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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. Portrait 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 (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

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. Portrait 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 (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
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 (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. Portrait 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
21 Dénes Berinkey
(1871–1944) 		19 January 1919 21 March 1919 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. Portrait 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. Portrait 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
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. Portrait 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
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
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
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) 		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. Portrait 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

1 Left Budapest on 9 December 1944

2 At Debrecen to 11 April 1945

Hungarian Republic (1946–1949)

Parties   FKGP   MKP–MDP

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

Hungarian People's Republic (1949–1989)

Chairman of the Council of Ministers

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

Parties   MDP–MSZMP   MSZP

No. Portrait 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
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
3 November 1956 4 November 1956[d]
(deposed) 		I. Nagy III
MSZMP–FKGP–MSZDP–PP
46 János Kádár
(1912–1989)
1st term 		4 November 1956[e] 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
28 (1963)
48 Gyula Kállai
(1910–1996) 		30 June 1965 14 April 1967 Kállai
MSZMP
49 Jenő Fock
(1916–2001) 		14 April 1967 15 May 1975 Fock
MSZMP 		29 (1967)
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) 7 October 1989 23 October 1989 MSZP

Hungarian Republic / Hungary (from 1989)

Parties   MSZP   Fidesz   MDF   Independent

No. Portrait 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
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
9 June 2006 14 April 2009
(resigned) 		Gyurcsány II
MSZP–SZDSZ[9] 		38 (2006)
59 Gordon Bajnai
(born 1968) 		14 April 2009 29 May 2010 Independent Bajnai
MSZP[10]
(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

Gordon BajnaiFerenc GyurcsányPéter MedgyessyViktor OrbánGyula HornPéter BorossJózsef AntallMiklós NémethKároly GrószGyörgy LázárJenő FockGyula KállaiFerenc MünnichJános KádárAndrás HegedüsImre NagyIstván DobiLajos DinnyésFerenc NagyMátyás RákosiZoltán TildyBéla MiklósFerenc SzálasiGéza LakatosDöme SztójayMiklós KállayLászló BárdossyFerenc Keresztes-FischerBéla ImrédyKálmán DarányiGyula GömbösGyula KárolyiIstván BethlenPál TelekiSándor Simonyi-SemadamKároly HuszárKároly HuszárIstván FriedrichGyula PeidlDezső Pattantyús-ÁbrahámGyula KárolyiSándor GarbaiDénes BerinkeyMihály KárolyiMihály KárolyiJános HadikMoric EsterházyLászló LukácsGéza FejérváryIstván TiszaKároly Khuen-HéderváryKálmán SzéllDesző BánnfySándor WekerleGyula SzápáryKálmán TiszaBéla WenckheimIstván BittóJószef SzlávyMenyhért LónyayGyula Andrássy


Revolution of 1848

Bertalan SzemereLajos KossuthLajos Batthyány

Lands of the Crown of St. Stephen

Mihály KárolyiJános HadikMoric EsterházyLászló LukácsGéza FejérváryIstván TiszaKároly Khuen-HéderváryKálmán SzéllDesző BánnfySándor WekerleGyula SzápáryKálmán TiszaBéla WenckheimIstván BittóJószef SzlávyMenyhért LónyayGyula Andrássy

First Hungarian Republic/Hungarian Soviet Republic

Dezső Pattantyús-ÁbrahámGyula KárolyiKároly HuszárIstván FriedrichGyula PeidlSándor GarbaiDénes BerinkeyMihály Károlyi

Kingdom of Hungary

Zoltán TildyBéla MiklósFerenc SzálasiGéza LakatosDöme SztójayMiklós KállayLászló BárdossyFerenc Keresztes-FischerBéla ImrédyKálmán DarányiGyula GömbösGyula KárolyiIstván BethlenPál TelekiSándor Simonyi-SemadamKároly Huszár

Second Hungarian Republic

István DobiLajos DinnyésFerenc NagyMátyás Rákosi

Hungarian People's Republic

Miklós NémethKároly GrószGyörgy LázárJenő FockGyula KállaiFerenc MünnichJános KádárAndrás HegedüsImre NagyMátyás RákosiIstván Dobi

Third Hungarian Republic

Gordon BajnaiFerenc GyurcsányPéter MedgyessyViktor OrbánGyula HornPéter BorossJózsef AntallMiklós Németh


See also

Notes

  1. ^ Nagy did not recognize the appointment of Dinnyés as Prime Minister and resigned only on 2 June 1947
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ The Hungarian Communist Party and Social Democratic Party of Hungary merged to form the Hungarian Working People's Party on 12 June 1948
  4. ^ Nagy never formally resigned, and remained in refuge at the Yugoslav Embassy until 22 November 1956
  5. ^ In Uzhhorod exile, then in Szolnok to 7 November 1956

Sources

External links

References

  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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