József Torgyán is a Hungarian lawyer and politician, chairman of the Independent Smallholders' Party, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development

Minister of Agriculture (Hungary)

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 in the government of Viktor Orbán

Viktor Orbán

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 (1998-2001).

Biography

Between 1951-1955 he studied at the Faculty of Law of the Eötvös Loránd University in Budapest

Budapest

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 (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 reactivated Holders. In 1990 he received the first seat in the National Assembly

National Assembly of Hungary

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 (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 MDF

MDF

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 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

National Theatre of Pécs

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. Their son, Attila is a lawyer.

Books

• Antalltól Orbánig (2005) http://www.konyvklub.hu/kiemelt/atoloig/index.html
• 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.