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Minister of Finance (Hungary)

Cabinet minister responsible for finances in Hungary


Summary

Cabinet minister responsible for finances in Hungary

The minister of finance () 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 People's Commissar of Finance () during the Hungarian Soviet Republic in 1919, and Minister of National Economy () between 2010 and 2018.

Ministers of finance (1848–1919)

[[Kingdom of Hungary (1526–1867)|Hungarian Kingdom]] (1848–1849)

Parties

No.PortraitName
(Birth–Death)Term of officePolitical partyCabinetAssembly
(Election)1Independent (politician)}}; color:black"2
[[File:Vastagh Portrait of Lajos Kossuth.jpg80px]]Lajos Kossuth
(1802–1894)7 April 184812 September 1848Opposition PartyBatthyányLast Diet
1 (1848)
[[File:Barabas-batthyany.jpg80px]]Lajos Batthyány
(1807–1849)
acting12 September 184828 September 1848Opposition Party
[[File:Duschek Ferenc Pollák.jpg80px]]Ferenc Duschek
(1797–1872)28 September 18482 October 1848Independent
2 October 184814 April 1849Committee of National Defence

[[Hungarian State]] (1849)

Parties

No.PortraitName
(Birth–Death)Term of officePolitical partyCabinetAssembly
(Election)Independent (politician)}}; color:black"1
[[File:Duschek Ferenc Pollák.jpg80px]]Ferenc Duschek
(1797–1872)14 April 18492 May 1849IndependentCommittee of National Defence1 (1848)
2 May 184911 August 1849Szemere

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.

[[Kingdom of Hungary (1867–1918)|Hungarian Kingdom]] (1867–1918)

Parties

No.PortraitName
(Birth–Death)Term of officePolitical partyCabinetAssembly
(Election)1234567Independent (politician)}}; color:black"Independent (politician)}}; color:black"8(6)(7)91011Independent (politician)}}; color:black"
[[File:Lónyay Menyhért.jpg80px]]Menyhért Lónyay
(1822–1884)20 February 186721 May 1870Deák PartyAndrássy
DP3 (1865)
4 (1869)
[[File:Kerkápoly Károly.jpg80px]]Károly Kerkapoly
(1824–1891)21 May 187014 November 1871Deák Party
14 November 18714 December 1872Lónyay
DP
5 (1872)
4 December 187219 December 1873Szlávy
DP
[[File:Szlavy Jozsef.jpg80px]]József Szlávy
(1818–1900)
acting19 December 187321 March 1874Deák Party
[[File:Ghyczy Kálmán.jpg80px]]Kálmán Ghyczy
(1808–1888)21 March 18742 March 1875Left CentreBittó
DP–BK
[[File:Széll Kálmán.jpg80px]]Kálmán Széll
(1843–1915)2 March 187520 October 1875Liberal PartyWenckheim
SZP
20 October 18753 October 1878K. Tisza
SZP6 (1875)
7 (1878)
Kálmán Széll
(1843–1915)
acting3 October 187811 October 1878
[[File:Tisza Kálmán Horowitz.jpg80px]]Kálmán Tisza
(1830–1902)
acting11 October 18785 December 1878Liberal Party
[[File:Szapáry Gyula Koller.jpg80px]]Gyula Szapáry
(1832–1905)5 December 187811 February 1887Liberal Party
[[File:Tisza Kálmán Horowitz.jpg80px]]Kálmán Tisza
(1830–1902)
acting11 February 18879 April 1889Liberal Party
[[File:Wekerle Sándor Benczúr.jpg80px]]Sándor Wekerle
(1848–1921)
1st term9 April 188913 March 1890Liberal Party
13 March 189017 November 1892Szapáry
SZP11 (1892)
17 November 189215 January 1895Wekerle I
SZP
[[File:Lukács László.jpg80px]]László Lukács
(1850–1932)
1st term15 January 189526 February 1899Liberal PartyBánffy
SZP
12 (1896)
26 February 189927 June 1903Széll
SZP
13 (1901)
27 June 19033 November 1903Khuen-Héderváry I
SZP
3 November 190318 June 1905I. Tisza I
SZP
[[File:Fejérváry Géza Ellinger.jpg80px]]Géza Fejérváry
(1833–1914)
acting18 June 19056 March 1906IndependentFejérváry
SZP14 (1905)
[[File:Hegedűs Ferenc 1906.jpg80px]]Ferenc Hegedűs
(1856–1909)6 March 19068 April 1906Independent
[[File:Wekerle Sándor Benczúr.jpg80px]]Sándor Wekerle
(1848–1921)
2nd term8 April 190617 January 1910National Constitution PartyWekerle II
F48P–OAP–KNP–PDP15 (1906)
[[File:Lukács László.jpg80px]]László Lukács
(1850–1932)
2nd term17 January 191022 April 1912National Party of WorkKhuen-Héderváry II
NMP
16 (1910)
[[File:Teleszky János.JPEG80px]]János Teleszky
(1868–1939)22 April 191210 June 1913National Party of WorkLukács
NMP
10 June 191315 June 1917I. Tisza II
NMP
[[File:Gratz Gusztáv.JPEG80px]]Gusztáv Gratz
(1875–1946)15 June 191723 August 1917National Party of WorkEsterházy
NMP–F48P–OAP–PDP–KNP
23 August 191716 September 1917Wekerle III
NMP–F48P–OAP–PDP–KNP
[[File:Wekerle Sándor Benczúr.jpg80px]]Sándor Wekerle
(1848–1921)
acting16 September 191711 February 1918National Constitution Party
[[File:Popovics Sándor.jpg80px]]Sándor Popovics
(1862–1935)11 February 191831 October 1918National Constitution Party
[[File:Grünn János, Ország-Világ, 1924.jpg80px]]János Grünn
(1864–1932)30 October 191831 October 1918IndependentHadik
not formed
[[File:Mihaly-karolyi--outlawsdiary00tormuoft.jpg80px]]Mihály Károlyi
(1875–1955)
acting31 October 191816 November 1918F48P–KárolyiM. Károlyi
F48P–Károlyi–PRP–MSZDPMNT (—)

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

Parties

No.PortraitName
(Birth–Death)Term of officePolitical partyCabinetAssembly
(Election)1
[[File:Mihaly-karolyi--outlawsdiary00tormuoft.jpg80px]]Mihály Károlyi
(1875–1955)
acting16 November 191825 November 1918F48P–KárolyiM. Károlyi
F48P–Károlyi–PRP–MSZDPMNT (—)
[[File:Szende Pál.png80px]]Pál Szende
(1879–1934)25 November 191819 January 1919PRP
19 January 191921 March 1919Berinkey
F48P–Károlyi–PRP–MSZDP–OKGFP

People's commissars of finance (1919)

[[Hungarian Soviet Republic]] (1919)

Parties

No.PortraitName
(Birth–Death)Term of officePolitical partyCabinetAssembly
(Election)12(2)2
[[File:Vargajenő.jpg80px]]Jenő Varga
(1879–1964)21 March 19193 April 1919MSZPCentral Executive Council
MSZP/SZKMMPTOGY (—)
[[File:Szekely Bela.png80px]]Béla Székely
(1889–1939)
serving with Gyula Lengyel3 April 191924 June 1919MSZP/SZKMMP
Béla Székely
(1889–1939)24 June 19191 August 1919
[[File:Red star.svg80px]]Gyula Lengyel
(1888–1941)
serving with Béla Székely3 April 191924 June 1919MSZP/SZKMMP

[[White Terror (Hungary)|Counter-revolutionary governments]] (1919)

Parties

No.PortraitName
(Birth–Death)Term of officePolitical partyCabinetAssembly
(Election)Independent (politician)}}; color:black"Independent (politician)}}; color:black"Independent (politician)}}; color:black"Independent (politician)}}; color:black"
[[File:Coat of arms of Hungary (1915-1918, 1919-1946; angels).svg80px]]Lajos Solymossy
1st term5 May 191931 May 1919IndependentArad
[[File:Gratz Gusztáv.JPEG80px]]Gusztáv Gratz
(1875–1946)31 May 19196 June 1919IndependentSzeged I
[[File:Coat of arms of Hungary (1915-1918, 1919-1946; angels).svg80px]]Lajos Solymossy
2nd term6 June 191912 July 1919IndependentSzeged II
[[File:Éber Antal.jpg80px]]Antal Éber
(1872–1950)12 July 191912 August 1919IndependentSzeged III

Ministers of finance (1919–2010)

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

Parties

No.PortraitName
(Birth–Death)Term of officePolitical partyCabinetAssembly
(Election)1
[[File:Miákits Ferenc, Tolnai Világlapja, 1924.jpg80px]]Ferenc Miákits
(1876–1924)1 August 19196 August 1919
(deposed)MSZDPPeidl
MSZDP
[[File:Peidl Gyula.jpg80px]]Gyula Peidl
(1873–1943)
acting for Ferenc Miákits2 August 19196 August 1919
(deposed)MSZDP

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

Parties

No.PortraitName
(Birth–Death)Term of officePolitical partyCabinetAssembly
(Election)Independent (politician)}}; color:black"12
[[File:Grünn János, Ország-Világ, 1924.jpg80px]]János Grünn
(1864–1932)15 August 191912 September 1919IndependentFriedrich
KNP/KNEP–OKGFP
[[File:KorányiFrigyes.jpg80px]]Frigyes Korányi
(1869–1935)12 September 191924 November 1919OKGFP
24 November 191929 February 1920Huszár
KNEP–OKGFP–MSZDP–NDPP

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

Parties

No.PortraitName
(Birth–Death)Term of officePolitical partyCabinetAssembly
(Election)1Independent (politician)}}; color:black"23(3)(1)45(1)678(8)
[[File:KorányiFrigyes.jpg80px]]Frigyes Korányi
(1869–1935)
1st term29 February 192015 March 1920OKGFPHuszár
KNEP–OKGFP–MSZDP–NDPP
15 March 192019 July 1920Simonyi-Semadam
KNEP–OKGFP17 (1920)
19 July 192016 December 1920Teleki I
KNEP–OKGFP
[[File:Hegedüs Lóránt miniszter.jpg80px]]Lóránt Hegedüs
(1872–1943)16 December 192014 April 1921Independent
14 April 192127 September 1921Bethlen
(KNEP–OKGFP)→EP
[[File:Hegyeshalmi Lajos, Vasárnapi Ujság, 1921.jpg80px]]Lajos Hegyeshalmi
(1862–1925)
acting27 September 19214 October 1921KNEP
[[File:RetratoIstvanBethlen.jpg80px]]István Bethlen
(1874–1946)
acting4 October 19213 December 1921KNEP
[[File:Kállay Tibor (1925).jpg80px]]Tibor Kállay
(1881–1964)3 December 19212 February 1922KNEP
2 February 192220 February 1924EP
18 (1922)
[[File:Walko Lajos 1930s.jpg80px]]Lajos Walko
(1880–1954)
acting20 February 192425 March 1924EP
[[File:KorányiFrigyes.jpg80px]]Frigyes Korányi
(1869–1935)
2nd term25 March 192415 November 1924EP
[[File:Bud János.jpg80px]]János Bud
(1880–1950)15 November 19245 September 1928EP
19 (1926)
[[File:Sándor Wekerle (1878–1963).jpg80px]]Sándor Wekerle Jr.
(1878–1963)5 September 192824 August 1931EP
20 (1931)
[[File:KarolyiGyula.jpg80px]]Gyula Károlyi
(1871–1947)
acting24 August 193116 December 1931EPG. Károlyi
EP–KGSZP
[[File:KorányiFrigyes.jpg80px]]Frigyes Korányi
(1869–1935)
3rd term16 December 19311 October 1932EP
[[File:Bundesarchiv Bild 183-E05369A, Bela von Imredy.jpg80px]]Béla Imrédy
(1891–1946)1 October 19326 January 1935NEPGömbös
NEP
[[File:Tihamér Fabinyi 1935 (cropped).jpg80px]]Tihamér Fabinyi
(1890–1953)6 January 19356 October 1936NEP
21 (1935)
6 October 19369 March 1938Darányi
NEP
[[File:Lajos Remenyi-Schneller węgierski minister finansów.png80px]]Lajos Reményi-Schneller
(1892–1946)9 March 193814 May 1938NEP
14 May 193816 February 1939Imrédy
NEP
16 February 19393 April 1941MÉPTeleki II
MÉP
22 (1939)
3 April 19419 March 1942Bárdossy
MÉP
9 March 194222 March 1944Kállay
MÉP
22 March 194429 August 1944Sztójay
MÉP–MMP
29 August 194416 October 1944Lakatos
MÉP

[[Government of National Unity (Hungary)|Government of National Unity]] (1944–1945)

Parties

No.PortraitName
(Birth–Death)Term of officePolitical partyCabinetAssembly
(Election)Independent (politician)}}; color:black"1
[[File:Lajos Remenyi-Schneller węgierski minister finansów.png80px]]Lajos Reményi-Schneller
(1892–1946)16 October 194428 March 1945IndependentSzálasi
NYKP–MMP

[[Soviet occupation of Hungary|Soviet-backed provisional governments]] (1944–1946)

Parties

No.PortraitName
(Birth–Death)Term of officePolitical partyCabinetAssembly
(Election)123
[[File:Coat of arms of Hungary (1915-1918, 1919-1946, 1990).svg60px]]István Vásáry
(1887–1955)22 December 194421 July 1945FKGPProvisional National Government
FKGP–MKP–MSZDP–NPP–PDPINGY (1944)
[[File:Coat of arms of Hungary (1915-1918, 1919-1946, 1990).svg60px]]Imre Oltványi
(1893–1963)21 July 194515 November 1945FKGP
[[File:Coat of arms of Hungary (1915-1918, 1919-1946, 1990).svg60px]]Ferenc Gordon
(1893–1971)15 November 19451 February 1946FKGPTildy
FKGP–MKP–MSZDP–NPP23 (1945)

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

Parties

No.PortraitName
(Birth–Death)Term of officePolitical partyCabinetAssembly
(Election)12345
[[File:Coat of arms of Hungary (1946-1949, 1956-1957).svg80px]]Ferenc Gordon
(1893–1971)1 February 194626 August 1946FKGPF. Nagy
FKGP–MKP–MSZDP–NPP23 (1945)
[[File:Coat of arms of Hungary (1946-1949, 1956-1957).svg80px]]Jenő Rácz
(1907–1981)26 August 194614 March 1947FKGP
[[File:Coat of arms of Hungary (1946-1949, 1956-1957).svg80px]]Miklós Nyárádi
(1905–1976)14 March 194731 May 1947FKGP
31 May 194710 December 1948Dinnyés
MKP–FKGP–MSZDP–NPP
24 (1947)
[[File:Gerő Ernő 1955.jpg80px]]Ernő Gerő
(1898–1980)
acting for Miklós Nyárádi3 December 194810 December 1948MDP
Ernő Gerő
(1898–1980)
acting10 December 194818 February 1949
Ernő Gerő
(1898–1980)18 February 194911 June 1949Dobi
MDP–FKGP–NPP
25 (1949)
[[File:Coat of arms of Hungary (1946-1949, 1956-1957).svg80px]]István Kossa
(1904–1965)11 June 194920 August 1949MDP

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

Parties

No.PortraitName
(Birth–Death)Term of officePolitical partyCabinetAssembly
(Election)12(1)34567891011Hungarian Socialist Party}}; color:white"(11)
[[File:Coat of arms of Hungary (1949-1956).svg80px]]István Kossa
(1904–1965)
1st term20 August 194924 February 1950MDPDobi
MDP25 (1949)
[[File:Coat of arms of Hungary (1949-1956).svg80px]]Károly Olt
(1904–1985)24 February 195014 August 1952MDP
14 August 19524 July 1953Rákosi
MDP
4 July 195318 April 1955I. Nagy I
MDP26 (1953)
18 April 195524 October 1956Hegedüs
MDP
[[File:Coat of arms of Hungary (1946-1949, 1956-1957).svg80px]]István Kossa
(1904–1965)
2nd term24 October 19563 November 1956MDPI. Nagy II
MDP/MSZMP–FKGP
4 November 19569 May 1957MSZMPKádár I
MSZMP
[[File:Coat of arms of Hungary (1957-1990).svg80px]]István Antos
(1908–1960)9 May 195728 January 1958MSZMP
28 January 19585 January 1960
(died in office)Münnich
MSZMP
26 (1953)
[[File:Nyers Rezső 1970.jpg80px]]Rezső Nyers
(1923–2018)5 January 196013 September 1961MSZMP
13 September 196127 November 1962
Kádár II
MSZMP
[[File:Coat of arms of Hungary (1957-1990).svg80px]]Mátyás Tímár
(1923–2020)27 November 196230 June 1965MSZMP
28 (1963)
30 June 196514 April 1967Kállai
MSZMP
[[File:Coat of arms of Hungary (1957-1990).svg80px]]Péter Vályi
(1919–1973)14 April 196712 May 1971MSZMPFock
MSZMP29 (1967)
[[File:Coat of arms of Hungary (1957-1990).svg80px]]Lajos Faluvégi
(1924–1999)12 May 197115 May 1975MSZMP30 (1971)
15 May 197527 June 1980Lázár
MSZMP
31 (1975)
[[File:Coat of arms of Hungary (1957-1990).svg80px]]István Hetényi
(1926–2008)27 June 198031 December 1986MSZMP32 (1980)
33 (1985)
[[File:Peter Medgyessy.jpg80px]]Péter Medgyessy
(1942–)1 January 198725 June 1987MSZMP
25 June 198715 December 1987Grósz
MSZMP
[[File:Coat of arms of Hungary (1957-1990).svg80px]]Miklós Villányi
(1931–)15 December 198724 November 1988MSZMP
24 November 19889 May 1989Németh
(MSZMP)→MSZP
[[File:Békesi László cropped.jpg80px]]László Békesi
(1942–)10 May 19897 October 1989MSZMP
7 October 198923 October 1989MSZP

[[Third Hungarian Republic|Hungarian Republic]] (1989–2010)

Parties

No.PortraitName
(Birth–Death)Term of officePolitical partyCabinetAssembly
(Election)Hungarian Socialist Party}}; color:white"Independent (politician)}}; color:black"1Hungarian Democratic Forum}}; color:white"2Hungarian Democratic Forum}}; color:white"3Hungarian Socialist Party}}; color:white"4Independent (politician)}}; color:black"5Independent (politician)}}; color:black"6Independent (politician)}}; color:black"7Fidesz}}; color:white"8Independent (politician)}}; color:black"9Independent (politician)}}; color:black"10Hungarian Socialist Party}}; color:white"11Independent (politician)}}; color:black"12
[[File:Békesi László cropped.jpg80px]]László Békesi
(1942–)
provisional23 October 198923 May 1990MSZPNémeth
MSZP
[[File:Coat of arms of Hungary (1915-1918, 1919-1946, 1990).svg60px]]Ferenc Rabár
(1929–1999)23 May 199019 December 1990IndependentAntall
MDF–FKGP–KDNP34 (1990)
[[File:Kupa Mihály Fortepan 76089 (crop).jpg80px]]Mihály Kupa
(1941–2024)20 December 199011 February 1993MDF
[[File:Szabó Iván fortepan 138517.jpg80px]]Iván Szabó
(1934–2005)24 February 199321 December 1993MDF
21 December 199315 July 1994Boross
MDF–EKGP–KDNP
[[File:Békesi László cropped.jpg80px]]László Békesi
(1942–)15 July 199428 February 1995MSZPHorn
MSZP–SZDSZ35 (1994)
[[File:Bokros Lajos 2013 (cropped).JPG80px]]Lajos Bokros
(1954–)1 March 199529 February 1996Independent
[[File:Peter Medgyessy.jpg80px]]Péter Medgyessy
(1942–)1 March 19967 Jule 1998Independent
[[File:Coat of arms of Hungary.svg60px]]Zsigmond Járai
(1951–)8 Jule 199831 December 2000IndependentOrbán I
Fidesz–FKGP–MDF36 (1998)
[[File:Parlamenti ciklus zárónap 2010 044.JPG80px]]Mihály Varga
(1965–)
1st term1 January 200127 May 2002Fidesz
[[File:Coat of arms of Hungary.svg60px]]Csaba László
(1962–)27 May 200215 February 2004IndependentMedgyessy
MSZP–SZDSZ37 (2002)
[[File:Tibor Draskovics - 2004 (cropped).jpg80px]]Tibor Draskovics
(1955–)15 February 20044 October 2004Independent
4 October 200424 April 2005Gyurcsány I
MSZP–SZDSZ
[[File:Veres János 2008-12-13.jpg80px]]János Veres
(1957–)24 April 20059 June 2006MSZP
9 June 200616 April 2009Gyurcsány II
MSZP–SZDSZ38 (2006)
[[File:OszkoPeter.jpg80px]]Péter Oszkó
(1973–)16 April 200929 May 2010IndependentBajnai
MSZP

Ministers of national economy (2010–2018)

[[Third Hungarian Republic|Hungarian Republic]] / [[Hungary]] (2010–2018)

Parties

No.PortraitName
(Birth–Death)Term of officePolitical partyCabinetAssembly
(Election)Fidesz}}; color:white"1Fidesz}}; color:white"2
[[File:Matolcsy-György_Portrait.jpg80px]]György Matolcsy
(1955–)29 May 20103 March 2013FideszOrbán II
Fidesz–KDNP39 (2010)
[[File:Parlamenti ciklus zárónap 2010 044.JPG80px]]Mihály Varga
(1965–)
2nd term3 March 20136 June 2014Fidesz
6 June 201418 May 2018Orbán III
Fidesz–KDNP40 (2014)

Ministers of finance (2018–present)

[[Third Hungarian Republic|Hungarian Republic]] / [[Hungary]] (2018–present)

Parties

No.PortraitName
(Birth–Death)Term of officePolitical partyCabinetAssembly
(Election)Fidesz}}; color:white"1Fidesz}}; color:white"2
[[File:Parlamenti ciklus zárónap 2010 044.JPG80px]]Mihály Varga
(1965–)
2nd term18 May 201824 May 2022FideszOrbán IV
Fidesz–KDNP41 (2018)
24 May 202231 December 2024Orbán V
Fidesz–KDNP42 (2022)
[[File:Nagy Marton.jpg80px]]Márton Nagy
(1976–)1 January 2025IncumbentFideszOrbán V
Fidesz–KDNP42 (2022)
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