Ministry of Agriculture (Hungary) explained

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.

• 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.

• 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

Notes and References

1. Web site: Mezőgazdasági és Élelmezésügyi Minisztérium: 1949-1990: Scope and content . hu . Archives Portal Europe . https://web.archive.org/web/20180821225005/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 . 21 August 2018 . live . dmy.
2. Web site: Welcome! . Ministry of Environment and Water . 2005 . https://web.archive.org/web/20070807213322/http://www.kvvm.hu/index.php?lang=2 . 7 August 2007 . dead . dmy . 4 April 2020 .
3. Web site: Ministry of Rural Development . Website of the Hungarian Government . https://web.archive.org/web/20141025150559/http://2010-2014.kormany.hu/en/ministry-of-rural-development . 25 October 2014 . live . dmy.
4. Web site: Megváltozott a Minisztérium neve . 28 May 2018 . hu . Főldhivatali Portal . https://web.archive.org/web/20180821234313/http://www.foldhivatal.hu/content/view/271/139/ . 21 August 2018 . live . dmy.