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

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.
 * 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.