Ministry of Agriculture (Hungary)

The Hungarian Ministry of Agriculture (Agrárminisztérium) is a cabinet-level government department headed by the Minister of Agriculture. It was founded in 1848 as the Ministry of Agriculture, Industry and Trade

The headquarters in Budapest

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
• 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.^[1]

In 1988 the National Water Bureau was transferred from Agriculture to the newly created Ministry of Environment and Water.^[2]

• 1990, renamed as Ministry of Agriculture (Földművelésügyi Minisztérium)

The scope of duties remained unchanged.^[1]

• 1998, renamed as Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (Földművelésügyi és Vidékfejlesztési Minisztérium)
• 2010, renamed as Ministry of Rural Development (Vidékfejlesztési Minisztérium)^[3]

In 2011 the Ministry of Environment and Water was abolished and the duties returned to Agriculture.^{[citation needed]}

• 2014, renamed as Ministry of Agriculture (Földművelésügyi Minisztérium)
• 2018, renamed as Ministry of Agriculture (Agrárminisztérium)

The scope of duties remained unchanged.^[4]