List of prime ministers of Hungary

The following is a list of Prime Ministers of Hungary (Hungarian: Magyarország miniszterelnöke, literally Ministers-President) from when the first Prime Minister (in the modern sense), Lajos Batthyány, took office in 1848 (during the Hungarian Revolution of 1848) until the present day. The prime minister is head of the Government of Hungary.

There are currently five living former Prime Ministers of Hungary.

Kingdom of Hungary (1848–1849)

Parties   Opposition Party

No.	Picture	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of Office		Political Party	Cabinet	Assembly (Election)
1		Lajos Batthyány (1807–1849)	17 March 1848	2 October 1848	Opposition Party	Batthyány	Last Diet
							1 (1848)
style="background:Template:Military Rule/meta/color; color:black;"|—		Ádám Récsey (1775–1852) appointed illegally	3 October 1848	7 October 1848	Imperial Army	—
2		Lajos Kossuth (1802–1894) de facto	2 October 1848	14 April 1849	Opposition Party	Committee of National Defence

Hungarian State (1849)

Parties   Opposition Party

No.	Picture	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of Office		Political Party	Cabinet	Assembly (Election)
(2)		Lajos Kossuth (1802–1894) de facto	14 April 1849	1 May 1849	Opposition Party	Committee of National Defence	1 (1848)
3		Bertalan Szemere (1812–1869)	2 May 1849	11 August 1849	Opposition Party	Szemere

After the collapse of the Hungarian Revolution of 1848, the restored Hungarian Kingdom became an integral part of the Austrian Empire until 1867, when dual Austro-Hungarian Monarchy was created and the Hungarian Kingdom was organized as Lands of the Crown of Saint Stephen.

Chancellors of Hungary (1527–1848)

• 1527-1536 Tamás Szalaházi
• 1539 Ferenc Ujlaki
• 1541-1542 Péter Perényi
• 1543-1568 Miklós Oláh
• 1568-1577 János Liszti
• 1578-1586 György Draskovich
• 1586-1590 Péter Heresinczy
• 1592-1597 János Kutassi
• 1598-1602 Márton Pethe
• 1602-1607 Ferenc Forgách
• 1608-1623 Bálint Lépes
• 1623-1635 István Sennyey
• 1635-1642 György Lippay
• 1642-1644 István Bosnyák
• 1644-1666 György Szelepcsényi
• 1666-1669 Ferenc Szegedy
• 1669-1679 Tamás Pálffy
• 1679-1686 János Gubasóczy
• 1686-1690 Péter Korompay
• 1690-1695 Balázs Jaklin
• 1696-1705 László Mattyasovszky
• 1706-1723 Miklós Illésházy
• 1725 László Erdődy
• 1725 Imre Esterházy
• 1725-1732 Ádám Acsády
• 1733-1746 Lajos Batthyány
• 1746-1758 Lipót Nádasdy
• 1758-1762 Miklós Pálffy
• 1762-1787 Ferenc Esterházy
• 1787-1807 Károly Pálffy
• 1807-1819 József Erdődy
• 1820-1826 Ferenc Koháry
• 1826-1827 Mihály Nádasdy
• 1827-1836 Ádám Reviczky
• 1836-1838 Fidél Pálffy
• 1839-1847 Anta Mailáthl
• 1847-1848 György Apponyi

Chancellors of Hungary (1860–1867)

The October Diploma of 1860 granted limited autonomy to Hungary via the office of its Chancellery, run by members of the landed gentry. The February Patent of 1861 further reinforced this. However, a truly responsible government was not restored until the Ausgleich of 1867.

Parties   Conservative Party

No.	Picture	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of Office		Political Party	Cabinet	Assembly (Election)
—		Miklós Vay (1802–1894)	20 October 1860 (1860-10-20)	18 July 1861 (1861-07-18)	Conservative Party	Hungarian Court Chancellery	None
—		Antal Forgách (1819–1885)	18 July 1861 (1861-07-18)	22 April 1864 (1864-04-22)	Conservative Party		2 (1861)
—		Ármin Zichy (1814–1880)	22 April 1864 (1864-04-22)	27 July 1865 (1865-07-27)	Conservative Party
—		György Majláth (1818–1883)	27 July 1865 (1865-07-27)	17 February 1867 (1867-02-17)	Conservative Party		3 (1865)

Lands of the Crown of Saint Stephen (1867–1918)

Parties   Deák Party/Liberal Party/National Party of Work   National Constitution Party   F48P–Károlyi   Independent

No.	Picture	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of Office		Political Party	Cabinet	Assembly (Election)
4		Gyula Andrássy (1823–1890)	17 February 1867	14 November 1871	Deák Party	Andrássy DP	3 (1865)
							4 (1869)
5		Menyhért Lónyay (1822–1884)	14 November 1871	4 December 1872	Deák Party	Lónyay DP
							5 (1872)
6		József Szlávy (1818–1900)	4 December 1872	21 March 1874	Deák Party	Szlávy DP
7		István Bittó (1822–1903)	21 March 1874	2 March 1875	Deák Party	Bittó DP–BK
8		Béla Wenckheim (1811–1879)	2 March 1875	20 October 1875	Liberal Party	Wenckheim SZP
9		Kálmán Tisza (1830–1902)	20 October 1875	13 March 1890	Liberal Party	K. Tisza SZP	6 (1875)
							7 (1878)
							8 (1881)
							9 (1884)
							10 (1887)
10		Gyula Szapáry (1832–1905)	13 March 1890	17 November 1892	Liberal Party	Szapáry SZP
							11 (1892)
11		Sándor Wekerle (1848–1921) 1st term	17 November 1892	14 January 1895	Liberal Party	Wekerle I SZP
12		Dezső Bánffy (1843–1911)	14 January 1895	26 February 1899	Liberal Party	Bánffy SZP
							12 (1896)
13		Kálmán Széll (1843–1915)	26 February 1899	27 June 1903	Liberal Party	Széll SZP
							13 (1901)
14		Károly Khuen-Héderváry (1849–1918) 1st term	27 June 1903	3 November 1903	Liberal Party	Khuen-Héderváry I SZP
15		István Tisza (1861–1918) 1st term	3 November 1903	18 June 1905	Liberal Party	I. Tisza I SZP
style="background:Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color; color:black;"|16		Géza Fejérváry (1833–1914)	18 June 1905	8 April 1906	Independent	Fejérváry SZP	14 (1905)
(11)		Sándor Wekerle (1848–1921) 2nd term	8 April 1906	17 January 1910	National Constitution Party	Wekerle II F48P–OAP–KNP–PDP	15 (1906)
(14)		Károly Khuen-Héderváry (1849–1918) 2nd term	17 January 1910	22 April 1912	National Party of Work	Khuen-Héderváry II NMP	16 (1910)
17		László Lukács (1850–1932)	22 April 1912	10 June 1913	National Party of Work	Lukács NMP
(15)		István Tisza (1861–1918) 2nd term	10 June 1913	15 June 1917	National Party of Work	I. Tisza II NMP
style="background:Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color; color:black;"|18		Móric Esterházy (1881–1960)	15 June 1917	20 August 1917	Independent	Esterházy NMP–F48P–OAP–PDP–KNP
(11)		Sándor Wekerle (1848–1921) 3rd term	20 August 1917	30 October 1918	National Constitution Party → '48 Constitution Party	Wekerle III NMP–F48P–OAP–PDP–KNP
19		János Hadik (1863–1933)	30 October 1918	31 October 1918	National Constitution Party	Hadik not formed
20		Mihály Károlyi (1875–1955)	31 October 1918	16 November 1918	F48P–Károlyi	M. Károlyi F48P–K–PRP–MSZDP	MNT (—)

First Hungarian Republic (1918–1919)

Parties   F48P–Károlyi   Civic Radical Party (PRP)

No.	Picture	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of Office		Political Party	Cabinet	Assembly (Election)
(20)		Mihály Károlyi (1875–1955) interim head of state	16 November 1918	11 January 1919	F48P–Károlyi	M. Károlyi F48P–K–PRP–MSZDP	MNT (—)
—		Dénes Berinkey (1871–1944) acting	11 January 1919	19 January 1919	PRP
21		Dénes Berinkey (1871–1944)	19 January 1919	21 March 1919		Berinkey F48P–K–PRP–MSZDP–OKGFP

Hungarian Soviet Republic (1919)

Parties   MSZP/SZKMMP   MSZDP

No.	Picture	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of Office		Political Party	Cabinet	Assembly (Election)
style="background:Template:Hungarian Communist Party/meta/color; color:white;"|22		Sándor Garbai (1879–1947) de facto	21 March 1919	1 August 1919	MSZP/SZKMMP	Central Executive Council MSZP/SZKMMP	TOGY (—)
style="background:Template:Social Democratic Party of Hungary/meta/color; color:white;"|23		Gyula Peidl (1873–1943) interim head of state	1 August 1919	6 August 1919 (deposed)	MSZDP	Peidl MSZDP	—

Counter-revolutionary governments (1919)

Parties   Independent

No.	Picture	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of Office		Political Party	Cabinet	Assembly (Election)
rowspan="2" style="background:Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color; color:black;"|—		Gyula Károlyi (1871–1947)	5 May 1919	31 May 1919	Independent	Arad	—
31 May 1919			12 July 1919	Szeged I
style="background:Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color; color:black;"|—		Dezső Pattantyús-Ábrahám (1875–1973)	12 July 1919	12 August 1919	Independent	Szeged II	—

Hungarian Republic (1919–1920)

Parties   KNEP   Independent

No.	Picture	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of Office		Political Party	Cabinet	Assembly (Election)
style="background:Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color; color:black;"|—		István Friedrich (1883–1951) acting	7 August 1919	15 August 1919	Independent	Friedrich KNP/KNEP–OKGFP	—
24		István Friedrich (1883–1951) interim head of state	15 August 1919	24 November 1919	KNP → KNEP
25		Károly Huszár (1882–1941) interim head of state	24 November 1919	15 March 1920	KNEP	Huszár KNEP–OKGFP–MSZDP–NDPP	—

Kingdom of Hungary (1920–1946)

Parties   KNEP   EP–NEP–MÉP   Independent

No.	Picture	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of Office		Political Party	Cabinet	Assembly (Election)
26	File:Simonyi-Semadam.jpg	Sándor Simonyi-Semadam (1864–1946)	15 March 1920	19 July 1920	KNEP	Simonyi-Semadam KNEP–OKGFP	17 (1920)
27		Pál Teleki (1879–1941) 1st term	19 July 1920	14 April 1921	KNEP	Teleki I KNEP–OKGFP
28		István Bethlen (1874–1946)	14 April 1921	2 February 1922	KNEP	Bethlen (KNEP–OKGFP)→EP
(28)			2 February 1922	24 August 1931	EP
							18 (1922)
							19 (1926)
							20 (1931)
29		Gyula Károlyi (1871–1947)	24 August 1931	1 October 1932	EP	G. Károlyi EP–KGSZP
30		Gyula Gömbös (1886–1936)	1 October 1932	6 October 1936 (died in office)	NEP	Gömbös NEP
							21 (1935)
—		Kálmán Darányi (1886–1939) acting	6 October 1936	12 October 1936	NEP
31		Kálmán Darányi (1886–1939)	12 October 1936	14 May 1938		Darányi NEP
32		Béla Imrédy (1891–1946)	14 May 1938	16 February 1939	NEP	Imrédy NEP
(27)		Pál Teleki (1879–1941) 2nd term	16 February 1939	3 April 1941 (died in office)	MÉP	Teleki II MÉP
							22 (1939)
—		Ferenc Keresztes-Fischer (1881–1948) acting	3 April 1941		MÉP
33		László Bárdossy (1890–1946)	3 April 1941	7 March 1942	MÉP	Bárdossy MÉP
—		Ferenc Keresztes-Fischer (1881–1948) acting	7 March 1942	9 March 1942	MÉP
34		Miklós Kállay (1887–1967)	9 March 1942	22 March 1944 (deposed)	MÉP	Kállay MÉP
style="background:Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color; color:black;"|35		Döme Sztójay (1883–1946)	22 March 1944	29 August 1944	Independent	Sztójay MÉP–MMP
style="background:Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color; color:black;"|36		Géza Lakatos (1890–1967)	29 August 1944	16 October 1944 (deposed)	Independent	Lakatos MÉP

Government of National Unity (1944–1945)

Parties   NYKP

No.	Picture	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of Office		Political Party	Cabinet	Assembly (Election)
style="background-color:Template:Arrow Cross Party/meta/color; color:white" |37		Ferenc Szálasi (1897–1946) head of state	16 October 1944	28 March 1945	NYKP	Szálasi NYKP–MMP	—

Soviet-backed provisional governments (1944–1946)

Parties   FKGP   Independent   MKP

No.	Picture	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of Office		Political Party	Cabinet	Assembly (Election)
style="background:Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color; color:black;"|38		Béla Miklós (1890–1948)	22 December 1944	15 November 1945	Independent	Provisional National Government FKGP–MKP–MSZDP–NPP–PDP	INGY (1944)
style="background:Template:Independent Smallholders, Agrarian Workers and Civic Party/meta/color; color:white;"|39		Zoltán Tildy (1889–1961)	15 November 1945	1 February 1946	FKGP	Tildy FKGP–MKP–MSZDP–NPP	23 (1945)
style="background:Template:Hungarian Communist Party/meta/color; color:white"|—		Mátyás Rákosi (1892–1971) acting	1 February 1946	4 February 1946	MKP

Hungarian Republic (1946–1949)

Parties   FKGP   MKP–MDP

No.	Picture	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of Office		Political Party	Cabinet	Assembly (Election)
style="background:Template:Independent Smallholders, Agrarian Workers and Civic Party/meta/color; color:white;"|40		Ferenc Nagy (1903–1979)	4 February 1946	31 May 1947	FKGP	F. Nagy FKGP–MKP–MSZDP–NPP	23 (1945)
style="background:Template:Hungarian Communist Party/meta/color; color:white"|—		Mátyás Rákosi (1892–1971) acting	31 May 1947		MKP
rowspan="2" style="background:Template:Independent Smallholders, Agrarian Workers and Civic Party/meta/color; color:white;"|41		Lajos Dinnyés (1901–1961)	31 May 1947	10 December 1948	FKGP	Dinnyés MKP–FKGP–MSZDP–NPP
24 (1947)
	style="background:Template:Independent Smallholders, Agrarian Workers and Civic Party/meta/color; color:white;"|42		István Dobi (1898–1968)	10 December 1948	20 August 1949	FKGP	Dobi MDP–FKGP–NPP
	style="background:Template:Hungarian Working People's Party/meta/color; color:white;"|(42)					MDP

Hungarian People's Republic (1949–1989)

Chairman of the Council of Ministers

Main article: Council of Ministers of the Hungarian People's Republic

Parties   MDP–MSZMP   MSZP

No.	Picture	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of Office		Political Party	Cabinet	Assembly (Election)
style="background:Template:Hungarian Working People's Party/meta/color; color:white"|(42)		István Dobi (1898–1968)	20 August 1949	14 August 1952	MDP	Dobi MDP	25 (1949)
style="background:Template:Hungarian Working People's Party/meta/color; color:white"|43		Mátyás Rákosi (1892–1971)	14 August 1952	4 July 1953	MDP	Rákosi MDP
style="background:Template:Hungarian Working People's Party/meta/color; color:white"|44		Imre Nagy (1896–1958) 1st term	4 July 1953	18 April 1955	MDP	I. Nagy I MDP	26 (1953)
style="background:Template:Hungarian Working People's Party/meta/color; color:white"|45		András Hegedüs (1922–1999)	18 April 1955	24 October 1956	MDP	Hegedüs MDP
rowspan="2" style="background:Template:Hungarian Working People's Party/meta/color; color:white"|(44)		Imre Nagy (1896–1958) 2nd term	24 October 1956	3 November 1956	MDP	I. Nagy II MDP→MSZMP–FKGP
MSZMP
			style="background:Template:Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party/meta/color; color:white"|(44)	3 November 1956	4 November 1956 (deposed)	I. Nagy III MSZMP–FKGP–MSZDP–PP
style="background:Template:Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party/meta/color; color:white"|46		János Kádár (1912–1989) 1st term	4 November 1956	28 January 1958	MSZMP	Kádár I MSZMP
style="background:Template:Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party/meta/color; color:white"|47		Ferenc Münnich (1886–1967)	28 January 1958	13 September 1961	MSZMP	Münnich MSZMP	27 (1958)
rowspan="2" style="background:Template:Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party/meta/color; color:white"|(46)		János Kádár (1912–1989) 2nd term	13 September 1961	30 June 1965	MSZMP	Kádár II MSZMP
28 (1963)
	style="background:Template:Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party/meta/color; color:white"|48		Gyula Kállai (1910–1996)	30 June 1965	14 April 1967	MSZMP	Kállai MSZMP
rowspan="2" style="background:Template:Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party/meta/color; color:white"|49		Jenő Fock (1916–2001)	14 April 1967	15 May 1975	MSZMP	Fock MSZMP	29 (1967)
30 (1971)
rowspan="3" style="background:Template:Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party/meta/color; color:white"|50		György Lázár (1924–2014)	15 May 1975	25 June 1987	MSZMP	Lázár MSZMP	31 (1975)
32 (1980)
33 (1985)
	style="background:Template:Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party/meta/color; color:white"|51		Károly Grósz (1930–1996)	25 June 1987	24 November 1988	MSZMP	Grósz MSZMP
	style="background:Template:Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party/meta/color; color:white"|52		Miklós Németh (1948–)	24 November 1988	7 October 1989	MSZMP	Németh MSZMP
	style="background:Template:Hungarian Socialist Party/meta/color; color:white"|(52)			7 October 1989	23 October 1989	MSZP

Hungarian Republic / Hungary (from 1989)

Parties   MSZP   Fidesz   MDF   Independent

No.	Picture	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of Office		Political Party	Cabinet	Assembly (Election)
style="background:Template:Hungarian Socialist Party/meta/color; color:white"|—		Miklós Németh (1948–) provisional	23 October 1989	23 May 1990	MSZP	Németh MSZP	—
style="background:Template:Hungarian Democratic Forum/meta/color; color:white"|53		József Antall (1932–1993)	23 May 1990	12 December 1993 (died in office)	MDF	Antall MDF–FKGP–KDNP[1]	34 (1990)
style="background:Template:Hungarian Democratic Forum/meta/color; color:white"|—		Péter Boross (1928–) acting	12 December 1993	21 December 1993	MDF
style="background:Template:Hungarian Democratic Forum/meta/color; color:white"|54		Péter Boross (1928–)	21 December 1993	15 July 1994		Boross MDF–EKGP–KDNP
style="background:Template:Hungarian Socialist Party/meta/color; color:white"|55		Gyula Horn (1932–2013)	15 July 1994	6 July 1998	MSZP	Horn MSZP–SZDSZ	35 (1994)
style="background:Template:Fidesz/meta/color; color:white"|56		Viktor Orbán (1963–) 1st term	6 July 1998	27 May 2002	Fidesz	Orbán I Fidesz–FKGP–MDF	36 (1998)
style="background:Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color; color:black;"|57		Péter Medgyessy (1942–)	27 May 2002	29 September 2004 (resigned)	Independent	Medgyessy MSZP–SZDSZ	37 (2002)
rowspan="2" style="background:Template:Hungarian Socialist Party/meta/color; color:white"|58		Ferenc Gyurcsány (1961–)	29 September 2004	9 June 2006	MSZP	Gyurcsány I MSZP–SZDSZ
9 June 2006			14 April 2009 (resigned)	Gyurcsány II MSZP–SZDSZ[2]		38 (2006)
style="background:Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color; color:black;"|59		Gordon Bajnai (1968–)	14 April 2009	29 May 2010	Independent		Bajnai MSZP[3]
rowspan="3" style="background:Template:Fidesz/meta/color; color:white"|(56)		Viktor Orbán (1963–) 2nd term	29 May 2010	10 May 2014	Fidesz	Orbán II Fidesz–KDNP	39 (2010)
10 May 2014			10 May 2018	Orbán III Fidesz–KDNP		40 (2014)
10 May 2018			Incumbent	Orbán IV Fidesz–KDNP		41 (2018)

¹ FKGP split into two groups on 24 February 1992. EKGP (Group of 33 then 36 MPs) continued to support the government, while FKGP (Group of 12 then 10 MPs) went into opposition.

² SZDSZ left the Gyurcsány II Cabinet on 20 April 2008.

³ The Bajnai Cabinet was supported externally by SZDSZ.

See also

• List of rulers of Hungary
• List of heads of state of Hungary
• List of palatines of Hungary
• List of Prime Ministers of Hungary by tenure
• List of Prime Ministers of Hungary (graphical)
• Records of Prime Ministers of Hungary

Sources

• Bölöny, József – Hubai, László: Magyarország kormányai 1848–2004 [Cabinets of Hungary 1848–2004], Akadémiai Kiadó, Budapest, 2004 (5th edition).
• Izsák, Alajos – Pölöskei, Ferenc – Romsics, Ignác – Urbán, Aladár: Magyar miniszterelnökök 1848–2002 [Prime ministers of Hungary 1848–2002], Kossuth Kiadó, Budapest, 2003.
• Markó, László: A magyar állam főméltóságai Szent Istvántól napjainkig – Életrajzi Lexikon [The High Officers of the Hungarian State from Saint Stephen to the Present Days – A Biographical Encyclopedia] (2nd edition); Helikon Kiadó Kft., 2006, Budapest; ISBN 963-547-085-1.

External links

• Rulers.org