Organization:Ministry of Agriculture (Hungary)

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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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