 | Leaders of Hungary |
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Late parties: MKP: Hungarian Communist Party (1944-1948) - MDP: Hungarian Workers' Party (1948-1956) - MSzMP: Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party (1956-1989) - MDF: Hungarian Democratic Forum (1987-2011) - SzDSz: Free Democrats Alliance (1988-2013) - MIÉP: Hungarian Justice and Life Party (1993-2021) - Együtt 2014: Together 2014 (2013-2018)
Current parties: FKgP: Independent Smallholders, Agrarian Workers and Civic Party (1930/1988)- KDNP: Christian Democratic People's Party (1943/1989) - Fidesz-MPSz: Alliance of Young Democrats-Hungarian Civic Association (1988) - MSzP: Hungarian Socialist Party (1989) - Jobbik: Better–Conservatives (2003) - LMP: Politics Can Be Different-Hungary's Green Party (2009) - DK: Democratic Coalition (2011) - Párbeszéd–Zöldek: Dialogue-The Green's Party (2013) - Momentum: Momentum Movement (2017) - MHM: Our Homeland Movement (2018)
 Heads of State |
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) 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 Szűrös 23 Oct 1989 - 2 May 1990 MSzP (interim) Árpád Göncz 2 May 1990 - 4 Aug 2000 (†2015) 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 (†2023) n/p Pál Schmitt 6 Aug 2010 - 2 Abr 2012 Fidesz-MPSz László Kövér 2 Apr 2012 - 10 May 2012 Fidesz-MPSz (acting) János Áder 10 May 2012 - 10 May 2022 Fidesz-MPSz Katalin Novák 10 May 2022 - 26 Feb 2024 Fidesz-MPSz László Kövér 26 Feb 2024 - 5 Mar 2024 Fidesz-MPSz (acting) Tamás Sulyok 5 Mar 2024 - n/p |
| Prime Ministers |
Ferenc Szálasi 16 Oct 1944 - 28 Mar 1945 (†1946) 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) MDP András Hegedüs 18 Apr 1955 - 24 Oct 1956 (†1999) MDP Imre Nagy 24 Oct 1956 - 4 Nov 1956 (†1958) 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 Jenõ Fock 14 Apr 1967 - 15 May 1975 (†2001) MSzMP György Lázár 15 May 1975 - 25 Jun 1987 (†2014) MSzMP Károly Grósz 25 Jun 1987 - 23 Nov 1988 (†1996) MSzMP Miklós Németh 23 Nov 1988 - 23 May 1990 MSzP József Antall 23 May 1990 - 12 Dec 1993 (†1993) MDF Péter Boross 12 Dec 1993 - 15 Jul 1994 MDF (acting to 21 Dec 1993) Gyula Horn 15 Jul 1994 - 6 Jul 1998 (†2013) 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 |
| Deputy Prime Ministers |
Zsolt Semjén 29 Mat 2010 - KDNP Tibor Navracsics 29 May 2010 – 6 Jun 2014 Fidesz-MPSz Mihály Varga 18 May 2018 – 24 May 2022 Fidesz-MPSz Sándor Pintér 18 May 2018 – 24 May 2022 n/p |
| 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) 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) MDP Imre Horváth 1956-1958 (†1958) MSzMP Endre Sik 1958-1961 (†1978) MSzMP János Péter 1961-1973 (†1999) MSzMP Frigyes Puja 1973-1983 (†2008) MSzMP Péter Várkonyi 1983-1989 (†2008) MSzMP Gyula Horn 1989-1990 (†2013) 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 2010-2014 Fidesz-MPSz Tibor Navracsics 2014 Fidesz-MPSz Péter Szijjartó 2014- Fidesz-MPSz |
| Speakers of the National Assembly (Országgyülés) |
Ferenc Nagy 1945-1946 (†1979) FKgP Béla Varga 1946-1947 (†1995) FKgP Árpád Szabó 1947 (†1948) FKgP Imre Nagy 1947-1949 (†1958) 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 (†2018) MSzMP Mátyás Szűrös 1989-1990 MSzMP/MSzP Árpád Göncz 1990 (†2015) SzDSz György Szabad 1990-1994 (†2015) 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 |
 Leadership of MKP, MDP, MSzMP (1918-1989) |
General Secretary of MKP/MDP Mátyás Rákosi Feb 1945 - 1953 (†1971) First Secretaries of MDP/MSzMP Mátyás Rákosi 1953 - 18 Jul 1956 (†1971) Ernõ Gerõ 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 Rezsõ Nyers + (†2018) Miklós Németh + Imre Pozsgay + (†2016) Károly Grósz 24 Jun 1989 - 7 Oct 1989 (†1996) (*) |
The first Hungarian Communist Party was founded on 24 Nov 1918 as the Party of the Communists in Hungary (KMP). Subsequent developments and changes resulted in the MKP (18 Oct 1944), the MDP (13 Jun 1948, upon merger with the Social Democratic Party, MSzDP) and the MSzMP (1 Nov 1956).
(*) Grósz retained the token post of Secretary in this period.
 Chairmen of MSzP
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Rezső Nyers 1989-1990 (†2018) Gyula Horn 1990-1998 (†2013) László Kovács 1998-2004 István Hiller 2004-2007 Ferenc Gyurcsány 2007-2009 Ildikó Lendvai 2009-2010 Attila Mesterházy 2010-2014 László Botka 2014 (acting) József Tóbiás 2014-2016 Gyula Molnár 2016-2018 Bertalan Tóth 2018-2022 (co-leader with Ágnes Kunhalmi from 2020) Ágnes Kunhalmi 2020- (co-leader) Imre Komjáthi 2022- (co-leader) |
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- |
Fidesz was founded on 30 Mar 1988 and Viktor Orbán was 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.
 Chairmen of Jobbik
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Dávid Kovács 2003-2006 Gábor Vona 2006-2018 Tamás Sneider 2018-2020 Péter Jakab 2020-2022 Márton Gyöngyösi 2022- |
The Movement for a Better Hungary (Jobbik) was founded on 24 Oct 2003. The party changed its name to Jobbik–Konzervatívok (Jobbik Conservatives) in 2023.
KDNP was first founded in 1943, banned in 1949 and reestablished in 1989.
Momentum was founded on 4 Mar 2017.
Politics Can Be Different (LMP) was founded on 26 Feb 2009. It was renamed LMP–Hungary's Green Party on 8 Feb 2020.
DK was founded on 22 Oct 2011 .
Dialogue for Hungary (Párbeszéd) was founded by splinters of LMP on 17 Feb 2013. In 2023 the party changed its name to Dialogue–The Greens' Party (Párbeszéd–Zöldek).
MHM was founded by splinters of Jobbik on 23 Jun 2018.
Együtt 2014 was founded on 8 Mar 2013. The party was dissolved on 2 Jun 2018.
FKgP was first founded in 1930, banned in 1956 and was reestablished on 18 Nov 1988.
SzDSz was founded on 13 Nov 1988 and was dissolved on 30 Oct 2013.
MDF was founded on 27 Sep 1987 and was dissolved on 8 Apr 2011.
MIEP was founded in 1993 by István Csurka after being expelled from MDF. The party merged into the Our Homeland Movement on 27 Jul 2021, ceasing to exist.
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Chairmen of KDNP
Sándor Keresztes 1989-1990 (†2013)
László Surjá 1990-1995
Giczy György 1995-2001
Tivadar Bartó 2001-2002
László Varga 2002-2003 (†2003)
Zsolt Semjén 2003-
Chairmen of Momentum
András Fekete-Győr 2017-2021
Anna Orosz 2021 (interim)
Anna Donáth 2021-2022
Ferenc Gelencsér 2022-
Co-Chairmen of LMP
András Schiffer 2013-2016
Bernadett Szél 2013-2018
Ákos Hadházy 2016-2018
László Lóránt Keresztes 2018-2019
Márta Demeter 2018-2019
János Kendernay 2019-2020
Erzsébet Schmuck 2019-
Máté Kanász-Nagy 2020-2022
Péter Ungár 2022-
Chairman of DK
Ferenc Gyurcsány 2011-
Co-Chairmen of Párbeszéd–Zöldek
Benedek Jávor 2013-2014
Tímea Szabó 2013-2022
Bence Tordai 2022-
Rebeka Szabó 2022-
Chairman of MHM
László Toroczkai 2018-
Chairmen of Együtt 2014 (2003-2018)
Viktor Szigetvári +
Péter Kónya +
Péter Juhász 2003-2015
Viktor Szigetvári 2015-2017
Péter Juhász 2017-2018
Chairmen of FKgP
Tivadar Pártay 1988-1989 (†1999)
Vince Vörös 1989-1990 (†2001)
Ferenc József Nagy 1990-1991 (†2019)
József Torgyán 1991-2002 (†2017)
Miklós Réti 2002-2005 (†2017)
Péter Hegedüs 2005-2017
Károly Balogh 2017-2018
Roland Hajdara 2018-2020
Károly Balogh 2020-
Chairmen of SzDSz (1988-2013)
János Kis 1988-1991
Péter Tölgyessy 1991-1992
Iván Petõ 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 2009-2010
Viktor Szabadai 2010-2013
Chairmen of MDF (1987-2011)
Zoltán Bíró 1987-1989
József Ant 1989-1993 (†1993)
Lajos Fur 1994-1996 (†2013)
Sándor Lez 1996-1999
Ibolya Dávi 1999-2010
Károly Herényi 2010 (acting)
Zsolt Maka 2010-2011
Chairman of MIÉP (1993-2021)
István Csurka 1993-2012 (†2012)
ZolZoltán Fenyvessy 2012-2017
Tibor Nagy 2017-2021
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