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 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)
			Took office	Left office	Time in office
1		Lajos Batthyány (1807–1849)	17 March 1848	2 October 1848	199 days	Opposition Party	Batthyány	Last Diet
								1 (1848)
—		Ádám Récsey (1775–1852) appointed illegally	3 October 1848	7 October 1848	4 days	Imperial Army	—
2		Lajos Kossuth (1802–1894) de facto	2 October 1848	14 April 1849	194 days	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)
			Took office	Left office	Time in office
(2)		Lajos Kossuth (1802–1894) de facto	14 April 1849	1 May 1849	17 days	Opposition Party	Committee of National Defence	1 (1848)
3		Bertalan Szemere (1812–1869)	2 May 1849	11 August 1849	101 days	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)
			Took office	Left office	Time in office
4		Gyula Andrássy (1823–1890)	17 February 1867	14 November 1871	4 years, 270 days	Deák Party	Andrássy DP	3 (1865)
								4 (1869)
5		Menyhért Lónyay (1822–1884)	14 November 1871	4 December 1872	1 year, 20 days		Lónyay DP
								5 (1872)
6		József Szlávy (1818–1900)	4 December 1872	21 March 1874	1 year, 107 days		Szlávy DP
7		István Bittó (1822–1903)	21 March 1874	2 March 1875	346 days		Bittó DP–BK
8		Béla Wenckheim (1811–1879)	2 March 1875	20 October 1875	240 days	Liberal Party	Wenckheim SZP
9		Kálmán Tisza (1830–1902)	20 October 1875	13 March 1890	14 years, 144 days		K. Tisza SZP	6 (1875)
								7 (1878)
								8 (1881)
								9 (1884)
								10 (1887)
10		Gyula Szapáry (1832–1905)	13 March 1890	17 November 1892	2 years, 249 days		Szapáry SZP
								11 (1892)
11		Sándor Wekerle (1848–1921) 1st term	17 November 1892	14 January 1895	2 years, 58 days		Wekerle I SZP
12		Dezső Bánffy (1843–1911)	14 January 1895	26 February 1899	4 years, 43 days		Bánffy SZP
								12 (1896)
13		Kálmán Széll (1843–1915)	26 February 1899	27 June 1903	4 years, 121 days		Széll SZP
								13 (1901)
14		Károly Khuen-Héderváry (1849–1918) 1st term	27 June 1903	3 November 1903	129 days		Khuen-Héderváry I SZP
15		István Tisza (1861–1918) 1st term	3 November 1903	18 June 1905	1 year, 227 days		I. Tisza I SZP
16		Géza Fejérváry (1833–1914)	18 June 1905	8 April 1906	294 days	Independent	Fejérváry SZP	14 (1905)
(11)		Sándor Wekerle (1848–1921) 2nd term	8 April 1906	17 January 1910	3 years, 284 days	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	2 years, 96 days	National Party of Work	Khuen-Héderváry II NMP	16 (1910)
17		László Lukács (1850–1932)	22 April 1912	10 June 1913	1 year, 49 days		Lukács NMP
(15)		István Tisza (1861–1918) 2nd term	10 June 1913	15 June 1917	4 years, 5 days		I. Tisza II NMP
18		Móric Esterházy (1881–1960)	15 June 1917	20 August 1917	66 days	Independent	Esterházy NMP–F48P–OAP–PDP–KNP
(11)		Sándor Wekerle (1848–1921) 3rd term	20 August 1917	30 October 1918	1 year, 71 days	National Constitution Party → '48 Constitution Party	Wekerle III NMP–F48P–OAP–PDP–KNP
19		János Hadik (1863–1933)	30 October 1918	31 October 1918	1 day	National Constitution Party	Hadik not formed
20		Mihály Károlyi (1875–1955)	31 October 1918	16 November 1918	16 days	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)
			Took office	Left office	Time in office
(20)		Mihály Károlyi (1875–1955) interim head of state	16 November 1918	11 January 1919	56 days	F48P–Károlyi	M. Károlyi F48P–K–PRP–MSZDP	MNT (—)
—		Dénes Berinkey (1871–1944) acting	11 January 1919	19 January 1919	69 days	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)
			Took office	Left office	Time in office
22		Sándor Garbai (1879–1947) de facto	21 March 1919	1 August 1919	133 days	MSZP/SZKMMP	Central Executive Council MSZP/SZKMMP	TOGY (—)
23		Gyula Peidl (1873–1943) interim head of state	1 August 1919	6 August 1919 (deposed)	5 days	MSZDP	Peidl MSZDP	—

Counter-revolutionary governments (1919)

Parties   Independent

No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office			Political party	Cabinet	Assembly (Election)
			Took office	Left office	Time in office
—		Gyula Károlyi (1871–1947)	5 May 1919	31 May 1919	68 days	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	31 days	Independent	Szeged III	—

Hungarian Republic (1919–1920)

Parties   KNEP   Independent

No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office			Political party	Cabinet	Assembly (Election)
			Took office	Left office	Time in office
—		István Friedrich (1883–1951) acting	7 August 1919	15 August 1919	8 days	Independent	Friedrich KNP/KNEP–OKGFP	—
24		István Friedrich (1883–1951) interim head of state	15 August 1919	24 November 1919	101 days	KNP → KNEP
25		Károly Huszár (1882–1941) interim head of state	24 November 1919	15 March 1920	112 days	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)
			Took office	Left office	Time in office
26		Sándor Simonyi-Semadam (1864–1946)	15 March 1920	19 July 1920	126 days	KNEP	Simonyi-Semadam KNEP–OKGFP	17 (1920)
27		Pál Teleki (1879–1941) 1st term	19 July 1920	14 April 1921	269 days		Teleki I KNEP–OKGFP
28		István Bethlen (1874–1946)	14 April 1921	2 February 1922	10 years, 132 days		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	1 year, 38 days		G. Károlyi EP–KGSZP
30		Gyula Gömbös (1886–1936)	1 October 1932	6 October 1936 (died in office)	4 years, 5 days	NEP	Gömbös NEP
								21 (1935)
—		Kálmán Darányi (1886–1939) acting	6 October 1936	12 October 1936	6 days
31		Kálmán Darányi (1886–1939)	12 October 1936	14 May 1938	1 year, 214 days		Darányi NEP
32		Béla Imrédy (1891–1946)	14 May 1938	16 February 1939	278 days		Imrédy NEP
(27)		Pál Teleki (1879–1941) 2nd term	16 February 1939	3 April 1941 (died in office)	2 years, 46 days	MÉP	Teleki II MÉP
								22 (1939)
—		Ferenc Keresztes-Fischer (1881–1948) acting	3 April 1941		0 days
33		László Bárdossy (1890–1946)	3 April 1941	7 March 1942	338 days		Bárdossy MÉP
—		Ferenc Keresztes-Fischer (1881–1948) acting	7 March 1942	9 March 1942	2 days
34		Miklós Kállay (1887–1967)	9 March 1942	22 March 1944 (deposed)	2 years, 13 days		Kállay MÉP
35		Döme Sztójay (1883–1946)	22 March 1944	29 August 1944	160 days	Independent	Sztójay MÉP–MMP
36		Géza Lakatos (1890–1967)	29 August 1944	16 October 1944 (deposed)	48 days		Lakatos MÉP

Government of National Unity (1944–1945)

Parties   NYKP

No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office			Political party	Cabinet	Assembly (Election)
			Took office	Left office	Time in office
37		Ferenc Szálasi (1897–1946) head of state	16 October 1944	28 March 1945[1]	163 days	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)
			Took office	Left office	Time in office
38		Béla Miklós (1890–1948)	22 December 1944[2]	15 November 1945	328 days	Independent	Provisional National Government FKGP–MKP–MSZDP–NPP–PDP	INGY (1944)
39		Zoltán Tildy (1889–1961)	15 November 1945	1 February 1946	78 days	FKGP	Tildy FKGP–MKP–MSZDP–NPP	23 (1945)
—		Mátyás Rákosi (1892–1971) acting	1 February 1946	4 February 1946	3 days	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)
			Took office	Left office	Time in office
40		Ferenc Nagy (1903–1979)	4 February 1946	31 May 1947[a](deposed)	1 year, 116 days	FKGP	F. Nagy FKGP–MKP–MSZDP–NPP	23 (1945)
—		Mátyás Rákosi (1892–1971) acting	31 May 1947[b]		0 days	MKP
41		Lajos Dinnyés (1901–1961)	31 May 1947	10 December 1948	1 year, 193 days	FKGP	Dinnyés (MKP–MSZDP)→MDP[c]–FKGP–NPP
								24 (1947)
42		István Dobi (1898–1968)	10 December 1948	20 August 1949	253 days	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)
			Took office	Left office	Time in office
(42)		István Dobi (1898–1968)	20 August 1949	14 August 1952	2 years, 360 days	MDP	Dobi MDP	25 (1949)
43		Mátyás Rákosi (1892–1971)	14 August 1952	4 July 1953	324 days		Rákosi MDP
44		Imre Nagy (1896–1958) 1st term	4 July 1953	18 April 1955	1 year, 288 days		I. Nagy I MDP	26 (1953)
45		András Hegedüs (1922–1999)	18 April 1955	24 October 1956	1 year, 189 days		Hegedüs MDP
(44)		Imre Nagy (1896–1958) 2nd term	24 October 1956	31 October 1956	11 days		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	1 year, 85 days		Kádár I MSZMP
47		Ferenc Münnich (1886–1967)	28 January 1958	13 September 1961	3 years, 228 days		Münnich MSZMP	27 (1958)
(46)		János Kádár (1912–1989) 2nd term	13 September 1961	30 June 1965	3 years, 290 days		Kádár II MSZMP
								28 (1963)
48		Gyula Kállai (1910–1996)	30 June 1965	14 April 1967	1 year, 288 days		Kállai MSZMP
49		Jenő Fock (1916–2001)	14 April 1967	15 May 1975	8 years, 31 days		Fock MSZMP	29 (1967)
								30 (1971)
50		György Lázár (1924–2014)	15 May 1975	25 June 1987	12 years, 41 days		Lázár MSZMP	31 (1975)
								32 (1980)
								33 (1985)
51		Károly Grósz (1930–1996)	25 June 1987	24 November 1988	1 year, 152 days		Grósz MSZMP
52		Miklós Németh (born 1948)	24 November 1988	7 October 1989	333 days		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)
			Took office	Left office	Time in office
—		Miklós Németh (born 1948) provisional	23 October 1989	23 May 1990	212 days	MSZP	Németh MSZP	—
53		József Antall (1932–1993)	23 May 1990	12 December 1993 (died in office)	3 years, 203 days	MDF	Antall MDF–FKGP–KDNP[f]	34 (1990)
—		Péter Boross (born 1928) acting	12 December 1993	21 December 1993	215 days
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	3 years, 356 days	MSZP	Horn MSZP–SZDSZ	35 (1994)
56		Viktor Orbán (born 1963) 1st term	6 July 1998	27 May 2002	3 years, 325 days	Fidesz	Orbán I Fidesz–FKGP–MDF	36 (1998)
57		Péter Medgyessy (born 1942)	27 May 2002	29 September 2004 (resigned)	2 years, 125 days	Independent	Medgyessy MSZP–SZDSZ	37 (2002)
58		Ferenc Gyurcsány (born 1961)	29 September 2004	9 June 2006	4 years, 197 days	MSZP	Gyurcsány I MSZP–SZDSZ
			9 June 2006	14 April 2009 (resigned)			Gyurcsány II MSZP–SZDSZ[g]	38 (2006)
59		Gordon Bajnai (born 1968)	14 April 2009	29 May 2010	1 year, 45 days	Independent	Bajnai MSZP[h]
(56)		Viktor Orbán (born 1963) 2nd term	29 May 2010	10 May 2014	14 years, 179 days	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)

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

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

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
6. 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.
7. SZDSZ left the Gyurcsány II Cabinet on 20 April 2008.
8. The Bajnai Cabinet was supported externally by SZDSZ.

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

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