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President of the
Republic of Hungary
Flag of Hungary.svg
Insignia
Incumbent
László Sólyom

since 5 August 2005
Residence Sándor Palace
Appointer The Országgyűlés
Term length Five years, renewable once
Formation 1989
Website The Office of the President of the Republic of Hungary


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For Heads of State of Hungary before 1918, see List of rulers of Hungary.

[edit] The First Republic

The 1848 revolution had particular impact on the Kingdom of Hungary. The Magyars wanted to establish a Hungarian state, while the Croats sought autonomous government and separation from Hungary.

The independent Hungarian state was proclaimed on 14 April 1849, with Lajos Kossuth as Governor-President. On 13 August 1849, the Habsburgs reasserted their authority with the help of Russian troops.

Affiliation Ruler Reigns of rulers Remarks
Hungary declared complete independence from the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy on October 17, 1918 and formed the First Republic (as the 1849 state is not counted)
Hungarian Democratic Republic Mihály Károlyi and Dénes Berinkey 16 November 1918 – 21 March 1919 President and Prime Minister of the republic
Hungarian Soviet Republic and the Hungarian Party of Communists Béla Kun and Sándor Garbai 21 March – 1 August 1919 Leader and President/Prime Minister of the soviet republic, Romania invades and occupies Hungary.
Hungarian Soviet Republic and the Hungarian Party of Communists Béla Kun and Antal Dovcsák August 1919 Leader and President/Prime Minister of the soviet republic, Romanian occupation continues.
Hungarian Soviet Republic and the Hungarian Party of Communists Béla Kun and Gyula Peidl 1 August – 6 August 1919 Leader and President/Prime Minister of the soviet republic, Romanian occupation continues.
First Republic abolished.
Period White Terror Archduke Joseph August of Austria 6 August – 23 October 1919 Regent, Romanian occupation continues.
Period White Terror István Friedrich 23 October – 24 November 1919 President of the Republic, Romanian occupation continues.
Period White Terror Károly Huszár 24 November 1919 – 1 March 1920 President of the Republic, Romanian occupation ends.
Monarchy Restored
Kingdom of Hungary Miklós Horthy 1 March 1920 – 15 October 1944 Regent of a Kingdom with no King on the throne
Nazi dominated Hungarian State Ferenc Szálasi 16 October 1944 – 28 March 1945 Leader of the Nation for an Arrow Cross-dominated puppet-government in the Nazi occupied portions of the country, Hungary is occupied by Nazi Germany.
Soviet dominated Debrecan Government Béla Miklós 21 December 1944 – 2 February 1946 Prime Minister for a Communist-dominated puppet-government in the Soviet occupied portions of the country, Hungary is occupied by the Red Army.
Second Hungarian Republic
Second Hungarian Republic and Independent Smallholders' Party Zoltán Tildy 2 February 1946 – 2 August 1948 President of the Republic
Second Hungarian Republic and Hungarian Working People's Party Árpád Szakasits 2 August 1948 – 26 April 1950 President of the Republic
Renamed the "People's Republic of Hungary"
People's Republic of Hungary and Hungarian Working People's Party Sándor Rónai 26 April 1950 – 14 August 1952 Chairman of the Council of President
People's Republic of Hungary and Hungarian Socialist Workers Party István Dobi 14 August 1952 – 13 April 1967 Chairman of the Council of President
Hungarian Revolution of 1956
People's Republic of Hungary and Hungarian Socialist Workers Party Pál Losonczi 13 April 1967 – 25 June 1987 Chairman of the Council of President
People's Republic of Hungary and Hungarian Socialist Workers Party Károly Németh 25 June 1987 – 29 June 1988 Chairman of the Council of President
People's Republic of Hungary and Non-partisan Brunó Ferenc Straub 29 June 1988 – 18 October 1989 Chairman of the Council of President
Third Hungarian Republic
Republic of Hungary and Hungarian Socialist Workers Party Mátyás Szűrös 18 October 1989 – 2 May 1990 Interim President
Republic of Hungary and Alliance of Free Democrats Árpád Göncz 2 May 1990 – 4 August 2000 President of the Republic
Republic of Hungary and Non-partisan Ferenc Mádl 4 August 2000 – 5 August 2005 President of the Republic
Republic of Hungary and Non-partisan László Sólyom 5 August 2005 – (incumbent) President of the Republic

[edit] General Secretaries of the Hungarian Communist/Socialist Workers' Party (1945-1989)