List of speakers of the House of Magnates explained

Post:Speaker
Body:House of Magnates
Native Name:A Mágnások Házának elnöke
Department:House of Magnates
Type:Speaker
Member Of:Diet of Hungary
Formation:25 June 1848
First:György Mailáth senior
Last:Jenő Rátz
Abolished:28 March 1945

The Speaker of the House of Magnates (Hungarian: A Mágnások Házának elnöke) was the presiding officer of the House of Magnates, the upper chamber of the Diet of Hungary.

The House of Magnates was initially established during the Hungarian Revolution of 1848, and existed with interruptions between 1848 and 1918.

List of officeholders

1848–1918

Parties

PortraitName
Term of officePolitical party
1György Mailáth senior
25 June 184831 December 1848Conservative Party
2Zsigmond Perényi
1 January 184911 August 1849Opposition Party
The National Assembly was disbanded (11 August 1849 – 6 April 1861)
3György Apponyi
6 April 186122 August 1861Conservative Party
The National Assembly was disbanded (22 August 1861 – 9 December 1865)
4Pál Sennyey
9 December 1865 22 March 1867Deák Party
5György Mailáth junior
22 March 186729 March 1883Conservative Party
6László Szőgyény-Marich
25 May 18837 December 1884Liberal Party
(4)Pál Sennyey
16 December 18843 January 1888
7Miklós Vay
17 January 188813 May 1894
8József Szlávy
16 September 18943 October 1896Liberal Party
9Vilmos Tóth
22 November 189614 June 1898Liberal Party
10Tibor Károlyi
17 June 18982 October 1900Liberal Party
11Albin Csáky
2 October 190019 February 1906Liberal Party
12Aurél Dessewffy
17 May 190610 February 1910
(11)Albin Csáky
18 June 191021 September 1912National Party of Work
13Samu Jósika
21 September 191219 June 1917National Party of Work
14Endre Hadik-Barkóczy
19 June 191722 June 1918National Constitution Party
15Gyula Wlassics
22 June 191816 November 1918National Constitution Party

During the First Hungarian Republic the House of Magnates was replaced by the National Council. During the Hungarian Soviet Republic it was replaced by the National Assembly of Soviets. During the Kingdom of Hungary it was replaced by a unicameral National Assembly between 1920 and 1927. It was re-established between 1927 and 1945.

1927–1945

PortraitName
Term of office
(15)Gyula Wlassics
31 January 19278 March 1935
16Bertalan Széchényi
1 May 19353 June 1943
17Zsigmond Perényi
23 October 19433 November 1944
18Jenő Rátz
8 November 194428 March 1945

See also

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