List of speakers of the National Assembly (Hungary)

President of the National Assembly of Hungary
Magyarország Országgyűlésének elnöke
Incumbent László Kövér since 6 August 2010
Style	Mister/Madam President
Residence	No official residence
Seat	Hungarian Parliament Building
Appointer	National Assembly
Term length	Four years
Inaugural holder	István Rakovszky
Formation	18 February 1920

The Speaker of the National Assembly of Hungary (Hungarian: Magyarország Országgyűlésének elnöke, literally the President of National Assembly of Hungary) is the presiding officer of the National Assembly of Hungary. The current Speaker is László Kövér, since 6 August 2010.

The Speaker of the National Assembly serves as acting President of Hungary if the elected president vacates the office before the expiration of the 5-year presidential term due to death, resignation or removal from office.

Speakers of the National Assembly of Hungary

Parties   KNEP   OGKFP   EP

No.	Picture	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of Office		Political Party
1		István Rakovszky (1858–1931)	18 February 1920	30 July 1921	KNEP
2		Gaszton Gaál (1868–1932)	12 August 1921	16 August 1922	OKGFP
(2)					EP
3		Béla Scitovszky (1878–1959)	18 August 1922	18 October 1926	EP
4		Tibor Zsitvay (1884–1969)	19 October 1926	28 January 1927	EP

In 1927 the National Assembly of Hungary became bicameral.

Speakers of the Provisional National Assembly

Parties   FKGP   Independent

No.	Picture	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of Office		Political Party
style="background-color:Template:Independent Smallholders, Agrarian Workers and Civic Party/meta/color; color:white" | —		István Vásáry (1887–1955) acting	21 December 1944		FKGP
style="background-color:Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color; color:black" | 1		Béla Zsedényi (1894–1955)	21 December 1944	29 November 1945	Independent

Speakers of the National Assembly of Hungary

Parties   FKGP   MKP–MDP–MSZMP   MSZP

No.	Picture	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of Office		Political Party
style="background-color:Template:Independent Smallholders, Agrarian Workers and Civic Party/meta/color; color:white" | 5		Ferenc Nagy (1903–1979)	29 November 1945	5 February 1946	FKGP
style="background-color:Template:Independent Smallholders, Agrarian Workers and Civic Party/meta/color; color:white" | 6		Msgr. Béla Varga (1903–1995)	7 February 1946	3 July 1947	FKGP
style="background-color:Template:Independent Smallholders, Agrarian Workers and Civic Party/meta/color; color:white" | 7		Árpád Szabó (1878–1948)	4 July 1947	31 July 1947	FKGP
style="background-color:Template:Hungarian Communist Party/meta/color; color:white" | 8		Imre Nagy (1896–1958)	16 September 1947	8 June 1949	MKP
style="background-color:Template:Hungarian Working People's Party/meta/color; color:white" | (8)					MDP
style="background-color:Template:Hungarian Working People's Party/meta/color; color:white" | 9		Károly Olt (1904–1985)	8 June 1949	23 August 1949	MDP
style="background-color:Template:Hungarian Working People's Party/meta/color; color:white" | 10		Lajos Drahos (1895–1983)	23 August 1949	18 May 1951	MDP
style="background-color:Template:Hungarian Working People's Party/meta/color; color:white" | 11		Imre Dögei (1912–1964)	18 May 1951	14 August 1952	MDP
style="background-color:Template:Hungarian Working People's Party/meta/color; color:white" | 12		Sándor Rónai (1892–1965)	14 August 1952	21 March 1963	MDP
style="background-color:Template:Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party/meta/color; color:white" | (12)					MSZMP
style="background-color:Template:Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party/meta/color; color:white" | 13		Erzsébet Metzker Vass (1915–1980)	21 March 1963	14 April 1967	MSZMP
style="background-color:Template:Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party/meta/color; color:white" | 14		Gyula Kállai (1910–1996)	14 April 1967	12 May 1971	MSZMP
style="background-color:Template:Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party/meta/color; color:white" | 15		Antal Apró (1913–1994)	12 May 1971	19 December 1984	MSZMP
style="background-color:Template:Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party/meta/color; color:white" | 16		István Sarlós (1921–2006)	19 December 1984	29 June 1988	MSZMP
style="background-color:Template:Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party/meta/color; color:white" | 17		István Stadinger (1927–)	29 June 1988	10 March 1989	MSZMP
style="background-color:Template:Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party/meta/color; color:white" | 18		Mátyás Szűrös (1933–)	10 March 1989	2 May 1990	MSZMP
style="background-color:Template:Hungarian Socialist Party/meta/color; color:white" | (18)					MSZP

Hungary (since 1989)

Parties   Independent   SZDSZ   MDF   MSZP   Fidesz

No.	Picture	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of Office		Political Party	Assembly (Election)
style="background:Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color; color:black"|—		István Fodor (1945–) acting	23 October 1989	2 May 1990	Independent	—
style="background:Template:Alliance of Free Democrats/meta/color; color:white"|19		Árpád Göncz (1922–2015)	2 May 1990	3 August 1990	SZDSZ	1 (1990)
style="background:Template:Hungarian Democratic Forum/meta/color; color:white"|20		György Szabad (1924–2015)	3 August 1990	27 June 1994	MDF
style="background:Template:Hungarian Socialist Party/meta/color; color:white"|21		Zoltán Gál (1940–)	28 June 1994	17 June 1998	MSZP	2 (1994)
style="background:Template:Fidesz/meta/color; color:white"|22		János Áder (1959–)	18 June 1998	14 May 2002	Fidesz	3 (1998)
rowspan="2" style="background:Template:Hungarian Socialist Party/meta/color; color:white"|23		Katalin Szili (1956–)	15 May 2002	15 May 2006	MSZP	4 (2002)
16 May 2006			14 September 2009	5 (2006)
style="background:Template:Hungarian Socialist Party/meta/color; color:white"|24		Béla Katona (1944–)	15 September 2009		13 May 2010	MSZP
style="background:Template:Fidesz/meta/color; color:white"|25		Pál Schmitt (1942–)	14 May 2010	5 August 2010	Fidesz	6 (2010)
rowspan="3" style="background:Template:Fidesz/meta/color; color:white"|26		László Kövér (1959–)	6 August 2010	5 May 2014	Fidesz
6 May 2014			7 May 2018	7 (2014)
8 May 2018			Incumbent	8 (2018)

See also

• List of Speakers of the House of Magnates
• List of Speakers of the House of Representatives (Hungary)

Sources

• [1] Official website of the National Assembly of Hungary (in Hungarian)