József Torgyán

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József Torgyán
Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development of Hungary
In office 8 July 1998 – 15 February 2001
Preceded by	Frigyes Nagy (Minister of Agriculture)
Succeeded by	Imre Boros
Personal details
Born	(1932-11-16)16 November 1932 Mátészalka, Kingdom of Hungary
Political party	FKGP
Profession	lawyer, politician

The native form of this personal name is Torgyán József. This article uses the Western name order.

József Torgyán (born November 16, 1932 in Mátészalka) 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 (1998-2001).

Biography

Between 1951-1955 he studied at the Faculty of Law of the Eötvös Loránd University in Budapest (ELTE). He took part in the Hungarian Revolution of 1956. After graduation he worked as an attorney for political activity was repressed. In 1988 he was among the founders of the Independent Smallholders Party. In 1990 he received the first seat in the National Assembly (re-elected in 1994 and 1998).

After winning the first round of the Fidesz parliamentary elections in 1998 Smallholders Party has concluded an alliance with the center-right, as a result of which she had obtained a majority in the National Assembly, and the populists, together with the Hungarian Democratic Forum (MDF) became a supporter of the ruling coalition. In this Torgyán government held the position of prime minister and minister of agriculture. In 2000 he was one of the candidates for the office of President of Hungary. In the 2002 elections the party received no seats and found itself on the margins of policy. In 2006, became chairman of the Hungarian Torgyán Renewal Movement.

Family

He married to Mária Cseh in 1959, who was an actress in the National Theatre of Pécs. Their son, Attila is a lawyer.

Books

Antalltól Orbánig (2005)
Kereszténység az ezer vallás világában 2006
Humor a házban (2007)

External links

Rövid életrajz
Választás.hu
Az 'Antalltól Orbánig' rövid bemutatása
1991: az FKGP társelnökévé választják Torgyán doktort, Index, 2008. április 26.
Torgyán József interjú - Torgyán-Kisgazda-Koalíció, Magyarpartok, 2010. február 09.

Political offices
Preceded by Lajos Für	Leader of the Opposition 1996–1997	Succeeded by Viktor Orbán
Preceded by Frigyes Nagy	Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development 1998–2001	Succeeded by Imre Boros
Party political offices
Preceded by Ferenc József Nagy	Chairman of the Independent Smallholders' Party 1991–2002	Succeeded by Miklós Réti

v t e Ministers of Agriculture of Hungary since 1848

Revolution of 1848	Klauzál Batthyány

Kingdom of Hungary	Gorove Szlávy Zichy Bartal Simonyi Trefort Kemény Széchenyi Szapáry A. Bethlen Fejérváry Festetics I. Darányi Tallián György Feilitzsch I. Darányi Serényi Ghillány Mezőssy Wekerle Serényi

Transition period	Buza Csizmadia Nyisztor Hamburger Vántus (opposed by Kintzig) Takács Győry I. Szabó Rubinek

Regency	I. Szabó Mayer I. Szabó I. Bethlen Mayer Ivády Purgly Kállay K. Darányi Marschall Sztranyavszky Teleki Bánffy Jurcsek

Transition period	Pálffy I. Nagy Kovács Dobi Bárányos Á. Szabó Dobi Csala

Communist Hungary	Erdei Hegedüs Erdei Matolcsi Kovács Dögei Losonczi Dimény Romány Váncsa Hütter

Republic of Hungary	F. J. Nagy Gergátz J. Szabó Lakos F. Nagy Torgyán Boros Vonza Németh Gráf Fazekas

Ministers of Agriculture, Industry and Trade (1848-1889)

Persondata
Name	Torgyan, Jozsef
Alternative names
Short description	Hungarian politician
Date of birth	16 November 1932
Place of birth	Mátészalka, Kingdom of Hungary
Date of death
Place of death

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