List of heads of state of Hungary
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| President of the Republic of Hungary |
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| 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 |
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| 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)
- Mátyás Rákosi: February 1945 – 18 July 1956
- Ernő Gerő: 21 July – 25 October 1956
- János Kádár: 25 October 1956 – 22 May 1988
- Károly Grósz: 22 May 1988 – 7 October 1989
