The minister of finance ( Hungarian: pénzügyminiszter) is a member of the Hungarian cabinet and the head of the Ministry of Finance. The current minister is Mihály Varga.
The position was called as People's Commissar of Finance ( Hungarian: pénzügyi népbiztos) during the Hungarian Soviet Republic in 1919, and as Minister of National Economy ( Hungarian: nemzetgazdasági miniszter) between 2010 and 2018.
Parties Opposition Party Independent
No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Term of office | Political party | Cabinet |
Assembly (Election) | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 |
Lajos Kossuth (1802–1894) |
7 April 1848 | 12 September 1848 | Opposition Party | Batthyány | Last Diet | |
1 (1848) | |||||||
— |
Lajos Batthyány (1807–1849) acting |
12 September 1848 | 28 September 1848 | Opposition Party | |||
2 |
Ferenc Duschek (1797–1872) |
28 September 1848 | 2 October 1848 | Independent | |||
2 October 1848 | 14 April 1849 | Committee of National Defence |
Parties Independent
No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Term of office | Political party | Cabinet |
Assembly (Election) | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 |
Ferenc Duschek (1797–1872) |
14 April 1849 | 2 May 1849 | Independent | Committee of National Defence | 1 (1848) | |
2 May 1849 | 11 August 1849 | Szemere |
After the collapse of the Hungarian Revolution of 1848, the Hungarian Kingdom became an integral part of the Austrian Empire until 1867, when dual Austro-Hungarian Monarchy was created.
Parties Deák Party/ Liberal Party/ National Party of Work Left Centre National Constitution Party F48P/F48P–Károlyi Independent
No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Term of office | Political party | Cabinet |
Assembly (Election) | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 |
Menyhért Lónyay (1822–1884) |
20 February 1867 | 21 May 1870 | Deák Party |
Andrássy DP |
3 (1865) | |
4 (1869) | |||||||
2 |
Károly Kerkapoly (1824–1891) |
21 May 1870 | 14 November 1871 | Deák Party | |||
14 November 1871 | 4 December 1872 |
Lónyay DP | |||||
5 (1872) | |||||||
4 December 1872 | 19 December 1873 |
Szlávy DP | |||||
— |
József Szlávy (1818–1900) acting |
19 December 1873 | 21 March 1874 | Deák Party | |||
3 |
Kálmán Ghyczy (1808–1888) |
21 March 1874 | 2 March 1875 | Left Centre |
Bittó DP– BK | ||
4 |
Kálmán Széll (1843–1915) |
2 March 1875 | 20 October 1875 | Liberal Party |
Wenckheim SZP | ||
20 October 1875 | 3 October 1878 |
K. Tisza SZP |
6 (1875) | ||||
7 (1878) | |||||||
— |
Kálmán Széll (1843–1915) acting |
3 October 1878 | 11 October 1878 | ||||
— |
Kálmán Tisza (1830–1902) acting |
11 October 1878 | 5 December 1878 | Liberal Party | |||
5 |
Gyula Szapáry (1832–1905) |
5 December 1878 | 11 February 1887 | Liberal Party | |||
— |
Kálmán Tisza (1830–1902) acting |
11 February 1887 | 9 April 1889 | Liberal Party | |||
6 |
Sándor Wekerle (1848–1921) 1st term |
9 April 1889 | 13 March 1890 | Liberal Party | |||
13 March 1890 | 17 November 1892 |
Szapáry SZP |
11 (1892) | ||||
17 November 1892 | 15 January 1895 |
Wekerle I SZP | |||||
7 |
László Lukács (1850–1932) 1st term |
15 January 1895 | 26 February 1899 | Liberal Party |
Bánffy SZP | ||
12 (1896) | |||||||
26 February 1899 | 27 June 1903 |
Széll SZP | |||||
13 (1901) | |||||||
27 June 1903 | 3 November 1903 |
Khuen-Héderváry I SZP | |||||
3 November 1903 | 18 June 1905 |
I. Tisza I SZP | |||||
— |
Géza Fejérváry (1833–1914) acting |
18 June 1905 | 6 March 1906 | Independent |
Fejérváry SZP |
14 (1905) | |
8 |
Ferenc Hegedűs (1856–1909) |
6 March 1906 | 8 April 1906 | Independent | |||
(6) |
Sándor Wekerle (1848–1921) 2nd term |
8 April 1906 | 17 January 1910 | National Constitution Party |
Wekerle II F48P– OAP–KNP–PDP |
15 (1906) | |
(7) |
László Lukács (1850–1932) 2nd term |
17 January 1910 | 22 April 1912 | National Party of Work |
Khuen-Héderváry II NMP | ||
16 (1910) | |||||||
9 |
János Teleszky (1868–1939) |
22 April 1912 | 10 June 1913 | National Party of Work |
Lukács NMP | ||
10 June 1913 | 15 June 1917 |
I. Tisza II NMP | |||||
10 |
Gusztáv Gratz (1875–1946) |
15 June 1917 | 23 August 1917 | National Party of Work |
Esterházy NMP– F48P– OAP–PDP–KNP | ||
23 August 1917 | 16 September 1917 |
Wekerle III NMP– F48P– OAP–PDP–KNP | |||||
— |
Sándor Wekerle (1848–1921) acting |
16 September 1917 | 11 February 1918 | National Constitution Party | |||
11 |
Sándor Popovics (1862–1935) |
11 February 1918 | 31 October 1918 | National Constitution Party | |||
— |
János Grünn (1864–1932) |
30 October 1918 | 31 October 1918 | Independent |
Hadik not formed | ||
— |
Mihály Károlyi (1875–1955) acting |
31 October 1918 | 16 November 1918 | F48P–Károlyi |
M. Károlyi F48P–Károlyi–PRP– MSZDP |
MNT (—) |
Parties F48P–Károlyi Civic Radical Party (PRP)
No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Term of office | Political party | Cabinet |
Assembly (Election) | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
— |
Mihály Károlyi (1875–1955) acting |
16 November 1918 | 25 November 1918 | F48P–Károlyi |
M. Károlyi F48P–Károlyi–PRP– MSZDP |
MNT (—) | |
1 |
Pál Szende (1879–1934) |
25 November 1918 | 19 January 1919 | PRP | |||
19 January 1919 | 21 March 1919 |
Berinkey F48P–Károlyi–PRP– MSZDP–OKGFP |
Parties MSZP/SZKMMP
No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Term of office | Political party | Cabinet |
Assembly (Election) | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 |
Jenő Varga (1879–1964) |
21 March 1919 | 3 April 1919 | MSZP |
Central Executive Council MSZP/SZKMMP |
TOGY (—) | |
2 |
Béla Székely (1889–1939) serving with Gyula Lengyel |
3 April 1919 | 24 June 1919 | MSZP/SZKMMP | |||
(2) |
Béla Székely (1889–1939) |
24 June 1919 | 1 August 1919 | ||||
2 |
Gyula Lengyel (1888–1941) serving with Béla Székely |
3 April 1919 | 24 June 1919 | MSZP/SZKMMP |
Parties Independent
No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Term of office | Political party | Cabinet |
Assembly (Election) | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
— |
Lajos Solymossy 1st term |
5 May 1919 | 31 May 1919 | Independent | Arad | — | |
— |
Gusztáv Gratz (1875–1946) |
31 May 1919 | 6 June 1919 | Independent | Szeged I | ||
— |
Lajos Solymossy 2nd term |
6 June 1919 | 12 July 1919 | Independent | Szeged II | ||
— |
Antal Éber (1872–1950) |
12 July 1919 | 12 August 1919 | Independent | Szeged III |
Parties MSZDP
No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Term of office | Political party | Cabinet |
Assembly (Election) | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 |
Ferenc Miákits (1876–1924) |
1 August 1919 | 6 August 1919 (deposed) |
MSZDP |
Peidl MSZDP |
— | |
— |
Gyula Peidl (1873–1943) acting for Ferenc Miákits |
2 August 1919 | 6 August 1919 (deposed) |
MSZDP |
Parties National Smallholders and Agricultural Labourers Party (OKGFP) Independent
No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Term of office | Political party | Cabinet |
Assembly (Election) | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 |
János Grünn (1864–1932) |
15 August 1919 | 12 September 1919 | Independent |
Friedrich KNP/KNEP–OKGFP |
— | |
2 |
Frigyes Korányi (1869–1935) |
12 September 1919 | 24 November 1919 | OKGFP | |||
24 November 1919 | 29 February 1920 |
Huszár KNEP–OKGFP– MSZDP–NDPP |
Parties National Smallholders and Agricultural Labourers Party (OKGFP) KNEP EP– NEP– MÉP Independent
No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Term of office | Political party | Cabinet |
Assembly (Election) | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 |
Frigyes Korányi (1869–1935) 1st term |
29 February 1920 | 15 March 1920 | OKGFP |
Huszár KNEP–OKGFP– MSZDP–NDPP |
— | |
15 March 1920 | 19 July 1920 |
Simonyi-Semadam KNEP–OKGFP |
17 (1920) | ||||
19 July 1920 | 16 December 1920 |
Teleki I KNEP–OKGFP | |||||
2 |
Lóránt Hegedüs (1872–1943) |
16 December 1920 | 14 April 1921 | Independent | |||
14 April 1921 | 27 September 1921 |
Bethlen ( KNEP–OKGFP)→ EP | |||||
— |
Lajos Hegyeshalmi (1862–1925) acting |
27 September 1921 | 4 October 1921 | KNEP | |||
— |
István Bethlen (1874–1946) acting |
4 October 1921 | 3 December 1921 | KNEP | |||
3 |
Tibor Kállay (1881–1964) |
3 December 1921 | 2 February 1922 | KNEP | |||
(3) | 2 February 1922 | 20 February 1924 | EP | ||||
18 (1922) | |||||||
— |
Lajos Walko (1880–1954) acting |
20 February 1924 | 25 March 1924 | EP | |||
(1) |
Frigyes Korányi (1869–1935) 2nd term |
25 March 1924 | 15 November 1924 | EP | |||
4 |
János Bud (1880–1950) |
15 November 1924 | 5 September 1928 | EP | |||
19 (1926) | |||||||
5 |
Sándor Wekerle Jr. (1878–1963) |
5 September 1928 | 24 August 1931 | EP | |||
20 (1931) | |||||||
— |
Gyula Károlyi (1871–1947) acting |
24 August 1931 | 16 December 1931 | EP |
G. Károlyi EP– KGSZP | ||
(1) |
Frigyes Korányi (1869–1935) 3rd term |
16 December 1931 | 1 October 1932 | EP | |||
6 |
Béla Imrédy (1891–1946) |
1 October 1932 | 6 January 1935 | NEP |
Gömbös NEP | ||
7 |
Tihamér Fabinyi (1890–1953) |
6 January 1935 | 6 October 1936 | NEP | |||
21 (1935) | |||||||
6 October 1936 | 9 March 1938 |
Darányi NEP | |||||
8 |
Lajos Reményi-Schneller (1892–1946) |
9 March 1938 | 14 May 1938 | NEP | |||
14 May 1938 | 16 February 1939 |
Imrédy NEP | |||||
(8) | 16 February 1939 | 3 April 1941 | MÉP |
Teleki II MÉP | |||
22 (1939) | |||||||
3 April 1941 | 9 March 1942 |
Bárdossy MÉP | |||||
9 March 1942 | 22 March 1944 |
Kállay MÉP | |||||
22 March 1944 | 29 August 1944 |
Sztójay MÉP–MMP | |||||
29 August 1944 | 16 October 1944 |
Lakatos MÉP |
Parties Independent
No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Term of office | Political party | Cabinet |
Assembly (Election) | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 |
Lajos Reményi-Schneller (1892–1946) |
16 October 1944 | 28 March 1945 | Independent |
Szálasi NYKP–MMP |
— |
Parties FKGP
No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Term of office | Political party | Cabinet |
Assembly (Election) | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 |
István Vásáry (1887–1955) |
22 December 1944 | 21 July 1945 | FKGP |
Provisional National Government FKGP– MKP– MSZDP– NPP– PDP |
INGY (1944) | |
2 |
Imre Oltványi (1893–1963) |
21 July 1945 | 15 November 1945 | FKGP | |||
3 |
Ferenc Gordon (1893–1971) |
15 November 1945 | 1 February 1946 | FKGP |
Tildy FKGP– MKP– MSZDP– NPP |
23 (1945) |
No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Term of office | Political party | Cabinet |
Assembly (Election) | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 |
Ferenc Gordon (1893–1971) |
1 February 1946 | 26 August 1946 | FKGP |
F. Nagy FKGP– MKP– MSZDP– NPP |
23 (1945) | |
2 |
Jenő Rácz (1907–1981) |
26 August 1946 | 14 March 1947 | FKGP | |||
3 |
Miklós Nyárádi (1905–1976) |
14 March 1947 | 31 May 1947 | FKGP | |||
31 May 1947 | 10 December 1948 |
Dinnyés MKP– FKGP– MSZDP– NPP | |||||
24 (1947) | |||||||
— |
Ernő Gerő (1898–1980) acting for Miklós Nyárádi |
3 December 1948 | 10 December 1948 | MDP | |||
— |
Ernő Gerő (1898–1980) acting |
10 December 1948 | 18 February 1949 | ||||
4 |
Ernő Gerő (1898–1980) |
18 February 1949 | 11 June 1949 |
Dobi MDP– FKGP– NPP | |||
25 (1949) | |||||||
5 |
István Kossa (1904–1965) |
11 June 1949 | 20 August 1949 | MDP |
No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Term of office | Political party | Cabinet |
Assembly (Election) | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 |
István Kossa (1904–1965) 1st term |
20 August 1949 | 24 February 1950 | MDP |
Dobi MDP |
25 (1949) | |
2 |
Károly Olt (1904–1985) |
24 February 1950 | 14 August 1952 | MDP | |||
14 August 1952 | 4 July 1953 |
Rákosi MDP | |||||
4 July 1953 | 18 April 1955 |
I. Nagy I MDP |
26 (1953) | ||||
18 April 1955 | 24 October 1956 |
Hegedüs MDP | |||||
(1) |
István Kossa (1904–1965) 2nd term |
24 October 1956 | 3 November 1956 | MDP |
I. Nagy II MDP/MSZMP– FKGP | ||
4 November 1956 | 9 May 1957 | MSZMP |
Kádár I MSZMP | ||||
3 |
István Antos (1908–1960) |
9 May 1957 | 28 January 1958 | MSZMP | |||
28 January 1958 | 5 January 1960 (died in office) |
Münnich MSZMP | |||||
26 (1953) | |||||||
4 |
Rezső Nyers (1923–2018) |
5 January 1960 | 13 September 1961 | MSZMP | |||
13 September 1961 | 27 November 1962 | ||||||
Kádár II MSZMP | |||||||
5 |
Mátyás Tímár (1923–2020) |
27 November 1962 | 30 June 1965 | MSZMP | |||
28 (1963) | |||||||
30 June 1965 | 14 April 1967 |
Kállai MSZMP | |||||
6 |
Péter Vályi (1919–1973) |
14 April 1967 | 12 May 1971 | MSZMP |
Fock MSZMP |
29 (1967) | |
7 |
Lajos Faluvégi (1924–1999) |
12 May 1971 | 15 May 1975 | MSZMP | 30 (1971) | ||
15 May 1975 | 27 June 1980 |
Lázár MSZMP | |||||
31 (1975) | |||||||
8 |
István Hetényi (1926–2008) |
27 June 1980 | 31 December 1986 | MSZMP | 32 (1980) | ||
33 (1985) | |||||||
9 |
Péter Medgyessy (1942–) |
1 January 1987 | 25 June 1987 | MSZMP | |||
25 June 1987 | 15 December 1987 |
Grósz MSZMP | |||||
10 |
Miklós Villányi (1931–) |
15 December 1987 | 24 November 1988 | MSZMP | |||
24 November 1988 | 9 May 1989 |
Németh ( MSZMP)→ MSZP | |||||
11 |
László Békesi (1942–) |
10 May 1989 | 7 October 1989 | MSZMP | |||
(11) | 7 October 1989 | 23 October 1989 | MSZP |
Parties MSZP MDF Fidesz Independent
No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Term of office | Political party | Cabinet |
Assembly (Election) | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
— |
László Békesi (1942–) provisional |
23 October 1989 | 23 May 1990 | MSZP |
Németh MSZP |
— | |
1 |
Ferenc Rabár (1929–1999) |
23 May 1990 | 19 December 1990 | Independent |
Antall MDF– FKGP– KDNP |
34 (1990) | |
2 |
Mihály Kupa (1941–) |
20 December 1990 | 11 February 1993 | MDF | |||
3 |
Iván Szabó (1934–2005) |
24 February 1993 | 21 December 1993 | MDF | |||
21 December 1993 | 15 July 1994 |
Boross MDF–EKGP– KDNP | |||||
4 |
László Békesi (1942–) |
15 July 1994 | 28 February 1995 | MSZP |
Horn MSZP– SZDSZ |
35 (1994) | |
5 |
Lajos Bokros (1954–) |
1 March 1995 | 29 February 1996 | Independent | |||
6 |
Péter Medgyessy (1942–) |
1 March 1996 | 7 Jule 1998 | Independent | |||
7 |
Zsigmond Járai (1951–) |
8 Jule 1998 | 31 December 2000 | Independent |
Orbán I Fidesz– FKGP– MDF |
36 (1998) | |
8 |
Mihály Varga (1965–) 1st term |
1 January 2001 | 27 May 2002 | Fidesz | |||
9 |
Csaba László (1962–) |
27 May 2002 | 15 February 2004 | Independent |
Medgyessy MSZP– SZDSZ |
37 (2002) | |
10 |
Tibor Draskovics (1955–) |
15 February 2004 | 4 October 2004 | Independent | |||
4 October 2004 | 24 April 2005 |
Gyurcsány I MSZP– SZDSZ | |||||
11 |
János Veres (1957–) |
24 April 2005 | 9 June 2006 | MSZP | |||
9 June 2006 | 16 April 2009 |
Gyurcsány II MSZP– SZDSZ |
38 (2006) | ||||
12 |
Péter Oszkó (1973–) |
16 April 2009 | 29 May 2010 | Independent |
Bajnai MSZP |
Parties Fidesz
No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Term of office | Political party | Cabinet |
Assembly (Election) | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 |
György Matolcsy (1955–) |
29 May 2010 | 3 March 2013 | Fidesz |
Orbán II Fidesz– KDNP |
39 (2010) | |
2 |
Mihály Varga (1965–) 2nd term |
3 March 2013 | 6 June 2014 | Fidesz | |||
6 June 2014 | 18 May 2018 |
Orbán III Fidesz– KDNP |
40 (2014) |
Parties Fidesz
No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Term of office | Political party | Cabinet |
Assembly (Election) | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 |
Mihály Varga (1965–) 2nd term |
18 May 2018 | 24 May 2022 | Fidesz |
Orbán IV Fidesz– KDNP |
41 (2018) | |
24 May 2022 | Incumbent |
Orbán V Fidesz– KDNP |
42 (2022) |
The minister of finance ( Hungarian: pénzügyminiszter) is a member of the Hungarian cabinet and the head of the Ministry of Finance. The current minister is Mihály Varga.
The position was called as People's Commissar of Finance ( Hungarian: pénzügyi népbiztos) during the Hungarian Soviet Republic in 1919, and as Minister of National Economy ( Hungarian: nemzetgazdasági miniszter) between 2010 and 2018.
Parties Opposition Party Independent
No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Term of office | Political party | Cabinet |
Assembly (Election) | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 |
Lajos Kossuth (1802–1894) |
7 April 1848 | 12 September 1848 | Opposition Party | Batthyány | Last Diet | |
1 (1848) | |||||||
— |
Lajos Batthyány (1807–1849) acting |
12 September 1848 | 28 September 1848 | Opposition Party | |||
2 |
Ferenc Duschek (1797–1872) |
28 September 1848 | 2 October 1848 | Independent | |||
2 October 1848 | 14 April 1849 | Committee of National Defence |
Parties Independent
No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Term of office | Political party | Cabinet |
Assembly (Election) | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 |
Ferenc Duschek (1797–1872) |
14 April 1849 | 2 May 1849 | Independent | Committee of National Defence | 1 (1848) | |
2 May 1849 | 11 August 1849 | Szemere |
After the collapse of the Hungarian Revolution of 1848, the Hungarian Kingdom became an integral part of the Austrian Empire until 1867, when dual Austro-Hungarian Monarchy was created.
Parties Deák Party/ Liberal Party/ National Party of Work Left Centre National Constitution Party F48P/F48P–Károlyi Independent
No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Term of office | Political party | Cabinet |
Assembly (Election) | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 |
Menyhért Lónyay (1822–1884) |
20 February 1867 | 21 May 1870 | Deák Party |
Andrássy DP |
3 (1865) | |
4 (1869) | |||||||
2 |
Károly Kerkapoly (1824–1891) |
21 May 1870 | 14 November 1871 | Deák Party | |||
14 November 1871 | 4 December 1872 |
Lónyay DP | |||||
5 (1872) | |||||||
4 December 1872 | 19 December 1873 |
Szlávy DP | |||||
— |
József Szlávy (1818–1900) acting |
19 December 1873 | 21 March 1874 | Deák Party | |||
3 |
Kálmán Ghyczy (1808–1888) |
21 March 1874 | 2 March 1875 | Left Centre |
Bittó DP– BK | ||
4 |
Kálmán Széll (1843–1915) |
2 March 1875 | 20 October 1875 | Liberal Party |
Wenckheim SZP | ||
20 October 1875 | 3 October 1878 |
K. Tisza SZP |
6 (1875) | ||||
7 (1878) | |||||||
— |
Kálmán Széll (1843–1915) acting |
3 October 1878 | 11 October 1878 | ||||
— |
Kálmán Tisza (1830–1902) acting |
11 October 1878 | 5 December 1878 | Liberal Party | |||
5 |
Gyula Szapáry (1832–1905) |
5 December 1878 | 11 February 1887 | Liberal Party | |||
— |
Kálmán Tisza (1830–1902) acting |
11 February 1887 | 9 April 1889 | Liberal Party | |||
6 |
Sándor Wekerle (1848–1921) 1st term |
9 April 1889 | 13 March 1890 | Liberal Party | |||
13 March 1890 | 17 November 1892 |
Szapáry SZP |
11 (1892) | ||||
17 November 1892 | 15 January 1895 |
Wekerle I SZP | |||||
7 |
László Lukács (1850–1932) 1st term |
15 January 1895 | 26 February 1899 | Liberal Party |
Bánffy SZP | ||
12 (1896) | |||||||
26 February 1899 | 27 June 1903 |
Széll SZP | |||||
13 (1901) | |||||||
27 June 1903 | 3 November 1903 |
Khuen-Héderváry I SZP | |||||
3 November 1903 | 18 June 1905 |
I. Tisza I SZP | |||||
— |
Géza Fejérváry (1833–1914) acting |
18 June 1905 | 6 March 1906 | Independent |
Fejérváry SZP |
14 (1905) | |
8 |
Ferenc Hegedűs (1856–1909) |
6 March 1906 | 8 April 1906 | Independent | |||
(6) |
Sándor Wekerle (1848–1921) 2nd term |
8 April 1906 | 17 January 1910 | National Constitution Party |
Wekerle II F48P– OAP–KNP–PDP |
15 (1906) | |
(7) |
László Lukács (1850–1932) 2nd term |
17 January 1910 | 22 April 1912 | National Party of Work |
Khuen-Héderváry II NMP | ||
16 (1910) | |||||||
9 |
János Teleszky (1868–1939) |
22 April 1912 | 10 June 1913 | National Party of Work |
Lukács NMP | ||
10 June 1913 | 15 June 1917 |
I. Tisza II NMP | |||||
10 |
Gusztáv Gratz (1875–1946) |
15 June 1917 | 23 August 1917 | National Party of Work |
Esterházy NMP– F48P– OAP–PDP–KNP | ||
23 August 1917 | 16 September 1917 |
Wekerle III NMP– F48P– OAP–PDP–KNP | |||||
— |
Sándor Wekerle (1848–1921) acting |
16 September 1917 | 11 February 1918 | National Constitution Party | |||
11 |
Sándor Popovics (1862–1935) |
11 February 1918 | 31 October 1918 | National Constitution Party | |||
— |
János Grünn (1864–1932) |
30 October 1918 | 31 October 1918 | Independent |
Hadik not formed | ||
— |
Mihály Károlyi (1875–1955) acting |
31 October 1918 | 16 November 1918 | F48P–Károlyi |
M. Károlyi F48P–Károlyi–PRP– MSZDP |
MNT (—) |
Parties F48P–Károlyi Civic Radical Party (PRP)
No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Term of office | Political party | Cabinet |
Assembly (Election) | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
— |
Mihály Károlyi (1875–1955) acting |
16 November 1918 | 25 November 1918 | F48P–Károlyi |
M. Károlyi F48P–Károlyi–PRP– MSZDP |
MNT (—) | |
1 |
Pál Szende (1879–1934) |
25 November 1918 | 19 January 1919 | PRP | |||
19 January 1919 | 21 March 1919 |
Berinkey F48P–Károlyi–PRP– MSZDP–OKGFP |
Parties MSZP/SZKMMP
No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Term of office | Political party | Cabinet |
Assembly (Election) | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 |
Jenő Varga (1879–1964) |
21 March 1919 | 3 April 1919 | MSZP |
Central Executive Council MSZP/SZKMMP |
TOGY (—) | |
2 |
Béla Székely (1889–1939) serving with Gyula Lengyel |
3 April 1919 | 24 June 1919 | MSZP/SZKMMP | |||
(2) |
Béla Székely (1889–1939) |
24 June 1919 | 1 August 1919 | ||||
2 |
Gyula Lengyel (1888–1941) serving with Béla Székely |
3 April 1919 | 24 June 1919 | MSZP/SZKMMP |
Parties Independent
No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Term of office | Political party | Cabinet |
Assembly (Election) | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
— |
Lajos Solymossy 1st term |
5 May 1919 | 31 May 1919 | Independent | Arad | — | |
— |
Gusztáv Gratz (1875–1946) |
31 May 1919 | 6 June 1919 | Independent | Szeged I | ||
— |
Lajos Solymossy 2nd term |
6 June 1919 | 12 July 1919 | Independent | Szeged II | ||
— |
Antal Éber (1872–1950) |
12 July 1919 | 12 August 1919 | Independent | Szeged III |
Parties MSZDP
No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Term of office | Political party | Cabinet |
Assembly (Election) | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 |
Ferenc Miákits (1876–1924) |
1 August 1919 | 6 August 1919 (deposed) |
MSZDP |
Peidl MSZDP |
— | |
— |
Gyula Peidl (1873–1943) acting for Ferenc Miákits |
2 August 1919 | 6 August 1919 (deposed) |
MSZDP |
Parties National Smallholders and Agricultural Labourers Party (OKGFP) Independent
No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Term of office | Political party | Cabinet |
Assembly (Election) | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 |
János Grünn (1864–1932) |
15 August 1919 | 12 September 1919 | Independent |
Friedrich KNP/KNEP–OKGFP |
— | |
2 |
Frigyes Korányi (1869–1935) |
12 September 1919 | 24 November 1919 | OKGFP | |||
24 November 1919 | 29 February 1920 |
Huszár KNEP–OKGFP– MSZDP–NDPP |
Parties National Smallholders and Agricultural Labourers Party (OKGFP) KNEP EP– NEP– MÉP Independent
No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Term of office | Political party | Cabinet |
Assembly (Election) | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 |
Frigyes Korányi (1869–1935) 1st term |
29 February 1920 | 15 March 1920 | OKGFP |
Huszár KNEP–OKGFP– MSZDP–NDPP |
— | |
15 March 1920 | 19 July 1920 |
Simonyi-Semadam KNEP–OKGFP |
17 (1920) | ||||
19 July 1920 | 16 December 1920 |
Teleki I KNEP–OKGFP | |||||
2 |
Lóránt Hegedüs (1872–1943) |
16 December 1920 | 14 April 1921 | Independent | |||
14 April 1921 | 27 September 1921 |
Bethlen ( KNEP–OKGFP)→ EP | |||||
— |
Lajos Hegyeshalmi (1862–1925) acting |
27 September 1921 | 4 October 1921 | KNEP | |||
— |
István Bethlen (1874–1946) acting |
4 October 1921 | 3 December 1921 | KNEP | |||
3 |
Tibor Kállay (1881–1964) |
3 December 1921 | 2 February 1922 | KNEP | |||
(3) | 2 February 1922 | 20 February 1924 | EP | ||||
18 (1922) | |||||||
— |
Lajos Walko (1880–1954) acting |
20 February 1924 | 25 March 1924 | EP | |||
(1) |
Frigyes Korányi (1869–1935) 2nd term |
25 March 1924 | 15 November 1924 | EP | |||
4 |
János Bud (1880–1950) |
15 November 1924 | 5 September 1928 | EP | |||
19 (1926) | |||||||
5 |
Sándor Wekerle Jr. (1878–1963) |
5 September 1928 | 24 August 1931 | EP | |||
20 (1931) | |||||||
— |
Gyula Károlyi (1871–1947) acting |
24 August 1931 | 16 December 1931 | EP |
G. Károlyi EP– KGSZP | ||
(1) |
Frigyes Korányi (1869–1935) 3rd term |
16 December 1931 | 1 October 1932 | EP | |||
6 |
Béla Imrédy (1891–1946) |
1 October 1932 | 6 January 1935 | NEP |
Gömbös NEP | ||
7 |
Tihamér Fabinyi (1890–1953) |
6 January 1935 | 6 October 1936 | NEP | |||
21 (1935) | |||||||
6 October 1936 | 9 March 1938 |
Darányi NEP | |||||
8 |
Lajos Reményi-Schneller (1892–1946) |
9 March 1938 | 14 May 1938 | NEP | |||
14 May 1938 | 16 February 1939 |
Imrédy NEP | |||||
(8) | 16 February 1939 | 3 April 1941 | MÉP |
Teleki II MÉP | |||
22 (1939) | |||||||
3 April 1941 | 9 March 1942 |
Bárdossy MÉP | |||||
9 March 1942 | 22 March 1944 |
Kállay MÉP | |||||
22 March 1944 | 29 August 1944 |
Sztójay MÉP–MMP | |||||
29 August 1944 | 16 October 1944 |
Lakatos MÉP |
Parties Independent
No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Term of office | Political party | Cabinet |
Assembly (Election) | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 |
Lajos Reményi-Schneller (1892–1946) |
16 October 1944 | 28 March 1945 | Independent |
Szálasi NYKP–MMP |
— |
Parties FKGP
No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Term of office | Political party | Cabinet |
Assembly (Election) | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 |
István Vásáry (1887–1955) |
22 December 1944 | 21 July 1945 | FKGP |
Provisional National Government FKGP– MKP– MSZDP– NPP– PDP |
INGY (1944) | |
2 |
Imre Oltványi (1893–1963) |
21 July 1945 | 15 November 1945 | FKGP | |||
3 |
Ferenc Gordon (1893–1971) |
15 November 1945 | 1 February 1946 | FKGP |
Tildy FKGP– MKP– MSZDP– NPP |
23 (1945) |
No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Term of office | Political party | Cabinet |
Assembly (Election) | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 |
Ferenc Gordon (1893–1971) |
1 February 1946 | 26 August 1946 | FKGP |
F. Nagy FKGP– MKP– MSZDP– NPP |
23 (1945) | |
2 |
Jenő Rácz (1907–1981) |
26 August 1946 | 14 March 1947 | FKGP | |||
3 |
Miklós Nyárádi (1905–1976) |
14 March 1947 | 31 May 1947 | FKGP | |||
31 May 1947 | 10 December 1948 |
Dinnyés MKP– FKGP– MSZDP– NPP | |||||
24 (1947) | |||||||
— |
Ernő Gerő (1898–1980) acting for Miklós Nyárádi |
3 December 1948 | 10 December 1948 | MDP | |||
— |
Ernő Gerő (1898–1980) acting |
10 December 1948 | 18 February 1949 | ||||
4 |
Ernő Gerő (1898–1980) |
18 February 1949 | 11 June 1949 |
Dobi MDP– FKGP– NPP | |||
25 (1949) | |||||||
5 |
István Kossa (1904–1965) |
11 June 1949 | 20 August 1949 | MDP |
No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Term of office | Political party | Cabinet |
Assembly (Election) | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 |
István Kossa (1904–1965) 1st term |
20 August 1949 | 24 February 1950 | MDP |
Dobi MDP |
25 (1949) | |
2 |
Károly Olt (1904–1985) |
24 February 1950 | 14 August 1952 | MDP | |||
14 August 1952 | 4 July 1953 |
Rákosi MDP | |||||
4 July 1953 | 18 April 1955 |
I. Nagy I MDP |
26 (1953) | ||||
18 April 1955 | 24 October 1956 |
Hegedüs MDP | |||||
(1) |
István Kossa (1904–1965) 2nd term |
24 October 1956 | 3 November 1956 | MDP |
I. Nagy II MDP/MSZMP– FKGP | ||
4 November 1956 | 9 May 1957 | MSZMP |
Kádár I MSZMP | ||||
3 |
István Antos (1908–1960) |
9 May 1957 | 28 January 1958 | MSZMP | |||
28 January 1958 | 5 January 1960 (died in office) |
Münnich MSZMP | |||||
26 (1953) | |||||||
4 |
Rezső Nyers (1923–2018) |
5 January 1960 | 13 September 1961 | MSZMP | |||
13 September 1961 | 27 November 1962 | ||||||
Kádár II MSZMP | |||||||
5 |
Mátyás Tímár (1923–2020) |
27 November 1962 | 30 June 1965 | MSZMP | |||
28 (1963) | |||||||
30 June 1965 | 14 April 1967 |
Kállai MSZMP | |||||
6 |
Péter Vályi (1919–1973) |
14 April 1967 | 12 May 1971 | MSZMP |
Fock MSZMP |
29 (1967) | |
7 |
Lajos Faluvégi (1924–1999) |
12 May 1971 | 15 May 1975 | MSZMP | 30 (1971) | ||
15 May 1975 | 27 June 1980 |
Lázár MSZMP | |||||
31 (1975) | |||||||
8 |
István Hetényi (1926–2008) |
27 June 1980 | 31 December 1986 | MSZMP | 32 (1980) | ||
33 (1985) | |||||||
9 |
Péter Medgyessy (1942–) |
1 January 1987 | 25 June 1987 | MSZMP | |||
25 June 1987 | 15 December 1987 |
Grósz MSZMP | |||||
10 |
Miklós Villányi (1931–) |
15 December 1987 | 24 November 1988 | MSZMP | |||
24 November 1988 | 9 May 1989 |
Németh ( MSZMP)→ MSZP | |||||
11 |
László Békesi (1942–) |
10 May 1989 | 7 October 1989 | MSZMP | |||
(11) | 7 October 1989 | 23 October 1989 | MSZP |
Parties MSZP MDF Fidesz Independent
No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Term of office | Political party | Cabinet |
Assembly (Election) | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
— |
László Békesi (1942–) provisional |
23 October 1989 | 23 May 1990 | MSZP |
Németh MSZP |
— | |
1 |
Ferenc Rabár (1929–1999) |
23 May 1990 | 19 December 1990 | Independent |
Antall MDF– FKGP– KDNP |
34 (1990) | |
2 |
Mihály Kupa (1941–) |
20 December 1990 | 11 February 1993 | MDF | |||
3 |
Iván Szabó (1934–2005) |
24 February 1993 | 21 December 1993 | MDF | |||
21 December 1993 | 15 July 1994 |
Boross MDF–EKGP– KDNP | |||||
4 |
László Békesi (1942–) |
15 July 1994 | 28 February 1995 | MSZP |
Horn MSZP– SZDSZ |
35 (1994) | |
5 |
Lajos Bokros (1954–) |
1 March 1995 | 29 February 1996 | Independent | |||
6 |
Péter Medgyessy (1942–) |
1 March 1996 | 7 Jule 1998 | Independent | |||
7 |
Zsigmond Járai (1951–) |
8 Jule 1998 | 31 December 2000 | Independent |
Orbán I Fidesz– FKGP– MDF |
36 (1998) | |
8 |
Mihály Varga (1965–) 1st term |
1 January 2001 | 27 May 2002 | Fidesz | |||
9 |
Csaba László (1962–) |
27 May 2002 | 15 February 2004 | Independent |
Medgyessy MSZP– SZDSZ |
37 (2002) | |
10 |
Tibor Draskovics (1955–) |
15 February 2004 | 4 October 2004 | Independent | |||
4 October 2004 | 24 April 2005 |
Gyurcsány I MSZP– SZDSZ | |||||
11 |
János Veres (1957–) |
24 April 2005 | 9 June 2006 | MSZP | |||
9 June 2006 | 16 April 2009 |
Gyurcsány II MSZP– SZDSZ |
38 (2006) | ||||
12 |
Péter Oszkó (1973–) |
16 April 2009 | 29 May 2010 | Independent |
Bajnai MSZP |
Parties Fidesz
No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Term of office | Political party | Cabinet |
Assembly (Election) | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 |
György Matolcsy (1955–) |
29 May 2010 | 3 March 2013 | Fidesz |
Orbán II Fidesz– KDNP |
39 (2010) | |
2 |
Mihály Varga (1965–) 2nd term |
3 March 2013 | 6 June 2014 | Fidesz | |||
6 June 2014 | 18 May 2018 |
Orbán III Fidesz– KDNP |
40 (2014) |
Parties Fidesz
No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Term of office | Political party | Cabinet |
Assembly (Election) | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 |
Mihály Varga (1965–) 2nd term |
18 May 2018 | 24 May 2022 | Fidesz |
Orbán IV Fidesz– KDNP |
41 (2018) | |
24 May 2022 | Incumbent |
Orbán V Fidesz– KDNP |
42 (2022) |