High National Council

High National Council
High National Council
Head of state of Hungary
	Interim
	In office; 26 January 1945 – 1 February 1946 Disputed with Ferenc Szálasi to 28 March 1945
Monarch	Vacant
Prime Minister	Béla Miklós
Preceded by	Ferenc Szálasi as Leader of the Nation
Succeeded by	Zoltán Tildy as President of the Republic

The High National Council was the collective head of state of the Kingdom of Hungary from 1945 until 1946.

Members of the First High National Council (January 26, 1945–December 7, 1945)

Parties Independent MKP

Picture	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of Office		Political Party
style="background-color:Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color;" \|	Béla Zsedényi (1894–1955)	26 January 1945	7 December 1945	Independent
style="background-color:Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color;" \|	Béla Miklós (1890–1948)	26 January 1945	7 December 1945	Independent
style="background-color:Template:Hungarian Communist Party/meta/color;" \|	Ernő Gerő (1898–1980)	26 January 1945	11 May 1945	MKP
style="background-color:Template:Hungarian Communist Party/meta/color;" \|	József Révai (1898–1959)	11 May 1945	27 September 1945	MKP
style="background-color:Template:Hungarian Communist Party/meta/color;" \|	Mátyás Rákosi (1892–1971)	27 September 1945	7 December 1945	MKP

Parties FKGP MKP

Picture	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of Office		Political Party
style="background-color:Template:Independent Smallholders, Agrarian Workers and Civic Party/meta/color;" \|	Ferenc Nagy (1903–1979)	7 December 1945	1 February 1946	FKGP
style="background-color:Template:Independent Smallholders, Agrarian Workers and Civic Party/meta/color;" \|	Zoltán Tildy (1889–1961)	7 December 1945	1 February 1946	FKGP
style="background-color:Template:Hungarian Communist Party/meta/color;" \|	László Rajk (1909–1949)	7 December 1945	1 February 1946	MKP
style="background-color:Template:Independent Smallholders, Agrarian Workers and Civic Party/meta/color;" \|	Béla Varga (1903–1995)	7 December 1945	8 January 1946	FKGP