# Minister of Agriculture (Hungary)

The minister of agriculture of Hungary (Hungarian: Magyarország földművelésügyi minisztere) is a member of the Hungarian cabinet and the head of the Ministry of Agriculture. The current agriculture minister is István Nagy.
The position was called Minister of Agriculture, Industry and Trade (Hungarian: földmívelés-, ipar-, és kereskedelemügyi miniszter) from 1848 to 1889, People's Commissar of Agriculture (Hungarian: földmívelésügyi népbiztos) during the Hungarian Soviet Republic in 1919, Minister of Agriculture and Food (Hungarian: mezőgazdasági és élelmezésügyi miniszter) between 1967 and 1990, Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development (Hungarian: földművelésügyi és vidékfejlesztési miniszter) from 1998 till 2010 and Minister of Rural Development (Hungarian: vidékfejlesztési miniszter) between 2010 and 2014.

## Ministers of agriculture, industry and trade (1848–1889)
### Hungarian Kingdom (1848–1849)

Parties  Opposition Party
| No. | Name (Birth–Death) | Term of office | Term of office | Political party | Cabinet | Assembly (Election) |
| 1 | Gábor Klauzál (1804–1866) | 23 March 1848 | 2 October 1848 | Opposition Party | Batthyány | Last Diet |
| 1 | Gábor Klauzál (1804–1866) | 23 March 1848 | 2 October 1848 | Opposition Party | Batthyány | 1 (1848) |
| — | Committee of National Defence | 2 October 1848 | 14 April 1849 | — | Committee of National Defence | 1 (1848) |

### Hungarian State (1849)

Parties  Opposition Party
| No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) | Term of office | Term of office | Political party | Cabinet | Assembly (Election) |
| (—) | | Committee of National Defence | 14 April 1849 | 2 May 1849 | — | Committee of National Defence | 1 (1848) |
| — | | Kázmér Batthyány (1807–1854) acting | 2 May 1849 | 11 August 1849 | Opposition Party | Szemere | 1 (1848) |
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  Deák Party/Liberal Party
| No. | Name (Birth–Death) | Term of office | Term of office | Political party | Cabinet | Assembly (Election) |
| 2 | István Gorove (1819–1881) | 20 February 1867 | 23 May 1870 | Deák Party | Andrássy DP | 3 (1865) |
| 2 | István Gorove (1819–1881) | 20 February 1867 | 23 May 1870 | Deák Party | Andrássy DP | 4 (1869) |
| 3 | József Szlávy (1818–1900) | 23 May 1870 | 14 November 1871 | Deák Party | Andrássy DP | 4 (1869) |
| 3 | József Szlávy (1818–1900) | 14 November 1871 | 5 December 1872 | Deák Party | Lónyay DP | 4 (1869) |
| 3 | József Szlávy (1818–1900) | 14 November 1871 | 5 December 1872 | Deák Party | Lónyay DP | 5 (1872) |
| 4 | József Zichy (1841–1924) | 5 December 1872 | 21 March 1874 | Deák Party | Szlávy DP | 5 (1872) |
| 5 | György Bartal (1820–1875) | 21 March 1874 | 2 March 1875 | Deák Party | Bittó DP–BK | 5 (1872) |
| 6 | Lajos Simonyi (1824–1894) | 2 March 1875 | 20 October 1875 | Liberal Party | Wenckheim SZP | 5 (1872) |
| 6 | Lajos Simonyi (1824–1894) | 20 October 1875 | 21 August 1876 | Liberal Party | K. Tisza SZP | 6 (1875) |
| — | Ágoston Trefort (1817–1888) acting | 21 August 1876 | 4 December 1878 | Liberal Party | K. Tisza SZP | 6 (1875) |
| — | Ágoston Trefort (1817–1888) acting | 21 August 1876 | 4 December 1878 | Liberal Party | K. Tisza SZP | 7 (1878) |
| 7 | Gábor Kemény (1830–1888) | 4 December 1878 | 12 October 1882 | Liberal Party | K. Tisza SZP | 7 (1878) |
| 7 | Gábor Kemény (1830–1888) | 4 December 1878 | 12 October 1882 | Liberal Party | K. Tisza SZP | 8 (1881) |
| 8 | Pál Széchenyi (1838–1901) | 12 October 1882 | 8 April 1889 | Liberal Party | K. Tisza SZP | 8 (1881) |
| 8 | Pál Széchenyi (1838–1901) | 12 October 1882 | 8 April 1889 | Liberal Party | K. Tisza SZP | 9 (1884) |
| 8 | Pál Széchenyi (1838–1901) | 12 October 1882 | 8 April 1889 | Liberal Party | K. Tisza SZP | 10 (1887) |
| 9 | Gyula Szapáry (1832–1905) | 8 April 1889 | 15 June 1889 | Liberal Party | K. Tisza SZP | 10 (1887) |

## Ministers of agriculture (1889–1919)
### Hungarian Kingdom (1889–1918)

Parties  Deák Party/Liberal Party/National Party of Work  National Constitution Party  F48P/F48P–Károlyi  Constitution Party of '48  National Independence Agrarian Party of '48 (O48FGP)  Independent
| No. | Name (Birth–Death) | Term of office | Term of office | Political party | Cabinet | Assembly (Election) |
| (9) | Gyula Szapáry (1832–1905) | 15 June 1889 | 15 March 1890 | Liberal Party | K. Tisza SZP | 10 (1887) |
| 10 | András Bethlen (1847–1898) | 15 March 1890 | 17 November 1892 | Liberal Party | Szapáry SZP | 10 (1887) |
| 10 | András Bethlen (1847–1898) | 15 March 1890 | 17 November 1892 | Liberal Party | Szapáry SZP | 11 (1892) |
| 10 | András Bethlen (1847–1898) | 17 November 1892 | 10 June 1894 | Liberal Party | Wekerle I SZP | 11 (1892) |
| — | Géza Fejérváry (1833–1914) acting | 10 June 1894 | 16 July 1894 | Independent | Wekerle I SZP | 11 (1892) |
| 11 | Andor Festetics (1843–1930) | 16 July 1894 | 15 January 1895 | Liberal Party | Wekerle I SZP | 11 (1892) |
| 11 | Andor Festetics (1843–1930) | 15 January 1895 | 2 November 1895 | Liberal Party | Bánffy SZP | 11 (1892) |
| 12 | Ignác Darányi (1849–1927) 1st term | 2 November 1895 | 26 February 1899 | Liberal Party | Bánffy SZP | 11 (1892) |
| 12 | Ignác Darányi (1849–1927) 1st term | 2 November 1895 | 26 February 1899 | Liberal Party | Bánffy SZP | 12 (1896) |
| 12 | Ignác Darányi (1849–1927) 1st term | 26 February 1899 | 27 June 1903 | Liberal Party | Széll SZP | 12 (1896) |
| 12 | Ignác Darányi (1849–1927) 1st term | 26 February 1899 | 27 June 1903 | Liberal Party | Széll SZP | 13 (1901) |
| 12 | Ignác Darányi (1849–1927) 1st term | 27 June 1903 | 3 November 1903 | Liberal Party | Khuen-Héderváry I SZP | 13 (1901) |
| 13 | Béla Tallián (1851–1921) | 3 November 1903 | 18 June 1905 | Liberal Party | I. Tisza I SZP | 13 (1901) |
| 14 | Endre György (1848–1927) | 18 June 1905 | 18 October 1905 | Liberal Party | Fejérváry SZP | 14 (1905) |
| 15 | Artúr Feilitzsch (1859–1925) | 18 October 1905 | 8 April 1906 | Liberal Party | Fejérváry SZP | 14 (1905) |
| (12) | Ignác Darányi (1849–1927) 2nd term | 8 April 1906 | 17 January 1910 | National Constitution Party | Wekerle II F48P–OAP–KNP–PDP | 15 (1906) |
| 16 | Béla Serényi (1866–1919) 1st term | 17 January 1910 | 22 April 1912 | National Party of Work | Khuen-Héderváry II NMP | 15 (1906) |
| 16 | Béla Serényi (1866–1919) 1st term | 17 January 1910 | 22 April 1912 | National Party of Work | Khuen-Héderváry II NMP | 16 (1910) |
| 16 | Béla Serényi (1866–1919) 1st term | 22 April 1912 | 10 June 1913 | National Party of Work | Lukács NMP | 16 (1910) |
| 17 | Imre Ghillány (1860–1922) | 10 June 1913 | 15 June 1917 | National Party of Work | I. Tisza II NMP | 16 (1910) |
| 18 | Béla Mezőssy (1870–1939) | 15 June 1917 | 23 August 1917 | F48P | Esterházy NMP–F48P–OAP–PDP–KNP | 16 (1910) |
| 18 | Béla Mezőssy (1870–1939) | 23 August 1917 | 25 January 1918 | F48P | Wekerle III NMP–F48P–OAP–PDP–KNP | 16 (1910) |
| — | Sándor Wekerle (1848–1921) acting | 25 January 1918 | 11 February 1918 | Constitution Party of '48 | Wekerle III NMP–F48P–OAP–PDP–KNP | 16 (1910) |
| (16) | Béla Serényi (1866–1919) 2nd term | 11 February 1918 | 31 October 1918 | National Party of Work | Wekerle III NMP–F48P–OAP–PDP–KNP | 16 (1910) |
| — | István Szabó de Nagyatád (1863–1924) | 30 October 1918 | 31 October 1918 | O48FGP | Hadik not formed | 16 (1910) |
| 19 | Barna Buza (1873–1944) | 31 October 1918 | 16 November 1918 | F48P–Károlyi | M. Károlyi F48P–Károlyi–PRP–MSZDP | MNT (—) |

### Hungarian People's Republic (1918–1919)

Parties  F48P–Károlyi
| No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) | Term of office | Term of office | Political party | Cabinet | Assembly (Election) |
| 1 | | Barna Buza (1873–1944) | 16 November 1918 | 19 January 1919 | F48P–Károlyi | M. Károlyi F48P–Károlyi–PRP–MSZDP | MNT (—) |
| 1 | | Barna Buza (1873–1944) | 19 January 1919 | 21 March 1919 | F48P–Károlyi | Berinkey F48P–Károlyi–PRP–MSZDP–OKGFP | MNT (—) |

## People's commissars of agriculture (1919)
### Hungarian Soviet Republic (1919)

Parties  MSZP/SZKMMP
| No. | Name (Birth–Death) | Term of office | Term of office | Political party | Cabinet | Assembly (Election) |
| 1 | Sándor Csizmadia (1871–1929) serving with György Nyisztor, Jenő Hamburger and Károly Vántus | 21 March 1919 | 3 April 1919 | MSZP | Central Executive Council MSZP/SZKMMP | TOGY (—) |
| 1 | György Nyisztor (1869–1956) serving with Sándor Csizmadia, Jenő Hamburger and Károly Vántus | 21 March 1919 | 24 June 1919 | MSZP/SZKMMP | Central Executive Council MSZP/SZKMMP | TOGY (—) |
| 1 | Jenő Hamburger (1883–1936) serving with Sándor Csizmadia, György Nyisztor and Károly Vántus | 21 March 1919 | 1 August 1919 | MSZP/SZKMMP | Central Executive Council MSZP/SZKMMP | TOGY (—) |
| 1 | Károly Vántus (1879–1927) serving with Sándor Csizmadia, György Nyisztor and Jenő Hamburger | 21 March 1919 | 1 August 1919 | MSZP/SZKMMP | Central Executive Council MSZP/SZKMMP | TOGY (—) |

#### Counter-revolutionary governments (1919)

Parties  Independent
| No. | Name (Birth–Death) | Term of office | Term of office | Political party | Cabinet | Assembly (Election) |
| — | János Kintzig (1870–1939) | 5 May 1919 | 31 May 1919 | Independent | Arad | — |
| — | János Kintzig (1870–1939) | 31 May 1919 | 6 June 1919 | Independent | Szeged I | — |
| — | János Kintzig (1870–1939) | 6 June 1919 | 12 July 1919 | Independent | Szeged II | — |

## Ministers of agriculture (1919–1967)
### Hungarian People's Republic (1919)

Parties  MSZDP
| No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) | Term of office | Term of office | Political party | Cabinet | Assembly (Election) |
| 1 | | József Takács (1884–1961) | 1 August 1919 | 6 August 1919 (deposed) | MSZDP | Peidl MSZDP | — |

### Hungarian Republic (1919–1920)

Parties  National Smallholders and Agricultural Labourers Party (OKGFP)  Independent
| No. | Name (Birth–Death) | Term of office | Term of office | Political party | Cabinet | Assembly (Election) |
| — | Loránd Győry (1871–1926) acting | 7 August 1919 | 15 August 1919 | Independent | Friedrich KNP/KNEP–OKGFP | — |
| 1 | István Szabó de Nagyatád (1863–1924) 1st term | 15 August 1919 | 27 August 1919 | OKGFP | Friedrich KNP/KNEP–OKGFP | — |
| 2 | Gyula Rubinek (1865–1922) | 27 August 1919 | 24 November 1919 | OKGFP | Friedrich KNP/KNEP–OKGFP | — |
| 2 | Gyula Rubinek (1865–1922) | 24 November 1919 | 29 February 1920 | OKGFP | Huszár KNEP–OKGFP–MSZDP–NDPP | — |

### Hungarian Kingdom (1920–1946)

Parties  National Smallholders and Agricultural Labourers Party (OKGFP)  EP–NEP–MÉP  Transylvanian Party  Independent
| No. | Name (Birth–Death) | Term of office | Term of office | Political party | Cabinet | Assembly (Election) |
| 1 | Gyula Rubinek (1865–1922) | 29 February 1920 | 15 March 1920 | OKGFP | Huszár KNEP–OKGFP–MSZDP–NDPP | — |
| 1 | Gyula Rubinek (1865–1922) | 15 March 1920 | 19 July 1920 | OKGFP | Simonyi-Semadam KNEP–OKGFP | 17 (1920) |
| 1 | Gyula Rubinek (1865–1922) | 19 July 1920 | 15 August 1920 | OKGFP | Teleki I KNEP–OKGFP | 17 (1920) |
| 2 | István Szabó de Nagyatád (1863–1924) 2nd term | 15 August 1920 | 14 April 1921 | OKGFP | Teleki I KNEP–OKGFP | 17 (1920) |
| 2 | István Szabó de Nagyatád (1863–1924) 2nd term | 14 April 1921 | 3 December 1921 | OKGFP | Bethlen (KNEP–OKGFP)→EP | 17 (1920) |
| 3 | János Mayer (1871–1955) 1st term | 3 December 1921 | 2 February 1922 | OKGFP | Bethlen (KNEP–OKGFP)→EP | 17 (1920) |
| (3) | János Mayer (1871–1955) 1st term | 2 February 1922 | 16 June 1922 | EP | Bethlen (KNEP–OKGFP)→EP | 17 (1920) |
| (2) | István Szabó de Nagyatád (1863–1924) 3rd term | 16 June 1922 | 14 October 1924 | EP | Bethlen (KNEP–OKGFP)→EP | 18 (1922) |
| — | István Bethlen (1874–1946) acting | 14 October 1924 | 15 November 1924 | EP | Bethlen (KNEP–OKGFP)→EP | 18 (1922) |
| (3) | János Mayer (1871–1955) 2nd term | 15 November 1924 | 24 August 1931 | EP | Bethlen (KNEP–OKGFP)→EP | 18 (1922) |
| (3) | János Mayer (1871–1955) 2nd term | 15 November 1924 | 24 August 1931 | EP | Bethlen (KNEP–OKGFP)→EP | 19 (1926) |
| (3) | János Mayer (1871–1955) 2nd term | 15 November 1924 | 24 August 1931 | EP | Bethlen (KNEP–OKGFP)→EP | 20 (1931) |
| 4 | Béla Ivády (1873–1962) | 24 August 1931 | 4 February 1932 | EP | G. Károlyi EP–KGSZP | 20 (1931) |
| 5 | Emil Purgly (1880–1964) | 4 February 1932 | 1 October 1932 | EP | G. Károlyi EP–KGSZP | 20 (1931) |
| 6 | Miklós Kállay (1887–1967) | 1 October 1932 | 9 January 1935 | NEP | Gömbös NEP | 20 (1931) |
| 7 | Kálmán Darányi (1886–1939) | 9 January 1935 | 12 October 1936 | NEP | Gömbös NEP | 20 (1931) |
| 7 | Kálmán Darányi (1886–1939) | 9 January 1935 | 12 October 1936 | NEP | Gömbös NEP | 21 (1935) |
| 7 | Kálmán Darányi (1886–1939) | 12 October 1936 | 9 March 1938 | NEP | Darányi NEP | 21 (1935) |
| 8 | Ferenc Marschall (1887–1970) | 9 March 1938 | 14 May 1938 | NEP | Darányi NEP | 21 (1935) |
| 9 | Sándor Sztranyavszky (1882–1942) | 14 May 1938 | 15 November 1938 | NEP | Imrédy NEP | 21 (1935) |
| 10 | Mihály Teleki (1896–1991) | 15 November 1938 | 16 February 1939 | NEP | Imrédy NEP | 21 (1935) |
| 10 | Mihály Teleki (1896–1991) | 16 February 1939 | 30 December 1940 | MÉP | Teleki II MÉP | 21 (1935) |
| 10 | Mihály Teleki (1896–1991) | 16 February 1939 | 30 December 1940 | MÉP | Teleki II MÉP | 22 (1939) |
| 11 | Dániel Bánffy (1893–1955) | 30 December 1940 | 3 April 1941 | Transylvanian Party | Teleki II MÉP | 22 (1939) |
| 11 | Dániel Bánffy (1893–1955) | 3 April 1941 | 9 March 1942 | Transylvanian Party | Bárdossy MÉP | 22 (1939) |
| 11 | Dániel Bánffy (1893–1955) | 9 March 1942 | 22 March 1944 (deposed) | Transylvanian Party | Kállay MÉP | 22 (1939) |
| 12 | Béla Jurcsek (1893–1945) | 22 March 1944 | 29 August 1944 | MÉP | Sztójay MÉP–MMP | 22 (1939) |
| 12 | Béla Jurcsek (1893–1945) | 29 August 1944 | 16 October 1944 (deposed) | MÉP | Lakatos MÉP | 22 (1939) |

#### Government of National Unity (1944–1945)

Parties  Arrow Cross Party
| No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) | Term of office | Term of office | Political party | Cabinet | Assembly (Election) |
| 1 | | Fidél Pálffy (1895–1946) | 16 October 1944 | 28 March 1945 | NYKP | Szálasi NYKP–MMP | — |

#### Soviet-backed provisional governments (1944–1946)

Parties  MKP  FKGP
| No. | Name (Birth–Death) | Term of office | Term of office | Political party | Cabinet | Assembly (Election) |
| 1 | Imre Nagy (1896–1958) | 22 December 1944 | 15 November 1945 | MKP | Provisional National Government FKGP–MKP–MSZDP–NPP–PDP | INGY (1944) |
| 2 | Béla Kovács (1885–1950) | 15 November 1945 | 1 February 1946 | FKGP | Tildy FKGP–MKP–MSZDP–NPP | INGY (1944) |
| 2 | Béla Kovács (1885–1950) | 15 November 1945 | 1 February 1946 | FKGP | Tildy FKGP–MKP–MSZDP–NPP | 23 (1945) |

### Hungarian Republic (1946–1949)

Parties  FKGP  NPP
| No. | Name (Birth–Death) | Term of office | Term of office | Political party | Cabinet | Assembly (Election) |
| 1 | Béla Kovács (1885–1950) | 1 February 1946 | 23 February 1946 | FKGP | F. Nagy FKGP–MKP–MSZDP–NPP | 23 (1945) |
| 2 | István Dobi (1898–1968) 1st term | 23 February 1946 | 20 November 1946 | FKGP | F. Nagy FKGP–MKP–MSZDP–NPP | 23 (1945) |
| 3 | Károly Bárányos (1892–1956) | 20 November 1946 | 31 May 1947 | FKGP | F. Nagy FKGP–MKP–MSZDP–NPP | 23 (1945) |
| 3 | Károly Bárányos (1892–1956) | 31 May 1947 | 24 September 1947 | FKGP | Dinnyés MKP–FKGP–MSZDP–NPP | 23 (1945) |
| 3 | Károly Bárányos (1892–1956) | 31 May 1947 | 24 September 1947 | FKGP | Dinnyés MKP–FKGP–MSZDP–NPP | 24 (1947) |
| 4 | Árpád Szabó (1878–1948) | 24 September 1947 | 16 April 1948 | FKGP | Dinnyés MKP–FKGP–MSZDP–NPP | 24 (1947) |
| (2) | István Dobi (1898–1968) 2nd term | 16 April 1948 | 9 December 1948 | FKGP | Dinnyés MKP–FKGP–MSZDP–NPP | 24 (1947) |
| — | István Dobi (1898–1968) acting | 9 December 1948 | 10 December 1948 | FKGP | Dinnyés MKP–FKGP–MSZDP–NPP | 24 (1947) |
| 5 | István Csala (1899–1987) | 10 December 1948 | 11 June 1949 | FKGP | Dobi MDP–FKGP–NPP | 24 (1947) |
| 6 | Ferenc Erdei (1910–1971) | 11 June 1949 | 20 August 1949 | NPP | Dobi MDP–FKGP–NPP | 25 (1949) |

### Hungarian People's Republic (1949–1967)

Parties  MDP-MSZMP  FKGP  MSZP  Independent
| No. | Name (Birth–Death) | Term of office | Term of office | Political party | Cabinet | Assembly (Election) |
| 1 | Ferenc Erdei (1910–1971) 1st term | 20 August 1949 | 14 August 1952 | Independent | Dobi MDP | 25 (1949) |
| 1 | Ferenc Erdei (1910–1971) 1st term | 14 August 1952 | 4 July 1953 | Independent | Rákosi MDP | 25 (1949) |
| 2 | András Hegedüs (1922–1977) | 4 July 1953 | 30 October 1954 | MDP | I. Nagy I MDP | 26 (1953) |
| (1) | Ferenc Erdei (1910–1971) 2nd term | 30 October 1954 | 18 April 1955 | Independent | I. Nagy I MDP | 26 (1953) |
| (1) | Ferenc Erdei (1910–1971) 2nd term | 18 April 1955 | 15 November 1955 | Independent | Hegedüs MDP | 26 (1953) |
| 3 | János Matolcsi (1923–1983) | 15 November 1955 | 24 October 1956 | MDP | Hegedüs MDP | 26 (1953) |
| 4 | Béla Kovács (1885–1950) | 24 October 1956 | 3 November 1956 | FKGP | I. Nagy II MDP/MSZMP–FKGP | 26 (1953) |
| 5 | Imre Dögei (1912–1964) | 4 November 1956 | 28 January 1958 | MSZMP | Kádár I MSZMP | 26 (1953) |
| 5 | Imre Dögei (1912–1964) | 28 January 1958 | 15 January 1960 | MSZMP | Münnich MSZMP | 26 (1953) |
| 5 | Imre Dögei (1912–1964) | 28 January 1958 | 15 January 1960 | MSZMP | Münnich MSZMP | 27 (1958) |
| 6 | Pál Losonczi (1919–2005) | 15 January 1960 | 13 September 1961 | MSZMP | Münnich MSZMP | 27 (1958) |
| 6 | Pál Losonczi (1919–2005) | 13 September 1961 | 30 June 1965 | MSZMP | Kádár II MSZMP | 27 (1958) |
| 6 | Pál Losonczi (1919–2005) | 13 September 1961 | 30 June 1965 | MSZMP | Kádár II MSZMP | 28 (1963) |
| 6 | Pál Losonczi (1919–2005) | 30 June 1965 | 14 April 1967 | MSZMP | Kállai MSZMP | 28 (1963) |

## Ministers of agriculture and food (1967–1990)
### Hungarian People's Republic (1967–1989)

Parties  MSZMP  Independent
| No. | Name (Birth–Death) | Term of office | Term of office | Political party | Cabinet | Assembly (Election) |
| 1 | Imre Dimény (1922–2017) | 14 April 1967 | 15 May 1975 | MSZMP | Fock MSZMP | 29 (1967) |
| 1 | Imre Dimény (1922–2017) | 14 April 1967 | 15 May 1975 | MSZMP | Fock MSZMP | 30 (1971) |
| 1 | Imre Dimény (1922–2017) | 15 May 1975 | 4 July 1975 | MSZMP | Lázár MSZMP | 30 (1971) |
| 2 | Pál Romány (1929–2019) | 4 July 1975 | 27 June 1980 | MSZMP | Lázár MSZMP | 31 (1975) |
| 3 | Jenő Váncsa (1928–2016) | 27 June 1980 | 25 June 1987 | MSZMP | Lázár MSZMP | 32 (1980) |
| 3 | Jenő Váncsa (1928–2016) | 27 June 1980 | 25 June 1987 | MSZMP | Lázár MSZMP | 33 (1985) |
| 3 | Jenő Váncsa (1928–2016) | 25 June 1987 | 24 November 1988 | MSZMP | Grósz MSZMP | 33 (1985) |
| 3 | Jenő Váncsa (1928–2016) | 24 November 1988 | 10 May 1989 | MSZMP | Németh (MSZMP)→MSZP | 33 (1985) |
| 4 | Csaba Hütter (1943–) | 10 May 1989 | 7 October 1989 | MSZMP | Németh (MSZMP)→MSZP | 33 (1985) |
| (4) | Csaba Hütter (1943–) | 7 October 1989 | 23 October 1989 | Independent | Németh (MSZMP)→MSZP | 33 (1985) |

### Hungarian Republic (1989–1990)

Parties  Independent
| No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) | Term of office | Term of office | Political party | Cabinet | Assembly (Election) |
| — | | Csaba Hütter (1943–) provisional | 23 October 1989 | 23 May 1990 | Independent | Németh MSZP | — |

## Ministers of agriculture (1990–1998)
### Hungarian Republic (1990–2006)

Parties  FKGP  EKGP  MSZP
| No. | Name (Birth–Death) | Term of office | Term of office | Political party | Cabinet | Assembly (Election) |
| 1 | Ferenc József Nagy (1923–2019) | 23 May 1990 | 16 January 1991 | FKGP | Antall MDF–FKGP–KDNP | 34 (1990) |
| 2 | Elemér Gergátz (1942–2019) | 16 January 1991 | 24 February 1992 | FKGP | Antall MDF–FKGP–KDNP | 34 (1990) |
| (2) | Elemér Gergátz (1942–2019) | 24 February 1992 | 22 February 1993 | EKGP | Antall MDF–FKGP–KDNP | 34 (1990) |
| 3 | János Szabó (1937–2021) | 22 February 1993 | 21 December 1993 | EKGP | Antall MDF–FKGP–KDNP | 34 (1990) |
| 3 | János Szabó (1937–2021) | 21 December 1993 | 15 July 1994 | EKGP | Boross MDF–EKGP–KDNP | 34 (1990) |
| 4 | László Lakos (1945–) | 15 July 1994 | 15 December 1996 | MSZP | Horn MSZP–SZDSZ | 35 (1994) |
| 5 | Frigyes Nagy (1939–) | 15 December 1996 | 8 July 1998 | MSZP | Horn MSZP–SZDSZ | 35 (1994) |

## Ministers of agriculture and rural development (1998–2010)
### Hungarian Republic (1998–2010)

Parties  FKGP  MSZP
| No. | Name (Birth–Death) | Term of office | Term of office | Political party | Cabinet | Assembly (Election) |
| 1 | József Torgyán (1932–2017) | 8 July 1998 | 15 February 2001 | FKGP | Orbán I Fidesz–FKGP–MDF | 36 (1998) |
| — | Imre Boros (1947–) acting | 15 February 2001 | 25 March 2001 | FKGP | Orbán I Fidesz–FKGP–MDF | 36 (1998) |
| 2 | András Vonza (1955–) | 25 March 2001 | 27 May 2002 | FKGP | Orbán I Fidesz–FKGP–MDF | 36 (1998) |
| 3 | Imre Németh (1955–) | 27 May 2002 | 4 October 2004 | MSZP | Medgyessy MSZP–SZDSZ | 37 (2002) |
| 3 | Imre Németh (1955–) | 4 October 2004 | 1 May 2005 | MSZP | Gyurcsány I MSZP–SZDSZ | 37 (2002) |
| 4 | József Gráf (1946–) | 1 May 2005 | 9 June 2006 | MSZP | Gyurcsány I MSZP–SZDSZ | 37 (2002) |
| 4 | József Gráf (1946–) | 9 June 2006 | 14 April 2009 | MSZP | Gyurcsány II MSZP–SZDSZ | 38 (2006) |
| 4 | József Gráf (1946–) | 14 April 2009 | 29 May 2010 | MSZP | Bajnai MSZP | 38 (2006) |

## Ministers of rural development (2010–2014)
### Hungarian Republic / Hungary (2010–2014)

Parties  Fidesz
| No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) | Term of office | Term of office | Political party | Cabinet | Assembly (Election) |
| 1 | | Sándor Fazekas (1963–) | 29 May 2010 | 6 June 2014 | Fidesz | Orbán II Fidesz–KDNP | 39 (2010) |

## Ministers of agriculture (2014–present)
### Hungary (2014–present)

Parties  Fidesz
| No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) | Term of office | Term of office | Political party | Cabinet | Assembly (Election) |
| 1 | | Sándor Fazekas (1963–) | 6 June 2014 | 18 May 2018 | Fidesz | Orbán III Fidesz–KDNP | 40 (2014) |
| 2 | | István Nagy (1967–) | 18 May 2018 | Incumbent | Fidesz | Orbán IV Fidesz–KDNP | 41 (2018) |