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Active names link to their correspondant biography at the CIDOB website.
Also visit a detailed page on Hungarian Governments since 1990 to know more about the ruling parties.
Late parties:
MKP: Hungarian Communist Party (1944-1948) MDP: Hungarian Workers' Party (1948-1956) MSzMP: Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party (1956-1989)
Current parties: Fidesz-MPSz: Federation of Young Democrats-Hungarian Civic Alliance FKgP: Independent Smallholders, Agrarian Workers and Civic Party MDF: Hungarian Democratic Forum MSzP: Hungarian Socialist Party MIEP: Hungarian Justice and Life Party SzDSz: Free Democrats Alliance Jobbik: Jobbik - The Movement for a Better Hungary n/p: non-party
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Chairman of the Provisional National Assembly
Béla Zsedényi 21 Dec 1944 - 26 Jan 1945 (+1955) n/p
High National Council (I)
-Béla Zsedényi (+1955) n/p
-Béla Miklós de Dálnok (+1948) military
-Ernö Gerö (+1980) MKP (to 11 May 1945)
-József Révay (+1959) MKP (11 May - 27 Sep 1945)
-Mátyás Rákosi 26 Jan 1945 - 7 Dec 1945 (+1971) MKP (from 27 Sep 1945)
High National Council (II)
-Ferenc Nagy (+1979) FKgP
-Zoltán Tildy (+1961) FKgP
-László Rajk (+1949)e MKP
-Béla Varga 7 Dec 1945 - 2 Feb 1946 (+1995) FKgP
Presidents of the Republic
Zoltán Tildy 2 Feb 1946 - 3 Aug 1948 (+1961) FKgP
Árpád Szákasits 3 Aug 1948 - 23 Aug 1949 (+1965) MDP
Chairmen of the Presidential Council
Árpád Szákasits 23 Aug 1949 - 8 May 1950 (+1965) MDP
Sándor Rónai 8 May 1950 - 14 Aug 1952 (+1965) MDP
István Dobi 14 Aug 1952 - 14 Apr 1967 (+1968) MSzMP
Pál Losonczi 14 Apr 1967 - 25 Jun 1987 (+2005) MSzMP
Károly Németh 25 Jun 1987 - 29 Jun 1988 (+2008) MSzMP
Bruno Ferenc Straub 29 Jun 1988 - 23 Oct 1989 (+1996) MSzMP
Presidents of the Republic
Mátyás Szürös 23 Oct 1989 - 2 May 1990 MSzP (interim)
Árpád Göncz 2 May 1990 - 4 Aug 2000 SzDSz (interim to 3 Aug 1990)
Ferenc Mádl 4 Aug 2000 - 5 Aug 2005 (+2011) n/p
László Sólyom 5 Aug 2005 - 6 Aug 2010 n/p
Pál Schmitt 6 Aug 2010 - Fidesz-MPSz
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| Prime Ministers |
Ferenc Szálasi 16 Oct 1944 - 28 Mar 1945 (+1946)e Arrow Cross/military
Béla Miklós de Dálnok 3 Dec 1944 - 15 Nov 1945 (+1948) military (acting)
Zoltán Tildy 15 Nov 1945 - 4 Feb 1946 (+1961) FKgP
Ferenc Nagy 4 Feb 1946 - 31 May 1947 (+1979) FKgP
Lajos Dinnyés 31 May 1947 - 9 Dec 1948 (+1961) FKgP
István Dobi 9 Dec 1948 - 14 Aug 1952 (+1968) MDP
Mátyás Rákosi 14 Aug 1952 - 4 Jul 1953 (+1971) MDP
Imre Nagy 4 Jul 1953 - 18 Apr 1955 (+1958)e MDP
András Hegedüs 18 Apr 1955 - 24 Oct 1956 (+1999) MDP
Imre Nagy 24 Oct 1956 - 4 Nov 1956 (+1958)e MDP
János Kádár 4 Nov 1956 - 27 Jan 1958 (+1989) MSzMP
Ferenc Münnich 27 Jan 1958 - 13 Sep 1961 (+1967) MSzMP
János Kádár 13 Sep 1961 - 28 Jun 1965 (+1989) MSzMP
Gyula Kállai 28 Jun 1965 - 14 Apr 1967 (+1996) MSzMP
Jenő Fock 14 Apr 1967 - 15 May 1975 (+2001) MSzMP
György Lázár 15 May 1975 - 25 Jun 1987 MSzMP
Károly Grósz 25 Jun 1987 - 23 Nov 1988 (+1996) MSzMP
Miklós Németh 23 Nov 1988 - 3 May 1990 MSzP
József Antall 3 May 1990 - 12 Dec 1993 (+) MDF
Péter Boross 12 Dec 1993 - 15 Jul 1994 MDF
Gyula Horn 15 Jul 1994 - 6 Jul 1998 MSzP
Viktor Orbán 6 Jul 1998 - 27 May 2002 Fidesz-MPP
Péter Medgyessy 27 May 2002 - 29 Sep 2004 n/p (MSzP)
Ferenc Gyurcsány 27 Aug 2004 - 14 Apr 2009 MSzP (acting for Medgyessy to 29 Sep 2004)
Gordon Bajnai 14 Apr 2009 - 29 May 2010 n/p (MSzP)
Viktor Orbán 29 May 2010 - Fidesz-MPSz
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| Ministers of Foreign Affairs |
János Gyöngyösi 1944-1947 (+1952) FKgP
Ernö Mihályfi 1947 (+1972) FKgP
Erik Molnár 1947-1948 (+1966) MKP
László Rajk 1948-1949 (+1949)e MDP
Gyula Kállai 1949-1951 (+1996) MDP
Károly Kiss 1951-1952 (+1958) MDP
Erik Molnár 1952-1953 (+1966) MDP
János Boldoczki 1953-1956 (+1988) MDP
Imre Horváth 1956 (+1958) MDP
Imre Nagy 1956 (+1958)e MDP
Imre Horváth 1956-1958 (+) MSzMP
Endre Sik 1958-1961 (+1978) MSzMP
János Péter 1961-1973 MSzMP
Frigyes Puja 1973-1983 MSzMP
Péter Várkonyi 1983-1989 (+2008) MSzMP
Gyula Horn 1989-1990 MSzP
Géza Jeszenszky 1990-1994 MDF
László Kovács 1994-1998 MSzP
János Martonyi 1998-2002 Fidesz-MPP
László Kovács 2002-2004 MSzP
Ferenc Somogyi 2004-2006 MSzP
Kinga Göncz 2006-2009 n/p
Péter Balázs 2009-2010 n/p
János Martonyi 2010- Fidesz-MPSz
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(Source: Rulers, by Ben Schemmel)
| Speakers of the National Assembly |
Ferenc Nagy 1945-1946 (+1979) FKgP
Béla Varga 1946-1947 (+1995) FKgP
Árpád Szabó 1947 FKgP
Imre Nagy 1947-1949 (+1958)e MKP/MDP
Károly Olt 1949 (+1985) MDP
Lajos Drahos 1949-1951 (+1983) MDP
Imre Dögei 1951-1952 (+1964) MDP
Sándor Rónai 1952-1962 (+1965) MDP/MSzMP
Erzsébet Metzker 1963-1967 (+1980) MSzMP
Gyula Kállai 1967-1971 (+1996) MSzMP
Antal Apró 1971-1984 (+1994) MSzMP
István Sarlós 1984-1988 (+2006) MSzMP
István Stadinger 1988-1989 MSzMP
Mátyás Szürös 1989-1990 MSzMP/MSzP
Árpád Göncz 1990 SzDSz
György Szabad 1990-1994 MDF
Zoltán Gál 1994-1998 MSzP
János Áder 1998-2002 Fidesz-MPP
Katalin Szili 2002-2009 MSzP
Béla Katona 2009-2010 MSzP
Pál Schmitt 2010 Fidesz-MPSz
László Kövér 2010- Fidesz-MPSz
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Leadership of MKP / MDP / MSzMP
General Secretary of MKP/MDP
Mátyás Rákosi Feb 1945 - 1953 (+1971)
First Secretaries of MDP/MSzMP
Mátyás Rákosi 1953 - 18 Jul 1956 (+1971)
Ernő Gerő 18 Jul 1956 - 25 Oct 1956 (+1980)
János Kádár 25 Oct 1956 - 22 May 1988 (+1989)
Károly Grósz 22 May 1988 - 24 Jun 1989 (+1996)
Collective Chairmanship of MSzMP
Rezső Nyers +
Miklós Németh +
Imre Pozsgay +
Károly Grósz 24 Jun 1989 - 7 Oct 1989 (+1996) (*)
(*) Grósz retained the token post of Secretary in this period.
The first Hungarian Communist Party was founded on 24 Nov 1918 as the Party of the Communists in Hungary (KMP). Subsequent developments and changes in the party name resulted in the MKP (18 Oct 1944), the MDP (13 Jun 1948, in merger with the Social Democratic Party) and the MSzMP (1 Nov 1956).
 Chairmen of MSzP
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Rezső Nyers 1989-1990
Gyula Horn 1990-1998
László Kovács 1998-2004
István Hiller 2004-2007
Ferenc Gyurcsány 2007-2009
Ildikó Lendvai 2009-2010
Attila Mesterházy 2010-
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MSzP was founded on 7 Oct 1989 from the previous MSzMP, which ceased to exist.
 Leaders of Fidesz-MPP and Fidesz-MPSz
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Viktor Orbán 1990-2000
László Kövér 2000-2001
Zoltán Pokorni 2001-2002
János Áder 2002-2003
Viktor Orbán 2003-
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Fidesz was founded on 30 Mar 1988 and V. Orbán was is its chairman only since 1993. Before that, it did not exist a single-person chairmanship but a 13-member National Committee, being Orbán the leader of the party caucus in the Parliament. The party changed its name to Fidesz-Hungarian Civic Party (Fidesz-MPP) on 30 Apr 1995 and to Fidesz-Hungarian Civic Alliance (Fidesz-MPSz) on 17 May 2003. (List courtesy of Gergely Bakacsi)
 Chairmen of FKgP
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István Prepaliczay 1988-1990
Ferenc József Nagy 1988-1991
József Torgyán 1991-2002
Miklós Réti 2002-2005
Péter Hegedüs 2005-
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FKgP was first founded in 1930 and was reestablished on 18 Nov 1988. (List courtesy of Gergely Bakacsi)
 Chairmen of SzDSz
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János Kis 1988-1991
Péter Tölgyessy 1991-1992
Iván Pető 1992-1997
Gábor Kuncze 1997-1998
Bálint Magyar 1998-2000
Gábor Demszky 2000-2001
Gábor Kuncze 2001-2007
János Koka 2007-2008
Gábor Fodor 2008-2009
Attila Retkes 2009-
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SzDSz was founded on 13 Nov 1988. (List courtesy of Gergely Bakacsi)
 Chairmen of MDF
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József Antall 1989-1993 (+)
Lajos Fur 1994-1996
Sándor Lezsák 1996-1999
Ibolya Dávid 1999-2010
Károly Herényi 2010- (acting)
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MDF was founded on 27 Sep 1988.
 Chairman of MIEP
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István Csurka 1993-2012 (+)
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MIEP was founded in 1993 by István Csurka after being expelled from MDF.
Chairmen of Jobbik
Dávid Kovács 2003-2006
Gábor Vona 2006-
Jobbik was founded on 24 Oct 2003.
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