Ministry of Agriculture (Hungary)

The headquarters in Budapest

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

## 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]

## Notes and references

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Mezőgazdasági és Élelmezésügyi Minisztérium: 1949-1990: Scope and content" (in hu). Archives Portal Europe. http://www.archivesportaleurope.net/ead-display/-/ead/pl/aicode/HU-28947/type/hg/id/HU_MNL_OL_LRDBRKT_1_RRDBRKT__v2/unitid/XIX-K_9.
2. ↑ "Welcome!". Ministry of Environment and Water. 2005. http://www.kvvm.hu:80/index.php?lang=2.
3. ↑ "Ministry of Rural Development". Website of the Hungarian Government. http://2010-2014.kormany.hu/en/ministry-of-rural-development.
4. ↑ "Megváltozott a Minisztérium neve" (in hu). Főldhivatali Portal. 28 May 2018. http://www.foldhivatal.hu/content/view/271/139.

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