List of Prime Ministers of Hungary

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This is a list of Prime Ministers of Hungary 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.

Heads of Government of Hungary (1848–Present)

Hungarian Revolution of 1848 (1848–1849)

Parties       Opposition Party       Independent

Picture	Name	From	Until	Political Party
	Lajos Batthyány	17 March 1848	2 October 1848	Opposition Party
	Ádám Récsey illegitimate	3 October 1848	7 October 1848	Independent
	Lajos Kossuth President of the Committee of National Defence also Governor-President from 14 April 1849	2 October 1848	1 May 1849	Opposition Party
	Bertalan Szemere	2 May 1849	11 August 1849

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

Kingdom of Hungary during Austria-Hungary (1867–1918)

Parties       Deák Party       Liberal Party       Constitution Party/Party of National Work/Constitution Party of 48       Independent

Picture	Name	From	Until	Political Party
	Gyula Andrássy	17 February 1867	14 November 1871	Deák Party
	Menyhért Lónyay	14 November 1871	4 December 1872
	József Szlávy	4 December 1872	21 March 1874
	István Bittó	21 March 1874	2 March 1875
	Béla Wenckheim	2 March 1875	20 October 1875	Liberal Party
	Kálmán Tisza	20 October 1875	13 March 1890
	Gyula Szapáry	13 March 1890	17 November 1892
	Sándor Wekerle	17 November 1892	14 January 1895
	Dezső Bánffy	14 January 1895	26 February 1899
	Kálmán Széll	26 February 1899	27 June 1903
	Károly Khuen-Héderváry	27 June 1903	3 November 1903
	István Tisza	3 November 1903	18 June 1905
	Géza Fejérváry	18 June 1905	8 April 1906	Independent
	Sándor Wekerle	8 April 1906	17 January 1910	Constitution Party
	Károly Khuen-Héderváry	17 January 1910	22 April 1912	Party of National Work
	László Lukács	22 April 1912	10 June 1913
	István Tisza	10 June 1913	15 June 1917
	Móric Esterházy	15 June 1917	20 August 1917	Constitution Party of 48
	Sándor Wekerle	20 August 1917	30 October 1918
	János Hadik	30 October 1918	31 October 1918

Hungarian Democratic Republic (1918–1919)

Parties       Independence Party       Civil Radical Party

Picture	Name	From	Until	Political Party
	Mihály Károlyi also Head of State	31 October 1918	11 January 1919	Independence Party
	Dénes Berinkey Acting until 19 January	11 January 1919	21 March 1919	Civil Radical Party

Hungarian Soviet Republic (1919)

Parties       Socialist Party of Hungary       MSZDP

Picture	Name	From	Until	Political Party
	Sándor Garbai Chairman of the Hungarian Central Executive Council also Head of State	21 March 1919	1 August 1919	Socialist Party of Hungary
	Gyula Peidl also acting Head of State	1 August 1919	6 August 1919	MSZDP

Counter-Revolutionary Governments (1919)

Parties       Independent

Picture	Name	From	Until	Political Party
	Gyula Károlyi	5 May 1919	12 July 1919	Independent
	Dezső Pattantyús-Ábrahám	12 July 1919	12 August 1919	National Government

Romanian Occupation (1919–1920)

Parties       KNEP

Picture	Name	From	Until	Political Party
	István Friedrich also Head of State from 23 August 1919	7 August 1919	24 November 1919	Independent → KNEP
	Károly Huszár also Head of State	24 November 1919	15 March 1920	KNEP

Kingdom of Hungary (1920–1946)

Parties       KNEP       Unity Party       Party of National Unity       Party of Hungarian Life       Independent

Picture	Name	From	Until	Political Party
	Sándor Simonyi-Semadam	15 March 1920	19 July 1920	KNEP
	Pál Teleki	19 July 1920	14 April 1921
	István Bethlen	14 April 1921	24 August 1931	KNEP → Unity Party
	István Rakovszky illegitimate	21 October 1921	26 October 1921	Rival Government
	Gyula Károlyi	24 August 1931	1 October 1932	Unity Party
	Gyula Gömbös	1 October 1932	6 October 1936	Party of National Unity
	Kálmán Darányi	12 October 1936	14 May 1938
	Béla Imrédy	14 May 1938	16 February 1939
	Pál Teleki	16 February 1939	3 April 1941	Party of Hungarian Life
	Ferenc Keresztes-Fischer Acting	3 April 1941
	László Bárdossy	3 April 1941	7 March 1942
	Ferenc Keresztes-Fischer Acting	7 March 1942	9 March 1942
	Miklós Kállay	9 March 1942	22 March 1944
	Döme Sztójay appointed by the Germans	22 March 1944	29 August 1944	Independent
	Géza Lakatos	29 August 1944	16 October 1944

Government of National Unity (1944–1945)

Parties       Arrow Cross Party

Picture	Name	From	Until	Political Party
	Ferenc Szálasi de facto, appointed by the Germans also Head of State (Leader of the Nation)	16 October 1944	28 March 1945	Arrow Cross Party

Soviet Backed Provisional Governments (1944–1946)

Parties       Independent       FKGP

Picture	Name	From	Until	Political Party
	Béla Miklós in opposition to 13 February 1945	22 December 1944	15 November 1945	Independent
	Zoltán Tildy	15 November 1945	1 February 1946	FKGP

Republic of Hungary (1946–1949)

Parties       FKGP       MKP-MDP

Picture	Name	From	Until	Political Party
	Ferenc Nagy	4 February 1946	31 May 1947	FKGP
	Lajos Dinnyés	31 May 1947	10 December 1948	FKGP
	István Dobi	10 December 1948	20 August 1949	FKGP → MDP

People's Republic of Hungary (1949–1989)

Chairman of the Council of Ministers

Main article: Council of Ministers of the People's Republic of Hungary

Parties       MDP-MSZMP

Picture	Name	From	Until	Political Party
	István Dobi	20 August 1949	14 August 1952	MDP
	Mátyás Rákosi	14 August 1952	4 July 1953
	Imre Nagy	4 July 1953	18 April 1955
	András Hegedüs	18 April 1955	24 October 1956
	Imre Nagy	24 October 1956	4 November 1956
	János Kádár	4 November 1956	28 January 1958	MSZMP
	Ferenc Münnich	28 January 1958	13 September 1961
	János Kádár	13 September 1961	30 June 1965
	Gyula Kállai	30 June 1965	14 April 1967
	Jenő Fock	14 April 1967	15 May 1975
	György Lázár	15 May 1975	25 June 1987
	Károly Grósz	25 June 1987	24 November 1988
	Miklós Németh	24 November 1988	23 October 1989

Hungary (1989–Present)

Parties       MSZMP-MSZP       Fidesz       MDF       Independent

Portrait		Name	Term of Office		Political Party	Cabinet	Assembly (Election)
		Miklós Németh	23 October 1989	23 May 1990	MSZMP	Németh MSZMP	—
		József Antall	23 May 1990	12 December 1993	MDF	Antall MDF–FKGP–KDNP	1 (1990)
		Péter Boross Acting until 21 December	12 December 1993	15 July 1994	MDF	Boross MDF–EKGP–KDNP
		Gyula Horn	15 July 1994	8 July 1998	MSZP	Horn MSZP–SZDSZ	2 (1994)
		Viktor Orbán	8 July 1998	27 May 2002	Fidesz	Orbán I Fidesz–FKGP–MDF	3 (1998)
		Péter Medgyessy	27 May 2002	29 September 2004	Independent	Medgyessy MSZP–SZDSZ	4 (2002)
		Ferenc Gyurcsány	29 September 2004	9 June 2006	MSZP	Gyurcsány I MSZP–SZDSZ
			9 June 2006	30 April 2008		Gyurcsány II MSZP–SZDSZ	5 (2006)
			1 May 2008	14 April 2009		Gyurcsány III MSZP
		Gordon Bajnai	14 April 2009	29 May 2010	Independent	Bajnai MSZP
		Viktor Orbán	29 May 2010	Incumbent	Fidesz	Orbán II Fidesz–KDNP	6 (2010)

¹ SZDSZ left the Gyurcsány II Cabinet on 20 April 2008.

² The Gyurcsány III and Bajnai Cabinets were supported externally by SZDSZ.

See also

• List of rulers of Hungary
• 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