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List of heads of state of Hungary

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This article lists the heads of state of Hungary, from the Hungarian Declaration of Independence and the establishment of the Hungarian State in 1849 (during the Hungarian Revolution of 1848) until the present day.

The current head of state of Hungary is President of the Republic Tamás Sulyok, former Chief Justice of the Constitutional Court. He was elected on 26 February 2024 and took office on 5 March 2024.

For earlier rulers, see Grand Prince of the Hungarians, King of Hungary and List of Hungarian monarchs.

[[Hungarian State]] (1849)

Parties

No.	Portrait	Name
(Birth–Death)	Term of office	Party	Took office	Left office	Tenure	Governor–President of the Hungarian State	Opposition Party (Hungary)}}; color:white;"	1	Military rule}}; color:black;"	—
[[File:Vastagh Portrait of Lajos Kossuth.jpg	120px]]	Lajos Kossuth
(1802–1894)
also prime minister	14 April 1849	11 August 1849		Opposition Party (Hungary)}}; color:white;"	[](opposition-party-hungary)
[[File:Görgei Artúr portré.jpg	120px]]	General
Artúr Görgei
(1818–1916)
acting	11 August 1849	13 August 1849		Military rule}}; color:black;"	Revolutionary
Army

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)

[[First Hungarian Republic|Hungarian People's Republic]] (1918–1919)

Parties

No.	Portrait	Name
(Birth–Death)	Term of office	Party	Took office	Left office	Tenure	President of the People's Republic of Hungary	Party of Independence and '48}}; color:white;"	1
[[File:Károlyi Mihály köztársasági elnök (cropped).jpg	120px]]	Mihály Károlyi
(1875–1955)
also prime minister
16 November 1918	11 January 1919		Party of Independence and '48}}; color:white;"	[](party-of-independence-and-48)
11 January 1919	21 March 1919

[[Hungarian Soviet Republic]] (1919)

Parties

No.	Portrait	Name
(Birth–Death)	Term of office	Party	Took office	Left office	Tenure	Chairman of the Central Executive Council of the Hungarian Soviet Republic	Hungarian Communist Party}}; color:white;"	1
[[File:Sándor Garbai (cropped).jpg	120px]]	Sándor Garbai
(1879–1947)
also prime minister	21 March 1919	1 August 1919		Hungarian Communist Party}}; color:white;"	[](hungarian-communist-party)

[[First Hungarian Republic|Hungarian People's Republic]] (1919)

Parties

No.	Portrait	Name
(Birth–Death)	Term of office	Party	Took office	Left office	Tenure	Provisional President of the Hungarian People's Republic	Social Democratic Party of Hungary}}; color:white;"	—
[[File:Gyula Peidl (cropped).jpg	120px]]	Gyula Peidl
(1873–1943)
acting, also prime minister	1 August 1919	6 August 1919		Social Democratic Party of Hungary}}; color:white;"	[](social-democratic-party-of-hungary)

[[Hungarian Republic (1919–1920)|Hungarian Republic]] (1919–1920)

Parties

No.	Portrait	Name
(Birth–Death)	Term of office	Party	Took office	Left office	Tenure	Regent of the Hungarian Republic	Independent politician}}; color:black;"	1	Provisional President of the Hungarian Republic	Christian National Union Party}}; color:white;"	—	Christian National Union Party}}; color:white;	—
[[File:Joseph August of Austria (1872–1962).jpg	120px]]	Archduke
Joseph August
(1872–1962)	7 August 1919	23 August 1919		Independent politician}}; color:black;"	Independent
[[File:István Friedrich Hungarian Prime Minister.jpg	120px]]	István Friedrich
(1883–1951)
acting, also prime minister	23 August 1919	24 November 1919		Christian National Union Party}}; color:white;	→ [](christian-national-union-party)
[[File:Huszár Károly miniszterelnök (cropped).jpg	120px]]	Károly Huszár
(1882–1941)
acting, also prime minister	24 November 1919	1 March 1920		Christian National Union Party}}; color:white;	[](christian-national-union-party)

[[Kingdom of Hungary (1920–1946)|Kingdom of Hungary]] (1920–1946)

No.	Portrait	Name
(Birth–Death)	Term of office	Party	Took office	Left office	Tenure	Regent of the Kingdom of Hungary	Independent politician}}; color:black;"	1	Leader of the Nation of Hungary	Arrow Cross Party}}; color:white"	1	Head of State of Hungary	Independent politician}}; color:black;"	—	—
[[File:Miklós Horthy portrait.jpg	120px]]	Miklós Horthy
(1868–1957)	1 March 1920	15 October 1944		Independent politician}}; color:black;"	Independent
Vacant (15 October 1944 – 4 November 1944)
[[File:Ferenc Szálasi (3x4 cropped).jpg	120px]]	Ferenc Szálasi
(1897–1946)
also prime minister	4 November 1944	7 May 1945		Arrow Cross Party}}; color:white"	[](arrow-cross-party)
[[File:Béla Miklós Portrait (cropped).jpg	120px]]	General
Béla Miklós
(1890–1948)
in opposition, also prime minister	21 December 1944	25 January 1945		Independent politician}}; color:black;"	Independent
[[File:Coa Hungary Country History med (1919-1938).svg	120px]]	High National Council
collective
26 January 1945	1 February 1946		Multi-party

[[Second Hungarian Republic|Hungarian Republic]] (1946–1949)

Parties

No.	Portrait	Name
(Birth–Death)	Term of office	Party	Took office	Left office	Tenure	President of the Hungarian Republic	Independent Smallholders, Agrarian Workers and Civic Party}}; color:white;"	1	Hungarian Working People's Party}}; color:white;"	2
[[File:Tildy Zoltán-MTI 1946.jpg	120px]]	Zoltán Tildy
(1889–1961)	1 February 1946	3 August 1948		Independent Smallholders, Agrarian Workers and Civic Party}}; color:white;"	[](independent-smallholders-agrarian-workers-and-civic-party)
[[File:Szakasits Árpád portré.jpg	120px]]	Árpád Szakasits
(1888–1965)	3 August 1948	23 August 1949		Hungarian Working People's Party}}; color:white;"	[](hungarian-working-people-s-party)

[[Hungarian People's Republic]] (1949–1989)

Parties

No.	Portrait	Name
(Birth–Death)	Term of office	Party	Took office	Left office	Tenure	Chairman of the Presidential Council of the Hungarian People's Republic	Hungarian Working People's Party}}; color:white;"	1	Hungarian Working People's Party}}; color:white;"	2	Hungarian Working People's Party}}; color:white;"	3	Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party}}; color:white;"	4	Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party}}; color:white;"	5	Independent politician}}; color:black;"	6
[[File:Szakasits Árpád portré.jpg	120px]]	Árpád Szakasits
(1888–1965)	23 August 1949	26 April 1950		Hungarian Working People's Party}}; color:white;"	[](hungarian-working-people-s-party)
[[File:Rónai Sándor.jpg	120px]]	Sándor Rónai
(1892–1965)	26 April 1950	14 August 1952		Hungarian Working People's Party}}; color:white;"	[](hungarian-working-people-s-party)
[[File:István Dobi.AI (cropped).jpg	120px]]	István Dobi
(1898–1968)	14 August 1952	25 October 1956		Hungarian Working People's Party}}; color:white;"	[](hungarian-working-people-s-party)
25 October 1956	14 April 1967	Hungarian Working People's Party}}; color:white;"	[](hungarian-socialist-workers-party)
[[File:Pál Losonczi.jpg	120px]]	Pál Losonczi
(1919–2005)	14 April 1967	25 June 1987		Hungarian Working People's Party}}; color:white;"	[](hungarian-socialist-workers-party)
[[File:Németh Károly -Fortepan.jpg	120px]]	Károly Németh
(1922–2008)	25 June 1987	29 June 1988		Hungarian Working People's Party}}; color:white;"	[](hungarian-socialist-workers-party)
[[File:Straub F. Brunó3 (cropped).jpg	120px]]	Brunó Ferenc Straub
(1914–1996)	29 June 1988	23 October 1989		Independent politician}}; color:black;"	Independent

The de facto leader of the country was the General Secretary of the Hungarian Working People's Party / Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party.

[[History of Hungary#Third Republic (since 1989)|Hungarian Republic]] / [[Hungary]] (from 1989)

Parties

No.	Portrait	Name
(Birth–Death)	Term of office	Party	Term
(Election)	Took office	Left office	Tenure	President of the Hungarian Republic	Hungarian Socialist Party}}; color:white;"	—	Alliance of Free Democrats}}; color:white;"	—	Alliance of Free Democrats}}; color:white;"	1	Independent politician}}; color:black;"	2	Independent politician}}; color:black;"	3	Fidesz}}; color:white;"	4	President of Hungary	Fidesz}}; color:white;"	(4)	Fidesz}}; color:white;"	—	Fidesz}}; color:white;"	5	Fidesz}}; color:white;"	6	Fidesz}}; color:white;"	—	Independent politician}}; color:black;"	7
[[File:Szűrös-Kádár (cropped).jpg	120px]]	Mátyás Szűrös
(born 1933)
acting	23 October 1989	2 May 1990	**	MSZP	—
[[File:GönczÁrpád.jpg	120px]]	Árpád Göncz
(1922–2015)	2 May 1990	3 August 1990		SZDSZ	—
3 August 1990	3 August 1995	1 (1990)
3 August 1995	3 August 2000	2 (1995)
[[File:Ferenc Mádl.jpg	120px]]	Ferenc Mádl
(1931–2011)	4 August 2000	4 August 2005	years	Independent	3 (2000)
[[File:László Sólyom.jpg	120px]]	László Sólyom
(1942–2023)	5 August 2005	5 August 2010	years	Independent	4 (2005)
[[File:Official Portrait Pál Schmitt MEP.jpg	120px]]	Pál Schmitt
(born 1942)	6 August 2010	31 December 2011		Fidesz	5 (2010)
[[File:Official Portrait Pál Schmitt MEP.jpg	120px]]	Pál Schmitt
(born 1942)	1 January 2012	2 April 2012
(resigned)		Fidesz	5 (2010)
[[File:17 02 2022 Encontro com o Presidente da Assembleia Nacional, László Köver (51887780433).jpg	120px]]	László Kövér
(born 1959)
acting	2 April 2012	10 May 2012	**	Fidesz	—
[[File:Ader Janos.jpg	120px]]	János Áder
(born 1959)	10 May 2012	10 May 2017	years	Fidesz	6 (2012)
10 May 2017	10 May 2022	7 (2017)
[[File:Katalin Novák, 2023 (cropped).jpg	120px]]	Katalin Novák
(born 1977)	10 May 2022	26 February 2024
(resigned)		Fidesz	8 (2022)
[[File:17 02 2022 Encontro com o Presidente da Assembleia Nacional, László Köver (51887780433).jpg	120px]]	László Kövér
(born 1959)
acting	26 February 2024	5 March 2024	**	Fidesz	—
[[File:Sulyok Tamás hivatalos portréja (cropped).jpg	120px]]	Tamás Sulyok
(born 1956)	5 March 2024	Incumbent		Independent	9 (2024)

Timeline

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Notes

References

(2024-02-26). "Hungary parliament elects new president following scandal".
(2024-02-27). "Hungarian parliament elects new president after predecessor resigned in scandal".

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