List of prime ministers of Hungary

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Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. This article lists the prime ministers of Hungary (Hungarian: Magyarország miniszterelnöke, lit. minister-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 of Hungary is head of the Government of Hungary. On 30 November 2020, Viktor Orbán became the longest serving prime minister in the modern era.[1]

Kingdom of Hungary (1848–1849)

Parties       Opposition Party

No. Portrait Name
(Birth–Death)		 Term of office Political party Cabinet Assembly
(Election)
1 Barabas-batthyany.jpg Lajos Batthyány
(1807–1849)		 17 March 1848 2 October 1848 Opposition Party Batthyány Last Diet
1 (1848)
— Adam Rétsey.jpg Ádám Récsey
(1775–1852)
appointed illegally		 3 October 1848 7 October 1848 Imperial Army —
2 Vastagh Portrait of Lajos Kossuth.jpg 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. Portrait Name
(Birth–Death)		 Term of office Political party Cabinet Assembly
(Election)
(2) Vastagh Portrait of Lajos Kossuth.jpg Lajos Kossuth
(1802–1894)
de facto		 14 April 1849 1 May 1849 Opposition Party Committee of National Defence 1 (1848)
3 SzemereBertalan.jpg 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.

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. Portrait Name
(Birth–Death)		 Term of office Political party Cabinet Assembly
(Election)
4 80px Gyula Andrássy
(1823–1890)		 17 February 1867 14 November 1871 Deák Party Andrássy
DP		 3 (1865)
4 (1869)
5 Lónyay Menyhért Albuminabzug.jpg Menyhért Lónyay
(1822–1884)		 14 November 1871 4 December 1872 Lónyay
DP
5 (1872)
6 Szlavy Jozsef.jpg József Szlávy
(1818–1900)		 4 December 1872 21 March 1874 Szlávy
DP
7 Bitto Istvan.jpg István Bittó
(1822–1903)		 21 March 1874 2 March 1875 Bittó
DP–BK
8 Wenckheim Bela.jpg Béla Wenckheim
(1811–1879)		 2 March 1875 20 October 1875 Liberal Party Wenckheim
SZP
9 80px Kálmán Tisza
(1830–1902)		 20 October 1875 13 March 1890 K. Tisza
SZP		 6 (1875)
7 (1878)
8 (1881)
9 (1884)
10 (1887)
10 Szapáry Gyula Koller.jpg Gyula Szapáry
(1832–1905)		 13 March 1890 17 November 1892 Szapáry
SZP
11 (1892)
11 80px Sándor Wekerle
(1848–1921)
1st term		 17 November 1892 14 January 1895 Wekerle I
SZP
12 Bánffy Dezső Ellinger.jpg Dezső Bánffy
(1843–1911)		 14 January 1895 26 February 1899 Bánffy
SZP
12 (1896)
13 Széll Kálmán.jpg Kálmán Széll
(1843–1915)		 26 February 1899 27 June 1903 Széll
SZP
13 (1901)
14 Khuen-Héderváry Károly.jpg Károly Khuen-Héderváry
(1849–1918)
1st term		 27 June 1903 3 November 1903 Khuen-Héderváry I
SZP
15 István Tisza.jpg István Tisza
(1861–1918)
1st term		 3 November 1903 18 June 1905 I. Tisza I
SZP
16 Fejérváry Géza Ellinger.jpg Géza Fejérváry
(1833–1914)		 18 June 1905 8 April 1906 Independent Fejérváry
SZP		 14 (1905)
(11) Wekerle Sándor Benczúr.jpg Sándor Wekerle
(1848–1921)
2nd term		 8 April 1906 17 January 1910 National Constitution Party Wekerle II
F48P–OAP–KNP–PDP		 15 (1906)
(14) Khuen-Héderváry Károly.jpg Károly Khuen-Héderváry
(1849–1918)
2nd term		 17 January 1910 22 April 1912 National Party of Work Khuen-Héderváry II
NMP		 16 (1910)
17 Lukács László.jpg László Lukács
(1850–1932)		 22 April 1912 10 June 1913 Lukács
NMP
(15) 80px István Tisza
(1861–1918)
2nd term		 10 June 1913 15 June 1917 I. Tisza II
NMP
18 80px Móric Esterházy
(1881–1960)		 15 June 1917 20 August 1917 Independent Esterházy
NMP–F48P–OAP–PDP–KNP
(11) Wekerle Sándor Benczúr.jpg 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 Hadik Janos.jpg János Hadik
(1863–1933)		 30 October 1918 31 October 1918 National Constitution Party Hadik
not formed
20 Mihaly-karolyi--outlawsdiary00tormuoft.jpg 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. Portrait Name
(Birth–Death)		 Term of office Political party Cabinet Assembly
(Election)
(20) Mihaly-karolyi--outlawsdiary00tormuoft.jpg Mihály Károlyi
(1875–1955)
interim head of state		 16 November 1918 11 January 1919 F48P–Károlyi M. Károlyi
F48P–K–PRP–MSZDP		 MNT (—)
— Berinkey Dénes.jpg 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. Portrait Name
(Birth–Death)		 Term of office Political party Cabinet Assembly
(Election)
22 80px Sándor Garbai
(1879–1947)
de facto		 21 March 1919 1 August 1919 MSZP/SZKMMP Central Executive Council
MSZP/SZKMMP		 TOGY (—)
23 Peidl Gyula.jpg 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. Portrait Name
(Birth–Death)		 Term of office Political party Cabinet Assembly
(Election)
— 80px Gyula Károlyi
(1871–1947)		 5 May 1919 31 May 1919 Independent Arad —
31 May 1919 6 June 1919 Szeged I
6 June 1919 12 July 1919 Szeged II
— 80px Dezső Pattantyús-Ábrahám
(1875–1973)		 12 July 1919 12 August 1919 Independent Szeged III —


Hungarian Republic (1919–1920)

Parties       KNEP       Independent

No. Portrait Name
(Birth–Death)		 Term of office Political party Cabinet Assembly
(Election)
— István Friedrich Hungarian Prime Minister.jpg 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 Huszar Karoly.jpg 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. Portrait Name
(Birth–Death)		 Term of office Political party Cabinet Assembly
(Election)
26 80px Sándor Simonyi-Semadam
(1864–1946)		 15 March 1920 19 July 1920 KNEP Simonyi-Semadam
KNEP–OKGFP		 17 (1920)
27 Pál Teleki 01.jpg Pál Teleki
(1879–1941)
1st term		 19 July 1920 14 April 1921 Teleki I
KNEP–OKGFP
28 RetratoIstvanBethlen.jpg István Bethlen
(1874–1946)		 14 April 1921 2 February 1922 Bethlen
(KNEP–OKGFP)→EP
(28) 2 February 1922 24 August 1931 EP
18 (1922)
19 (1926)
20 (1931)
29 80px Gyula Károlyi
(1871–1947)		 24 August 1931 1 October 1932 G. Károlyi
EP–KGSZP
30 Gombos Gyula.png Gyula Gömbös
(1886–1936)		 1 October 1932 6 October 1936
(died in office)		 NEP Gömbös
NEP
21 (1935)
— Bundesarchiv Bild 183-E05367A, Johann von Daranyi.jpg Kálmán Darányi
(1886–1939)
acting		 6 October 1936 12 October 1936
31 Kálmán Darányi
(1886–1939)		 12 October 1936 14 May 1938 Darányi
NEP
32 Bundesarchiv Bild 183-E05369A, Bela von Imredy.jpg Béla Imrédy
(1891–1946)		 14 May 1938 16 February 1939 Imrédy
NEP
(27) Pál Teleki 01.jpg Pál Teleki
(1879–1941)
2nd term		 16 February 1939 3 April 1941
(died in office)		 MÉP Teleki II
MÉP
22 (1939)
— Keresztes-FischerFerenc.jpg Ferenc Keresztes-Fischer
(1881–1948)
acting		 3 April 1941
33 Bundesarchiv Bild 146-1984-018-35A, Laszlo von Bardossy.jpg László Bárdossy
(1890–1946)		 3 April 1941 7 March 1942 Bárdossy
MÉP
— Keresztes-FischerFerenc.jpg Ferenc Keresztes-Fischer
(1881–1948)
acting		 7 March 1942 9 March 1942
34 80px Miklós Kállay
(1887–1967)		 9 March 1942 22 March 1944
(deposed)		 Kállay
MÉP
35 Sztojay-official portrait 1944.jpg Döme Sztójay
(1883–1946)		 22 March 1944 29 August 1944 Independent Sztójay
MÉP–MMP
36 LakatosGéza Portrait 1940s.jpg Géza Lakatos
(1890–1967)		 29 August 1944 16 October 1944
(deposed)		 Lakatos
MÉP

Government of National Unity (1944–1945)

Parties       NYKP

No. Portrait Name
(Birth–Death)		 Term of office Political party Cabinet Assembly
(Election)
37 Ferenc Szálasi.jpg Ferenc Szálasi
(1897–1946)
head of state		 16 October 1944 28 March 1945[1] NYKP Szálasi
NYKP–MMP		 —

Soviet-backed provisional governments (1944–1946)

Parties       FKGP       Independent       MKP

No. Portrait Name
(Birth–Death)		 Term of office Political party Cabinet Assembly
(Election)
38 Béla Miklós de Dálnok 1944.jpg Béla Miklós
(1890–1948)		 22 December 1944[2] 15 November 1945 Independent Provisional National Government
FKGP–MKP–MSZDP–NPP–PDP		 INGY (1944)
39 80px Zoltán Tildy
(1889–1961)		 15 November 1945 1 February 1946 FKGP Tildy
FKGP–MKP–MSZDP–NPP		 23 (1945)
— 80px Mátyás Rákosi
(1892–1971)
acting		 1 February 1946 4 February 1946 MKP

1 Left Budapest on 9 December 1944

2 At Debrecen to 11 April 1945

Hungarian Republic (1946–1949)

Parties       FKGP       MKP–MDP

No. Portrait Name
(Birth–Death)		 Term of office Political party Cabinet Assembly
(Election)
40 80px Ferenc Nagy
(1903–1979)		 4 February 1946 31 May 1947[lower-alpha 1](deposed) FKGP F. Nagy
FKGP–MKP–MSZDP–NPP		 23 (1945)
— 80px Mátyás Rákosi
(1892–1971)
acting		 31 May 1947[lower-alpha 2] MKP
41 Dinnyés Lajos 1930s.jpg Lajos Dinnyés
(1901–1961)		 31 May 1947 10 December 1948 FKGP Dinnyés
(MKP–MSZDP)→MDP[lower-alpha 3]–FKGP–NPP
24 (1947)
42 Dobi István 1948-06.jpg István Dobi
(1898–1968)		 10 December 1948 20 August 1949 FKGP Dobi
MDP–FKGP–NPP
(42) MDP

Hungarian People's Republic (1949–1989)

Chairman of the Council of Ministers

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Parties       MDP–MSZMP       MSZP

No. Portrait Name
(Birth–Death)		 Term of office Political party Cabinet Assembly
(Election)
(42) Dobi István 1948-06.jpg István Dobi
(1898–1968)		 20 August 1949 14 August 1952 MDP Dobi
MDP		 25 (1949)
43 80px Mátyás Rákosi
(1892–1971)		 14 August 1952 4 July 1953 Rákosi
MDP
44 Nagy Imre igazolványkép.jpg Imre Nagy
(1896–1958)
1st term		 4 July 1953 18 April 1955 I. Nagy I
MDP		 26 (1953)
45 András Hegedüs 1956 (crop).jpg András Hegedüs
(1922–1999)		 18 April 1955 24 October 1956 Hegedüs
MDP
(44) Nagy Imre igazolványkép.jpg Imre Nagy
(1896–1958)
2nd term		 24 October 1956 31 October 1956 I. Nagy II
MDP→MSZMP–FKGP
31 October 1956 3 November 1956 MSZMP
3 November 1956 4 November 1956[lower-alpha 4]
(deposed)		 I. Nagy III
MSZMP–FKGP–MSZDP–PP
46 János Kádár (fototeca.iiccr.ro).jpg János Kádár
(1912–1989)
1st term		 4 November 1956[lower-alpha 5] 28 January 1958 Kádár I
MSZMP
47 Münnich Ferenc 1921.jpg Ferenc Münnich
(1886–1967)		 28 January 1958 13 September 1961 Münnich
MSZMP		 27 (1958)
(46) János Kádár (fototeca.iiccr.ro).jpg János Kádár
(1912–1989)
2nd term		 13 September 1961 30 June 1965 Kádár II
MSZMP
28 (1963)
48 Kállai Gyula 1964.jpg Gyula Kállai
(1910–1996)		 30 June 1965 14 April 1967 Kállai
MSZMP
49 80px Jenő Fock
(1916–2001)		 14 April 1967 15 May 1975 Fock
MSZMP		 29 (1967)
30 (1971)
50 Lázár György (PM 1975-1987).jpg György Lázár
(1924–2014)		 15 May 1975 25 June 1987 Lázár
MSZMP		 31 (1975)
32 (1980)
33 (1985)
51 80px Károly Grósz
(1930–1996)		 25 June 1987 24 November 1988 Grósz
MSZMP
52 80px Miklós Németh
(born 1948)		 24 November 1988 7 October 1989 Németh
MSZMP→MSZP
(52) 7 October 1989 23 October 1989 MSZP

Hungarian Republic / Hungary (from 1989)

Parties       MSZP       Fidesz       MDF       Independent

No. Portrait Name
(Birth–Death)		 Term of office Political party Cabinet Assembly
(Election)
— 80px Miklós Németh
(born 1948)
provisional		 23 October 1989 23 May 1990 MSZP Németh
MSZP		 —
53 Portrait of József Antall, Jr.tif József Antall
(1932–1993)		 23 May 1990 12 December 1993
(died in office)		 MDF Antall
MDF–FKGP–KDNP[8]		 34 (1990)
— Péter Boross 2014.JPG Péter Boross
(born 1928)
acting		 12 December 1993 21 December 1993
54 Péter Boross
(born 1928)		 21 December 1993 15 July 1994 Boross
MDF–EKGP–KDNP
55 Gyula Horn (2007).jpg Gyula Horn
(1932–2013)		 15 July 1994 6 July 1998 MSZP Horn
MSZP–SZDSZ		 35 (1994)
56 80px Viktor Orbán
(born 1963)
1st term		 6 July 1998 27 May 2002 Fidesz Orbán I
Fidesz–FKGP–MDF		 36 (1998)
57 80px Péter Medgyessy
(born 1942)		 27 May 2002 29 September 2004
(resigned)		 Independent Medgyessy
MSZP–SZDSZ		 37 (2002)
58 Ferenc Gyurcsány, Davos 2 (cropped).jpg Ferenc Gyurcsány
(born 1961)		 29 September 2004 9 June 2006 MSZP Gyurcsány I
MSZP–SZDSZ
9 June 2006 14 April 2009
(resigned)		 Gyurcsány II
MSZP–SZDSZ[9]		 38 (2006)
59 Bajnai Jerusalem.jpg Gordon Bajnai
(born 1968)		 14 April 2009 29 May 2010 Independent Bajnai
MSZP[10]
(56) 80px Viktor Orbán
(born 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 16 May 2022 Orbán IV
Fidesz–KDNP		 41 (2018)
16 May 2022 Incumbent Orbán V
Fidesz–KDNP		 42 (2022)

8 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.

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

10 The Bajnai Cabinet was supported externally by SZDSZ.

Timeline

Combined


Revolution of 1848

Lands of the Crown of St. Stephen

First Hungarian Republic/Hungarian Soviet Republic

Kingdom of Hungary

Second Hungarian Republic

Hungarian People's Republic

Third Hungarian Republic


See also

Notes

  1. ↑ Nagy did not recognize the appointment of Dinnyés as Prime Minister and resigned only on 2 June 1947
  2. ↑ Took over direction of the Council of Ministers on 14 May 1947 upon Nagy's departure to Switzerland. Became sole Acting Prime Minister upon Nagy's deposition.
  3. ↑ The Hungarian Communist Party and Social Democratic Party of Hungary merged to form the Hungarian Working People's Party on 12 June 1948
  4. ↑ Nagy never formally resigned, and remained in refuge at the Yugoslav Embassy until 22 November 1956
  5. ↑ In Uzhhorod exile, then in Szolnok to 7 November 1956

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

References

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