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Hungarian Revolution of 1848Hungarian Revolution of 1848The Hungarian Revolution of 1848 was one of many of the European Revolutions of 1848 and closely linked to other revolutions of 1848 in the Habsburg areas...
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| Gábor Klauzál Gábor Klauzál Gábor Klauzál de Szlavovicz was a Hungarian politician, who served as Minister of Agriculture, Industry and Trade during the Hungarian Revolution of 1848 in the first government of Hungary. He studied in Szeged... |
23 March 1848 | 2 October 1848 |
| Országos Honvédelmi Bizottmány (OHB) | 2 October 1848 | 2 May 1849 |
| Kázmér Batthyány Kázmér Batthyány Count Kázmér Antal Ferenc Batthyány de Németújvár was a Hungarian politician, who served as Minister of Foreign Affairs during the Hungarian Revolution of 1848. At the beginnings he was a conservative aristocrat politician but his views changed after an journey to Western Europe. He continuously... |
2 May 1849 | 11 August 1849 |
Austria-HungaryAustria-HungaryAustria-Hungary , more formally known as the Kingdoms and Lands Represented in the Imperial Council and the Lands of the Holy Hungarian Crown of Saint Stephen, was a constitutional monarchic union between the crowns of the Austrian Empire and the Kingdom of Hungary in...
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| István Gorove István Gorove István Gorove was a Hungarian politician, leader of the Liberal Party, which controlled Hungary between 1875 and 1905. Gorove was a minister in Count Gyula Andrássy's cabinet: Minister of Agriculture, Industry and Trade between 1867 and 1870, and Minister of Public Works and Transport until 1871.... |
20 February 1867 | 23 May 1870 |
| József Szlávy József Szlávy József Szlávy de Érkenéz et Okány was a Hungarian politician who served as prime minister from 1872 to 1874, as Speaker of the House of Representatives of Hungary from 3 April 1879 to 12 April 1880 and as Speaker of the House of Magnats from 19 September 1894 to 3 October... |
23 May 1870 | 5 December 1872 |
| József Zichy József Zichy Count József Zichy de Zich et Vásonkeő was a Hungarian politician, who served as Minister of Agriculture, Industry and Trade between 1872 and 1874 and as Minister of Public Works and Transport from 1873 to 1875. He was the first governor of Fiume since 1870.-References:*... |
5 December 1872 | 21 March 1874 |
| György Bartal György Bartal György Bartal the Younger de Beleháza was a Hungarian politician, who served as Minister of Agriculture, Industry and Trade between 1874 and 1875. His father was the famous legal historian Sr. György Bartal.-References:... |
21 March 1874 | 1 March 1875 |
| Lajos Simonyi Lajos Simonyi Baron Lajos Simonyi de Barbács et Vitézvár was a Hungarian politician, who served as Minister of Agriculture, Industry and Trade between 1875 and 1876. He studied law in Kassa. From 1847 he was a delegate on the Diet in Pest. He participated in the Hungarian Revolution of 1848, he performed... |
1 March 1875 | 21 August 1876 |
| Ágoston Trefort Ágoston Trefort Dr. Ágoston Trefort was a Hungarian politician, who served as Minister of Religion and Education from 1872 until his death. He was the President of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences from 1885.-Family:... |
21 August 1876 | 4 December 1878 |
| Gábor Kemény Gábor Kemény (politician, 1830–1888) Baron Gábor Kemény de Magyargyerőmonostor was a Hungarian politician, who served as Minister of Agriculture, Industry and Trade between 1878–1882 and as Minister of Public Works and Transport from 1882 to 1886. He was the son of Dénes Kemény, the secretary of state of the Interior Ministry during... |
4 December 1878 | 12 October 1882 |
| Pál Széchenyi Pál Széchenyi (politician) Count Pál Széchenyi de Sárvár-Felsővidék was a Hungarian politician, who served as Minister of Agriculture, Industry and Trade between 1882 and 1889.-References:*... |
12 October 1882 | 8 April 1889 |
| Gyula Szapáry Gyula Szapáry Gyula Count Szapáry de Szapár, Muraszombat et Széchy-Sziget was a Hungarian politician who served as Prime Minister of Hungary from 1890 to 1892.... |
8 April 1889 | 15 June 1889 |
Austria-Hungary
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| Gyula Szapáry | 16 June 1889 | 15 March 1890 |
| András Bethlen András Bethlen Count András Bethlen de Bethlen was a Hungarian politician, who served as Minister of Agriculture between 1890 and 1894. He studied law in Budapest and national economy studies in Brussels and Leipzig... |
15 March 1890 | 10 June 1894 |
| Géza Fejérváry Géza Fejérváry ----Géza Baron Fejérváry de Komlós-Keresztes was a Hungarian general who served as the prime minister in a government of bureaucrats appointed by King Franz Joseph during the Hungarian Constitutional Crisis of 1903–1907.... |
10 June 1894 | 16 July 1894 |
| Andor Festetics Andor Festetics Count Andor Festetics de Tolna was a Hungarian politician, who served as Minister of Agriculture between 1894 and 1895. He married to Lenke Pejacsevich de Verőcze. One of his two sons was Sándor Festetics, Minister of War who later became an advocate of Nazism in Hungary.-References:*... |
16 July 1894 | 2 November 1895 |
| Ignác Darányi Ignác Darányi Ignác Darányi de Pusztaszentgyörgy et Tetétlen was a Hungarian politician, who served as Minister of Agriculture twice: between 1895–1903 and 1906–1910. He was a supporter of Gyula Andrássy the Younger.-Biography:... |
2 November 1895 | 3 November 1903 |
| Béla Tallián Béla Tallián Baron Béla Tallián de Vizek was a Hungarian politician, who served as Minister of Agriculture between 1903 and 1905. He was one of the deputy speakers of the House of Representatives from 1899 to 1903. During the First World War he served as civil governor of Belgrade for a short time after the... |
3 November 1903 | 18 June 1905 |
| Endre György Endre György Endre György was a Hungarian politician, who served as Minister of Agriculture in 1905.-References:*... |
18 June 1905 | 18 October 1905 |
| Artúr Feilitzsch Artúr Feilitzsch Baron Artúr Feilitzsch was a Hungarian politician, who served as Minister of Agriculture between 1905 and 1906.-References:*... |
18 October 1905 | 8 April 1906 |
| Ignác Darányi | 8 April 1906 | 17 January 1910 |
| Béla Serényi Béla Serényi Count Béla Serényi de Kis-serény was a Hungarian politician, who served as Minister of Agriculture twice: between 1910–1913 and in 1918.... |
17 January 1910 | 10 June 1913 |
| Imre Ghillány Imre Ghillány Baron Imre Ghillány was a Hungarian politician, who served as Minister of Agriculture between 1913 and 1917. He was the főispán of Sáros County from 1903 until his resignation in 1905. He became a member of the Diet of Hungary in 1910 as representative of Eperjes. Ghillány was one of the deputy... |
10 June 1913 | 15 June 1917 |
| Béla Mezőssy Béla Mezőssy Béla Mezőssy was a Hungarian politician, who served as Minister of Agriculture between 1917 and 1918.-References:*... |
15 June 1917 | 25 January 1918 |
| Sándor Wekerle Sándor Wekerle Sándor Wekerle was a Hungarian politician who served three times as prime minister.He was born in Mór, in the comitatus of Fejér. His mother was Antónia Szép.After studying law at the University of Budapest he graduated doctor juris... |
25 January 1918 | 11 February 1918 |
| Béla Serényi | 11 February 1918 | 31 October 1918 |
Hungarian Democratic RepublicHungarian Democratic RepublicThe Hungarian People's Republic was an independent republic proclaimed after the collapse of Austria-Hungary in 1918...
(1918-1919)
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| Barna Buza Barna Buza Barna Buza was a Hungarian politician and jurist, who served as Minister of Agriculture from 1918 to 1919 and as interim Minister of Justice for few days in 1918.... |
31 October 1918 | 21 March 1919 |
Hungarian Soviet RepublicHungarian Soviet RepublicThe Hungarian Soviet Republic or Soviet Republic of Hungary was a short-lived Communist state established in Hungary in the aftermath of World War I....
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| Sándor Csizmadia Sándor Csizmadia Sándor Csizmadia was a Hungarian politician and poet, who served as People's Commissar of Agriculture during the Hungarian Soviet Republic. However soon his relation decayed with the leaders of the proletarian dictature, so he left the Hungarian Central Executive Council... |
21 March 1919 | 3 April 1919 |
| György Nyisztor György Nyisztor György Nyisztor was a Hungarian politician, who served as People's Commissar of Agriculture during the Hungarian Soviet Republic. After the fall of the communist regime he was sentenced to life imprisonment in 1920. However in the next year he was taken to the Soviet Union at the time of an... |
21 March 1919 | 24 July 1919 |
| Jenő Hamburger Jenő Hamburger Jenő Hamburger was a Hungarian politician of Jewish descent, who served as People's Commissar of Agriculture during the Hungarian Soviet Republic. He died in the Soviet Union.-References:*... |
21 March 1919 | 1 August 1919 |
| Károly Vántus Károly Vántus Károly Vántus was a Hungarian politician and carpenter, who served as People's Commissar of Agriculture during the Hungarian Soviet Republic. He was a founding member of the Communist Party of Hungary. He died in the Soviet Union.... |
21 March 1919 | 1 August 1919 |
| József Takács József Takács (politician) József Takács was a Hungarian politician, who served as Minister of Agriculture for few days in 1919.-References:*... |
1 August 1919 | 6 August 1919 |
Counter-revolutionary Government
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| János Kintzig János Kintzig János Kintzig was a Hungarian politician, who served as Minister of Agriculture in the Counter-revolutionary Government of Arad and Szeged during the Hungarian Soviet Republic.-References:*... |
5 May 1919 | 12 July 1919 |
RegencyKingdom of Hungary (1920–1946)The Kingdom of Hungary also known as the Regency, existed from 1920 to 1946 and was a de facto country under Regent Miklós Horthy. Horthy officially represented the abdicated Hungarian monarchy of Charles IV, Apostolic King of Hungary...
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| Loránd Győry Loránd Győry Loránd Győry was a Hungarian politician, who served as Minister of Agriculture for few days in 1919. He was the son of Vilmos Győry, a Hungarian theologist.-References:*... |
7 August 1919 | 15 August 1919 |
| István Szabó de Nagyatád István Szabó de Nagyatád István Szabó de Nagyatád was a Hungarian politician, who served as Minister of Agriculture three times: in 1919, between 1920 and 1921 and from 1922 to 1924.... |
15 August 1919 | 27 August 1919 |
| Gyula Rubinek Gyula Rubinek Gyula Rubinek was a Hungarian politician, who served as Minister of Agriculture between 1919 and 1920. He was also Minister of Trade from 19 July to 16 December 1920. Rubinek was the creator of the land reform which connected to István Szabó de Nagyatád.-References:*... |
27 August 1919 | 15 August 1920 |
| István Szabó de Nagyatád | 15 August 1920 | 3 December 1921 |
| János Mayer János Mayer János Mayer was a Hungarian politician, who served as Minister of Agriculture twice: between 1921-1922 and 1924-1931. He farmed on his parents' possession after the accomplishment of his studies. He already engaged in the smallholder movements in his early years. With István Szabó de Nagyatád he... |
3 December 1921 | 16 June 1922 |
| István Szabó de Nagyatád | 16 June 1922 | 14 October 1924 |
| István Bethlen István Bethlen Count István Bethlen de Bethlen was a Hungarian aristocrat and statesman and served as Prime Minister from 1921 to 1931.... |
14 October 1924 | 15 November 1924 |
| János Mayer | 15 November 1924 | 24 August 1931 |
| Béla Ivády Béla Ivády Béla Ivády de Ivád was a Hungarian politician, who served as Minister of Agriculture between 1931 and 1932. He also served as acting leader of the Party of National Unity in 1933.... |
24 August 1931 | 4 February 1932 |
| Emil Purgly Emil Purgly Emil Purgly de Jószáshely was a Hungarian politician, who served as Minister of Agriculture in 1932.He was a cousin of Magdolna Purgly, wife of Regent Miklós Horthy.-References:*... |
4 February 1932 | 1 October 1932 |
| Miklós Kállay Miklós Kállay Dr. Miklós Kállay de Nagykálló was a Hungarian politician who served as Prime Minister of Hungary during World War II, from 9 March 1942 to 19 March 1944.... |
1 October 1932 | 9 January 1935 |
| Kálmán Darányi Kálmán Darányi Kálmán Darányi de Pusztaszentgyörgy et Tetétlen was a Hungarian politician who served as Prime Minister of Hungary from 1936 to 1938. He also served as Speaker of the House of Representatives of Hungary from 5 December 1938 to 12 June 1939 and from 15 June 1939 to 1 November 1939... |
9 January 1935 | 9 March 1938 |
| Ferenc Marschall Ferenc Marschall Ferenc Marschall was a Hungarian politician, who served as Minister of Agriculture for two months in 1938.-References:*... |
9 March 1938 | 14 May 1938 |
| Sándor Sztranyavszky Sándor Sztranyavszky Sándor Sztranyavszky was a Hungarian politician, who served as Speaker of the House of Representatives of Hungary between 1935 and 1938 and as Minister of Agriculture in 1938.... |
14 May 1938 | 15 November 1938 |
| Mihály Teleki Mihály Teleki (politician) Count Mihály Teleki de Szék was a Hungarian politician, who served as Minister of Agriculture between 1938 and 1940. After the Nazi occupation of Hungary he was the chairman of the governing Party of Hungarian Life. Teleki lived in emigration since 1945. He died in London, England at the age of... |
15 November 1938 | 30 December 1940 |
| Dániel Bánffy Dániel Bánffy Baron Dániel Bánffy de Losoncz was a Hungarian politician, who served as Minister of Agriculture between 1940 and 1944.... |
30 December 1940 | 22 March 1944 |
| Béla Jurcsek Béla Jurcsek Béla Jurcsek was a Hungarian politician, who served as Minister of Agriculture in 1944 and Minister of Welfare between 1944 and 1945.... |
22 March 1944 | 16 October 1944 |
| Fidél Pálffy Fidél Pálffy Count Fidél Pálffy de Erdőd was a Hungarian nobleman who emerged as a leading supporter of Nazism in Hungary.-Early life:... |
16 October 1944 | 27 March 1945 |
| Imre Nagy Imre Nagy Imre Nagy was a Hungarian communist politician who was appointed Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the People's Republic of Hungary on two occasions... |
22 December 1944 | 15 November 1945 |
| Béla Kovács Béla Kovács (politician, 1908) Béla Kovács was a Hungarian politician, who served as Minister of Agriculture from 1945 to 1946 and in the Hungarian Revolution of 1956.-Biography:... |
15 November 1945 | 4 February 1946 |
Second Hungarian RepublicSecond Hungarian RepublicThe Second Hungarian Republic was a parliamentary republic briefly established after the dissolution of the Kingdom of Hungary in 1 February 1946.-History:The Soviet Red Army occupied Hungary from September 1944 until April 1945...
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| Béla Kovács | 4 February 1946 | 23 February 1946 |
| István Dobi István Dobi István Dobi was a Hungarian politician and prime minister of Hungary from 1948 to 1952.-Early life:Dobi originated from a poor peasant family and was born in Szőny, Hungary. He finished primary school and in 1916 came into contact with the peasant movement... |
23 February 1946 | 20 November 1946 |
| Károly Bárányos Károly Bárányos Károly Bárányos was a Hungarian politician, who served as Minister of Agriculture between 1946 and 1947.-References:*... |
20 November 1946 | 24 September 1947 |
| Árpád Szabó Árpád Szabó Árpád Szabó was a Hungarian politician, who served as Speaker of the National Assembly of Hungary in 1947 and Minister of Agriculture between 1947 and 1948.... |
24 September 1947 | 16 April 1948 |
| István Dobi | 16 April 1948 | 10 December 1948 |
| István Csala István Csala István Csala was a Hungarian politician, who served as Minister of Agriculture between 1948 and 1949.-References:*... |
10 December 1948 | 11 June 1949 |
| Ferenc Erdei Ferenc Erdei Ferenc Erdei was a Hungarian politician, who served as Interior Minister in the unofficial Interim government which led by Béla Miklós. After the Soviet occupation of Hungary the cabinet could take the office officially . During the communist rule Erdei was the Minister of Agriculture between 1949... |
11 June 1949 | 18 August 1949 |
People's Republic of HungaryPeople's Republic of HungaryThe People's Republic of Hungary or Hungarian People's Republic was the official state name of Hungary from 1949 to 1989 during its Communist period under the guidance of the Soviet Union. The state remained in existence until 1989 when opposition forces consolidated in forcing the regime to...
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| Ferenc Erdei | 18 August 1949 | 4 July 1953 |
| András Hegedüs András Hegedus András Hegedüs was a Hungarian Communist politician who served as Chairman of the Council of Ministers from 1955 to 1956. Hegedüs fled to the Soviet Union on 28 October, the fifth day of the Hungarian Revolution of 1956... |
4 July 1953 | 30 October 1954 |
| Ferenc Erdei | 30 October 1954 | 15 November 1955 |
| János Matolcsi János Matolcsi János Matolcsi was a Hungarian Communist politician, who served as Minister of Agriculture from 1955 until the Hungarian Revolution of 1956. After the uprising he was the general director of the Hungarian Agricultural Museum .-References:*... |
15 November 1955 | 24 October 1956 |
| Béla Kovács | 24 October 1956 | 31 October 1956 |
| Imre Dögei Imre Dögei Imre Dögei was a Hungarian Communist politician, who served as Speaker of the National Assembly of Hungary between 1951 and 1952 and as Minister of Agriculture from 1956 to 1960.... |
4 November 1956 | 15 January 1960 |
| Pál Losonczi Pál Losonczi Pál Losonczi was a Hungarian Communist political figure. He was Chairman of the Hungarian Presidential Council from 1967 to 1987.... |
15 January 1960 | 14 April 1967 |
People's Republic of Hungary
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| Imre Dimény Imre Dimény Imre Dimény is a Hungarian agrarian engineer and former Communist politician, who served as Minister of Agriculture and Food between 1967 and 1975... |
14 April 1967 | 4 July 1975 |
| Pál Romány Pál Romány Pál Romány is a Hungarian agrarian engineer and former Communist politician, who served as Minister of Agriculture and Food between 1975 and 1980.-References:... |
4 July 1975 | 27 June 1980 |
| Jenő Váncsa Jenő Váncsa Jenő Váncsa is a Hungarian agrarian engineer and former Communist politician, who served as Minister of Agriculture and Food between 1980 and 1989.-References:... |
27 June 1980 | 10 May 1989 |
| Csaba Hütter Csaba Hütter Csaba Hütter is a Hungarian agrarian engineer and former Communist politician, who served as Minister of Agriculture and Food between 1989 and 1990.-References:... |
10 May 1989 | 23 May 1990 |
Third Hungarian RepublicThird Hungarian RepublicThe third Republic of Hungary is an informal term used for the current republic of Hungary, which was proclaimed on October 23, 1989 , ending Hungary's communist era and replacing the former People's Republic of Hungary.The first republic was proclaimed on November 16, 1918 when the...
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| Ferenc József Nagy Ferenc József Nagy Ferenc József Nagy is a Hungarian agrarian engineer and former politician, who served as Minister of Agriculture between 1990 and 1991. After that he was appointed minister without portfolio, he also held this position in the cabinet of Péter Boross... |
23 May 1990 | 16 January 1991 |
| Elemér Gergátz Elemér Gergátz Elemér Gergátz is a Hungarian vet and former 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... |
16 January 1991 | 22 February 1993 |
| János Szabó János Szabó (Minister of Agriculture) János Szabó is a Hungarian jurist and former politician, who served as Minister of Agriculture between 1993 and 1994.The coalition between the MDF and the FKGP broke up in 1992. Szabó led the part of the parliamentary group which wanted to stay in the government . He became chairman of the United... |
22 February 1993 | 15 July 1994 |
| László Lakos László Lakos László Lakos is a Hungarian vet and former politician, who served as Minister of Agriculture between 1994 and 1996.-References:... |
15 July 1994 | 15 December 1996 |
| Frigyes Nagy Frigyes Nagy Frigyes Nagy is a Hungarian agrarian engineer and former politician, who served as Minister of Agriculture between 1996 and 1998.-References:... |
15 December 1996 | 8 July 1998 |
Third Hungarian Republic
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| József Torgyán József Torgyán József Torgyán is a Hungarian lawyer and politician, chairman of the Independent Smallholders' Party, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development in the government of Viktor Orbán .... |
8 July 1998 | 15 February 2001 |
| Imre Boros Imre Boros Imre Boros is a Hungarian economist and politician, who served as minister without portfolio and acting Minister of Agriculture in 2001 for a month.-References:... |
15 February 2001 | 25 March 2001 |
| András Vonza András Vonza András Vonza is a Hungarian vet and politician, who served as Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development between 2001 and 2002.-References:... |
25 March 2001 | 27 May 2002 |
| Imre Németh Imre Németh (politician) Imre Németh is a Hungarian agrarian engineer and politician, who served as Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development between 2002 and 2005... |
27 May 2002 | 1 May 2005 |
| József Gráf József Gráf József Gráf is a Hungarian engineer and politician, who served as Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development between 2005 and 2010.-References:... |
1 May 2005 | 29 May 2010 |
Third Hungarian Republic
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| Sándor Fazekas Sándor Fazekas Sándor Fazekas is a Hungarian jurist and politician. He has been Minister of Rural Development since 2010 in the cabinet of Prime Minister Viktor Orbán. He served as mayor of his homewtown, Karcag between 1990 and 2010.-References:... |
29 May 2010 | Incumbent |
See also
- List of heads of state of Hungary
- List of Prime Ministers of Hungary
- List of Interior Ministers of Hungary
- List of Ministers of Defence of Hungary
- List of Ministers of Foreign Affairs of Hungary
- List of Ministers of Finance of Hungary
- List of Ministers of Education of Hungary
- List of Ministers of Justice of Hungary
- Politics of HungaryPolitics of HungaryPolitics of Hungary takes place in a framework of a parliamentary representative democratic republic. The Prime Minister is the head of government of a pluriform multi-party system, while the President is the head of state and holds a largely ceremonial position.Executive power is exercised by the...