Council of Ministers of the Hungarian People's Republic explained

Agency Name:Council of Ministers
Formed:20 August 1949
Dissolved:23 October 1989
Superseding:Modern government
Jurisdiction:Hungarian People's Republic
Headquarters:Budapest

The Council of Ministers of the Hungarian People's Republic was the cabinet of Hungary during the era of Communist rule. It was created in 1949, with the enactment of a new constitution that formally created the People's Republic of Hungary. Along with the state itself, it was abolished in 1989.

The Council of Ministers consisted of the Chairman (Prime Minister), deputy chairmen, ministers of state, head of ministries and the Chairman of the National Planning Board. The Parliament of Hungary, upon the recommendation of the Presidential Council of the Hungarian People's Republic, elected and relieved the chairman and ministers of their duties.

List of Chairmen

NameEntered OfficeLeft Office
István Dobi20 August 194914 August 1952
Mátyás Rákosi14 August 19524 July 1953
Imre Nagy4 July 195318 April 1955
András Hegedüs18 April 195524 October 1956
Imre Nagy24 October 19564 November 1956
János Kádár4 November 195628 January 1958
Ferenc Münnich28 January 195813 September 1961
János Kádár13 September 196130 June 1965
Gyula Kállai30 June 196514 April 1967
Jenő Fock14 April 196715 May 1975
György Lázár15 May 197525 June 1987
Károly Grósz25 June 198724 November 1988
Miklós Németh24 November 198823 October 1989