture, Industry and Trade
History
* 1848, founded as Ministry of Agriculture, Industry and Trade (Földművelésügyi, Ipari és Kereskedelmi Minisztérium)
* 1889, renamed as Ministry of Agriculture (Földművelésügyi Minisztérium)
* 1919, briefly, People's Commissariat of Agriculture during the short-lived
Hungarian Soviet Republic
The Socialist Federative Republic of Councils in Hungary ( hu, Magyarországi Szocialista Szövetséges Tanácsköztársaság) (due to an early mistranslation, it became widely known as the Hungarian Soviet Republic in English-language sources ( ...
* 1967, renamed as Ministry of Agriculture and Food (Mezőgazdasági és Élelmezésügyi Minisztérium)
:The ministry added the duties from the Ministry of Foodstuffs (EM), the National Forestry Directorate-General (OEF) and the State Surveying and Cartography Office (ÁFTH) to the ministry's scope.
:In 1988 the National Water Bureau was transferred from Agriculture to the newly created
Ministry of Environment and Water.
* 1990, renamed as Ministry of Agriculture (Földművelésügyi Minisztérium)
:The scope of duties remained unchanged.
* 1998, renamed as Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (Földművelésügyi és Vidékfejlesztési Minisztérium)
* 2010, renamed as Ministry of Rural Development (Vidékfejlesztési Minisztérium)
:In 2011 the Ministry of Environment and Water was abolished and the duties returned to Agriculture.
* 2014, renamed as Ministry of Agriculture (Földművelésügyi Minisztérium)
* 2018, renamed as Ministry of Agriculture (Agrárminisztérium)
:The scope of duties remained unchanged.
Notes and references
Government ministries of Hungary
Hungarian Ministry of Agriculture
Hungarian Ministry of Agriculture
Hungarian Ministry of Agriculture
Agricultural organisations based in Hungary
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