List of Prime Ministers of Hungary

This 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.

Heads of Government of Hungary (1848–present)

Hungarian Revolution of 1848 (1848–1849)

Parties       Opposition Party

#	Picture	Name	From	Until	Political Party	Cabinet	Assembly (Election)
1		Lajos Batthyány (1807–1849)	17 March 1848	2 October 1848	Opposition Party	Batthyány	Last Diet
							1 (1848)
—		Ádám Récsey (1775–1852) appointed illegally	3 October 1848	7 October 1848	Imperial Army	—
2		Lajos Kossuth (1802–1894) de facto	2 October 1848	1 May 1849	Opposition Party	Committee of National Defence
3		Bertalan Szemere (1812–1869)	2 May 1849	11 August 1849	Opposition Party	Szemere

After the collapse of the Hungarian Revolution of 1848, Hungary became an integral part of the Austrian Empire until 1867, when dual Austro-Hungarian Monarchy was created.

Kingdom of Hungary during Austria-Hungary (1867–1918)

Parties       Deák Party/Liberal Party/National Party of Work       National Constitution Party       F48P–Károlyi       Independent

#	Picture	Name	From	Until	Political Party	Cabinet	Assembly (Election)
4		Gyula Andrássy (1823–1890)	17 February 1867	14 November 1871	Deák Party	Andrássy DP	3 (1865)
							4 (1869)
5		Menyhért Lónyay (1822–1884)	14 November 1871	4 December 1872	Deák Party	Lónyay DP
							5 (1872)
6		József Szlávy (1818–1900)	4 December 1872	21 March 1874	Deák Party	Szlávy DP
7		István Bittó (1822–1903)	21 March 1874	2 March 1875	Deák Party	Bittó DP–BK
8		Béla Wenckheim (1811–1879)	2 March 1875	20 October 1875	Liberal Party	Wenckheim SZP
9		Kálmán Tisza (1830–1902)	20 October 1875	13 March 1890	Liberal Party	K. Tisza SZP	6 (1875)
							7 (1878)
							8 (1881)
							9 (1884)
							10 (1887)
10		Gyula Szapáry (1832–1905)	13 March 1890	17 November 1892	Liberal Party	Szapáry SZP
							11 (1892)
11		Sándor Wekerle (1848–1921) 1st term	17 November 1892	14 January 1895	Liberal Party	Wekerle I SZP
12		Dezső Bánffy (1843–1911)	14 January 1895	26 February 1899	Liberal Party	Bánffy SZP
							12 (1896)
13		Kálmán Széll (1843–1915)	26 February 1899	27 June 1903	Liberal Party	Széll SZP
							13 (1901)
14		Károly Khuen-Héderváry (1849–1918) 1st term	27 June 1903	3 November 1903	Liberal Party	Khuen-Héderváry I SZP
15		István Tisza (1861–1918) 1st term	3 November 1903	18 June 1905	Liberal Party	I. Tisza I SZP
16		Géza Fejérváry (1833–1914)	18 June 1905	8 April 1906	Independent	Fejérváry SZP	14 (1905)
(11)		Sándor Wekerle (1848–1921) 2nd term	8 April 1906	17 January 1910	National Constitution Party	Wekerle II F48P–OAP–KNP–PDP	15 (1906)
(14)		Károly Khuen-Héderváry (1849–1918) 2nd term	17 January 1910	22 April 1912	National Party of Work	Khuen-Héderváry II NMP	16 (1910)
17		László Lukács (1850–1932)	22 April 1912	10 June 1913	National Party of Work	Lukács NMP
(15)		István Tisza (1861–1918) 2nd term	10 June 1913	15 June 1917	National Party of Work	I. Tisza II NMP
18		Móric Esterházy (1881–1960)	15 June 1917	20 August 1917	Independent	Esterházy NMP–F48P–OAP–PDP–KNP
(11)		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		János Hadik (1863–1933)	30 October 1918	31 October 1918	National Constitution Party	Hadik not formed
20		Mihály Károlyi (1875–1955)	31 October 1918	16 November 1918	F48P–Károlyi	M. Károlyi F48P–K–PRP–MSZDP	MNT (—)

Hungarian Democratic Republic (1918–1919)

Parties       F48P–Károlyi       Civic Radical Party (PRP)

#	Picture	Name	From	Until	Political Party	Cabinet	Assembly (Election)
(20)		Mihály Károlyi (1875–1955) interim head of state	16 November 1918	11 January 1919	F48P–Károlyi	M. Károlyi F48P–K–PRP–MSZDP	MNT (—)
—		Dénes Berinkey (1871–1944) acting	11 January 1919	19 January 1919	PRP	Berinkey F48P–K–PRP–MSZDP–OKGFP
21		Dénes Berinkey (1871–1944)	19 January 1919	21 March 1919

Hungarian Soviet Republic (1919)

Parties       MSZP/SZKMMP       MSZDP

#	Picture	Name	From	Until	Political Party	Cabinet	Assembly (Election)
22		Sándor Garbai (1879–1947) de facto	21 March 1919	1 August 1919	MSZP/SZKMMP	Central Executive Council MSZP/SZKMMP	TOGY (—)
23		Gyula Peidl (1873–1943) interim head of state	1 August 1919	6 August 1919 (deposed)	MSZDP	Peidl MSZDP	—

Counter-Revolutionary Governments (1919)

Parties       Independent

#	Picture	Name	From	Until	Political Party	Cabinet	Assembly (Election)
—		Gyula Károlyi (1871–1947)	5 May 1919	31 May 1919	Independent	Arad	—
			31 May 1919	12 July 1919		Szeged I
—		Dezső Pattantyús-Ábrahám (1875–1973)	12 July 1919	12 August 1919	Independent	Szeged II	—

Hungarian Republic (1919–1920)

Parties       Independent       KNEP

#	Picture	Name	From	Until	Political Party	Cabinet	Assembly (Election)
—		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		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

#	Picture	Name	From	Until	Political Party	Cabinet	Assembly (Election)
26		Sándor Simonyi-Semadam (1864–1946)	15 March 1920	19 July 1920	KNEP	Simonyi-Semadam KNEP–OKGFP	17 (1920)
27		Pál Teleki (1879–1941) 1st term	19 July 1920	14 April 1921	KNEP	Teleki I KNEP–OKGFP
28		István Bethlen (1874–1946)	14 April 1921	2 February 1922	KNEP	Bethlen (KNEP–OKGFP)→EP
(28)			2 February 1922	24 August 1931	EP
							18 (1922)
							19 (1926)
							20 (1931)
29		Gyula Károlyi (1871–1947)	24 August 1931	1 October 1932	EP	G. Károlyi EP–KGSZP
30		Gyula Gömbös (1886–1936)	1 October 1932	6 October 1936 (died in office)	NEP	Gömbös NEP
							21 (1935)
—		Kálmán Darányi (1886–1939) acting	6 October 1936	12 October 1936	NEP	Darányi NEP
31		Kálmán Darányi (1886–1939)	12 October 1936	14 May 1938
32		Béla Imrédy (1891–1946)	14 May 1938	16 February 1939	NEP	Imrédy NEP
(27)		Pál Teleki (1879–1941) 2nd term	16 February 1939	3 April 1941 (died in office)	MÉP	Teleki II MÉP
							22 (1939)
—		Ferenc Keresztes-Fischer (1881–1948) acting	3 April 1941		MÉP
33		László Bárdossy (1890–1946)	3 April 1941	7 March 1942	MÉP	Bárdossy MÉP
—		Ferenc Keresztes-Fischer (1881–1948) acting	7 March 1942	9 March 1942	MÉP
34		Miklós Kállay (1887–1967)	9 March 1942	22 March 1944 (deposed)	MÉP	Kállay MÉP
35		Döme Sztójay (1883–1946)	22 March 1944	29 August 1944	Independent	Sztójay MÉP–MMP
36		Géza Lakatos (1890–1967)	29 August 1944	16 October 1944 (deposed)	Independent	Lakatos MÉP

Government of National Unity (1944–1945)

Parties       Arrow Cross Party

#	Picture	Name	From	Until	Political Party	Cabinet	Assembly (Election)
37		Ferenc Szálasi (1897–1946) head of state	16 October 1944	28 March 1945	NYKP	Szálasi NYKP–MMP	—

Soviet Backed Provisional Governments (1944–1946)

Parties       Independent       FKGP

#	Picture	Name	From	Until	Political Party	Cabinet	Assembly (Election)
38		Béla Miklós (1890–1948)	22 December 1944	15 November 1945	Independent	Provisional National Government FKGP–MKP–MSZDP–NPP–PDP	INGY (1944)
39		Zoltán Tildy (1889–1961)	15 November 1945	1 February 1946	FKGP	Tildy FKGP–MKP–MSZDP–NPP	23 (1945)

Hungarian Republic (1946–1949)

Parties       FKGP       MKP-MDP

#	Picture	Name	From	Until	Political Party	Cabinet	Assembly (Election)
40		Ferenc Nagy (1903–1979)	4 February 1946	31 May 1947	FKGP	F. Nagy FKGP–MKP–MSZDP–NPP	23 (1945)
41		Lajos Dinnyés (1901–1961)	31 May 1947	10 December 1948	FKGP	Dinnyés MKP–FKGP–MSZDP–NPP
							24 (1947)
42		István Dobi (1898–1968)	10 December 1948	20 August 1949	FKGP → MDP	Dobi MDP–FKGP–NPP

Hungarian People's Republic (1949–1989)

Chairman of the Council of Ministers

Parties       MDP-MSZMP       MSZP

#	Picture	Name	From	Until	Political Party	Cabinet	Assembly (Election)
(42)		István Dobi (1898–1968)	20 August 1949	14 August 1952	MDP	Dobi MDP	25 (1949)
43		Mátyás Rákosi (1892–1971)	14 August 1952	4 July 1953	MDP	Rákosi MDP
44		Imre Nagy (1896–1958) 1st term	4 July 1953	18 April 1955	MDP	I. Nagy I MDP	26 (1953)
45		András Hegedüs (1922–1999)	18 April 1955	24 October 1956	MDP	Hegedüs MDP
(44)		Imre Nagy (1896–1958) 2nd term	24 October 1956	3 November 1956	MDP	I. Nagy II MDP/MSZMP–FKGP
			3 November 1956	4 November 1956	MSZMP	I. Nagy III MSZMP–FKGP–MSZDP–PP
46		János Kádár (1912–1989) 1st term	4 November 1956	28 January 1958	MSZMP	Kádár I MSZMP
47		Ferenc Münnich (1886–1967)	28 January 1958	13 September 1961	MSZMP	Münnich MSZMP	27 (1958)
(46)		János Kádár (1912–1989) 2nd term	13 September 1961	30 June 1965	MSZMP	Kádár II MSZMP
							28 (1963)
48		Gyula Kállai (1910–1996)	30 June 1965	14 April 1967	MSZMP	Kállai MSZMP
49		Jenő Fock (1916–2001)	14 April 1967	15 May 1975	MSZMP	Fock MSZMP	29 (1967)
							30 (1971)
50		György Lázár (1924–2014)	15 May 1975	25 June 1987	MSZMP	Lázár MSZMP	31 (1975)
							32 (1980)
							33 (1985)
51		Károly Grósz (1930–1996)	25 June 1987	24 November 1988	MSZMP	Grósz MSZMP
52		Miklós Németh (1948–)	24 November 1988	7 October 1989	MSZMP	Németh MSZMP
(52)			7 October 1989	23 October 1989	MSZP

Hungary (1989–present)

Parties       MSZP       Fidesz       MDF       Independent

#	Picture	Name	From	Until	Political Party	Cabinet	Assembly (Election)
—		Miklós Németh (1948–) provisional	23 October 1989	23 May 1990	MSZP	Németh MSZP	—
53		József Antall (1932–1993)	23 May 1990	12 December 1993 (died in office)	MDF	Antall MDF–FKGP–KDNP^[1]	34 (1990)
—		Péter Boross (1928–) acting	12 December 1993	21 December 1993	MDF	Boross MDF–EKGP–KDNP
54		Péter Boross (1928–)	21 December 1993	15 July 1994
55		Gyula Horn (1932–2013)	15 July 1994	6 July 1998	MSZP	Horn MSZP–SZDSZ	35 (1994)
56		Viktor Orbán (1963–) 1st term	6 July 1998	27 May 2002	Fidesz	Orbán I Fidesz–FKGP–MDF	36 (1998)
57		Péter Medgyessy (1942–)	27 May 2002	29 September 2004 (resigned)	Independent	Medgyessy MSZP–SZDSZ	37 (2002)
58		Ferenc Gyurcsány (1961–)	29 September 2004	9 June 2006	MSZP	Gyurcsány I MSZP–SZDSZ
			9 June 2006	14 April 2009 (resigned)		Gyurcsány II MSZP–SZDSZ^[2]	38 (2006)
59		Gordon Bajnai (1968–)	14 April 2009	29 May 2010	Independent	Bajnai MSZP^[3]
(56)		Viktor Orbán (1963–) 2nd term	29 May 2010	6 June 2014	Fidesz	Orbán II Fidesz–KDNP	39 (2010)
			6 June 2014	Incumbent		Orbán III Fidesz–KDNP	40 (2014)

¹ 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.

² SZDSZ left the Gyurcsány II Cabinet on 20 April 2008.

³ The Bajnai Cabinet was supported externally by SZDSZ.

See also

• List of rulers of Hungary
• 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

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, 2002, 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

• Rulers.org