Minister of Justice (Hungary) explained

The minister of justice of Hungary (Hungarian: Magyarország igazságügyi minisztere) is a member of the Hungarian cabinet and the head of the Ministry of Justice., the justice minister is Tuzson Bence.

The position was called People's Commissar of Justice (Hungarian: igazságügyi népbiztos) during the Hungarian Soviet Republic in 1919, Minister of Justice and Law Enforcement (Hungarian: igazságügyi és rendészeti miniszter) from 2006 to 2010 and Minister of Public Administration and Justice (Hungarian: közigazgatási és igazságügyi miniszter) between 2010 and 2014.

Ministers of justice (1848–1919)

Hungarian Kingdom (1848–1849)

Parties

PortraitName
Term of officePolitical partyCabinetAssembly
1Ferenc Deák
(1803–1876)
17 March 18482 October 1848Opposition PartyBatthyányLast Diet
1 (1848)
2Committee of National Defence2 October 184814 April 1849Committee of National Defence

Hungarian State (1849)

Parties

PortraitName
Term of officePolitical partyCabinetAssembly
1Committee of National Defence14 April 18492 May 1849Committee of National Defence1 (1848)
2Sebő Vukovics
(1811–1872)
2 May 184911 August 1849Opposition PartySzemere

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

Hungarian Kingdom (1867–1918)

Parties

PortraitName
Term of officePolitical partyCabinetAssembly
1Boldizsár Horvát
(1822–1898)
20 February 18675 June 1871Deák PartyAndrássy
DP
3 (1865)
4 (1869)
2István Bittó
(1822–1903)
5 June 187114 November 1871Deák PartyAndrássy
DP
14 November 18714 September 1872Lónyay
DP
5 (1872)
3Tivadar Pauler
(1816–1886)
1st term
4 September 18724 December 1872Deák Party
4 December 187221 March 1874Szlávy
DP
21 March 18742 March 1875Bittó
DPBK
4Béla Perczel
(1819–1888)
2 March 187520 October 1875Liberal PartyWenckheim
SZP
20 October 187530 June 1878K. Tisza
SZP
6 (1875)
(3)Tivadar Pauler
(1816–1886)
2nd term
30 June 187830 April 1886Liberal Party
7 (1878)
8 (1881)
9 (1884)
5Teofil Fabiny
(1822–1908)
30 April 18869 April 1889Liberal Party
10 (1887)
6Dezső Szilágyi
(1840–1901)
9 April 188913 March 1890Liberal Party
13 March 189017 November 1892Szapáry
SZP
11 (1892)
17 November 189215 January 1895Wekerle I
SZP
7Sándor Erdély
(1839–1922)
15 January 189526 February 1899Liberal PartyBánffy
SZP
12 (1896)
8Sándor Plósz
(1846–1925)
26 February 189927 June 1903Liberal PartySzéll
SZP
13 (1901)
27 June 19033 November 1903Khuen-Héderváry I
SZP
3 November 190318 June 1905I. Tisza I
SZP
9Bertalan Lányi
(1851–1921)
18 June 19052 April 1906Liberal PartyFejérváry
SZP
14 (1905)
10Gusztáv Gegus
(1855–1933)
2 April 19068 April 1906Independent
11Géza Polónyi
(1848–1920)
8 April 19062 February 1907F48PWekerle II
F48POAP–KNP–PDP
15 (1906)
12Antal Günther
(1847–1920)
2 February 190723 September 1909F48P
13Sándor Wekerle
(1848–1921)
23 September 190917 January 1910National Constitution Party
14Ferenc Székely
(1842–1921)
17 January 191022 April 1912National Party of WorkKhuen-Héderváry II
NMP
16 (1910)
22 April 19124 January 1913Lukács
NMP
15Jenő Balogh
(1864–1953)
4 January 191315 June 1917National Party of Work
I. Tisza II
NMP
16Vilmos Vázsonyi
(1868–1926)
1st term
15 June 191718 August 1917PDPEsterházy
NMPF48POAP–PDP–KNP
17Károly Grecsák
(1854–1924)
18 August 191723 August 1917Independent
23 August 191725 January 1918Wekerle III
NMPF48POAP–PDP–KNP
(16)Vilmos Vázsonyi
(1868–1926)
2nd term
25 January 19188 May 1918PDP
18Gusztáv Tőry
(1857–1925)
8 May 191831 October 1918Independent
19Barna Buza
(1873–1944)
31 October 19184 November 1918F48P–KárolyiM. Károlyi
F48P–Károlyi–PRP–MSZDP
MNT (—)
20Dénes Berinkey
(1871–1944)
4 November 191816 November 1918PRP

Hungarian People's Republic (1918–1919)

Parties

PortraitName
Term of officePolitical partyCabinetAssembly
1Dénes Berinkey
(1871–1944)
4 November 191819 January 1919PRPM. Károlyi
F48P–Károlyi–PRP–MSZDP
MNT (—)
Dénes Berinkey
(1871–1944)
acting
19 January 191924 January 1919Berinkey
F48P–Károlyi–PRP–MSZDP–OKGFP
2Sándor Juhász Nagy
(1883–1946)
24 January 191921 March 1919F48P–Károlyi

People's commissars of justice (1919)

Hungarian Soviet Republic (1919)

Parties

PortraitName
Term of officePolitical partyCabinetAssembly
1Zoltán Rónai
(1880–1940)
serving with István Ládai
from 5 April 1919
21 March 191924 June 1919MSZP/SZKMMPCentral Executive Council
MSZP/SZKMMP
TOGY (—)
(1)Zoltán Rónai
(1880–1940)
de facto
24 June 19191 August 1919
1István Ládai
(1873–1936)
serving with Zoltán Rónai
5 April 191924 June 1919MSZP/SZKMMP
2Péter Ágoston
(1874–1925)
de jure
24 June 19191 August 1919SZKMMP

Counter-revolutionary governments (1919)

Parties

PortraitName
Term of officePolitical partyCabinetAssembly
Lajos Pálmai
(1866–1937)
5 May 191931 May 1919IndependentArad
Gyula Károlyi
(1871–1947)
acting
31 May 19196 June 1919IndependentSzeged I
6 June 191912 July 1919Szeged II

Ministers of justice (1919–2006)

Hungarian People's Republic (1919)

Parties

Hungarian Republic (1919–1920)

Parties

PortraitName
Term of officePolitical partyCabinetAssembly
Béla Szászy
(1865–1931)
acting
7 August 191915 August 1919IndependentFriedrich
KNP/KNEP–OKGFP
1György Baloghy
(1861–1931)
15 August 191917 September 1919Independent
2Béla Zoltán
(1865–1929)
17 September 191924 November 1919Independent
3István Bárczy
(1866–1943)
24 November 191929 February 1920NDPPHuszár
KNEP–OKGFP–MSZDP–NDPP

Hungarian Kingdom (1920–1946)

Parties

PortraitName
Term of officePolitical partyCabinetAssembly
1István Bárczy
(1866–1943)
29 February 192015 March 1920KNEPHuszár
KNEP–OKGFP–MSZDP–NDPP
2Gyula Ferdinandy
(1873–1960)
15 March 192019 July 1920OKGFPSimonyi-Semadam
KNEP–OKGFP
17 (1920)
3Vilmos Pál Tomcsányi
(1880–1959)
19 July 192014 April 1921OKGFPTeleki I
KNEP–OKGFP
14 April 192116 June 1922Bethlen
(KNEP–OKGFP)→EP
18 (1922)
4Géza Daruváry
(1866–1934)
16 June 192211 June 1923Independent
5Emil Nagy
(1871–1956)
11 June 192321 February 1924EP
István Bethlen
(1874–1946)
acting
21 February 192413 March 1924EP
6Pál Pesthy
(1873–1952)
13 March 19248 January 1929EP
19 (1926)
István Bethlen
(1874–1946)
acting
8 January 19294 February 1929EP
7Tibor Zsitvay
(1884–1969)
4 February 192924 August 1931EP
20 (1931)
24 August 19311 October 1932G. Károlyi
EPKGSZP
8Andor Lázár
(1882–1971)
1 October 193212 October 1936NEPGömbös
NEP
21 (1935)
12 October 19369 March 1938Darányi
NEP
9Ödön Mikecz
(1894–1965)
9 March 193814 May 1938NEP
14 May 193815 November 1938Imrédy
NEP
10András Tasnádi Nagy
(1882–1956)
15 November 193816 February 1939NEP
16 February 19399 November 1939Teleki II
MÉP
22 (1939)
11László Radocsay
(1878–1968)
9 November 19393 April 1941MÉP
3 April 19419 March 1942Bárdossy
MÉP
9 March 194222 March 1944
(deposed)
Kállay
MÉP
12István Antal
(1896–1975)
22 March 194429 August 1944MÉPSztójay
MÉP–MMP
13Gábor Vladár
(1881–1972)
29 August 194416 October 1944
(deposed)
IndependentLakatos
MÉP

Government of National Unity (1944–1945)

Parties

Soviet-backed provisional governments (1944–1946)

Parties

PortraitName
Term of officePolitical partyCabinetAssembly
1Ágoston Valentiny
(1888–1958)
22 December 194421 July 1945MSZDPProvisional National Government
FKGPMKPMSZDPNPPPDP
INGY (1944)
2István Ries
(1885–1950)
21 July 194515 November 1945MSZDP
15 November 19451 February 1946Tildy
FKGPMKPMSZDPNPP
23 (1945)

Hungarian Republic (1946–1949)

Parties

PortraitName
Term of officePolitical partyCabinetAssembly
1István Ries
(1885–1950)
1 February 194631 May 1947MSZDPF. Nagy
FKGPMKPMSZDPNPP
23 (1945)
31 May 194714 June 1948Dinnyés
MKPFKGPMSZDPNPP
24 (1947)
(1)14 June 194810 December 1948MDP
10 December 194820 August 1949Dobi
MDPFKGPNPP
25 (1949)

Hungarian People's Republic (1949–1989)

Parties

PortraitName
Term of officePolitical partyCabinetAssembly
1István Ries
(1885–1950)
20 August 194917 July 1950MDPDobi
MDP
25 (1949)
2Erik Molnár
(1894–1966)
1st term
17 July 195014 August 1952MDP
14 August 195214 November 1952Rákosi
MDP
3Gyula Décsi
(1919–1990)
17 July 19502 February 1953MDP
4Béla Kovács
(1910–1980)
2 February 19534 July 1953MDP
5Ferenc Erdei
(1910–1971)
4 July 195330 October 1954MDPI. Nagy I
MDP
26 (1953)
6Erik Molnár
(1894–1966)
2nd term
30 October 195418 April 1955MDP
18 April 195524 October 1956Hegedüs
MDP
24 October 19563 November 1956I. Nagy II
MDP/MSZMPFKGP
7Ferenc Nezvál
(1909–1987)
9 May 195728 January 1958MSZMPKádár I
MSZMP
28 January 195813 September 1961Münnich
MSZMP
27 (1958)
13 September 196130 June 1965Kádár II
MSZMP
28 (1963)
30 June 19657 December 1966Kállai
MSZMP
8Mihály Korom
(1927–1993)
7 December 196614 April 1967MSZMP
14 April 196715 May 1975Fock
MSZMP
29 (1967)
30 (1971)
15 May 197522 April 1978Lázár
MSZMP
31 (1975)
9Imre Markója
(1931–2008)
22 April 197825 June 1987MSZMP
32 (1980)
33 (1985)
25 June 198729 June 1988Grósz
MSZMP
10Kálmán Kulcsár
(1928–2010)
29 June 198824 November 1988MSZMP
24 November 19887 October 1989Németh
(MSZMP)→MSZP
(10)7 October 198923 October 1989Independent

Hungarian Republic (1989–2006)

Parties

PortraitName
Term of officePolitical partyCabinetAssembly
Kálmán Kulcsár
(1928–2010)
provisional
23 October 198923 May 1990IndependentNémeth
MSZP
1István Balsai
(1947–2020)
23 May 199021 December 1993MDFAntall
MDFFKGPKDNP
34 (1990)
21 December 199315 July 1994Boross
MDF–EKGP–KDNP
2Pál Vastagh
(1946–)
15 July 19948 July 1998MSZPHorn
MSZPSZDSZ
35 (1994)
3Ibolya Dávid
(1954–)
8 July 199827 May 2002MDFOrbán I
FideszFKGPMDF
36 (1998)
4Péter Bárándy
(1949–)
27 May 20024 October 2004IndependentMedgyessy
MSZPSZDSZ
37 (2002)
4 October 20049 June 2006Gyurcsány I
MSZPSZDSZ
5József Petrétei
(1958–)
4 October 20049 June 2006Independent

Ministers of justice and law enforcement (2006–2010)

Hungarian Republic (2006–2010)

Parties

PortraitName
Term of officePolitical partyCabinetAssembly
1József Petrétei
(1958–)
9 June 200631 May 2007IndependentGyurcsány II
MSZPSZDSZ
38 (2006)
2Albert Takács
(1955–)
31 May 200717 February 2008Independent
3Tibor Draskovics
(1955–)
17 February 200814 April 2009Independent
14 April 200914 December 2009Bajnai
MSZP
4Imre Forgács
(1949–2022)
14 December 200929 May 2010Independent

Ministers of public administration and justice (2010–2014)

Hungarian Republic / Hungary (2010–2014)

Parties

Ministers of justice (2014–present)

Hungary (2014–present)

Parties

PortraitName
Term of officePolitical partyCabinetAssembly
1László Trócsányi
(1956–)
6 June 201418 May 2018IndependentOrbán III
FideszKDNP
40 (2014)
18 May 201830 June 2019Orbán IV
FideszKDNP
41 (2018)
2Judit Varga
(1980–)
12 July 201924 May 2022Fidesz
24 May 202231 August 2023Orbán V
FideszKDNP
42 (2022)
3Tuzson Bence[1]
(1972–)
1 August 2023IncumbentIndependent

See also

Cabinet ministers

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Tuzson Bence lesz az új igazságügyi miniszter . 24.hu . 2023-06-28 . 2023-06-28 . hu.