FILE PHOTO OF OUTGOING HUNGARIAN AGRICULTURE MINISTER TORGYAN, 2001-01-28 (photo)

Hungarian outgoing Agriculture Minister Jozsef Torgyan holds the back of chairs in this January 28, 2001 file photo. Hungarian Prmie Moinister Viktor Orban announced at a news conference, that he had accepted the resignation of Agriculture Minister Jozsef Torgyan, February 8, 2001 who was at the center of a growing controversy that has embarrassed the government. Torgyan's resignation came in the midst of growing criticism of his conduct as a minister, which has included extensive travel to destinations like Thailand and South America with which Hungary has almost no agricultural trade. LB/