List of Interior Ministers of Hungary
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Minister of the Interior (Hungary)
The Ministry of Interior of Hungary is a part of the Hungarian state organisation. Its head, the Minister of Interior, is a member of the Hungarian cabinet. The ministry was established in 1848....
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Hungarian Revolution of 1848Hungarian Revolution of 1848The Hungarian Revolution of 1848 was one of many of the European Revolutions of 1848 and closely linked to other revolutions of 1848 in the Habsburg areas...
| Minister | Began | Ended |
| Bertalan Szemere | 17 March 1848 | 2 October 1848 |
| Országos Honvédelmi Bizottmány (OHB) | 2 October 1848 | 2 May 1849 |
| Bertalan Szemere | 2 October 1848 | 11 August 1849 |
Austria-HungaryAustria-HungaryAustria-Hungary , more formally known as the Kingdoms and Lands Represented in the Imperial Council and the Lands of the Holy Hungarian Crown of Saint Stephen, was a constitutional monarchic union between the crowns of the Austrian Empire and the Kingdom of Hungary in...
| Minister | Began | Ended |
| Béla Wenckheim Béla Wenckheim Baron Béla Wenckheim was a Hungarian politician who served as prime minister for several months in 1875.- References :... |
20 February 1867 | 21 October 1869 |
| Pál Rajner Pál Rajner Pál Rajner was a Hungarian politician, who served as Interior Minister between 1869 and 1871. He took part in the Hungarian Revolution of 1848. Count Gyula Andrássy appointed him as Interior Minister. In 1871 Rajner resigned because of his neurological disorders... |
21 October 1869 | 10 February 1871 |
| Vilmos Tóth Vilmos Tóth Vilmos Tóth was a Hungarian politician, who served as Interior Minister between 1871 and 1873.-References:* Országgyűlési Emlékkönyv 1866-1867, Pest, 1867 p. 406-408... |
10 February 1871 | 5 March 1873 |
| Gyula Szapáry Gyula Szapáry Gyula Count Szapáry de Szapár, Muraszombat et Széchy-Sziget was a Hungarian politician who served as Prime Minister of Hungary from 1890 to 1892.... |
5 March 1873 | 2 March 1875 |
| Kálmán Tisza Kálmán Tisza Kálmán Tisza de Borosjenő was the Hungarian prime minister between 1875 and 1890. He is credited for the formation of a consolidated Magyar government, the foundation of the new Liberal Party and major economic reforms that would both save and eventually lead to a government with popular... |
2 March 1875 | 11 February 1887 |
| Béla Orczy Béla Orczy Baron Béla Orczy de Orczi was a Hungarian politician and freedom fighter, who served as Interior Minister between 1887 and 1889. He was also Minister of Home Defence for several months in 1884. He took part in the Hungarian Revolution of 1848, he fought against the rebelling Serbs in the area of... |
11 February 1887 | 22 March 1889 |
| Gábor Baross Gábor Baross Gábor Baross , Hungarian statesman, was born at Pružina near Trencsén on 6 July 1848, and educated at Esztergom. He was for a time one of the professors there under Cardinal Kolos Vaszary. After acquiring considerable local reputation as chief notary of his county, he entered parliament in 1875... |
22 March 1889 | 16 June 1889 |
| Géza Teleki Géza Teleki (politician) Géza Teleki was a Hungarian politician, who served as Interior Minister between 1889 and 1890. His son was Pál Teleki, who later became Prime Minister during the first half of the Second World War.-References:*... |
16 June 1889 | 15 March 1890 |
| Gyula Szapáry | 15 March 1890 | 17 November 1892 |
| Károly Hieronymi Károly Hieronymi Károly Hieronymi was a Hungarian engineer and politician, who served as Interior Minister between 1892 and 1895. He was a supporter of former Prime Minister Kálmán Tisza. As Minister of Trade he modernized the train services, for the Hungarian State Railways he nationalized the Budapest-Pécs, the... |
17 November 1892 | 15 January 1895 |
| Dezső Perczel Dezső Perczel Dr. Dezső Perczel de Bonyhád was a Hungarian politician, who served as Interior Minister between 1895 and 1899 in Dezső Bánffy's cabinet. His father was Béla Perczel, a former Minister of Justice of Hungary. During his reigning Dezső Perczel supported the institution of civil marriage. He also... |
15 January 1895 | 26 February 1899 |
| Kálmán Széll Kálmán Széll Kálmán Széll de Duka et Szentgyörgyvölgy was a Hungarian politician who served as Prime Minister of Hungary from 1899 to 1903.-Political career:... |
26 February 1899 | 27 June 1903 |
| Károly Khuen-Héderváry Károly Khuen-Héderváry Dragutin Károly Khuen-Héderváry, also known as Károly Count Khuen-Héderváry de Hédervár , was a Hungarian politician, the ban of Croatia in the late nineteenth century. He succeeded the temporary reign of Ban Hermann Ramberg in 1883. Khuen's reign was marked by a strong magyarization... |
27 June 1903 | 3 November 1903 |
| István Tisza István Tisza Count István Tisza de Borosjenő et Szeged was a Hungarian politician, prime minister, and member of Hungarian Academy of Sciences.... |
3 November 1903 | 18 June 1905 |
| József Kristóffy József Kristóffy József Kristóffy was a Hungarian politician, who served as Interior Minister for a year in Géza Fejérváry's cabinet. Universal suffrage appeared as part of this cabinet's program... |
18 June 1905 | 8 April 1906 |
| Gyula Andrássy the Younger Gyula Andrássy the Younger Count Gyula Andrássy de Csíkszentkirály et Krasznahorka the Younger was a Hungarian politician.The second son of Count Gyula Andrássy, the younger Andrássy became under-secretary in the Sándor Wekerle ministry in 1892; in 1893, he became Minister of Education, and, in June 1894, he was appointed... |
8 April 1906 | 17 January 1910 |
| Károly Khuen-Héderváry | 17 January 1910 | 22 April 1912 |
| László Lukács László Lukács László Lukács de Erzsébetváros was a Hungarian politician who served as prime minister from 1912 to 1913.... |
22 April 1912 | 10 June 1913 |
| János Sándor János Sándor János Sándor de Csíkszentmihály was a Hungarian politician, who served as Interior Minister between 1913 and 1917 in István Tisza's second cabinet. János Sándor was the brother-in-law of Count Tisza.-References:*... |
10 June 1913 | 15 June 1917 |
| Gábor Ugron Gábor Ugron Gábor Ugron de Ábránfalva the Younger was a Hungarian politician, a member of one of the oldest noble families of Transylvania, who served as Interior Minister between 1917 and 1918. After the First World War he organized the Szekler National Council. His father was the parliamentarian... |
15 June 1917 | 25 January 1918 |
| János Tóth János Tóth János Tóth was a Hungarian politician, who served as Interior Minister in 1918.-References:*... |
25 January 1918 | 8 May 1918 |
| Sándor Wekerle Sándor Wekerle Sándor Wekerle was a Hungarian politician who served three times as prime minister.He was born in Mór, in the comitatus of Fejér. His mother was Antónia Szép.After studying law at the University of Budapest he graduated doctor juris... |
8 May 1918 | 31 October 1918 |
Hungarian Democratic RepublicHungarian Democratic RepublicThe Hungarian People's Republic was an independent republic proclaimed after the collapse of Austria-Hungary in 1918...
(1918-1919)
| Minister | Began | Ended |
| Tivadar Batthyány Tivadar Batthyány Count Tivadar Batthyány de Németújvár son of Count Zsigmond Batthyány de Német-Ujvar, and Johanna Nepomucena Justina Maria Goberta Erdödy.... |
31 October 1918 | 12 December 1918 |
| Vince Nagy Vince Nagy Vince Nagy de Losonc was a Hungarian politician, who served as Interior Minister between 1918 and 1919 during the Hungarian Democratic Republic. After the establishment of the Hungarian Soviet Republic he returned to Szatmárnémeti, where the occupying Romanian Army imprisoned him for 9 months.... |
12 December 1918 | 21 March 1919 |
Hungarian Soviet RepublicHungarian Soviet RepublicThe Hungarian Soviet Republic or Soviet Republic of Hungary was a short-lived Communist state established in Hungary in the aftermath of World War I....
| Minister | Began | Ended |
| Jenő Landler Jeno Landler Jenő Landler was a Jewish-born Hungarian Communist leader.He studied to be a lawyer and was drawn to the Social Democratic Party through his involvement in the ironworker’s trade union movement. But he kept moving politically to the left and became a communist... and Béla Vágó Béla Vágó Béla Vágó was a Hungarian communist politician, who served as de facto Interior Minister with Jenő Landler during the Hungarian Soviet Republic. After the fall of the communist regime, he emigrated to the Soviet Union.-References:*... |
21 March 1919 | 1 August 1919 |
| Károly Peyer Károly Peyer Károly Peyer was a Hungarian politician who served as Interior Minister for six days during the end of the Hungarian Soviet Republic in 1919. He was later Minister of Works in the cabinets of István Friedrich and Károly Huszár... |
1 August 1919 | 7 August 1919 |
RegencyKingdom of Hungary (1920–1946)The Kingdom of Hungary also known as the Regency, existed from 1920 to 1946 and was a de facto country under Regent Miklós Horthy. Horthy officially represented the abdicated Hungarian monarchy of Charles IV, Apostolic King of Hungary...
| Minister | Began | Ended |
| Adolf Samassa Adolf Samassa Adolf Samassa was a Hungarian politician, who served as Interior Minister for few days in 1919.-References:*... |
7 August 1919 | 15 August 1919 |
| Zsigmond Perényi Zsigmond Perényi Baron Zsigmond Perényi de Perény was a Hungarian politician, who served as Interior Minister in 1919. During the Hungarian Soviet Republic he was arrested by the communists. He was the governor of the annexed Zakarpattia Oblast between 28 April 1939 and 12 September 1940... |
15 August 1919 | 11 September 1919 |
| Ödön Beniczky Ödön Beniczky Ödön Beniczky de Benice et Micsinye was a Hungarian legitimist politician, who served as Interior Minister between 1919 and 1920. He was a resolute adversary of Governor Miklós Horthy. He supported the king Charles IV in the king's attempts to retake the throne of Hungary. That is why Beniczky was... |
11 September 1919 | 15 March 1920 |
| Sándor Simonyi-Semadam Sándor Simonyi-Semadam Sándor Simonyi-Semadam was a Hungarian politician who served as prime minister for a few months in 1920. He signed the Trianon Peace Treaty after World War I on 4 June 1920. With this treaty Hungary lost a considerable amount of its area... |
15 March 1920 | 19 April 1920 |
| Mihály Dömötör Mihály Dömötör Dr. Mihály Dömötör was a Hungarian politician, who served as Interior Minister for three months in 1920. His most famous order was the 1550/1920, which dissolved the freemason companies.-References:*... |
19 April 1920 | 19 July 1920 |
| Gyula Ferdinandy Gyula Ferdinandy Dr. Gyula Ferdinandy de Hidasnémeti was a Hungarian politician, who served as Interior Minister between 1920 and 1921. During the Sándor Simonyi-Semadam's cabinet he was the Minister of Justice, after that Ferdinandy replaced this position to the Minister of the Interior... |
19 July 1920 | 19 February 1921 |
| Vilmos Pál Tomcsányi Vilmos Pál Tomcsányi Vilmos Pál Tomcsányi was a Hungarian politician, who served as Interior Minister in 1921. He was the governor of the annexed Zakarpattia Oblast between 1942 and 1944.-References:*... |
19 February 1921 | 14 April 1921 |
| Gedeon Ráday Gedeon Ráday (Interior Minister) Count Gedeon Ráday de Ráda was a Hungarian politician, who served as Interior Minister in 1921. His parents were Gedeon Ráday, a former Minister of Defence of Hungary, and Philippine von Pergen.-References:*... |
14 April 1921 | 3 December 1921 |
| Kunó Klebelsberg Kuno von Klebelsberg Count Kuno von Klebelsberg was a Hungarian politician, who served as Minister of the Interior and Minister of Culture of the Kingdom of Hungary between the two world wars.... |
3 December 1921 | 6 June 1922 |
| Iván Rakovszky Iván Rakovszky Iván Rakovszky de Nagyrákó et Kelemenfalva was a Hungarian politician, who served as Interior Minister between 1922 and 1926. He reorganized the police services and reformed their orders... |
6 June 1922 | 15 October 1926 |
| Béla Scitovszky Béla Scitovszky Béla Scitovszky de Nagykér was a Hungarian politician, who served as Interior Minister between 1926 and 1931. He was the Speaker of the National Assembly of Hungary between 1922 and 1926.-References:*... |
15 October 1926 | 24 August 1931 |
| Ferenc Keresztes-Fischer Ferenc Keresztes-Fischer Ferenc Keresztes-Fischer was a lawyer and a Hungarian politician. He was an advisor of the Pécsi Takarékpénztár Rt. / Pécs Savings Bank Corp. Before he became prefect of Baranya County 1921-1931, prefect of Somogy County 1925-1931 and Interior Minister twice; between 1931-1935 and 1938-1944... |
24 August 1931 | 4 March 1935 |
| Miklós Kozma Miklós Kozma Vitéz Miklós Kozma de Leveld was a Hungarian politician, who served as Interior Minister between 1935 and 1937. He was also Minister of Defence for a short time in the cabinet of Gyula Gömbös. He attended the Ludovika Academy and fought in World War I. He was the supporter of Miklós Horthy from... |
4 March 1935 | 3 February 1937 |
| Kálmán Darányi Kálmán Darányi Kálmán Darányi de Pusztaszentgyörgy et Tetétlen was a Hungarian politician who served as Prime Minister of Hungary from 1936 to 1938. He also served as Speaker of the House of Representatives of Hungary from 5 December 1938 to 12 June 1939 and from 15 June 1939 to 1 November 1939... |
3 February 1937 | 10 April 1937 |
| József Széll József Széll József Széll de Duka et Szentgyörgyvölgy was a Hungarian politician, who served as Interior Minister between 1937 and 1938.-References:*... |
10 April 1937 | 13 May 1938 |
| Ferenc Keresztes-Fischer | 13 May 1938 | 22 March 1944 |
| Andor Jaross Andor Jaross Andor Jaross was an ethnic Hungarian politician from Slovakia and collaborator with the Nazis.... |
22 March 1944 | 17 August 1944 |
| Miklós Bonczos Miklós Bonczos Miklós Bonczos was a Hungarian politician, who served as Interior Minister in 1944. He emigrated to Argentina before the Soviet troops captured Budapest.-References:*... |
17 August 1944 | 12 October 1944 |
| Péter Schell Péter Schell Baron Péter Schell was a Hungarian politician, who served as Interior Minister in 1944. After the Arrow Cross Party's coup he was transported to Buchenwald by the Gestapo. After his release he left into Italy afterward he emigrated to the United States.-References:*... |
12 October 1944 | 16 October 1944 |
| Gábor Vajna | 16 October 1944 | 27 March 1945 |
| Ferenc Erdei Ferenc Erdei Ferenc Erdei was a Hungarian politician, who served as Interior Minister in the unofficial Interim government which led by Béla Miklós. After the Soviet occupation of Hungary the cabinet could take the office officially . During the communist rule Erdei was the Minister of Agriculture between 1949... |
21 December 1944 | 15 November 1945 |
| Imre Nagy Imre Nagy Imre Nagy was a Hungarian communist politician who was appointed Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the People's Republic of Hungary on two occasions... |
15 November 1945 | 4 February 1946 |
Second Hungarian RepublicSecond Hungarian RepublicThe Second Hungarian Republic was a parliamentary republic briefly established after the dissolution of the Kingdom of Hungary in 1 February 1946.-History:The Soviet Red Army occupied Hungary from September 1944 until April 1945...
| Minister | Began | Ended |
| Imre Nagy | 4 February 1946 | 20 March 1946 |
| László Rajk László Rajk László Rajk was a Hungarian Communist; politician, former Minister of Interior and former Minister of Foreign Affairs... |
20 March 1946 | 5 August 1948 |
| János Kádár János Kádár János Kádár was a Hungarian communist leader and the General Secretary of the Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party, presiding over the country from 1956 until his forced retirement in 1988. His thirty-two year term as General Secretary makes Kádár the longest ruler of the People's Republic of Hungary... |
5 August 1948 | 10 December 1948 |
People's Republic of HungaryPeople's Republic of HungaryThe People's Republic of Hungary or Hungarian People's Republic was the official state name of Hungary from 1949 to 1989 during its Communist period under the guidance of the Soviet Union. The state remained in existence until 1989 when opposition forces consolidated in forcing the regime to...
| Minister | Began | Ended |
| János Kádár | 10 December 1948 | 23 June 1950 |
| Sándor Zöld Sándor Zöld Sándor Zöld was a Hungarian communist politician, who served as Interior Minister between 1950 and 1951. He followed János Kádár in this position.... |
23 June 1950 | 20 April 1951 |
| Árpád Házi Árpád Házi Árpád Házi was a Hungarian communist politician, who served as Interior Minister between 1951 and 1952.-References:*... |
20 April 1951 | 14 November 1952 |
| József Györe József Györe József Györe was a Hungarian communist politician, who served as Interior Minister between 1952 and 1953.-References:*... |
14 November 1952 | 4 July 1953 |
| Ernő Gerő Erno Gero Ernő Gerő was a Hungarian Communist Party leader in the period after World War II and briefly in 1956 the most powerful man in Hungary as first secretary of its ruling communist party.-Life and career:... |
4 July 1953 | 6 June 1954 |
| László Piros László Piros László Piros was a Hungarian communist politician and soldier, who served as Interior Minister between 1954 and 1956. He fought in the Second World War, but he was captured by the Soviets at Voronezh . After that he took part in the antifascist movements. Piros worked as a partisan during the end... |
6 June 1954 | 27 October 1956 |
| Ferenc Münnich Ferenc Münnich Ferenc Münnich was a Hungarian Communist politician who served as Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the People's Republic of Hungary from 1958 to 1961.... |
27 October 1956 | 3 November 1956 |
| Béla Biszku Béla Biszku Béla Biszku is a Hungarian historical revisionist and former communist politician. He held the post of Interior Minister in the communist dictatorship between 1957 and 1961. He was one of the leaders of the retributions of the Hungarian Revolution of 1956... |
1 March 1957 | 13 September 1961 |
| János Pap János Pap János Pap was a Hungarian communist politician, who served as Interior Minister between 1961–1963. Member of the Central Committee of the Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party . First secretary of the HSWP in Veszprém county . Pap committed suicide.-References:* G. Tabajdi, K... |
13 September 1961 | 7 December 1963 |
| András Benkei András Benkei András Benkei was a Hungarian communist politician, who served as Interior Minister between 1963 and 1980.-References:*... |
7 December 1963 | 24 April 1980 |
| István Horváth István Horváth István Horváth is a former Hungarian communist politician, who served as Interior Minister twice: between 1980-1985 and between 1987-1990.Horvath had lagal studies at ELTE. He joined the MSZMP in 1956... |
24 April 1980 | 29 March 1985 |
| János Kamara János Kamara János Kamara was a Hungarian communist politician, who served as Interior Minister between 1985 and 1987.-References:*... |
29 March 1985 | 16 December 1987 |
| István Horváth | 16 December 1987 | 23 January 1990 |
| Zoltán Gál Zoltán Gál Zoltán Gál is a Hungarian politician, who served as Interior Minister for a short time in 1990 before the first parliamentary elections. He was the Speaker of the National Assembly of Hungary between 1994 and 1998. His son is Zoltán Gál J... |
23 January 1990 | 23 May 1990 |
Third Hungarian RepublicThird Hungarian RepublicThe third Republic of Hungary is an informal term used for the current republic of Hungary, which was proclaimed on October 23, 1989 , ending Hungary's communist era and replacing the former People's Republic of Hungary.The first republic was proclaimed on November 16, 1918 when the...
| Minister | Began | Ended |
| Balázs Horváth Balázs Horváth Balázs Horváth was a former Interior minister of Hungary. He was a member of the Hungarian Democratic Forum.... |
23 May 1990 | 21 December 1990 |
| Péter Boross Péter Boross Péter Boross was the second Prime Minister of Hungary from December 1993 to July 1994. He came to power with the death of the previous PM, József Antall, and held office until his coalition was defeated in elections and he made way for his successor, Gyula Horn of the socialist party... |
21 December 1990 | 21 December 1993 |
| Imre Kónya Imre Kónya Imre Kónya is a Hungarian politician and lawyer, who served as Interior Minister between 1993 and 1994, in the cabinet of Péter Boross.-References:*... |
21 December 1993 | 15 July 1994 |
| Gábor Kuncze Gábor Kuncze Gábor Kuncze is a Hungarian liberal politician, former chairman of the Hungarian Alliance of Free Democrats .... |
15 July 1994 | 6 July 1998 |
| Sándor Pintér Sándor Pintér Sándor Pintér is a Hungarian politician. A former top police official, he served as Interior Minister between 1998 and 2002, in Viktor Orbán's cabinet.... |
6 July 1998 | 27 May 2002 |
| Mónika Lamperth Mónika Lamperth Mónika Lamperth is a Hungarian politician and jurist, who served as Interior Minister between 2002 and 2006, after that she became Minister of Local Government until 2007, while Ferenc Gyurcsány appointed her as Minister of Social Affairs and Labour.-References:* * * *... |
27 May 2002 | 9 June 2006 |
Third Hungarian Republic
| Minister | Began | Ended |
| Mónika Lamperth | 9 June 2006 | 30 June 2007 |
| Gordon Bajnai Gordon Bajnai György Gordon Bajnai was the seventh Prime Minister of Hungary from 2009 to 2010. In March 2009, following Prime Minister Ferenc Gyurcsány's announced resignation, Bajnai was nominated by the ruling MSZP party to become Hungary's next prime minister... |
30 June 2007 | 30 April 2008 |
| István Gyenesei István Gyenesei István Gyenesei is a Hungarian politician and is currently the Chairman of the Association for Somogy party. He was the only representative in the Hungarian National Assembly who gained a seat as independent. During the formation of the minority government Prime Minister Ferenc Gyurcsány... |
30 April 2008 | 14 April 2009 |
| Zoltán Varga Zoltán Varga (politician) Zoltán Varga is a Hungarian engineer-economist and politician. He was the Minister of Local Government in cabinet of Prime Minister Gordon Bajnai... |
14 April 2009 | 29 May 2010 |
Third Hungarian Republic
| Minister | Began | Ended |
| Sándor Pintér | 29 May 2010 | Incumbent |
See also
- List of heads of state of Hungary
- List of Prime Ministers of Hungary
- List of Ministers of Defence of Hungary
- List of Ministers of Foreign Affairs of Hungary
- List of Ministers of Finance of Hungary
- List of Ministers of Education of Hungary
- List of Ministers of Justice of Hungary
- List of Ministers of Agriculture of Hungary
- Politics of HungaryPolitics of HungaryPolitics of Hungary takes place in a framework of a parliamentary representative democratic republic. The Prime Minister is the head of government of a pluriform multi-party system, while the President is the head of state and holds a largely ceremonial position.Executive power is exercised by the...