List of prime ministers of Hungary explained

This article lists the prime ministers of Hungary (Hungarian: Magyarország miniszterelnöke,) 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. On 30 November 2020, Viktor Orbán became the longest serving prime minister in the modern era.^[1]

Kingdom of Hungary (1848–1849)

Parties

	Portrait	width=20% rowspan=2	Name	Term of office			Political party	Cabinet	Assembly
		Took office	Left office	Time in office
1		Lajos Batthyány	17 March 1848	2 October 1848		Opposition Party	Batthyány	Last Diet
1
	—		Ádám Récsey	3 October 1848	7 October 1848		Imperial Army	—
	2		Lajos Kossuth	2 October 1848	14 April 1849		Opposition Party	Committee of National Defence

Hungarian State (1849)

Parties

	Portrait	width=20% rowspan=2	Name	Term of office			Political party	Cabinet	Assembly
		Took office	Left office	Time in office
(2)		Lajos Kossuth	14 April 1849	1 May 1849		Opposition Party	Committee of National Defence	1
3		Bertalan Szemere	2 May 1849	11 August 1849		Opposition Party	Szemere

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.

Lands of the Crown of Saint Stephen (1867–1918)

Parties

	Portrait	width=20% rowspan=2	Name	Term of office			Political party	Cabinet	Assembly
		Took office	Left office	Time in office
4		Gyula Andrássy	17 February 1867	14 November 1871		Deák Party	Andrássy	3
4
	5		Menyhért Lónyay	14 November 1871	4 December 1872			Lónyay
5
	6		József Szlávy	4 December 1872	21 March 1874			Szlávy
	7		István Bittó	21 March 1874	2 March 1875			Bittó
	8		Béla Wenckheim	2 March 1875	20 October 1875		Liberal Party	Wenckheim
9		Kálmán Tisza	20 October 1875	13 March 1890		K. Tisza		6
7
8
9
10
	10		Gyula Szapáry	13 March 1890	17 November 1892			Szapáry
11
	11		Sándor Wekerle	17 November 1892	14 January 1895			Wekerle I
	12		Dezső Bánffy	14 January 1895	26 February 1899			Bánffy
12
	13		Kálmán Széll	26 February 1899	27 June 1903			Széll
13
	14		Károly Khuen-Héderváry	27 June 1903	3 November 1903			Khuen-Héderváry I
	15		István Tisza	3 November 1903	18 June 1905			I. Tisza I
16		Géza Fejérváry	18 June 1905	8 April 1906		Independent	Fejérváry	14
(11)		Sándor Wekerle	8 April 1906	17 January 1910		National Constitution Party	Wekerle II	15
(14)		Károly Khuen-Héderváry	17 January 1910	22 April 1912		National Party of Work	Khuen-Héderváry II	16
17		László Lukács	22 April 1912	10 June 1913			Lukács
(15)		István Tisza	10 June 1913	15 June 1917			I. Tisza II
18		Móric Esterházy	15 June 1917	20 August 1917		Independent	Esterházy
(11)		Sándor Wekerle	20 August 1917	30 October 1918		National Constitution Party → '48 Constitution Party	Wekerle III
19		János Hadik	30 October 1918	31 October 1918		National Constitution Party	Hadik
20		Mihály Károlyi	31 October 1918	16 November 1918		F48P–Károlyi	M. Károlyi	MNT

First Hungarian Republic (1918–1919)

Parties

	Portrait	width=20% rowspan=2	Name	Term of office			Political party	Cabinet	Assembly
		Took office	Left office	Time in office
(20)		Mihály Károlyi	16 November 1918	11 January 1919		F48P–Károlyi	M. Károlyi	MNT
—		Dénes Berinkey	11 January 1919	19 January 1919		PRP
21		Dénes Berinkey	19 January 1919	21 March 1919			Berinkey

Hungarian Soviet Republic (1919)

Parties

	Portrait	width=20% rowspan=2	Name	Term of office			Political party	Cabinet	Assembly
		Took office	Left office	Time in office
22		Sándor Garbai	21 March 1919	1 August 1919		MSZP/SZKMMP	Central Executive Council	TOGY
23		Gyula Peidl	1 August 1919	6 August 1919		MSZDP	Peidl	—

Counter-revolutionary governments (1919)

Parties

	Portrait	width=20% rowspan=2	Name	Term of office			Political party	Cabinet	Assembly
		Took office	Left office	Time in office
—		Gyula Károlyi	5 May 1919	31 May 1919		Independent	Arad	—
31 May 1919			6 June 1919	Szeged I
6 June 1919			12 July 1919	Szeged II
—		Dezső Pattantyús-Ábrahám	12 July 1919	12 August 1919		Independent	Szeged III	—

Hungarian Republic (1919–1920)

Parties

	Portrait	width=20% rowspan=2	Name	Term of office			Political party	Cabinet	Assembly
		Took office	Left office	Time in office
—		István Friedrich	7 August 1919	15 August 1919		Independent	Friedrich	—
24		István Friedrich	15 August 1919	24 November 1919		KNP → KNEP
25		Károly Huszár	24 November 1919	15 March 1920		KNEP	Huszár	—

Kingdom of Hungary (1920–1946)

Parties

	Portrait	width=20% rowspan=2	Name	Term of office			Political party	Cabinet	Assembly
		Took office	Left office	Time in office
26		Sándor Simonyi-Semadam	15 March 1920	19 July 1920		KNEP	Simonyi-Semadam	17
27		Pál Teleki	19 July 1920	14 April 1921			Teleki I
28		István Bethlen	14 April 1921	2 February 1922			Bethlen
(28)			2 February 1922	24 August 1931		EP
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19
20
	29		Gyula Károlyi	24 August 1931	1 October 1932			G. Károlyi
	30		Gyula Gömbös	1 October 1932	6 October 1936		NEP	Gömbös
21
	—		Kálmán Darányi	6 October 1936	12 October 1936
	31		Kálmán Darányi	12 October 1936	14 May 1938			Darányi
	32		Béla Imrédy	14 May 1938	16 February 1939			Imrédy
	(27)		Pál Teleki	16 February 1939	3 April 1941		MÉP	Teleki II
22
	—		Ferenc Keresztes-Fischer	3 April 1941
	33		László Bárdossy	3 April 1941	7 March 1942			Bárdossy
	—		Ferenc Keresztes-Fischer	7 March 1942	9 March 1942
	34		Miklós Kállay	9 March 1942	22 March 1944			Kállay
	35		Döme Sztójay	22 March 1944	29 August 1944		Independent	Sztójay
	36		Géza Lakatos	29 August 1944	16 October 1944			Lakatos

Government of National Unity (1944–1945)

Parties

	Portrait	width=20% rowspan=2	Name	Term of office			Political party	Cabinet	Assembly
		Took office	Left office	Time in office
37		Ferenc Szálasi	16 October 1944	28 March 1945		NYKP	Szálasi	—

Soviet-backed provisional governments (1944–1946)

Parties

	Portrait	width=20% rowspan=2	Name	Term of office			Political party	Cabinet	Assembly
		Took office	Left office	Time in office
38		Béla Miklós	22 December 1944	15 November 1945		Independent	Provisional National Government	INGY
39		Zoltán Tildy	15 November 1945	1 February 1946		FKGP	Tildy	23
—		Mátyás Rákosi	1 February 1946	4 February 1946		MKP

Left Budapest on 9 December 1944 At Debrecen to 11 April 1945

Hungarian Republic (1946–1949)

Parties

	Portrait	width=20% rowspan=2	Name	Term of office			Political party	Cabinet	Assembly
		Took office	Left office	Time in office
40		Ferenc Nagy	4 February 1946	31 May 1947		FKGP	F. Nagy	23
—		Mátyás Rákosi	31 May 1947			MKP
41		Lajos Dinnyés	31 May 1947	10 December 1948		FKGP	Dinnyés
24
	42		István Dobi	10 December 1948	20 August 1949		FKGP	Dobi
	(42)						MDP

Hungarian People's Republic (1949–1989)

Chairman of the Council of Ministers

See main article: Council of Ministers of the Hungarian People's Republic. Parties

	Portrait	width=20% rowspan=2	Name	Term of office			Political party	Cabinet	Assembly
		Took office	Left office	Time in office
(42)		István Dobi	20 August 1949	14 August 1952		MDP	Dobi	25
43		Mátyás Rákosi	14 August 1952	4 July 1953			Rákosi
44		Imre Nagy	4 July 1953	18 April 1955			I. Nagy I	26
45		András Hegedüs	18 April 1955	24 October 1956			Hegedüs
(44)		Imre Nagy	24 October 1956	31 October 1956			I. Nagy II
31 October 1956			3 November 1956	MSZMP
3 November 1956			4 November 1956()			I. Nagy III
46		János Kádár	4 November 1956		28 January 1958		Kádár I
47		Ferenc Münnich	28 January 1958		13 September 1961		Münnich	27
(46)		János Kádár	13 September 1961		30 June 1965		Kádár II
28
	48		Gyula Kállai		30 June 1965	14 April 1967		Kállai
49		Jenő Fock	14 April 1967		15 May 1975		Fock	29
30
50		György Lázár	15 May 1975		25 June 1987		Lázár	31
32
33
	51		Károly Grósz		25 June 1987	24 November 1988		Grósz
	52		Miklós Németh		24 November 1988	7 October 1989		Németh
	(52)			7 October 1989	23 October 1989	MSZP

Hungarian Republic / Hungary (from 1989)

Parties

	Portrait	width=20% rowspan=2	Name	Term of office			Political party	Cabinet	Assembly
		Took office	Left office	Time in office
—		Miklós Németh	23 October 1989	23 May 1990		MSZP	Németh	—
53		József Antall	23 May 1990	12 December 1993		MDF	Antall	34
—		Péter Boross	12 December 1993	21 December 1993
54		Péter Boross	21 December 1993	15 July 1994			Boross
55		Gyula Horn	15 July 1994	6 July 1998		MSZP	Horn	35
56		Viktor Orbán	6 July 1998	27 May 2002		Fidesz	Orbán I	36
57		Péter Medgyessy	27 May 2002	29 September 2004		Independent	Medgyessy	37
58		Ferenc Gyurcsány	29 September 2004	9 June 2006		MSZP	Gyurcsány I
9 June 2006			14 April 2009	Gyurcsány II			38
59		Gordon Bajnai	14 April 2009	29 May 2010		Independent		Bajnai
(56)		Viktor Orbán	29 May 2010	10 May 2014		Fidesz	Orbán II	39
10 May 2014			10 May 2018	Orbán III			40
10 May 2018			16 May 2022	Orbán IV			41
16 May 2022			Incumbent	Orbán V			42

Timeline

Third Hungarian Republic

See also

• 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

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, 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; .

External links

• Rulers.org

Notes and References

1. Web site: Szurovecz . Illés . Varga Judittól kellett megtudnunk, hogy Orbán Viktor többet volt hatalmon, mint bármelyik magyar miniszterelnök a történelemben . 2020-11-30.