The Minister of Agriculture and Food Industry of Hungary () is a member of the Hungarian cabinet and the head of the Ministry of Agriculture. The current agriculture minister is Szabolcs Bóna.
The position was called Minister of Agriculture, Industry and Trade () from 1848 to 1889, People's Commissar of Agriculture () during the Hungarian Soviet Republic in 1919, Minister of Agriculture and Food () between 1967 and 1990, Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development () from 1998 till 2010 and Minister of Rural Development () between 2010 and 2014.
Ministers of Agriculture, Industry and Trade (1848–1889) Hungarian Kingdom (1848–1849) Parties
Portrait NameTerm of office Political party Cabinet Assembly1Gábor Klauzál(1804–1866)23 March 18482 October 1848Opposition PartyBatthyányLast Diet1 (1848)—Committee of National Defence2 October 184814 April 1849—Committee of National Defence
Hungarian State (1849) Parties
Portrait NameTerm of office Political party Cabinet Assembly(—)Committee of National Defence14 April 18492 May 1849—Committee of National Defence1 (1848)—Kázmér Batthyány(1807–1854)acting2 May 184911 August 1849Opposition PartySzemere
After the collapse of the Hungarian Revolution of 1848, the Hungarian Kingdom became an integral part of the Austrian Empire until 1867, when dual Austro-Hungarian Monarchy was created.
Hungarian Kingdom (1867–1889) Parties
Portrait NameTerm of office Political party Cabinet Assembly2István Gorove(1819–1881)20 February 186723 May 1870Deák PartyAndrássyDP3 (1865)4 (1869)3József Szlávy(1818–1900)23 May 187014 November 1871Deák PartyAndrássyDP14 November 18715 December 1872LónyayDP5 (1872)4József Zichy(1841–1924)5 December 187221 March 1874Deák PartySzlávyDP5György Bartal(1820–1875)21 March 18742 March 1875Deák PartyBittóDP–BK6Lajos Simonyi(1824–1894)2 March 187520 October 1875Liberal PartyWenckheimSZP20 October 187521 August 1876K. TiszaSZP6 (1875)—Ágoston Trefort(1817–1888)acting21 August 18764 December 1878Liberal Party7 (1878)7Gábor Kemény(1830–1888)4 December 187812 October 1882Liberal Party8 (1881)8Pál Széchenyi(1838–1901)12 October 18828 April 1889Liberal Party9 (1884)10 (1887)9Gyula Szapáry(1832–1905)8 April 188915 June 1889Liberal Party
Ministers of Agriculture (1889–1919) Hungarian Kingdom (1889–1918) Parties
Portrait NameTerm of office Political party Cabinet Assembly(9)Gyula Szapáry(1832–1905)15 June 188915 March 1890Liberal PartyK. TiszaSZP10 (1887)10András Bethlen(1847–1898)15 March 189017 November 1892Liberal PartySzapárySZP11 (1892)17 November 189210 June 1894Wekerle ISZP—Géza Fejérváry(1833–1914)acting10 June 189416 July 1894Independent11Andor Festetics(1843–1930)16 July 189415 January 1895Liberal Party15 January 18952 November 1895BánffySZP12Ignác Darányi(1849–1927)1st term2 November 189526 February 1899Liberal Party12 (1896)26 February 189927 June 1903SzéllSZP13 (1901)27 June 19033 November 1903Khuen-Héderváry ISZP13Béla Tallián(1851–1921)3 November 190318 June 1905Liberal PartyI. Tisza ISZP14Endre György(1848–1927)18 June 190518 October 1905Liberal PartyFejérvárySZP14 (1905)15Artúr Feilitzsch(1859–1925)18 October 19058 April 1906Liberal Party(12)Ignác Darányi(1849–1927)2nd term8 April 190617 January 1910National Constitution PartyWekerle IIF48P–OAP–KNP–PDP15 (1906)16Béla Serényi(1866–1919)1st term17 January 191022 April 1912National Party of WorkKhuen-Héderváry IINMP16 (1910)22 April 191210 June 1913LukácsNMP17Imre Ghillány(1860–1922)10 June 191315 June 1917National Party of WorkI. Tisza IINMP18Béla Mezőssy(1870–1939)15 June 191723 August 1917F48PEsterházyNMP–F48P–OAP–PDP–KNP23 August 191725 January 1918Wekerle IIINMP–F48P–OAP–PDP–KNP—Sándor Wekerle(1848–1921)acting25 January 191811 February 1918Constitution Party of '48(16)Béla Serényi(1866–1919)2nd term11 February 191831 October 1918National Party of Work—István Szabó de Nagyatád(1863–1924)30 October 191831 October 1918O48FGPHadiknot formed19Barna Buza(1873–1944)31 October 191816 November 1918F48P–KárolyiM. KárolyiF48P–Károlyi–PRP–MSZDPMNT (—)
Hungarian People's Republic (1918–1919) Parties
Portrait NameTerm of office Political party Cabinet Assembly1Barna Buza(1873–1944)16 November 191819 January 1919F48P–KárolyiM. KárolyiF48P–Károlyi–PRP–MSZDPMNT (—)19 January 191921 March 1919BerinkeyF48P–Károlyi–PRP–MSZDP–OKGFP
People's Commissars of Agriculture (1919) Hungarian Soviet Republic (1919) Parties
Portrait NameTerm of office Political party Cabinet Assembly1Sándor Csizmadia(1871–1929)serving with György Nyisztor,Jenő Hamburger and Károly Vántus21 March 19193 April 1919MSZPCentral Executive CouncilMSZP/SZKMMPTOGY (—)1György Nyisztor(1869–1956)serving with Sándor Csizmadia,Jenő Hamburger and Károly Vántus21 March 191924 June 1919MSZP/SZKMMP1Jenő Hamburger(1883–1936)serving with Sándor Csizmadia,György Nyisztor and Károly Vántus21 March 19191 August 1919MSZP/SZKMMP1Károly Vántus(1879–1927)serving with Sándor Csizmadia,György Nyisztor and Jenő Hamburger21 March 19191 August 1919MSZP/SZKMMP
Counter-revolutionary governments (1919) Parties
Portrait NameTerm of office Political party Cabinet Assembly—János Kintzig(1870–1939)5 May 191931 May 1919IndependentArad—31 May 19196 June 1919Szeged I6 June 191912 July 1919Szeged II
Ministers of Agriculture (1919–1967) Hungarian People's Republic (1919) Parties
Portrait NameTerm of office Political party Cabinet Assembly1József Takács(1884–1961)1 August 19196 August 1919(deposed)MSZDPPeidlMSZDP—
Hungarian Republic (1919–1920) Parties
Portrait NameTerm of office Political party Cabinet Assembly—Loránd Győry(1871–1926)acting7 August 191915 August 1919IndependentFriedrichKNP/KNEP–OKGFP —1István Szabó de Nagyatád(1863–1924)1st term15 August 191927 August 1919OKGFP2Gyula Rubinek(1865–1922)27 August 191924 November 1919OKGFP24 November 191929 February 1920HuszárKNEP–OKGFP–MSZDP–NDPP
Hungarian Kingdom (1920–1946) Parties
Portrait NameTerm of office Political party Cabinet Assembly1Gyula Rubinek(1865–1922)29 February 192015 March 1920OKGFPHuszárKNEP–OKGFP–MSZDP–NDPP—15 March 192019 July 1920Simonyi-SemadamKNEP–OKGFP17 (1920)19 July 192015 August 1920Teleki IKNEP–OKGFP2István Szabó de Nagyatád(1863–1924)2nd term15 August 192014 April 1921OKGFP14 April 19213 December 1921Bethlen(KNEP–OKGFP)→EP3János Mayer(1871–1955)1st term3 December 19212 February 1922OKGFP(3)2 February 192216 June 1922EP(2)István Szabó de Nagyatád(1863–1924)3rd term16 June 192214 October 1924EP18 (1922)—István Bethlen(1874–1946)acting14 October 192415 November 1924EP(3)János Mayer(1871–1955)2nd term15 November 192424 August 1931EP19 (1926)20 (1931)4Béla Ivády(1873–1962)24 August 19314 February 1932EPG. KárolyiEP–KGSZP5Emil Purgly(1880–1964)4 February 19321 October 1932EP6Miklós Kállay(1887–1967)1 October 19329 January 1935NEPGömbösNEP7Kálmán Darányi(1886–1939)9 January 193512 October 1936NEP21 (1935)12 October 19369 March 1938DarányiNEP8Ferenc Marschall(1887–1970)9 March 193814 May 1938NEP9Sándor Sztranyavszky(1882–1942)14 May 193815 November 1938NEPImrédyNEP10Mihály Teleki(1896–1991)15 November 193816 February 1939NEP16 February 193930 December 1940MÉPTeleki IIMÉP22 (1939)11Dániel Bánffy(1893–1955)30 December 19403 April 1941Transylvanian Party3 April 19419 March 1942BárdossyMÉP9 March 194222 March 1944(deposed)KállayMÉP12Béla Jurcsek(1893–1945)22 March 194429 August 1944MÉPSztójayMÉP–MMP29 August 194416 October 1944(deposed)LakatosMÉP
Government of National Unity (1944–1945) Parties
Portrait NameTerm of office Political party Cabinet Assembly1Fidél Pálffy(1895–1946)16 October 194428 March 1945NYKPSzálasiNYKP–MMP —
Soviet-backed provisional governments (1944–1946) Parties
Portrait NameTerm of office Political party Cabinet Assembly1Imre Nagy(1896–1958)22 December 194415 November 1945MKPProvisional National GovernmentFKGP–MKP–MSZDP–NPP–PDPINGY (1944)2Béla Kovács(1885–1950)15 November 19451 February 1946FKGPTildyFKGP–MKP–MSZDP–NPP23 (1945)
Hungarian Republic (1946–1949) Parties
Portrait NameTerm of office Political party Cabinet Assembly1Béla Kovács(1885–1950)1 February 194623 February 1946FKGPF. NagyFKGP–MKP–MSZDP–NPP23 (1945)2István Dobi(1898–1968)1st term23 February 194620 November 1946FKGP3Károly Bárányos(1892–1956)20 November 194631 May 1947FKGP31 May 194724 September 1947DinnyésMKP–FKGP–MSZDP–NPP24 (1947)4Árpád Szabó(1878–1948)24 September 194716 April 1948FKGP(2)István Dobi(1898–1968)2nd term16 April 19489 December 1948FKGP—István Dobi(1898–1968)acting9 December 194810 December 19485István Csala(1899–1987)10 December 194811 June 1949FKGPDobiMDP–FKGP–NPP6Ferenc Erdei(1910–1971)11 June 194920 August 1949NPPDobiMDP–FKGP–NPP25 (1949)
Hungarian People's Republic (1949–1967) Parties
Portrait NameTerm of office Political party Cabinet Assembly1Ferenc Erdei(1910–1971)1st term20 August 194914 August 1952IndependentDobiMDP25 (1949)14 August 19524 July 1953RákosiMDP2András Hegedüs(1922–1977)4 July 195330 October 1954MDPI. Nagy IMDP26 (1953)(1)Ferenc Erdei(1910–1971)2nd term30 October 195418 April 1955Independent18 April 195515 November 1955HegedüsMDP3János Matolcsi(1923–1983)15 November 195524 October 1956MDP4Béla Kovács(1885–1950)24 October 19563 November 1956FKGPI. Nagy IIMDP/MSZMP–FKGP5Imre Dögei(1912–1964)4 November 195628 January 1958MSZMPKádár IMSZMP28 January 195815 January 1960MünnichMSZMP27 (1958)6Pál Losonczi(1919–2005)15 January 196013 September 1961MSZMP13 September 196130 June 1965Kádár IIMSZMP28 (1963)30 June 196514 April 1967KállaiMSZMP
Ministers of Agriculture and Food (1967–1990) Hungarian People's Republic (1967–1989) Parties
Portrait NameTerm of office Political party Cabinet Assembly1Imre Dimény(1922–2017)14 April 196715 May 1975MSZMPFockMSZMP29 (1967)30 (1971)15 May 19754 July 1975LázárMSZMP2Pál Romány(1929–2019)4 July 197527 June 1980MSZMP31 (1975)3Jenő Váncsa(1928–2016)27 June 198025 June 1987MSZMP32 (1980)33 (1985)25 June 198724 November 1988GrószMSZMP24 November 198810 May 1989Németh(MSZMP)→MSZP4Csaba Hütter(1943–)10 May 19897 October 1989MSZMP(4)7 October 198923 October 1989Independent
Hungarian Republic (1989–1990) Parties
Portrait NameTerm of office Political party Cabinet Assembly—Csaba Hütter(1943–)provisional23 October 198923 May 1990IndependentNémethMSZP —
Ministers of Agriculture (1990–1998) Hungarian Republic (1990–2006) Parties
Portrait NameTerm of office Political party Cabinet Assembly1Ferenc József Nagy(1923–2019)23 May 199016 January 1991FKGPAntallMDF–FKGP–KDNP34 (1990)2Elemér Gergátz(1942–2019)16 January 199124 February 1992FKGP(2)24 February 199222 February 1993EKGP3János Szabó(1937–2021)22 February 199321 December 1993EKGP21 December 199315 July 1994BorossMDF–EKGP–KDNP4László Lakos(1945–)15 July 199415 December 1996MSZPHornMSZP–SZDSZ35 (1994)5Frigyes Nagy(1939–)15 December 19968 July 1998MSZP
Ministers of Agriculture and Rural Development (1998–2010) Hungarian Republic (1998–2010) Parties
Portrait NameTerm of office Political party Cabinet Assembly1József Torgyán(1932–2017)8 July 199815 February 2001FKGPOrbán IFidesz–FKGP–MDF36 (1998)—Imre Boros(1947–)acting15 February 200125 March 2001FKGP2András Vonza(1955–)25 March 200127 May 2002FKGP3Imre Németh(1955–)27 May 20024 October 2004MSZPMedgyessyMSZP–SZDSZ37 (2002)4 October 20041 May 2005Gyurcsány IMSZP–SZDSZ4József Gráf(1946–)1 May 20059 June 2006MSZP9 June 200614 April 2009Gyurcsány IIMSZP–SZDSZ38 (2006)14 April 200929 May 2010BajnaiMSZP
Ministers of Rural Development (2010–2014) Hungarian Republic / Hungary (2010–2014) Parties
Portrait NameTerm of office Political party Cabinet Assembly1Sándor Fazekas(1963–)29 May 20106 June 2014FideszOrbán IIFidesz–KDNP39 (2010)
Ministers of Agriculture (2014–present) Hungary (2014–present) Parties
Portrait NameTerm of office Political party Cabinet Assembly1Sándor Fazekas(1963–)6 June 201418 May 2018FideszOrbán IIIFidesz–KDNP40 (2014)2István Nagy(1967–)18 May 20189 May 2026FideszOrbán IVFidesz–KDNP41 (2018)3Szabolcs Bóna(1975–)9 May 2026IncumbentTISZAMagyarTisza43 (2026)
See also