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 ...

. 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 The Ministry of Environment and Water ( hu, Környezetvédelmi és Vízügyi Minisztérium, KVVM) was a government ministry of Hungary from 1988 to 1990, and again from 2002 to 2011. Between 1990 and 2002 the water functions were under the Ministr ...

. * 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 {{Hungary-gov-stub hu:Agrárminisztérium