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.

List of officeholders

Portrait		Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office Electoral mandates		Ministerial portfolios held during tenure	Party	Ministry	Monarch (Reign)
Kingdom of Hungary (Revolution; 1848–1849)
Minister-President
rowspan=2 style="background-color: Template:Opposition Party (Hungary)/meta/color" \|		Lajos Batthyány, Count of Németújvár (1807–1849)	17 March 1848	2 October 1848		Opposition	Batthyány	Ferdinand V (1835–1848)
1848		Lajos Batthyány, Count of Németújvár (1807–1849)				Opposition	Batthyány
style="background-color: Template:Opposition Party (Hungary)/meta/color" \|			Lajos Kossuth (1802–1894)	2 October 1848	14 April 1849		Opposition		National Defence Committee
Hungarian State (1849)
Portrait		Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office Electoral mandates		Ministerial portfolios held during tenure	Party	Ministry	Regent (Term)
Chief of Goverment
rowspan=2 style="background-color: Template:Opposition Party (Hungary)/meta/color" \|		Bertalan Szemere (1812–1869)	Hungarian War of Independence		Minister of Interior	Opposition	Szemere	Lajos Kossuth (1849)
2 May 1849		Bertalan Szemere (1812–1869)	11 August 1849		Minister of Interior	Opposition	Szemere	Lajos Kossuth (1849)
Lands of the Crown of Saint Stephen (1867–1918)
Portrait		Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office Electoral mandates		Ministerial portfolios held during tenure	Party	Ministry	Monarch (Reign)
Minister-President
		Gyula Andrássy, Count of Csíkszentkirály and Krasznahorvát (1823–1890)	17 February 1867	14 November 1871	Minister of Defence	Deák	Andrássy	Francis Joseph I (1848–1916)
			1865 1869		Minister of Defence	Deák	Andrássy
		Menyhért Lónyay, Count of Nagylónya and Vásárosnamény (1822–1884)	14 November 1871	4 December 1872	Minister of Defence	Deák	Lónyay
			1872		Minister of Defence	Deák	Lónyay
		József Szlávy (1818–1900)	4 December 1872	21 March 1874		Deák	Szlávy
		István Bittó, Count of Sárosfa and Nádasd (1822–1903)	21 March 1874	2 March 1875		Deák	Bittó (DP–BK)
rowspan=2 style="background-color: Template:Hungarian Liberal Party/meta/color" \|		Baron Béla Wenckheim (1811–1879)	2 March 1875	20 October 1875	Minister besides the King	Liberal	Wenckheim
1875		Baron Béla Wenckheim (1811–1879)			Minister besides the King	Liberal	Wenckheim
rowspan=2 style="background-color: Template:Hungarian Liberal Party/meta/color" \|			Kálmán Tisza, 1st Count of Borosjenő (1830–1902)	20 October 1875	13 March 1890	Minister of Interior Minister of Finance	Liberal		Kálmán Tisza
1878 1881 1884 1887			Kálmán Tisza, 1st Count of Borosjenő (1830–1902)			Minister of Interior Minister of Finance	Liberal		Kálmán Tisza
rowspan=2 style="background-color: Template:Hungarian Liberal Party/meta/color" \|		Gyula Szapáry, Count of Szapár, Muraszombat and Széchy-Sziget (1832–1905)	13 March 1890	17 November 1892	Minister of Interior	Liberal	Szapáry
1892					Minister of Interior	Liberal	Szapáry
style="background-color: Template:Hungarian Liberal Party/meta/color" \|			Sándor Wekerle (1848–1921)	17 November 1892	14 January 1895	Minister of Finance	Liberal		Wekerle I
rowspan=2 style="background-color: Template:Hungarian Liberal Party/meta/color" \|		Baron Dezső Bánffy (1843–1911)	14 January 1895	26 February 1899		Liberal	Bánffy
1896		Baron Dezső Bánffy (1843–1911)				Liberal	Bánffy
rowspan=2 style="background-color: Template:Hungarian Liberal Party/meta/color" \|			Kálmán Széll (1843–1915)	26 February 1899	27 June 1903	Minister of Interior	Liberal		Széll
1901			Kálmán Széll (1843–1915)			Minister of Interior	Liberal		Széll
style="background-color: Template:Hungarian Liberal Party/meta/color" \|		Károly Khuen-Héderváry, Count of Hédervár (1849–1918)	27 June 1903	3 November 1903	Minister of Interior Minister besides the King	Liberal	Khuen-Héderváry I
rowspan=2 style="background-color: Template:Hungarian Liberal Party/meta/color" \|		István Tisza, 2nd Count of Borosjenő (1861–1918)	3 November 1903	18 June 1905	Minister of Interior Minister besides the King	Liberal	István Tisza I
1905		István Tisza, 2nd Count of Borosjenő (1861–1918)			Minister of Interior Minister besides the King	Liberal	István Tisza I
style="background-color: Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color" \|			Baron Géza Fejérváry (1833–1914)	18 June 1905	8 April 1906	Minister besides the King	Independent		Fejérváry
		Sándor Wekerle (1848–1921)	8 April 1906	17 January 1910		National Constitution	Wekerle II (F48P–OAP–KNP–PDP)
		Sándor Wekerle (1848–1921)	1906			National Constitution	Wekerle II (F48P–OAP–KNP–PDP)
		Károly Khuen-Héderváry, Count of Hédervár (1849–1918)	17 January 1910	22 April 1912	Minister of Interior Minister besides the King	National Labour	Khuen-Héderváry II
		Károly Khuen-Héderváry, Count of Hédervár (1849–1918)	1910		Minister of Interior Minister besides the King	National Labour	Khuen-Héderváry II
		László Lukács (1850–1932)	22 April 1912	10 June 1913	Minister of Interior Minister besides the King	National Labour	Lukács
		István Tisza, 2nd Count of Borosjenő (1861–1918)	10 June 1913	15 June 1917		National Labour	István Tisza II
style="background-color: Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color" \|		Móric Esterházy, Count of Galántha and Fraknó (1881–1960)	15 June 1917	20 August 1917		Independent	Esterházy (NMP–F48P–OAP–PDP–KNP)	Charles IV (1916–1918)
		Sándor Wekerle (1848–1921)	20 August 1917	30 October 1918		National Constitution	Wekerle III (NMP–F48P–OAP–PDP–KNP)
		János Hadik, Count of Futak (1863–1933)	30 October 1918	31 October 1918		National Constitution	Hadik (not formed)
		Mihály Károlyi, Count of Nagykároly (1875–1955)	31 October 1918	16 November 1918	Minister besides the King	Independence and '48	Mihály Károlyi (F48P–PRP–MSZDP)
First Hungarian Republic (1918–1919)
Portrait		Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office Electoral mandates		Ministerial portfolios held during tenure	Party	Ministry	President (Term)
Minister-President
		Mihály Károlyi, Count of Nagykároly (1875–1955)	16 November 1918	11 January 1919	Minister of Foreign Affairs	Independence and '48	Mihály Károlyi (F48P–PRP–MSZDP)	Vacant (1918–1919)
		Mihály Károlyi, Count of Nagykároly (1875–1955)	Hungarian National Council		Minister of Foreign Affairs	Independence and '48	Mihály Károlyi (F48P–PRP–MSZDP)	Vacant (1918–1919)
		Dénes Berinkey (1871–1944)	19 January 1919	21 March 1919	Minister of Justice	Civil Radical	Berinkey (F48P–PRP–MSZDP–OKGFP)	Mihály Károlyi (1919)
Hungarian Soviet Republic (1919)
Portrait		Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office Electoral mandates		Ministerial portfolios held during tenure	Party	Ministry	Head of State (Term)
Chairman of the Executive Council
		Sándor Garbai (1879–1947)	Socialist coup d'état			Communist	Central Executive Council	Vacant (1919)
		Sándor Garbai (1879–1947)	21 March 1919	1 August 1919		Communist	Central Executive Council
style="background-color: Template:Social Democratic Party of Hungary/meta/color" \|		Gyula Peidl (1873–1943)	1 August 1919	6 August 1919		Social Democratic	Peidl
Counter-Revolutionary Goverment (1919)
Portrait		Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office Electoral mandates		Ministerial portfolios held during tenure	Party	Ministry	Head of State (Term)
Minister-President
style="background-color: Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color" \|		Gyula Károlyi (1871–1947)	5 May 1919	12 July 1919		Independent	Arad-Szeged I	Vacant (1919)
style="background-color: Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color" \|		Dezső Pattantyús-Ábrahám (1875–1973)	12 July 1919	12 August 1919		Independent	Szeged II	Vacant (1919)
Kingdom of Hungary (Regency; 1919–1946)
Portrait		Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office Electoral mandates		Ministerial portfolios held during tenure	Party	Ministry	Monarch (Reign)
Minister-President
		István Friedrich (1883–1951)	Rump statehood			Christian National Union	Friedrich (KNEP–OKGFP)	Vacant^[a] (1919–1946)
		István Friedrich (1883–1951)	15 August 1919	24 November 1919		Christian National Union	Friedrich (KNEP–OKGFP)
		Károly Huszár (1882–1941)	Rump statehood		Minister of Religion and Education	Christian National Union	Huszár (KNEP–OKGFP–MSZDP–NDP)
			24 November 1919	15 March 1920
			1920
		Sándor Simonyi-Semadam (1864–1946)	15 March 1920	19 July 1920		Christian National Union	Simonyi-Semadam (KNEP–OKGFP)
		Pál Teleki, Count of Szék (1879–1941)	19 July 1920	14 April 1921		Christian National Union	Teleki I (KNEP–OKGFP)
		István Bethlen, Count of Bethlen (1874–1946)	14 April 1921	2 February 1922		Christian National Union	Bethlen (KNEP–OKGFP)^[b]
			2 February 1922	24 August 1931		Unity
			1922 1926 1931			Unity
		Gyula Károlyi (1871–1947)	24 August 1931	1 October 1932		Unity	Károlyi (EP–KGSZP)
		Gyula Gömbös (1886–1936)	1 October 1932	6 October 1936^†	Minister of Defence	National Unity	Gömbös
		Gyula Gömbös (1886–1936)	1935		Minister of Defence	National Unity	Gömbös
		Kálmán Darányi (1886–1939)	12 October 1936	14 May 1938	Minister of Agriculture	National Unity	Darányi
		Béla Imrédy (1891–1946)	14 May 1938	16 February 1939		National Unity	Imrédy
		Pál Teleki, Count of Szék (1879–1941)	16 February 1939	3 April 1941^†		Hungarian Life	Teleki II
		Pál Teleki, Count of Szék (1879–1941)	1939			Hungarian Life	Teleki II
		László Bárdossy (1890–1946)	3 April 1941	7 March 1942	Minister of Foreign Affairs	Hungarian Life	Bárdossy
		Miklós Kállay (1887–1967)	9 March 1942	22 March 1944	Minister of Foreign Affairs	Hungarian Life	Kállay
style="background-color: Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color" \|		Döme Sztójay (1883–1946)	22 March 1944	29 August 1944	Minister of Foreign Affairs	Independent	Sztójay (MEP–MMP)
style="background-color: Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color" \|		Géza Lakatos (1883–1946)	29 August 1944	16 October 1944	Minister of Foreign Affairs	Independent	Lakatos
rowspan=2 style="background-color: Template:Arrow Cross Party/meta/color" \|		Ferenc Szálasi (1897–1946)	16 October 1944	28 March 1945		Arrow Cross	National Unity Goverment
1944^[c]		Ferenc Szálasi (1897–1946)				Arrow Cross	National Unity Goverment
rowspan=2 style="background-color: Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color" \|			Béla Miklós (1890–1948)	28 March 1945	15 November 1945		Independent		Provisional National Goverment (FKGP–MKP–MSZDP–NPP–PDP)
1945			Béla Miklós (1890–1948)				Independent		Provisional National Goverment (FKGP–MKP–MSZDP–NPP–PDP)
style="background-color: Template:Independent Smallholders, Agrarian Workers and Civic Party/meta/color" \|		Zoltán Tildy (1889–1961)	15 November 1945	1 February 1946		Independent Smallholders	Tildy (FKGP–MKP–MSZDP–NPP)
Second Hungarian Republic (1946–1949)
Portrait		Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office Electoral mandates		Ministerial portfolios held during tenure	Party	Ministry	President (Term)
Minister-President
style="background-color: Template:Independent Smallholders, Agrarian Workers and Civic Party/meta/color" \|		Ferenc Nagy (1903–1979)	4 February 1946	31 May 1947		Independent Smallholders	Ferenc Nagy (FKGP–MKP–MSZDP–NPP)	Zoltán Tildy (1946–1948)
rowspan=2 style="background-color: Template:Independent Smallholders, Agrarian Workers and Civic Party/meta/color" \|		Lajos Dinnyés (1901–1961)	31 May 1947	10 December 1948		Independent Smallholders	Dinnyés (FKGP–MKP–MSZDP–NPP)
1947		Lajos Dinnyés (1901–1961)				Independent Smallholders	Dinnyés (FKGP–MKP–MSZDP–NPP)
rowspan=2 style="background-color: Template:Independent Smallholders, Agrarian Workers and Civic Party/meta/color" \|			István Dobi (1898–1968)	10 December 1948	20 August 1949		Independent Smallholders	Dobi (MDP–FKGP–NPP)	Árpád Szakasits (1948–1949)
1949			István Dobi (1898–1968)				Independent Smallholders	Dobi (MDP–FKGP–NPP)	Árpád Szakasits (1948–1949)
Hungarian People's Republic (1949–1989)
Portrait		Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office Electoral mandates		Ministerial portfolios held during tenure	Party	Ministry	Chairman of the Presidential Council (Term)
Chairman of the Council of Ministers
style="background-color: Template:Hungarian Working People's Party/meta/color" \|		István Dobi (1898–1968)	20 August 1949	14 August 1952		Working People	Dobi	Sándor Rónai (1950–1952)
rowspan=2 style="background-color: Template:Hungarian Working People's Party/meta/color" \|	File:Rákosi Mátyás portré02.png	Mátyás Rákosi (1892–1971)	14 August 1952	4 July 1953		Working People	Rákosi	István Dobi (1952–1967)
1953		Mátyás Rákosi (1892–1971)				Working People	Rákosi
style="background-color: Template:Hungarian Working People's Party/meta/color" \|	File:Rákosi Mátyás portré02.png		Imre Nagy (1896–1958)	4 July 1953	18 April 1955		Working People		Imre Nagy I
style="background-color: Template:Hungarian Working People's Party/meta/color" \|		András Hegedüs (1922–1999)	18 April 1955	24 October 1956		Working People	Hegedüs
rowspan=2 style="background-color: Template:Hungarian Working People's Party/meta/color" \|		Imre Nagy (1896–1958)	Hungarian Revolution			Working People	Imre Nagy II
24 October 1956		Imre Nagy (1896–1958)	4 November 1956			Working People	Imre Nagy II
style="background-color: Template:Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party/meta/color" \|		János Kádár (1912–1989)	4 November 1956	28 January 1958		Socialist Workers	Kádár I
rowspan=2 style="background-color: Template:Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party/meta/color" \|		Ferenc Münnich (1886–1967)	28 January 1958	13 September 1961		Socialist Workers	Münnich
1958		Ferenc Münnich (1886–1967)				Socialist Workers	Münnich
rowspan=2 style="background-color: Template:Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party/meta/color" \|			János Kádár (1912–1989)	13 September 1961	30 June 1965		Socialist Workers		Kádár II
1963			János Kádár (1912–1989)				Socialist Workers		Kádár II
rowspan=2 style="background-color: Template:Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party/meta/color" \|		Gyula Kállai (1910–1996)	30 June 1965	14 April 1967		Socialist Workers	Kállai
1967		Gyula Kállai (1910–1996)				Socialist Workers	Kállai
rowspan=2 style="background-color: Template:Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party/meta/color" \|			Jenő Fock (1916–2001)	14 April 1967	15 May 1975		Socialist Workers	Fock	Pál Losonczi (1967–1987)
1971			Jenő Fock (1916–2001)				Socialist Workers	Fock
rowspan=2 style="background-color: Template:Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party/meta/color" \|		György Lázár (1924–2014)	15 May 1975	25 June 1987		Socialist Workers	Lázár
1975 1980 1985		György Lázár (1924–2014)				Socialist Workers	Lázár
style="background-color: Template:Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party/meta/color" \|			Károly Grósz (1930–1996)	25 June 1987	24 November 1988		Socialist Workers	Grósz	Károly Németh (1987–1988)
rowspan=2 style="background-color: Template:Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party/meta/color" \|		Miklós Németh (Born 1948)	End of communism			Socialist Workers	Németh	Brunó Ferenc Straub (1988–1989)
24 November 1988		Miklós Németh (Born 1948)	23 October 1989			Socialist Workers	Németh	Brunó Ferenc Straub (1988–1989)
Third Hungarian Republic (1989–present)
Portrait		Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office Electoral mandates		Ministerial portfolios held during tenure	Party	Ministry	President (Term)
Minister-President
rowspan=2 style="background-color: Template:Hungarian Democratic Forum/meta/color" \|		József Antall (1932–1993)	23 May 1990	12 December 1993^†		Democratic Forum	Antall (MDF–FKGP–KDNP)^[d]	Árpád Göncz (1990–2000)
1990		József Antall (1932–1993)				Democratic Forum	Antall (MDF–FKGP–KDNP)^[d]
style="background-color: Template:Hungarian Democratic Forum/meta/color" \|			Péter Boross (Born 1928)	21 December 1993	15 July 1994		Democratic Forum		Boross (MDF–EKGP–KDNP)
rowspan=2 style="background-color: Template:Hungarian Socialist Party/meta/color" \|		Gyula Horn (1932–2013)	15 July 1994	6 July 1998		Socialist	Horn (MSZP–SZDSZ)
1994		Gyula Horn (1932–2013)				Socialist	Horn (MSZP–SZDSZ)
rowspan=2 style="background-color: Template:Fidesz/meta/color" \|			Viktor Orbán (Born 1963)	6 July 1998	27 May 2002		Fidesz		Orbán I (Fidesz–FKGP–MDF)
1998			Viktor Orbán (Born 1963)	Ferenc Mádl (2000–2005)			Fidesz		Orbán I (Fidesz–FKGP–MDF)
rowspan=2 style="background-color: Template:Hungarian Socialist Party/meta/color" \|		Péter Medgyessy (Born 1942)	27 May 2002		29 September 2004		Socialist^[e]	Medgyessy (MSZP–SZDSZ)
2002		Péter Medgyessy (Born 1942)					Socialist^[e]	Medgyessy (MSZP–SZDSZ)
rowspan=3 style="background-color: Template:Hungarian Socialist Party/meta/color" \|			Ferenc Gyurcsány (Born 1961)		29 September 2004	9 June 2006		Socialist	Gyurcsány (MSZP–SZDSZ)^[f]
9 June 2006	14 April 2009			László Sólyom (2005–2010)
2006
style="background-color: Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color" \|		Gordon Bajnai (Born 1968)	14 April 2009		29 May 2010		Independent	Bajnai^[g]
rowspan=2 style="background-color: Template:Fidesz/meta/color" \|		Viktor Orbán (Born 1963)	29 May 2010	Incumbent		Fidesz	Orbán II-III (Fidesz–KDNP)	Pál Schmitt (2010–2012)
2010 2014		Viktor Orbán (Born 1963)	János Áder (2012–present)			Fidesz	Orbán II-III (Fidesz–KDNP)

Notes

^† Died in office

^ a: From 7 to 23 August 1919, the Archduke Joseph August was appointed as Regent before his eventual coronation as rightful King. However, he was forced to resign after Allied powers's refusal to recognize his rule. Despite its monarchist form, the Kingdom never had a king, but only regents and informal heads of states. Admiral Miklós Horthy was choose as Regent in 1920, establishing an authoritarian rule ended by Nazi Germany's Operation Panzerfaust in 1944. Germany appoint as puppet head of goverment Ferenc Szálasi, who styled himself "Leader of the Nation". After his fall in 1945, the High National Council assumed the powers as collective head of state until the Republic's proclamation on February 1946.
^ b: The KNEP and OKGFP merged in the Unity Party on 2 February 1922.
^ c: The election, held on November 1944, wasn't recognized by the National Unity Goverment of Ferenc Szálasi, but only by oppositions.
^ d: 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.
^ e: Péter Medgyessy became a unaffiliated politician in 1989, but in 2002 he was endorsed by MSZP during his run for premiership.
^ f: SZDSZ left the Gyurcsány II Cabinet on 20 April 2008.
^ g: The Bajnai Cabinet was supported externally by SZDSZ.

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

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v t e Prime ministers of Hungary
List By length of term Graphical Records
Revolution of 1848	Batthyány (Récsey) Kossuth Szemere
Kingdom (1867–1918)	Andrássy Lónyay Szlávy Bittó Wenckheim K. Tisza Szapáry Wekerle Bánffy Széll Khuen-Héderváry I. Tisza Fejérváry Wekerle Khuen-Héderváry Lukács I. Tisza Esterházy Wekerle Hadik
First Republic	M. Károlyi Berinkey
Soviet Republic	Garbai Peidl opposed by G. Károlyi Pattantyús-Ábrahám
Republic (1919–20)	Friedrich Huszár
Kingdom (1920–1946)	Simonyi-Semadam Teleki Bethlen G. Károlyi Gömbös Darányi Imrédy Teleki Keresztes-Fischer Bárdossy Keresztes-Fischer Kállay Sztójay Lakatos Szálasi Miklós Tildy
Second Republic	Rákosi F. Nagy Rákosi Dinnyés Dobi
People's Republic	Dobi Rákosi I. Nagy Hegedüs I. Nagy Kádár Münnich Kádár Kállai Fock Lázár Grósz Németh
Third Republic	Németh Antall Boross Horn Orbán Medgyessy Gyurcsány Bajnai Orbán
Italics indicates interim officeholders.

List of officeholders

Kingdom of Hungary (Revolution; 1848–1849)

Minister-President

Hungarian State (1849)

Chief of Goverment

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

Minister-President

First Hungarian Republic (1918–1919)

Minister-President

Hungarian Soviet Republic (1919)

Chairman of the Executive Council

Counter-Revolutionary Goverment (1919)

Minister-President

Kingdom of Hungary (Regency; 1919–1946)

Minister-President

Second Hungarian Republic (1946–1949)

Minister-President

Hungarian People's Republic (1949–1989)

Chairman of the Council of Ministers

Third Hungarian Republic (1989–present)

Minister-President

Notes

See also

Sources

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