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

Hungarian State (1849)

Parties  Opposition Party

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

First Hungarian Republic (1918–1919)

Parties  F48P–Károlyi  Civic Radical Party (PRP)

Hungarian Soviet Republic (1919)

Parties  MSZP/SZKMMP  MSZDP

Counter-revolutionary governments (1919)

Parties  Independent

Hungarian Republic (1919–1920)

Parties  KNEP  Independent

Kingdom of Hungary (1920–1946)

Parties  KNEP  EP–NEP–MÉP  Independent

Government of National Unity (1944–1945)

Parties  NYKP

Soviet-backed provisional governments (1944–1946)

Parties  FKGP  Independent  MKP

1 Left Budapest on 9 December 1944

2 At Debrecen to 11 April 1945

Hungarian Republic (1946–1949)

Parties  FKGP  MKP–MDP

Hungarian People's Republic (1949–1989)

Chairman of the Council of Ministers

Parties  MDP–MSZMP  MSZP

Hungarian Republic / Hungary (from 1989)

Parties  MSZP  Fidesz  MDF  Independent

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

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

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".