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Minister of the Interior (Hungary)

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FieldValue
postMinister of Interior
bodyHungary
native_nameMagyarország belügyminisztere
imagePinter Sandor Portrait.jpg
incumbentSándor Pintér
incumbentsince29 May 2010
departmentMinistry of Interior
typeMinister
member_ofHungarian cabinet
formation17 March 1848
firstBertalan Szemere

The minister of interior of Hungary () is a member of the Hungarian cabinet and the head of the Ministry of Interior. The current interior minister is Sándor Pintér.

The position was called People's Commissar of Interior () during the Hungarian Soviet Republic in 1919 and Minister of Local Government () between 2006 and 2010, when the ministry was divided into the Ministry of Local Government and the Ministry of Justice and Law.

Ministers of interior (1848–1919)

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

Parties

No.PortraitName
(Birth–Death)Term of officePolitical partyCabinetAssembly
(Election)12
[[File:SzemereBertalan.jpg80px]]Bertalan Szemere
(1812–1869)17 March 18482 October 1848Opposition PartyBatthyányLast Diet
1 (1848)
[[File:Crown of Saint Stephen.svg75px]]Committee of National Defence2 October 184814 April 1849Committee of National Defence

[[Hungarian State]] (1849)

Parties

No.PortraitName
(Birth–Death)Term of officePolitical partyCabinetAssembly
(Election)12
[[File:Coa Hungary Country History (1849).svg80px]]Committee of National Defence14 April 18492 May 1849Committee of National Defence1 (1848)
[[File:SzemereBertalan.jpg80px]]Bertalan Szemere
(1812–1869)2 May 184911 August 1849Opposition PartySzemere

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)123456(4)789101112(9)13141516Independent (politician)}}; color:black"17
[[File:Wenckheim Bela.jpg80px]]Béla Wenckheim
(1811–1879)20 February 186721 October 1869Deák PartyAndrássy
DP3 (1865)
4 (1869)
[[File:Rajner Pál - Borsos.jpg80px]]Pál Rajner
(1823–1879)21 October 186910 February 1871Deák Party
[[File:Tóth Vilmos Borsos.jpg80px]]Vilmos Tóth
(1832–1898)10 February 187114 November 1871Deák Party
14 November 18714 December 1872Lónyay
DP
5 (1872)
4 December 18725 March 1873Szlávy
DP
[[File:Szapáry Gyula Koller.jpg80px]]Gyula Szapáry
(1832–1905)
1st term5 March 187321 March 1874Deák Party
21 March 18742 March 1875Bittó
DP–BK
[[File:Tisza Kálmán Horowitz.jpg80px]]Kálmán Tisza
(1830–1902)2 March 187520 October 1875Liberal PartyWenckheim
SZP
20 October 187511 February 1887K. Tisza
SZP6 (1875)
7 (1878)
8 (1881)
9 (1884)
[[File:Orczy Bela.jpg80px]]Béla Orczy
(1822–1917)
acting11 February 188722 March 1889Liberal Party
10 (1887)
[[File:Baross Gábor Morelli.jpg80px]]Gábor Baross
(1848–1892)
acting22 March 188916 June 1889Liberal Party
[[File:Teleki Géza 1913-40.JPG80px]]Géza Teleki
(1843–1913)16 June 188915 March 1890Liberal Party
[[File:Szapáry Gyula Koller.jpg80px]]Gyula Szapáry
(1832–1905)
2nd term15 March 189017 November 1892Liberal PartySzapáry
SZP
11 (1892)
[[File:Hieronymi Károly Ellinger.jpg80px]]Károly Hieronymi
(1836–1911)17 November 189215 January 1895Liberal PartyWekerle I
SZP
[[File:PerczelDezso.jpg80px]]Dezső Perczel
(1848–1913)15 January 189526 February 1899Liberal PartyBánffy
SZP
12 (1896)
[[File:Széll Kálmán.jpg80px]]Kálmán Széll
(1843–1915)
acting26 February 189927 June 1903Liberal PartySzéll
SZP
13 (1901)
[[File:Khuen-Héderváry Károly.jpg80px]]Károly Khuen-Héderváry
(1849–1918)
1st term27 June 19033 November 1903Liberal PartyKhuen-Héderváry I
SZP
[[File:Istvan Tisza.jpg80px]]István Tisza
(1861–1918)3 November 190318 June 1905Liberal PartyI. Tisza I
SZP
[[File:Kristóffy József lapszerkesztő, Ország-Világ, 1890.jpg80px]]József Kristóffy
(1857–1928)18 June 19058 April 1906Liberal PartyFejérváry
SZP14 (1905)
[[File:Andrassy2.jpg80px]]Gyula Andrássy, Jr.
(1860–1929)8 April 190617 January 1910National Constitution PartyWekerle II
F48P–OAP–KNP–PDP
15 (1906)
[[File:Khuen-Héderváry Károly.jpg80px]]Károly Khuen-Héderváry
(1849–1918)
2nd term17 January 191022 April 1912National Party of WorkKhuen-Héderváry II
NMP
16 (1910)
[[File:Lukács László.jpg80px]]László Lukács
(1850–1932)22 April 191210 June 1913National Party of WorkLukács
NMP
[[File:Sándor János (1860-1922).jpg80px]]János Sándor
(1860–1922)10 June 191315 June 1917National Party of WorkI. Tisza II
NMP
[[File:Ifj. Ugron Gábor.JPEG80px]]Gábor Ugron
(1880–1960)15 June 191723 August 1917National Party of WorkEsterházy
NMP–F48P–OAP–PDP–KNP
23 August 191725 January 1918Wekerle III
NMP–F48P–OAP–PDP–KNP
[[File:Tóth János 1908-48.JPG80px]]János Tóth
(1864–1929)25 January 19188 May 1918F48P
[[File:Wekerle Sándor Benczúr.jpg80px]]Sándor Wekerle
(1848–1921)
acting8 May 191831 October 1918National Party of Work
[[File:Návay Lajos (Erdélyi Mór felvétele).jpg80px]]Lajos Návay
(1870–1919)30 October 191831 October 1918IndependentHadik
not formed
[[File:Batthyány Tivadar Strelisky.jpg80px]]Tivadar Batthyány
(1859–1931)31 October 191816 November 1918F48P–KárolyiM. Károlyi
F48P–Károlyi–PRP–MSZDPMNT (—)

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

Parties

No.PortraitName
(Birth–Death)Term of officePolitical partyCabinetAssembly
(Election)12
[[File:Batthyány Tivadar Strelisky.jpg80px]]Tivadar Batthyány
(1859–1931)16 November 191812 December 1918F48P–KárolyiM. Károlyi
F48P–Károlyi–PRP–MSZDPMNT (—)
[[File:G9Nagy Vince (1886-1965).jpg80px]]Vince Nagy
(1886–1965)12 December 191811 January 1919F48P–Károlyi
11 January 191921 March 1919Berinkey
F48P–Károlyi–PRP–MSZDP–OKGFP

People's commissars of interior (1919)

[[Hungarian Soviet Republic]] (1919)

Parties

No.PortraitName
(Birth–Death)Term of officePolitical partyCabinetAssembly
(Election)11
[[File:Eugene-landler-comisario-hungría--outlawsdiary00tormuoft.jpg80px]]Jenő Landler
(1875–1928)
serving with Béla Vágó21 March 19191 August 1919MSZP/SZKMMPCentral Executive Council
MSZP/SZKMMPTOGY (—)
[[File:Béla-vago-vicecomisario-interior-hungría--outlawsdiary02tormuoft.png80px]]Béla Vágó
(1881–1939)
serving with Jenő Landler21 March 19191 August 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"
[[File:Coat of arms of Hungary (1915-1918, 1919-1946; angels).svg80px]]Ábel Bartha5 May 191931 May 1919IndependentArad
[[File:Kelemen Béla.jpg80px]]Béla Kelemen
(1863–1944)31 May 19196 June 1919IndependentSzeged I
6 June 191912 July 1919Szeged II
[[File:BallaAladár.jpg80px]]Aladár Balla
(1867–1935)12 July 191912 August 1919IndependentSzeged III

Ministers of interior (1919–2006)

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

Parties

No.PortraitName
(Birth–Death)Term of officePolitical partyCabinetAssembly
(Election)1
[[File:Peyer Károly.png80px]]Károly Peyer
(1881–1956)1 August 19196 August 1919
(deposed)MSZDPPeidl
MSZDP

[[Hungarian Republic (1919–1920)]]

Parties

No.PortraitName
(Birth–Death)Term of officePolitical partyCabinetAssembly
(Election)Independent (politician)}}; color:black"1234
[[File:Adolf Samassa 1918.png80px]]Adolf Samassa
(1867–1929)7 August 191915 August 1919IndependentFriedrich
KNP/KNEP–OKGFP
[[File:Perényi Zsigmond politikus.JPEG80px]]Zsigmond Perényi
(1870–1946)15 August 191927 August 1919KNP
[[File:István Friedrich Hungarian Prime Minister.jpg80px]]István Friedrich
(1883–1951)27 August 191911 September 1919KNP
[[File:Ödön Beniczky (cropped).JPG80px]]Ödön Beniczky
(1878–1931)11 September 191924 November 1919KNP/KNEP
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)1234567(7)89101112(10)131415
[[File:Ödön Beniczky (cropped).JPG80px]]Ödön Beniczky
(1878–1931)29 February 192015 March 1920KNEPHuszár
KNEP–OKGFP–MSZDP–NDPP
[[File:Simonyi-Semadam in 1920.jpg80px]]Sándor Simonyi-Semadam
(1864–1946)
acting15 March 192019 April 1920KNEPSimonyi-Semadam
KNEP–OKGFP17 (1920)
[[File:Dömötör Mihály.jpg80px]]Mihály Dömötör
(1875–1962)19 April 192019 July 1920KNEP
[[File:Ferdinandy Gyula 1896.jpg80px]]Gyula Ferdinandy
(1873–1960)19 July 192019 February 1921OKGFPTeleki I
KNEP–OKGFP
[[File:Tomcsányi Vilmos Pál, 1930.jpg80px]]Vilmos Pál Tomcsányi
(1880–1959)19 February 192114 April 1921OKGFP
[[File:Ráday VII Gedeon 1920.jpg80px]]Gedeon Ráday
(1872–1937)14 April 19213 December 1921KNEPBethlen
(KNEP–OKGFP)→EP
[[File:KlebelsbergKuno1900s.jpg80px]]Kunó Klebelsberg
(1875–1932)3 December 19212 February 1922KNEP
2 February 19226 June 1922EP
[[File:Rakovszky Iván -Irisz.jpg80px]]Iván Rakovszky
(1885–1960)6 June 192215 October 1926EP18 (1922)
[[File:Scitovszky Béla.jpg80px]]Béla Scitovszky
(1878–1959)15 October 192624 August 1931EP
19 (1926)
20 (1931)
[[File:Keresztes-FischerFerenc.jpg80px]]Ferenc Keresztes-Fischer
(1881–1948)
1st term24 August 19311 October 1932EPG. Károlyi
EP–KGSZP
1 October 19324 March 1935NEPGömbös
NEP
[[File:Kozma Miklós arcképe (Székely Aladár felvétele, 1934).jpg80px]]Miklós Kozma
(1884–1941)4 March 193512 October 1936NEP
21 (1935)
12 October 19363 February 1937Darányi
NEP
[[File:Bundesarchiv Bild 183-E05367A, Johann von Daranyi.jpg80px]]Kálmán Darányi
(1886–1939)
acting3 February 193710 April 1937NEP
[[File:Széll József -Székely photo.jpg80px]]József Széll
(1880–1956)10 April 193714 May 1938NEP
[[File:Keresztes-FischerFerenc.jpg80px]]Ferenc Keresztes-Fischer
(1881–1948)
2nd term14 May 193816 February 1939NEPImrédy
NEP
16 February 19393 April 1941MÉPTeleki II
MÉP
22 (1939)
3 April 19419 March 1942Bárdossy
MÉP
9 March 194222 March 1944
(deposed)Kállay
MÉP
[[File:Jaross Andor 1938.jpg80px]]Andor Jaross
(1896–1946)22 March 194417 August 1944MMPSztójay
MÉP–MMP
[[File:Bonczos Miklós (1897-1971).jpg80px]]Miklós Bonczos
(1897–1971)17 August 194429 August 1944MÉPSztójay
MÉP–MMP
29 August 194412 October 1944Lakatos
MÉP
[[File:Horvath-Bela-1944.png80px]]Béla Horváth
(1886–1978)
*acting for Miklós Bonczos
as Secretary of State*6 September 194412 October 1944MÉP
[[File:Coat of arms of Hungary (1915-1918, 1919-1946; angels).svg80px]]Péter Schell
(1898–1974)12 October 194416 October 1944
(deposed)MÉP

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

Parties

No.PortraitName
(Birth–Death)Term of officePolitical partyCabinetAssembly
(Election)Nazi Party}}; color:white"1
[[File:Gábor Vajna (cropped).jpg80px]]Gábor Vajna
(1891–1946)16 October 194428 March 1945NYKPSzálasi
NYKP–MMP

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

Parties

No.PortraitName
(Birth–Death)Term of officePolitical partyCabinetAssembly
(Election)12
[[File:Erdei Ferenc 1947.jpg80px]]Ferenc Erdei
(1910–1971)22 December 194415 November 1945NPPProvisional National Government
FKGP–MKP–MSZDP–NPP–PDPINGY (1944)
[[File:Nagy Imre igazolványkép.jpg80px]]Imre Nagy
(1896–1958)15 November 19451 February 1946MKPTildy
FKGP–MKP–MSZDP–NPP23 (1945)

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

Parties

No.PortraitName
(Birth–Death)Term of officePolitical partyCabinetAssembly
(Election)123
[[File:Nagy Imre igazolványkép.jpg80px]]Imre Nagy
(1896–1958)1 February 194620 March 1946MKPF. Nagy
FKGP–MKP–MSZDP–NPP23 (1945)
[[File:Rajk László Sr. 1947.jpg80px]]László Rajk
(1909–1949)20 March 194631 May 1947MKP
31 May 194714 June 1948Dinnyés
(MKP–MSZDP)→MDP–FKGP–NPP
24 (1947)
14 June 19485 August 1948MDP
[[File:János Kádár (fototeca.iiccr.ro).jpg80px]]János Kádár
(1912–1989)5 August 194810 December 1948MDP
10 December 194820 August 1949Dobi
MDP–FKGP–NPP
25 (1949)

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

Parties

No.PortraitName
(Birth–Death)Term of officePolitical partyCabinetAssembly
(Election)123456789101112(11)Hungarian Socialist Party}}; color:white"(11)
[[File:János Kádár (fototeca.iiccr.ro).jpg80px]]János Kádár
(1912–1989)20 August 194923 June 1950MDPDobi
MDP25 (1949)
[[File:Zöld Sándor.jpg80px]]Sándor Zöld
(1913–1951)23 June 195020 April 1951MDP
[[File:Coat of arms of Hungary (1949-1956).svg80px]]Árpád Házi
(1908–1970)20 April 195114 August 1952MDP
14 August 195214 November 1952Rákosi
MDP
[[File:Coat of arms of Hungary (1949-1956).svg80px]]József Györe
(1902–1985)14 November 19524 July 1953MDP
[[File:Gerő Ernő 1955.jpg80px]]Ernő Gerő
(1898–1980)4 July 19536 June 1954MDPI. Nagy I
MDP26 (1953)
[[File:Coat of arms of Hungary (1949-1956).svg80px]]László Piros
(1917–2006)6 June 195418 April 1955MDP
18 April 195524 October 1956Hegedüs
MDP
24 October 195627 October 1956I. Nagy II
MDP/MSZMP–FKGP
[[File:Münnich Ferenc 1921.jpg80px]]Ferenc Münnich
(1886–1967)27 October 19563 November 1956MDP
[[File:Biszku Béla portrait.jpg80px]]Béla Biszku
(1921–2016)1 March 195728 January 1958MSZMPKádár I
MSZMP
28 January 195813 September 1961Münnich
MSZMP
27 (1958)
[[File:Coat of arms of Hungary (1957-1990).svg80px]]János Pap
(1925–1994)13 September 19617 December 1963MSZMPKádár II
MSZMP
28 (1963)
[[File:András Benkei (1972).jpg80px]]András Benkei
(1923–1991)7 December 196330 June 1965MSZMP
30 June 196517 April 1967Kállai
MSZMP
17 April 196715 May 1975Fock
MSZMP29 (1967)
30 (1971)
15 May 197527 June 1980Lázár
MSZMP
31 (1975)
32 (1980)
[[File:Horváth István fortepan 125613.jpg80px]]István Horváth
(born 1935)27 June 198029 March 1985MSZMP
[[File:Coat of arms of Hungary (1957-1990).svg80px]]János Kamara
(1927–2000)29 March 198525 June 1987MSZMP
33 (1985)
25 June 198716 December 1987Grósz
MSZMP
[[File:Horváth István fortepan 125613.jpg80px]]István Horváth
(born 1935)16 December 198724 November 1988MSZMP
24 November 19887 October 1989Németh
(MSZMP)→MSZP
7 October 198923 October 1989MSZP

[[Third Hungarian Republic|Hungarian Republic]] (1989–2006)

Parties

No.PortraitName
(Birth–Death)Term of officePolitical partyCabinetAssembly
(Election)Hungarian Socialist Party}}; color:white"Hungarian Socialist Party}}; color:white"Hungarian Democratic Forum}}; color:white"1Hungarian Democratic Forum}}; color:white"2Hungarian Democratic Forum}}; color:white"3Alliance of Free Democrats}}; color:white"4Independent (politician)}}; color:black"5Hungarian Socialist Party}}; color:white"6
[[File:Horváth István fortepan 125613.jpg80px]]István Horváth
(born 1935)
provisional23 October 198923 January 1990MSZPNémeth
MSZP
[[File:Gál Zoltán 2013.JPG80px]]Zoltán Gál
(born 1940)
provisional23 January 199023 May 1990MSZP
[[File:Horváth Balázs Szárszó.jpg80px]]Balázs Horváth
(1942–2006)23 May 199021 December 1990MDFAntall
MDF–FKGP–KDNP34 (1990)
[[File:Péter Boross 2014.JPG80px]]Péter Boross
(born 1928)21 December 199012 December 1993MDF
13 December 199321 December 1993Boross
MDF–EKGP–KDNP
[[File:Kónya Imre.JPG80px]]Imre Kónya
(born 1947)21 December 199315 July 1994MDF
[[File:GaborKuncze.jpg80px]]Gábor Kuncze
(born 1950)15 July 19948 July 1998SZDSZHorn
MSZP–SZDSZ35 (1994)
[[File:Pinter Sandor Portrait.jpg80px]]Sándor Pintér
(born 1948)
1st term8 July 199827 May 2002IndependentOrbán I
Fidesz–FKGP–MDF36 (1998)
[[File:Coat of arms of Hungary.svg60px]]Mónika Lamperth
(born 1957)27 May 20024 October 2004MSZPMedgyessy
MSZP–SZDSZ37 (2002)
4 October 20049 June 2006Gyurcsány I
MSZP–SZDSZ

Ministers of local government (2006–2010)

[[Third Hungarian Republic|Hungarian Republic]] (2006–2010)

Parties

No.PortraitName
(Birth–Death)Term of officePolitical partyCabinetAssembly
(Election)Hungarian Socialist Party}}; color:white"1Independent (politician)}}; color:black"23Hungarian Socialist Party}}; color:white"4
[[File:Coat of arms of Hungary.svg60px]]Mónika Lamperth
(born 1957)9 June 200630 June 2007MSZPGyurcsány II
MSZP–SZDSZ38 (2006)
[[File:Bajnai Jerusalem.jpg80px]]Gordon Bajnai
(born 1968)30 June 200730 April 2008Independent
[[File:Coat of arms of Hungary.svg60px]]István Gyenesei
(1948–2024)30 April 200814 April 2009Association for Somogy
[[File:Coat of arms of Hungary.svg60px]]Zoltán Varga
(born 1952)14 April 200929 May 2010MSZPBajnai
MSZP

Ministers of interior (2010–present)

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

Parties

No.PortraitName
(Birth–Death)Term of officePolitical partyCabinetAssembly
(Election)Independent (politician)}}; color:black"1
[[File:Pinter Sandor Portrait.jpg80px]]Sándor Pintér
(born 1948)
2nd term29 May 20106 June 2014IndependentOrbán II
Fidesz–KDNP39 (2010)
6 June 201418 May 2018Orbán III
Fidesz–KDNP40 (2014)
18 May 201824 May 2022Orbán IV
Fidesz–KDNP41 (2018)
24 May 2022IncumbentOrbán V
Fidesz–KDNP42 (2022)
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