List of prime ministers of Hungary
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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 is head of the Government of Hungary.
Kingdom of Hungary (1848–1849)
[edit]| No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Term of office | Political party | Cabinet | Assembly (Election) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Took office | Left office | Time in office | ||||||
| 1 | 
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Lajos Batthyány (1807–1849) |
17 March 1848 | 2 October 1848 | 199 days | EP | Batthyány EP–KP |
Last Diet (—) |
| 1 (1848) | ||||||||
| 2 | 
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Lajos Kossuth (1802–1894) |
2 October 1848 | 14 April 1849 | 194 days | Committee of National Defence EP–BP | ||
| — | 
|
Ádám Récsey (1775–1852) appointed illegally |
3 October 1848 | 7 October 1848 | 4 days | Military | — | |
Hungarian State (1849)
[edit]Parties EP
| No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Term of office | Political party | Cabinet | Assembly (Election) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Took office | Left office | Time in office | ||||||
| (2) |
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Lajos Kossuth (1802–1894) de facto head of state |
14 April 1849 | 2 May 1849 | 18 days | EP | Committee of National Defence EP–BP |
1 (1848) |
| 3 | 
|
Bertalan Szemere (1812–1869) |
2 May 1849 | 11 August 1849 | 101 days | Szemere EP–BP | ||
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.
Kingdom of Hungary (1867–1918)
[edit]Parties DP/SZP/NMP OAP/48AP F48P Independent
| No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Term of office | Political party | Cabinet | Assembly (Election) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Took office | Left office | Time in office | ||||||
| 4 | 
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Gyula Andrássy (1823–1890) |
17 February 1867 | 14 November 1871 | 4 years, 270 days | DP | Andrássy DP |
3 (1865) |
| 4 (1869) | ||||||||
| 5 | 
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Menyhért Lónyay (1822–1884) |
14 November 1871 | 4 December 1872 | 1 year, 20 days | Lónyay DP | ||
| 5 (1872) | ||||||||
| 6 | 
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József Szlávy (1818–1900) |
4 December 1872 | 21 March 1874 | 1 year, 107 days | Szlávy DP | ||
| 7 | 
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István Bittó (1822–1903) |
21 March 1874 | 2 March 1875 | 346 days | Bittó DP–BK | ||
| 8 | 
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Béla Wenckheim (1811–1879) |
2 March 1875 | 20 October 1875 | 240 days | SZP | Wenckheim SZP | |
| 9 | 
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Kálmán Tisza (1830–1902) |
20 October 1875 | 13 March 1890 | 14 years, 144 days | K. Tisza SZP |
6 (1875) | |
| 7 (1878) | ||||||||
| 8 (1881) | ||||||||
| 9 (1884) | ||||||||
| 10 (1887) | ||||||||
| 10 | 
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Gyula Szapáry (1832–1905) |
13 March 1890 | 17 November 1892 | 2 years, 249 days | Szapáry SZP | ||
| 11 (1892) | ||||||||
| 11 | 
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Sándor Wekerle (1848–1921) 1st term |
17 November 1892 | 14 January 1895 | 2 years, 58 days | Wekerle I SZP | ||
| 12 | 
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Dezső Bánffy (1843–1911) |
14 January 1895 | 26 February 1899 | 4 years, 43 days | Bánffy SZP | ||
| 12 (1896) | ||||||||
| 13 | 
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Kálmán Széll (1843–1915) |
26 February 1899 | 27 June 1903 | 4 years, 121 days | Széll SZP | ||
| 13 (1901) | ||||||||
| 14 | 
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Károly Khuen-Héderváry (1849–1918) 1st term |
27 June 1903 | 3 November 1903 | 129 days | Khuen-Héderváry I SZP | ||
| 15 | .jpg)
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István Tisza (1861–1918) 1st term |
3 November 1903 | 18 June 1905 | 1 year, 227 days | I. Tisza I SZP | ||
| 16 | 
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Géza Fejérváry (1833–1914) |
18 June 1905 | 8 April 1906 | 294 days | Independent | Fejérváry SZP |
14 (1905) |
| (11) |
|
Sándor Wekerle (1848–1921) 2nd term |
8 April 1906 | 17 January 1910 | 3 years, 284 days | OAP | Wekerle II F48P–OAP–KNP–PDP |
15 (1906) |
| (14) |
|
Károly Khuen-Héderváry (1849–1918) 2nd term |
17 January 1910 | 22 April 1912 | 2 years, 96 days | NMP | Khuen-Héderváry II NMP |
16 (1910) |
| 17 | 
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László Lukács (1850–1932) |
22 April 1912 | 10 June 1913 | 1 year, 49 days | Lukács NMP | ||
| (15) |
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István Tisza (1861–1918) 2nd term |
10 June 1913 | 15 June 1917 | 4 years, 5 days | I. Tisza II NMP | ||
| 18 | 
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Móric Esterházy (1881–1960) |
15 June 1917 | 20 August 1917 | 66 days | Independent | Esterházy NMP–F48P–OAP–KNP–PDP | |
| (11) |
|
Sándor Wekerle (1848–1921) 3rd term |
20 August 1917 | 25 January 1918 | 158 days | OAP | Wekerle III NMP–F48P–OAP→48AP–KNP–PDP | |
| 25 January 1918 | 30 October 1918 | 278 days | 48AP | |||||
| 19 | 
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János Hadik (1863–1933) |
30 October 1918 | 31 October 1918 | 1 day[a] | OAP | Hadik not formed | |
| 20 | 
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Mihály Károlyi (1875–1955) |
31 October 1918 | 16 November 1918 | 16 days | F48P | M. Károlyi F48P–PRP–MSZDP |
MNT (—) |
Hungarian Republic (1918–1919)
[edit]Parties F48P PRP (Civil Radical Party)
| No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Term of office | Political party | Cabinet | Assembly (Election) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Took office | Left office | Time in office | ||||||
| (20) |
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Mihály Károlyi (1875–1955) acting head of state |
16 November 1918 | 11 January 1919 | 56 days | F48P | M. Károlyi F48P–PRP–MSZDP |
MNT (—) |
| — | 
|
Dénes Berinkey (1871–1944) acting |
11 January 1919 | 18 January 1919 | 7 days | PRP | ||
| 21 | Dénes Berinkey (1871–1944) |
18 January 1919 | 21 March 1919 | 62 days | Berinkey F48P–PRP–MSZDP–OKGFP | |||
Hungarian Soviet Republic (1919)
[edit]Parties KMP
| No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Term of office | Political party | Cabinet | Assembly (Election) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Took office | Left office | Time in office | ||||||
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Sándor Garbai (1879–1947) de facto |
21 March 1919 | 1 August 1919 | 133 days | KMP | Central Executive Council KMP |
TOGY (—) |
Parties Independent
| No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Term of office | Political party | Cabinet | Assembly (Election) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Took office | Left office | Time in office | ||||||
| — | 
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Gyula Károlyi (1871–1947) in opposition |
5 May 1919 | 31 May 1919 | 68 days | Independent | Arad | — |
| 31 May 1919 | 6 June 1919 | Szeged I | ||||||
| 6 June 1919 | 12 July 1919 | Szeged II | ||||||
| — | 
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Dezső Pattantyús-Ábrahám (1875–1973) in opposition |
12 July 1919 | 1 August 1919 | 20 days | Szeged III | — | |
Hungarian Republic (1919–1920)
[edit]Parties MSZDP KNP KNEP Independent
| No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Term of office | Political party | Cabinet | Assembly (Election) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Took office | Left office | Time in office | ||||||
| 23 | 
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Gyula Peidl (1873–1943) acting head of state |
1 August 1919 | 6 August 1919 (deposed) |
5 days | MSZDP | Peidl MSZDP |
— |
| — | 
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István Friedrich (1883–1951) acting |
7 August 1919 | 15 August 1919 | 8 days | Independent | Friedrich KNP→KNEP–OKGFP |
— |
| 24 | István Friedrich (1883–1951) acting head of state from 23 August 1919 |
15 August 1919 | 30 August 1919 | 15 days | ||||
| (24) | 30 August 1919 | 25 October 1919 | 56 days | KNP | ||||
| (24) | 25 October 1919 | 24 November 1919 | 30 days | KNEP | ||||
| 25 | 
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Károly Huszár (1882–1941) acting head of state |
24 November 1919 | 1 March 1920 | 98 days | KNEP | Huszár KNEP–OKGFP–MSZDP–NDPP |
— |
Parties Independent
| No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Term of office | Political party | Cabinet | Assembly (Election) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Took office | Left office | Time in office | ||||||
| — |
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Dezső Pattantyús-Ábrahám (1875–1973) in opposition |
1 August 1919 | 12 August 1919 | 11 days | Independent | Szeged III | — |
Kingdom of Hungary (1920–1946)
[edit]Parties KNEP EP/NEP/MÉP Independent
| No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Term of office | Political party | Cabinet | Assembly (Election) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Took office | Left office | Time in office | ||||||
| (25) |
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Károly Huszár (1882–1941) |
1 March 1920 | 15 March 1920 | 14 days | KNEP | Huszár KNEP–OKGFP–MSZDP–NDPP |
— |
| 26 | 
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Sándor Simonyi-Semadam (1864–1946) |
15 March 1920 | 19 July 1920 | 126 days | Simonyi-Semadam KNEP–OKGFP |
17 (1920) | |
| 27 | 
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Pál Teleki (1879–1941) 1st term |
19 July 1920 | 14 April 1921 | 269 days | Teleki I KNEP–OKGFP | ||
| 28 | .jpg)
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István Bethlen (1874–1946) |
14 April 1921 | 2 February 1922 | 10 years, 132 days | Bethlen (KNEP–OKGFP)→EP | ||
| (28) | 2 February 1922 | 24 August 1931 | EP | |||||
| 18 (1922) | ||||||||
| 19 (1926) | ||||||||
| 20 (1931) | ||||||||
| 29 |
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Gyula Károlyi (1871–1947) |
24 August 1931 | 1 October 1932 | 1 year, 38 days | G. Károlyi EP–KGSZP | ||
| 30 | 
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Gyula Gömbös (1886–1936) |
1 October 1932 | 6 October 1936 (died in office) |
4 years, 5 days | NEP | Gömbös NEP | |
| 21 (1935) | ||||||||
| — | 
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Kálmán Darányi (1886–1939) acting |
6 October 1936 | 12 October 1936 | 6 days | |||
| 31 | Kálmán Darányi (1886–1939) |
12 October 1936 | 14 May 1938 | 1 year, 214 days | Darányi NEP | |||
| 32 | 
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Béla Imrédy (1891–1946) |
14 May 1938 | 16 February 1939 | 278 days | Imrédy NEP | ||
| (27) |
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Pál Teleki (1879–1941) 2nd term |
16 February 1939 | 3 April 1941 (died in office) |
2 years, 46 days | MÉP | Teleki II MÉP | |
| 22 (1939) | ||||||||
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Ferenc Keresztes-Fischer (1881–1948) acting |
3 April 1941 | 0 days | ||||
| 33 | 
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László Bárdossy (1890–1946) |
3 April 1941 | 7 March 1942 | 338 days | Bárdossy MÉP | ||
| — |
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Ferenc Keresztes-Fischer (1881–1948) acting |
7 March 1942 | 9 March 1942 | 2 days | |||
| 34 | 
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Miklós Kállay (1887–1967) |
9 March 1942 | 22 March 1944 (deposed) |
2 years, 13 days | Kállay MÉP | ||
| 35 | 
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Döme Sztójay (1883–1946) |
22 March 1944 | 29 August 1944 | 160 days | Independent | Sztójay MÉP–MMP | |
| 36 | 
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Géza Lakatos (1890–1967) |
29 August 1944 | 16 October 1944 (deposed) |
48 days | Lakatos MÉP | ||
Government of National Unity (1944–1945)
[edit]Parties NYKP
| No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Term of office | Political party | Cabinet | Assembly (Election) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Took office | Left office | Time in office | ||||||
| 37 | 
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Ferenc Szálasi (1897–1946) head of state |
16 October 1944 | 7 May 1945[b] | 203 days | NYKP | Szálasi NYKP–MMP |
— |
Soviet-backed provisional governments (1944–1946)
[edit]Parties FKGP Independent
| No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Term of office | Political party | Cabinet | Assembly (Election) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Took office | Left office | Time in office | ||||||
| — | 
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Béla Miklós (1890–1948) in opposition acting head of state until 25 January 1945 |
22 December 1944[c] | 28 March 1945 | 96 days | Independent | Provisional National Government FKGP–MKP–MSZDP–NPP–PDP |
INGY (1944) |
| 38 | Béla Miklós (1890–1948) |
28 March 1945 | 15 November 1945 | 232 days | ||||
| 39 | 
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Zoltán Tildy (1889–1961) |
15 November 1945 | 1 February 1946 | 78 days | FKGP | Tildy FKGP–MKP–MSZDP–NPP |
23 (1945) |
Hungarian Republic (1946–1949)
[edit]| No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Term of office | Political party | Cabinet | Assembly (Election) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Took office | Left office | Time in office | ||||||
| — | 
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Mátyás Rákosi (1892–1971) acting |
1 February 1946 | 4 February 1946 | 3 days | MKP | Tildy FKGP–MKP–MSZDP–NPP |
23 (1945) |
| 40 | 
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Ferenc Nagy (1903–1979) |
4 February 1946 | 31 May 1947[d](deposed) | 1 year, 116 days | FKGP | F. Nagy FKGP–MKP–MSZDP–NPP | |
| — |
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Mátyás Rákosi (1892–1971) acting |
31 May 1947[e] | 0 days | MKP | |||
| 41 | 
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Lajos Dinnyés (1901–1961) |
31 May 1947 | 10 December 1948 | 1 year, 193 days | FKGP | Dinnyés (MKP–MSZDP)→MDP[f]–FKGP–NPP | |
| 24 (1947) | ||||||||
| 42 | 
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István Dobi (1898–1968) |
10 December 1948 | 20 August 1949 | 253 days | Dobi MDP–FKGP–NPP | ||
Hungarian People's Republic (1949–1989)
[edit]Chairman of the Council of Ministers
[edit]Parties MDP/MSZMP MSZP Independent
| No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Term of office | Political party | Cabinet | Assembly (Election) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Took office | Left office | Time in office | ||||||
| (42) |
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István Dobi (1898–1968) |
20 August 1949 | 14 August 1952 | 2 years, 360 days | Independent | Dobi MDP |
25 (1949) |
| 43 |
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Mátyás Rákosi (1892–1971) de facto head of state |
14 August 1952 | 4 July 1953 | 324 days | MDP | Rákosi MDP | |
| 44 | .jpg)
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Imre Nagy (1896–1958) 1st term |
4 July 1953 | 18 April 1955 | 1 year, 288 days | I. Nagy I MDP |
26 (1953) | |
| 45 | .jpg)
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András Hegedüs (1922–1999) |
18 April 1955 | 24 October 1956 | 1 year, 189 days | Hegedüs MDP | ||
| (44) |
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Imre Nagy (1896–1958) 2nd term |
24 October 1956 | 31 October 1956 | 11 days | I. Nagy II MDP→MSZMP–FKGP | ||
| 31 October 1956 | 3 November 1956 | MSZMP | ||||||
| 3 November 1956 | 4 November 1956[g](deposed) | I. Nagy III MSZMP–FKGP–MSZDP–PP | ||||||
| 46 | .jpg)
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János Kádár (1912–1989) 1st term de facto head of state |
4 November 1956[h] | 28 January 1958 | 1 year, 85 days | Kádár I MSZMP | ||
| 47 | 
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Ferenc Münnich (1886–1967) |
28 January 1958 | 13 September 1961 | 3 years, 228 days | Münnich MSZMP |
27 (1958) | |
| (46) |
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János Kádár (1912–1989) 2nd term de facto head of state |
13 September 1961 | 30 June 1965 | 3 years, 290 days | Kádár II MSZMP | ||
| 28 (1963) | ||||||||
| 48 | 
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Gyula Kállai (1910–1996) |
30 June 1965 | 14 April 1967 | 1 year, 288 days | Kállai MSZMP | ||
| 49 | 
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Jenő Fock (1916–2001) |
14 April 1967 | 15 May 1975 | 8 years, 31 days | Fock MSZMP |
29 (1967) | |
| 30 (1971) | ||||||||
| 50 | _mirrored.jpg)
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György Lázár (1924–2014) |
15 May 1975 | 25 June 1987 | 12 years, 41 days | Lázár MSZMP |
31 (1975) | |
| 32 (1980) | ||||||||
| 33 (1985) | ||||||||
| 51 | .jpg)
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Károly Grósz (1930–1996) de facto head of state from 22 May 1988 |
25 June 1987 | 24 November 1988 | 1 year, 152 days | Grósz MSZMP | ||
| 52 | 
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Miklós Németh (born 1948) |
24 November 1988 | 7 October 1989 | 333 days | Németh MSZMP→MSZP | ||
| (52) | 7 October 1989 | 23 October 1989 | MSZP | |||||
Hungarian Republic / Hungary (from 1989)
[edit]Parties MSZP Fidesz MDF Independent
| No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Term of office | Political party | Cabinet | Assembly (Election) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Took office | Left office | Time in office | ||||||
| — |
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Miklós Németh (born 1948) provisional |
23 October 1989 | 23 May 1990 | 212 days | MSZP | Németh MSZP |
— |
| 53 | 
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József Antall (1932–1993) |
23 May 1990 | 12 December 1993 (died in office) |
3 years, 203 days | MDF | Antall MDF–FKGP[i]–KDNP |
34 (1990) |
| — | .png)
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Péter Boross (born 1928) acting |
12 December 1993 | 21 December 1993 | 9 days | |||
| 54 | Péter Boross (born 1928) |
21 December 1993 | 15 July 1994 | 206 days | Boross MDF–EKGP–KDNP | |||
| 55 | .jpg)
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Gyula Horn (1932–2013) |
15 July 1994 | 6 July 1998 | 3 years, 356 days | MSZP | Horn MSZP–SZDSZ |
35 (1994) |
| 56 | .jpg)
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Viktor Orbán (born 1963) 1st term |
6 July 1998 | 27 May 2002 | 3 years, 325 days | Fidesz | Orbán I Fidesz–FKGP–MDF |
36 (1998) |
| 57 | .JPG)
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Péter Medgyessy (born 1942) |
27 May 2002 | 29 September 2004 (resigned) |
2 years, 125 days | Independent | Medgyessy MSZP–SZDSZ |
37 (2002) |
| 58 | .jpg)
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Ferenc Gyurcsány (born 1961) |
29 September 2004 | 9 June 2006 | 4 years, 197 days | MSZP | Gyurcsány I MSZP–SZDSZ | |
| 9 June 2006 | 14 April 2009 (replaced) |
Gyurcsány II MSZP–SZDSZ[j] |
38 (2006) | |||||
| 59 | 
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Gordon Bajnai (born 1968) |
14 April 2009 | 29 May 2010 | 1 year, 45 days | Independent | Bajnai MSZP[k] | |
| (56) | 
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Viktor Orbán (born 1963) 2nd term |
29 May 2010 | 10 May 2014 | 15 years, 128 days | 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) | |||||
Timeline
[edit]Combined
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Kingdom of Hungary/Hungarian State
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Kingdom of Hungary
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Hungarian Republic/Hungarian Soviet Republic
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Kingdom of Hungary
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Hungarian Republic
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Hungarian People's Republic
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Hungarian Republic / Hungary
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See also
[edit]- List of Hungarian monarchs
- 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
Notes
[edit]- ^ Served as Prime Minister for de facto 17 hours.
- ^ Left Budapest on 9 December 1944.
- ^ At Debrecen to 11 April 1945.
- ^ Nagy did not recognize the appointment of Dinnyés as Prime Minister and resigned only on 2 June 1947.
- ^ 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.
- ^ The Hungarian Communist Party and Social Democratic Party of Hungary merged to form the Hungarian Working People's Party on 12 June 1948.
- ^ Nagy never formally resigned, and remained in refuge at the Yugoslav Embassy until 22 November 1956.
- ^ In Uzhhorod exile, then in Szolnok to 7 November 1956.
- ^ 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.
- ^ SZDSZ left the Gyurcsány II Cabinet on 20 April 2008.
- ^ The Bajnai Cabinet was supported externally by SZDSZ.
Sources
[edit]- 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.