List of prime ministers of Hungary

This article lists the prime ministers of Hungary (Hungarian: Magyarország miniszterelnöke, lit. 'minister-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 of Hungary 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 Opposition Party

No.	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office		Political party	Cabinet	Assembly (Election)
1	Lajos Batthyány (1807–1849)	17 March 1848	2 October 1848	Opposition Party	Batthyány	Last Diet
1	Lajos Batthyány (1807–1849)	17 March 1848	2 October 1848	Opposition Party	Batthyány	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	14 April 1849	Opposition Party	Committee of National Defence

Hungarian State (1849)

Parties Opposition Party

No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office		Political party	Cabinet	Assembly (Election)
(2)		Lajos Kossuth (1802–1894) de facto	14 April 1849	1 May 1849	Opposition Party	Committee of National Defence	1 (1848)
3		Bertalan Szemere (1812–1869)	2 May 1849	11 August 1849	Opposition Party	Szemere	1 (1848)

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

No.	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office		Political party	Cabinet	Assembly (Election)
4	Gyula Andrássy (1823–1890)	17 February 1867	14 November 1871	Deák Party	Andrássy DP	3 (1865)
4	Gyula Andrássy (1823–1890)	17 February 1867	14 November 1871		Andrássy DP	4 (1869)
5	Menyhért Lónyay (1822–1884)	14 November 1871	4 December 1872		Lónyay DP	4 (1869)
5	Menyhért Lónyay (1822–1884)	14 November 1871	4 December 1872		Lónyay DP	5 (1872)
6	József Szlávy (1818–1900)	4 December 1872	21 March 1874		Szlávy DP
7	István Bittó (1822–1903)	21 March 1874	2 March 1875		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		K. Tisza SZP	6 (1875)
						7 (1878)
						8 (1881)
						9 (1884)
						10 (1887)
10	Gyula Szapáry (1832–1905)	13 March 1890	17 November 1892		Szapáry SZP	10 (1887)
10	Gyula Szapáry (1832–1905)	13 March 1890	17 November 1892		Szapáry SZP	11 (1892)
11	Sándor Wekerle (1848–1921) 1st term	17 November 1892	14 January 1895		Wekerle I SZP
12	Dezső Bánffy (1843–1911)	14 January 1895	26 February 1899		Bánffy SZP
12	Dezső Bánffy (1843–1911)	14 January 1895	26 February 1899		Bánffy SZP	12 (1896)
13	Kálmán Széll (1843–1915)	26 February 1899	27 June 1903		Széll SZP	12 (1896)
13	Kálmán Széll (1843–1915)	26 February 1899	27 June 1903		Széll SZP	13 (1901)
14	Károly Khuen-Héderváry (1849–1918) 1st term	27 June 1903	3 November 1903		Khuen-Héderváry I SZP
15	István Tisza (1861–1918) 1st term	3 November 1903	18 June 1905		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		Lukács NMP
(15)	István Tisza (1861–1918) 2nd term	10 June 1913	15 June 1917		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 (—)

First Hungarian Republic (1918–1919)

Parties F48P–Károlyi Civic Radical Party (PRP)

No.	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office		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	M. Károlyi F48P–K–PRP–MSZDP
21	Dénes Berinkey (1871–1944)	19 January 1919	21 March 1919	PRP	Berinkey F48P–K–PRP–MSZDP–OKGFP

Hungarian Soviet Republic (1919)

Parties MSZP/SZKMMP MSZDP

No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office		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

No.	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office		Political party	Cabinet	Assembly (Election)
—	Gyula Károlyi (1871–1947)	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 (1875–1973)	12 July 1919	12 August 1919	Independent	Szeged III	—

Hungarian Republic (1919–1920)

Parties KNEP Independent

No.	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office		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	Friedrich KNP/KNEP–OKGFP	—
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

No.	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office		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		Teleki I KNEP–OKGFP
28	István Bethlen (1874–1946)	14 April 1921	2 February 1922		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		G. Károlyi EP–KGSZP
30	Gyula Gömbös (1886–1936)	1 October 1932	6 October 1936 (died in office)	NEP	Gömbös NEP
30	Gyula Gömbös (1886–1936)	1 October 1932	6 October 1936 (died in office)			21 (1935)
—	Kálmán Darányi (1886–1939) acting	6 October 1936	12 October 1936
31	Kálmán Darányi (1886–1939)	12 October 1936	14 May 1938		Darányi NEP
32	Béla Imrédy (1891–1946)	14 May 1938	16 February 1939		Imrédy NEP
(27)	Pál Teleki (1879–1941) 2nd term	16 February 1939	3 April 1941 (died in office)	MÉP	Teleki II MÉP
(27)	Pál Teleki (1879–1941) 2nd term	16 February 1939	3 April 1941 (died in office)			22 (1939)
—	Ferenc Keresztes-Fischer (1881–1948) acting	3 April 1941
33	László Bárdossy (1890–1946)	3 April 1941	7 March 1942		Bárdossy MÉP
—	Ferenc Keresztes-Fischer (1881–1948) acting	7 March 1942	9 March 1942		Bárdossy MÉP
34	Miklós Kállay (1887–1967)	9 March 1942	22 March 1944 (deposed)		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 NYKP

No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office		Political party	Cabinet	Assembly (Election)
37		Ferenc Szálasi (1897–1946) head of state	16 October 1944	28 March 1945^[1]	NYKP	Szálasi NYKP–MMP	—

Soviet-backed provisional governments (1944–1946)

Parties FKGP Independent MKP

No.	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office		Political party	Cabinet	Assembly (Election)
38	Béla Miklós (1890–1948)	22 December 1944^[2]	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)
—	Mátyás Rákosi (1892–1971) acting	1 February 1946	4 February 1946	MKP	Tildy FKGP–MKP–MSZDP–NPP	23 (1945)

¹ Left Budapest on 9 December 1944

² At Debrecen to 11 April 1945

Hungarian Republic (1946–1949)

Parties FKGP MKP–MDP

No.	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office		Political party	Cabinet	Assembly (Election)
40	Ferenc Nagy (1903–1979)	4 February 1946	31 May 1947^{[lower-alpha 1]}(deposed)	FKGP	F. Nagy FKGP–MKP–MSZDP–NPP	23 (1945)
—	Mátyás Rákosi (1892–1971) acting	31 May 1947^{[lower-alpha 2]}		MKP	F. Nagy FKGP–MKP–MSZDP–NPP
41	Lajos Dinnyés (1901–1961)	31 May 1947	10 December 1948	FKGP	Dinnyés (MKP–MSZDP)→MDP^{[lower-alpha 3]}–FKGP–NPP
41	Lajos Dinnyés (1901–1961)	31 May 1947	10 December 1948	FKGP	Dinnyés (MKP–MSZDP)→MDP^{[lower-alpha 3]}–FKGP–NPP	24 (1947)
42	István Dobi (1898–1968)	10 December 1948	20 August 1949	FKGP	Dobi MDP–FKGP–NPP
(42)	István Dobi (1898–1968)	10 December 1948	20 August 1949	MDP	Dobi MDP–FKGP–NPP

Hungarian People's Republic (1949–1989)

Chairman of the Council of Ministers

Parties MDP–MSZMP MSZP

No.	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office		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		Rákosi MDP	25 (1949)
44	Imre Nagy (1896–1958) 1st term	4 July 1953	18 April 1955		I. Nagy I MDP	26 (1953)
45	András Hegedüs (1922–1999)	18 April 1955	24 October 1956		Hegedüs MDP
(44)	Imre Nagy (1896–1958) 2nd term	24 October 1956	31 October 1956		I. Nagy II MDP→MSZMP–FKGP
		31 October 1956	3 November 1956	MSZMP	I. Nagy II MDP→MSZMP–FKGP
		3 November 1956	4 November 1956^{[lower-alpha 4]} (deposed)		I. Nagy III MSZMP–FKGP–MSZDP–PP
46	János Kádár (1912–1989) 1st term	4 November 1956^{[lower-alpha 5]}	28 January 1958		Kádár I MSZMP
47	Ferenc Münnich (1886–1967)	28 January 1958	13 September 1961		Münnich MSZMP	27 (1958)
(46)	János Kádár (1912–1989) 2nd term	13 September 1961	30 June 1965		Kádár II MSZMP	27 (1958)
(46)	János Kádár (1912–1989) 2nd term	13 September 1961	30 June 1965		Kádár II MSZMP	28 (1963)
48	Gyula Kállai (1910–1996)	30 June 1965	14 April 1967		Kállai MSZMP	28 (1963)
49	Jenő Fock (1916–2001)	14 April 1967	15 May 1975		Fock MSZMP	29 (1967)
49	Jenő Fock (1916–2001)	14 April 1967	15 May 1975		Fock MSZMP	30 (1971)
50	György Lázár (1924–2014)	15 May 1975	25 June 1987		Lázár MSZMP	31 (1975)
						32 (1980)
						33 (1985)
51	Károly Grósz (1930–1996)	25 June 1987	24 November 1988		Grósz MSZMP
52	Miklós Németh (born 1948)	24 November 1988	7 October 1989		Németh MSZMP→MSZP
(52)	Miklós Németh (born 1948)	7 October 1989	23 October 1989	MSZP	Németh MSZMP→MSZP

Hungarian Republic / Hungary (from 1989)

Parties MSZP Fidesz MDF Independent

No.	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office		Political party	Cabinet	Assembly (Election)
—	Miklós Németh (born 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^[8]	34 (1990)
—	Péter Boross (born 1928) acting	12 December 1993	21 December 1993		Antall MDF–FKGP–KDNP^[8]
54	Péter Boross (born 1928)	21 December 1993	15 July 1994		Boross MDF–EKGP–KDNP
55	Gyula Horn (1932–2013)	15 July 1994	6 July 1998	MSZP	Horn MSZP–SZDSZ	35 (1994)
56	Viktor Orbán (born 1963) 1st term	6 July 1998	27 May 2002	Fidesz	Orbán I Fidesz–FKGP–MDF	36 (1998)
57	Péter Medgyessy (born 1942)	27 May 2002	29 September 2004 (resigned)	Independent	Medgyessy MSZP–SZDSZ	37 (2002)
58	Ferenc Gyurcsány (born 1961)	29 September 2004	9 June 2006	MSZP	Gyurcsány I MSZP–SZDSZ	37 (2002)
58	Ferenc Gyurcsány (born 1961)	9 June 2006	14 April 2009 (resigned)	MSZP	Gyurcsány II MSZP–SZDSZ^[9]	38 (2006)
59	Gordon Bajnai (born 1968)	14 April 2009	29 May 2010	Independent	Bajnai MSZP^[10]	38 (2006)
(56)	Viktor Orbán (born 1963) 2nd term	29 May 2010	10 May 2014	Fidesz	Orbán II Fidesz–KDNP	39 (2010)
		10 May 2014	10 May 2018		Orbán III Fidesz–KDNP	40 (2014)
		10 May 2018	16 May 2022		Orbán IV Fidesz–KDNP	41 (2018)
		16 May 2022	Incumbent		Orbán V Fidesz–KDNP	42 (2022)

⁸ 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.

⁹ SZDSZ left the Gyurcsány II Cabinet on 20 April 2008.

¹⁰ The Bajnai Cabinet was supported externally by SZDSZ.

Timeline

Combined

Revolution of 1848

Lands of the Crown of St. Stephen

First Hungarian Republic/Hungarian Soviet Republic

Kingdom of Hungary

Second Hungarian Republic

Hungarian People's Republic

Third Hungarian Republic

Notes

↑ Nagy did not recognize the appointment of Dinnyés as Prime Minister and resigned only on 2 June 1947
↑ Took over direction of the Council of Ministers on 14 May 1947 upon Nagy's departure to Switzerland. Became sole Acting Prime Minister upon Nagy's deposition.
↑ The Hungarian Communist Party and Social Democratic Party of Hungary merged to form the Hungarian Working People's Party on 12 June 1948
↑ Nagy never formally resigned, and remained in refuge at the Yugoslav Embassy until 22 November 1956
↑ In Uzhhorod exile, then in Szolnok to 7 November 1956

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; ISBN 963-547-085-1.

External links

Rulers.org

References

↑ Szurovecz, Illés (30 November 2020). "Varga Judittól kellett megtudnunk, hogy Orbán Viktor többet volt hatalmon, mint bármelyik magyar miniszterelnök a történelemben".

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[2] Nagy did not recognize the appointment of Dinnyés as Prime Minister and resigned only on 2 June 1947

[3] Took over direction of the Council of Ministers on 14 May 1947 upon Nagy's departure to Switzerland. Became sole Acting Prime Minister upon Nagy's deposition.

[4] The Hungarian Communist Party and Social Democratic Party of Hungary merged to form the Hungarian Working People's Party on 12 June 1948

[5] Nagy never formally resigned, and remained in refuge at the Yugoslav Embassy until 22 November 1956

[6] In Uzhhorod exile, then in Szolnok to 7 November 1956

[1] Szurovecz, Illés (30 November 2020). "Varga Judittól kellett megtudnunk, hogy Orbán Viktor többet volt hatalmon, mint bármelyik magyar miniszterelnök a történelemben".

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Prime ministers of Hungary
List By length of term Graphical Records
Revolution of 1848	Batthyány (Récsey) Kossuth Szemere
Kingdom (1867–1918)	Andrássy Lónyay Szlávy Bittó Wenckheim K. Tisza Szapáry Wekerle Bánffy Széll Khuen-Héderváry I. Tisza Fejérváry Wekerle Khuen-Héderváry Lukács I. Tisza Esterházy Wekerle Hadik
First Republic	M. Károlyi Berinkey
Soviet Republic	Garbai Peidl opposed by G. Károlyi Pattantyús-Ábrahám
Republic (1919–20)	Friedrich Huszár
Kingdom (1920–1946)	Simonyi-Semadam Teleki Bethlen G. Károlyi Gömbös Darányi Imrédy Teleki Keresztes-Fischer Bárdossy Keresztes-Fischer Kállay Sztójay Lakatos Szálasi Miklós Tildy
Second Republic	Rákosi F. Nagy Rákosi Dinnyés Dobi
People's Republic	Dobi Rákosi I. Nagy Hegedüs I. Nagy Kádár Münnich Kádár Kállai Fock Lázár Grósz Németh
Third Republic	Németh Antall Boross Horn Orbán Medgyessy Gyurcsány Bajnai Orbán
Italics indicates interim holder.