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This page is a list of Ministers of Finance of Hungary. The ministry abolished on 29 May 2010.
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Ministers of Finance, 1848-2010
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...
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| Lajos Kossuth Lajos Kossuth Lajos Kossuth de Udvard et Kossuthfalva was a Hungarian lawyer, journalist, politician and Regent-President of Hungary in 1849. He was widely honored during his lifetime, including in the United Kingdom and the United States, as a freedom fighter and bellwether of democracy in Europe.-Family:Lajos... |
7 April 1848 | 12 September 1848 |
| Lajos Batthyány Lajos Batthyány Count Lajos Batthyány de Németújvár was the first Prime Minister of Hungary. He was born in Pressburg on 10 February 1807, and was executed by firing squad in Pest on 6 October 1849, the same day as the 13 Martyrs of Arad.-Career:His father was Count József Sándor Batthyány , his mother Borbála... |
12 September 1848 | 28 September 1848 |
| Ferenc Duschek Ferenc Duschek Ferenc Duschek was a Hungarian politician, who served as Minister of Finance during the Hungarian Revolution of 1848. He started his career as Lajos Kossuth's state secretary. In fact Duschek managed the ministry's affairs because of the minister's occupations. After the Battle of Temesvár he was... |
28 September 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...
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| Menyhért Lónyay | 20 February 1867 | 21 May 1870 |
| Károly Kerkapoly Károly Kerkapoly Károly Kerkapoly or Kerkápoly was a Hungarian politician, who served as Minister of Finance between 1870 and 1873. He studied in Pápa, in the same school where also learnt Mór Jókai and Sándor Petőfi. He worked as a juratus in the National Assembly of 1844. When he finished his law studies worked... |
21 May 1870 | 19 December 1873 |
| József Szlávy József Szlávy József Szlávy de Érkenéz et Okány was a Hungarian politician who served as prime minister from 1872 to 1874, as Speaker of the House of Representatives of Hungary from 3 April 1879 to 12 April 1880 and as Speaker of the House of Magnats from 19 September 1894 to 3 October... |
19 December 1873 | 21 March 1874 |
| Kálmán Ghyczy Kálmán Ghyczy Kálmán Ghyczy de Ghicz, Assakürt et Ablánczkürt was a Hungarian politician, who served as Minister of Finance between 1874 and 1875. He became representative of Komárom County in 1843. During the Hungarian Revolution of 1848 he served as state secretary of the Ministry of Justice... |
21 March 1874 | 2 March 1875 |
| 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:... |
2 March 1875 | 11 October 1878 |
| 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... |
11 October 1878 | 5 December 1878 |
| 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 December 1878 | 11 February 1887 |
| Kálmán Tisza | 11 February 1887 | 9 April 1889 |
| 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... |
9 April 1889 | 15 January 1895 |
| László Lukács László Lukács László Lukács de Erzsébetváros was a Hungarian politician who served as prime minister from 1912 to 1913.... |
15 January 1895 | 18 June 1905 |
| Géza Fejérváry Géza Fejérváry ----Géza Baron Fejérváry de Komlós-Keresztes was a Hungarian general who served as the prime minister in a government of bureaucrats appointed by King Franz Joseph during the Hungarian Constitutional Crisis of 1903–1907.... |
18 June 1905 | 6 March 1906 |
| Ferenc Hegedűs Ferenc Hegedűs (politician) Ferenc Hegedűs was a Hungarian politician, who served as Minister of Finance in 1906.-References:*... |
6 March 1906 | 8 April 1906 |
| Sándor Wekerle | 8 April 1906 | 17 January 1910 |
| László Lukács | 17 January 1910 | 22 April 1912 |
| János Teleszky János Teleszky János Teleszky was a Hungarian politician, who served as Minister of Finance between 1912 and 1917. He was full member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences. After the First World War he served as chairman of the National Financial Council... |
22 April 1912 | 15 June 1917 |
| Gusztáv Gratz Gusztáv Gratz Gusztáv Gratz was a Hungarian politician, who served as Minister of Foreign Affairs in 1921. He was a correspondent member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences. Gratz published in the Huszadik Század and the Társadalomtudományi Társaság newspapers. He was a representative in the National Assembly... |
15 June 1917 | 16 September 1917 |
| Sándor Wekerle | 16 September 1917 | 11 February 1918 |
| Sándor Popovics Sándor Popovics Sándor Popovics was a Hungarian politician, who served as Minister of Finance in 1918. He was the governor of the Austro-Hungarian Bank between 1909 and 1918. During the peace negotiations in 1920, he attended as a financial expert. From 1924 until his death he served as chairman of the National... |
11 February 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)
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| Mihály Károlyi Mihály Károlyi Count Mihály Ádám György Miklós Károlyi de Nagykároly was briefly Hungary's leader in 1918-19 during a short-lived democracy... |
31 October 1918 | 25 November 1918 |
| Pál Szende Pál Szende Pál Szende was a Hungarian politician, who served as Minister of Finance between 1918 and 1919. From 1904 he worked as a lawyer. He participated in the radical political movement along with Oszkár Jászi. After the establishment of the Hungarian Soviet Republic he lived in Vienna... |
25 November 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....
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| Jenő Varga Eugen Varga Eugen Samuilovich Varga was a Marxist economist of Hungarian origin.He studied philosophy and economic geography at the University of Budapest. In 1906, he started writing in socialist and academic journals, mainly on economic subjects, but also on other topics... |
21 March 1919 | 3 April 1919 |
| Béla Székely Béla Székely Béla Székely was a Hungarian politician, who served as Minister of Finance in 1919 . After the fall of the Hungarian Soviet Republic he emigrated to Austria. From 1930 Székely worked in Berlin later lived in the Soviet Union. In 1938 he was arrested and executed during the Great Purge.-References:*... and Gyula Lengyel Gyula Lengyel Gyula Lengyel was a Hungarian politician, who served as Minister of Finance in 1919 . For all of the Hungarian Soviet Republic's economic policy, he arranged the conceptual and practical forming of his financial policy inside this, and the organizing of the public supply. After the fall of the... |
3 April 1919 | 24 June 1919 |
| Béla Székely | 24 June 1919 | 1 August 1919 |
| Ferenc Miákits Ferenc Miákits Ferenc Miákits was a Hungarian politician, who served as Minister of Finance in 1919. He was one of the leaders of the MSZDP. In the Károly Huszár administration he served as state secretary of the Ministry of Trade for a short time. In 1922 he became member of the Diet of Hungary.-References:*... |
1 August 1919 | 6 August 1919 |
| Gyula Peidl Gyula Peidl Gyula Peidl was a Hungarian trade union leader and socialist politician who served briefly as the last prime minister and acting head of state of the Hungarian Soviet Republic in 1919.... |
2 August 1919 | 6 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...
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| János Grünn János Grünn János Grünn was a Hungarian politician, who served as Minister of Finance in 1919. After that he retired from the politics.-References:*... |
15 August 1919 | 12 September 1919 |
| Frigyes Korányi Frigyes Korányi Baron Frigyes Korányi the Younger was a Hungarian politician, who served as Minister of Finance at three times: between 1919–1920, in 1924 and between 1931-1932. His father was the famous internist Frigyes Korányi. Korányi Jr. graduated in Budapest and other universities in Europe... |
12 September 1919 | 16 December 1920 |
| Lóránt Hegedüs Lóránt Hegedüs Lóránt Hegedüs was a Hungarian politician, who served as Minister of Finance between 1920 and 1921. He finished his studies in Berlin and London. After that he started his career in the Ministry of Finance, then he worked in the United States when he researched the emigration cases. Hegedüs served... |
16 December 1920 | 27 September 1921 |
| Lajos Hegyeshalmi Lajos Hegyeshalmi Lajos Hegyeshalmi or Hegyeshalmy was a Hungarian politician, who served as acting Minister of Finance in 1921. After his graduating he was appointed head secretary of the Hungarian National Bank, later he worked for the National Statistical Office. Between 1910 and 1914 he was the deputy chairman... |
27 September 1921 | 4 October 1921 |
| István Bethlen István Bethlen Count István Bethlen de Bethlen was a Hungarian aristocrat and statesman and served as Prime Minister from 1921 to 1931.... |
4 October 1921 | 3 December 1921 |
| Tibor Kállay Tibor Kállay Tibor Kállay de Nagykálló was a Hungarian politician, who served as Minister of Finance between 1921 and 1924. He studied in the University of Budapest... |
3 December 1921 | 20 February 1924 |
| Lajos Walko Lajos Walko Lajos Walko was a Hungarian politician, who served as Minister of Foreign Affairs between 1925 and 1930. Around half year ago he was also appointed to this position. He worked for the Ministry of Finance. He served as interim Minister of Finance twice and Minister of Trade... |
20 February 1924 | 25 March 1924 |
| Frigyes Korányi | 25 March 1924 | 15 November 1924 |
| János Bud János Bud János Bud was a Hungarian politician, who served as Minister of Finance between 1924 and 1928. After finishing his law studies he worked for the National Statistical Office. From 1910 he served as secretary aide for the Ministry of Trade. He taught statistic on the University of Budapest. István... |
15 November 1924 | 5 September 1928 |
| Sándor Wekerle Jr. Sándor Wekerle Jr. Sándor Wekerle the Younger was a Hungarian politician, who served as Minister of Finance between 1928 and 1931. His father was Sándor Wekerle, who was the Prime Minister of Hungary at three times during the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy. Wekerle Jr. studied on the University of Budapest and other... |
5 September 1928 | 24 August 1931 |
| Gyula Károlyi Gyula Károlyi Gyula Count Károlyi de Nagykároly was a conservative Hungarian politician who served as Prime Minister of Hungary from 1931 to 1932. He had previously been Prime Minister of the counter-revolutionary government in Szeged for several months in 1919... |
24 August 1931 | 16 December 1931 |
| Frigyes Korányi | 16 December 1931 | 1 October 1932 |
| Béla Imrédy Béla Imrédy Béla vitéz Imrédy de Ómoravicza was Prime Minister of Hungary from 1938 to 1939.... |
1 October 1932 | 6 January 1935 |
| Tihamér Fabinyi Tihamér Fabinyi Tihamér Fabinyi was a Hungarian politician, who served as Minister of Finance between 1935 and 1938. He studied in Berlin, Leipzig, Cambridge and Budapest. He served as director of law of the Ganz Danubius Joint Stock Company, later he worked as a lawyer. He was member of the House of... |
6 January 1935 | 9 March 1938 |
| Lajos Reményi-Schneller Lajos Reményi-Schneller Lajos Reményi-Schneller was a Hungarian politician, who served as Minister of Finance between 1938 and 1945. He started his career in 1923 as the director of the Hungarian Exchange Bank. He became representative in 1935. Kálmán Darányi appointed him Minister of Finance, Reményi-Schneller hold this... |
9 March 1938 | 27 March 1945 |
| István Vásáry István Vásáry István Vásáry was a Hungarian politician, who served as Minister of Finance between 1944 and 1945 in the Interim National Government. He studied law in his birthplace. He was the mayor of Debrecen between 1928 and 1935. He became representative as member of the FKGP in 1939. After 1945 he led the... |
22 December 1944 | 21 Jule 1945 |
| Imre Oltványi Imre Oltványi Imre Oltványi was a Hungarian politician, who served as Minister of Finance in 1945 in the Interim National Government. He studied at the University of Budapest. Between 1920 and 1921 he was the secretary of the National Agriculture Association. He was a founding member of the Smallholders' Party... |
21 Jule 1945 | 15 November 1945 |
| Ferenc Gordon Ferenc Gordon Ferenc Gordon was a Hungarian politician, who served as Minister of Finance between 1945 and 1946. He studied on the Academy of Trade. He usually published articles about the economic in 1920s and 1930s. He was member of the FKGP since 1934. Gordon had good relation with the MSZDP, he supported... |
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...
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| Ferenc Gordon | 4 February 1946 | 26 August 1946 |
| Jenő Rácz Jenő Rácz (Minister of Finance) Jenő Rácz was a Hungarian politician, who served as Minister of Finance between 1946 and 1947. He was member of the Independent Smallholders' Party.-References:*... |
26 August 1946 | 14 March 1947 |
| Miklós Nyárádi Miklós Nyárádi Miklós Nyárádi was a Hungarian politician, who served as Minister of Finance between 1947 and 1948. On November 1948 he did not return to home from his official visit. He settled down in the United States around 1949.-References:... |
14 March 1947 | 10 December 1948 |
| 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:... |
10 December 1948 | 11 June 1949 |
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...
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| István Kossa István Kossa István Kossa was a Hungarian politician, who served as Minister of Finance twice: between 1949-1950 and between 1956-1957. After the secondary grammar school's accomplishment he worked in Budapest as a tram conductor. He joined to the Social Democratic Party in 1923... |
11 June 1949 | 24 February 1950 |
| Károly Olt Károly Olt Károly Olt was a Hungarian politician, who served as Minister of Finance between 1950 and 1956. He moved from Transylvania to Hungary in 1920 . He became member of the Hungarian Communist Party in 1930. He was arrested and condemned because of his communist activities... |
24 February 1950 | 24 October 1956 |
| István Kossa | 24 October 1956 | 9 May 1957 |
| István Antos István Antos István Antos was a Hungarian politician, who served as Minister of Finance from 1957 until his death. He joined to the Hungarian Communist Party in 1945. He had significant role in the reorganizing of the economical system. He served as general secretary of the National Economical Council... |
9 May 1957 | 5 January 1960 |
| Rezső Nyers Rezső Nyers Rezső Nyers is a former Hungarian politician, who served as Minister of Finance between 1960 and 1962. For a few months in 1989, he was the country's last Communist leader.-Political career:... |
5 January 1960 | 27 November 1962 |
| Mátyás Tímár Mátyás Tímár Mátyás Tímár is a former Hungarian politician, who served as Minister of Finance between 1962 and 1967.-References:*... |
27 November 1962 | 14 April 1967 |
| Péter Vályi Péter Vályi Péter Vályi was a Hungarian politician, who served as Minister of Finance between 1967 and 1971. He worked as a chemical engineer. He was arrested in 1945 because of his communist activities. He joined to the Hungarian Communist Party in this same year. From 1948 he worked for the National... |
14 April 1967 | 12 May 1971 |
| Lajos Faluvégi Lajos Faluvégi Lajos Faluvégi was a Hungarian politician, who served as Minister of Finance between 1971 and 1980. He attended at the Karl Marx University of Economic Sciences. From 1945 he served as head of a department for the Ministry of Finance... |
12 May 1971 | 27 June 1980 |
| István Hetényi István Hetényi István Hetényi was a Hungarian politician, who served as Minister of Finance between 1980 and 1986.-References:* * *... |
27 June 1980 | 31 December 1986 |
| Péter Medgyessy Péter Medgyessy Péter Medgyessy is a Hungarian politician and was the fifth Prime Minister of the Republic of Hungary from May 27, 2002 until September 29, 2004... |
1 January 1987 | 15 December 1987 |
| Miklós Villányi Miklós Villányi Miklós Villányi is a former Hungarian politician, who served as Minister of Finance between 1987 and 1989.-References:*... |
15 December 1987 | 9 May 1989 |
| László Békesi László Békesi László Békesi is a Hungarian politician, who served as Minister of Finance twice: between 1989-1990 and from 1994 to 1995.-Early life:... |
10 May 1989 | 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...
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| Ferenc Rabár Ferenc Rabár Ferenc Rabár was a Hungarian politician, who served as Minister of Finance in 1990.-References:* *... |
23 May 1990 | 19 December 1990 |
| Mihály Kupa Mihály Kupa Mihály Kupa is a Hungarian politician, who served as Minister of Finance between 1990 and 1993. He was arrested in 1958 for ten months. He finished his studies at the Karl Marx University of Economic Sciences in 1969. After his graduating he worked for the National Statistical Office and other... |
20 December 1990 | 11 February 1993 |
| Iván Szabó Iván Szabó Iván Szabó was a Hungarian politician, who served as Minister of Finance between 1993 and 1994. He joined to the Hungarian Democratic Forum in 1988. He was chosen to the party's presidency in 1990. After the death of József Antall he served as manager president. Szabó was member of the National... |
24 February 1993 | 15 July 1994 |
| László Békesi | 15 July 1994 | 28 February 1995 |
| Lajos Bokros Lajos Bokros Lajos András Bokros is a Hungarian economist and Member of the European Parliament for Hungary.Bokros was born in Budapest. He graduated from and holds a Ph.D. from the Budapest University of Economics.... |
1 March 1995 | 29 February 1996 |
| Péter Medgyessy | 1 March 1996 | 7 Jule 1998 |
| Zsigmond Járai Zsigmond Járai Zsigmond Járai is a Hungarian politician, who served as Minister of Finance between 1998 and 2000. He was the President of the Budapest Stock Exchange between 1996 and 1998. After his ministership he was appointed President of the Hungarian National Bank. Járai was succeeded by András Simor in... |
8 Jule 1998 | 31 December 2000 |
| Mihály Varga Mihály Varga Mihály Varga is a Hungarian politician, who served as Minister of Finance between 2001 and 2002. He is member of the Fidesz from the beginnings . He is one of the party's four vice presidents since 2005.-Career:... |
1 January 2001 | 26 May 2002 |
| Csaba László Csaba László (politician) Csaba László is a Hungarian politician, who served as Minister of Finance between 2002 and 2004. During his ministership the state budget deficiency rose and the macroeconomic indicators were spoiling because of the so-called "hundred-day program". He was succeeded by Tibor Draskovics.-References:*... |
27 May 2002 | 15 February 2004 |
| Tibor Draskovics Tibor Draskovics Tibor Draskovics is a Hungarian politician, who served as Minister of Finance between 2004 and 2005 and as Minister of Justice and Law Enforcement between 2008 and 2009. He was member of the Hungarian Olympic Committee from 1994 to 1998.... |
15 February 2004 | 24 April 2005 |
| János Veres János Veres János Veres is a Hungarian politician, who served as Minister of Finance between 2005 and 2009. He was member of the Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party since 1980. He served as first secretary of the party's committee of Nyírbátor from 1988 to 1989. He was founding member of the Hungarian... |
24 April 2005 | 14 April 2009 |
| Péter Oszkó Péter Oszkó Péter Oszkó is a Hungarian politician and jurist. He was the Minister of Finance of Hungary between 2009 and 2010.-References:*... |
14 April 2009 | 29 May 2010 |
See also
- List of heads of state of Hungary
- List of Prime Ministers of Hungary
- List of Interior Ministers of Hungary
- List of Ministers of Defence of Hungary
- List of Ministers of Foreign Affairs 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...