Elemér Gergátz | |
Order: | Minister of Agriculture |
Term Start: | 16 January 1991 |
Term End: | 22 February 1993 |
Predecessor: | Ferenc József Nagy |
Successor: | János Szabó |
Birth Date: | 1942 5, df=yes |
Birth Place: | Rábatamási, Kingdom of Hungary |
Profession: | veterinarian, politician |
Party: | FKGP, EKGP |
Elemér Gergátz (6 May 1942 – 19 June 2019) was a Hungarian veterinarian and politician, who served as Minister of Agriculture 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 (MDF) and the Independent Smallholders, Agrarian Workers and Civic Party 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 (EKGP).
Gergátz died on 19 June 2019, at the age of 77.[1]