Ferenc József Nagy
Ferenc József Nagy | |
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Minister of Agriculture | |
In office 23 May 1990 – 16 January 1991 | |
Preceded by | Csaba Hütter (Minister of Agriculture and Food) |
Succeeded by | Elemér Gergátz |
Personal details | |
Born | Kisharsány, Hungary | 22 April 1923
Died | 14 May 2019 | (aged 96)
Political party | FKGP (1937–48, 1989–92) TFKGP (1992–93) EKGP (1993–94) |
Profession | politician |
Ferenc József Nagy (22 April 1923 – 14 May 2019)[1] was a Hungarian agrarian engineer and 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 until 1994. Nagy was the chairman of the Independent Smallholders, Agrarian Workers and Civic Party for a short time.
Professional life
Ferenc József Nagy was born into an affluent peasant family in Kisharsány, Baranya County on 22 April 1923. His Calvinist parents, Ferenc Nagy (1890–1939) and Ilona Kovács (1896–1980) were farming on 47 acres. He had a sister, Ilona (1920–1980). Ferenc József Nagy married Erzsébet Bobár in 1951. They had three children: Ferenc (b. 1952), Piroska (b. 1953) and Attila (b. 1957). Ferenc József Nagy was a Presbyter since 1957.[2]
Nagy finished his elementary studies in his birthplace, then attended a secondary school at the nearby Siklós from 1933 to 1937. He farmed the family estate then. At the age of 14, he joined the local branch of the Independent Smallholders' Party (FKGP) in 1937. He became organizing secretary of the interest association Hungarian Peasant Alliance in 1941. As a notary, he was also involved in the Civic Reading Club between 1941 and 1948. Beside that he was a youth leader of the Christian Youth Alliance (KIE) from 1937 to 1948. He was a founding member of the Youth of Awakening Baranya in 1942.[2]
Following the
Political career
During the
Torgyán withdrew his party's support from the Antall cabinet, which resulted that the parliamentary caucus of the FKGP split into two groups on 24 February 1992. The majority of the MPs, including Nagy continued to support the government. He retained his position of minister in the cabinet too. As a member of the FKGP's Historic Division, Nagy joined the pro-government Historic Independent Smallholders' Party (TFKGP), led by Tivadar Pártay. By autumn 1993, the conflicts among the anti-Torgyán forces emerged as Pártay wanted to keep his party's monopolist status. Initially, Nagy remained a supporter of Pártay, but later he also joined the United Smallholders' Party (EKGP).[4] Following the death of József Antall in December 1993, Nagy retained his position of Minister of Compensation in the cabinet of Péter Boross, until 15 July 1994, when the Socialist leader Gyula Horn formed his government after the 1994 Hungarian parliamentary election.[3] He retired from the politics in 1994.
References
- Index.hu. 2019-05-20. Retrieved 2019-05-19.
- ^ a b c d e f g h Horváth, Zsolt (ed.): Az 1990-ben megválasztott Országgyűlés almanachja [The Elected Members of the National Assembly of Hungary, 1990], Országgyűlés, Budapest, 1992. p. 279.
- ^ a b Bölöny, József – Hubai, László: Magyarország kormányai 1848–2004 [Cabinets of Hungary 1848–2004], Akadémiai Kiadó, Budapest, 2004 (5th edition). p. 401.
- ISBN 978-963-693-276-3.