József Ángyán (born September 20, 1952) is a Hungarian agriculture engineer, professor and politician who served as State Secretary in the Ministry of Rural Development from June 2, 2010 to February 5, 2012.
During the transition to democracy, he was active in the pro-democracy movement in Gödöllő and supported Gábor Roszík, who became the first democratically elected opposition MP in the parliament.
After that he raised many controversial issues in the relationship between the Fidesz government and some influential "close-ally" businessmen, including Lajos Simicska and Zsolt Nyerges, who were called by Ángyán as "oligarchs" in his statements.
Ángyán called attention to abuses among state land lease tenders, where the method and criteria of evaluation remained unknown.
He published a comprehensive report, in which he urged the government to set aside instantly the already announced land lease tenders and review the closed ones.
[6] Ángyán left the Fidesz parliamentary group on June 21, 2013, when the majority of the parliament adopted a controversial new land act under scandalous circumstances.