Elemér Gergátz (6 May 1942 – 19 June 2019) was a Hungarian veterinarian and politician, who served as

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 ...

between 1991 and 1993. During his ministership he tried to compensate farmers and agrarian workers as a result subdivided land structure formed which the main cause of difficulties of the Hungarian agriculture. The coalition between the

Hungarian Democratic Forum The Hungarian Democratic Forum (, , MDF) was a centre-right political party in Hungary. It had a Hungarian nationalist, national-conservative, Christian-democratic ideology. The party was represented continuously in the National Assembly from t ...

(MDF) and the

Independent Smallholders, Agrarian Workers and Civic Party The Independent Smallholders, Agrarian Workers and Civic Party (), known mostly by its acronym FKgP or its shortened form Independent Smallholders' Party (), is a political party in Budapest, Hungary. During its existence, the party participated ...

broke up in 1992. Gergátz wanted to stay in the government so he was excluded from the party. Soon after he joined to the

United Smallholders' Party The United Historical Smallholders and Civic Party (, ), known mostly by its acronym EKGP or its shortened form United Smallholders' Party (), was an agrarianist political party in Hungary, after having several MPs and cabinet members left the Ind ...

(EKGP). Gergátz died on 19 June 2019, at the age of 77.

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* Bölöny, József – Hubai, László: Magyarország kormányai 1848–2004 abinets of Hungary 1848–2004 Akadémiai Kiadó, Budapest, 2004 (5th edition).
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1942 births 2019 deaths Hungarian veterinarians People from Győr-Moson-Sopron County Independent Smallholders, Agrarian Workers and Civic Party politicians Ministers of agriculture of Hungary {{Hungary-politician-stub