List of Interior Ministers of Hungary
The Minister of Interior of Hungary (Hungarian: Magyarország belügyminisztere) 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 (Hungarian: belügyi népbiztos) during the Hungarian Soviet Republic in 1919 and Minister of Local Government (Hungarian: önkormányzati miniszter) between 2006 and 2010, when the ministry was divided into the Ministry of Local Government and the Ministry of Justice and Law.
This page is a list of Ministers of Interior of Hungary.
Ministers of Interior (1848–1919)
Hungarian Kingdom (1848–1849)
Parties Opposition Party
# | Picture | Name | From | Until | Political Party | Cabinet | Assembly (Election) |
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1 | Bertalan Szemere (1812–1869) |
17 March 1848 | 2 October 1848 | Opposition Party | Batthyány | Last Diet | |
1 (1848) | |||||||
2 |
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Committee of National Defence | 2 October 1848 | 14 April 1849 | — | Committee of National Defence |
Hungarian State (1849)
Parties Opposition Party
# | Picture | Name | From | Until | Political Party | Cabinet | Assembly (Election) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Committee of National Defence | 14 April 1849 | 2 May 1849 | — | Committee of National Defence | 1 (1848) | |
2 | Bertalan Szemere (1812–1869) |
2 May 1849 | 11 August 1849 | Opposition Party | Szemere |
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.
Hungarian Kingdom (1867–1918)
Parties Deák Party/Liberal Party/National Party of Work National Constitution Party F48P/F48P–Károlyi Independent
# | Picture | Name | From | Until | Political Party | Cabinet | Assembly (Election) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Béla Wenckheim (1811–1879) |
20 February 1867 | 21 October 1869 | Deák Party | Andrássy DP |
3 (1865) | |
4 (1869) | |||||||
2 | Pál Rajner (1823–1879) |
21 October 1869 | 10 February 1871 | Deák Party | |||
3 | Vilmos Tóth (1832–1898) |
10 February 1871 | 14 November 1871 | Deák Party | |||
14 November 1871 | 4 December 1872 | Lónyay DP | |||||
5 (1872) | |||||||
4 December 1872 | 5 March 1873 | Szlávy DP | |||||
4 | Gyula Szapáry (1832–1905) 1st term |
5 March 1873 | 21 March 1874 | Deák Party | |||
21 March 1874 | 2 March 1875 | Bittó DP–BK | |||||
5 | Kálmán Tisza (1830–1902) |
2 March 1875 | 20 October 1875 | Liberal Party | Wenckheim SZP | ||
20 October 1875 | 11 February 1887 | K. Tisza SZP |
6 (1875) | ||||
7 (1878) | |||||||
8 (1881) | |||||||
9 (1884) | |||||||
— | Béla Orczy (1822–1917) acting |
11 February 1887 | 22 March 1889 | Liberal Party | |||
10 (1887) | |||||||
— | Gábor Baross (1848–1892) acting |
22 March 1889 | 16 June 1889 | Liberal Party | |||
6 | Géza Teleki (1843–1913) |
16 June 1889 | 15 March 1890 | Liberal Party | |||
(4) | Gyula Szapáry (1832–1905) 2nd term |
15 March 1890 | 17 November 1892 | Liberal Party | Szapáry SZP | ||
11 (1892) | |||||||
7 | Károly Hieronymi (1836–1911) |
17 November 1892 | 15 January 1895 | Liberal Party | Wekerle I SZP | ||
8 | Dezső Perczel (1848–1913) |
15 January 1895 | 26 February 1899 | Liberal Party | Bánffy SZP | ||
12 (1896) | |||||||
— | Kálmán Széll (1843–1915) acting |
26 February 1899 | 27 June 1903 | Liberal Party | Széll SZP | ||
13 (1901) | |||||||
9 | Károly Khuen-Héderváry (1849–1918) 1st term |
27 June 1903 | 3 November 1903 | Liberal Party | Khuen-Héderváry I SZP | ||
10 | István Tisza (1861–1918) |
3 November 1903 | 18 June 1905 | Liberal Party | I. Tisza I SZP | ||
11 | József Kristóffy (1857–1928) |
18 June 1905 | 8 April 1906 | Liberal Party | Fejérváry SZP |
14 (1905) | |
12 | Gyula Andrássy, Jr. (1860–1929) |
8 April 1906 | 17 January 1910 | National Constitution Party | Wekerle II F48P–OAP–KNP–PDP | ||
15 (1906) | |||||||
(9) | Károly Khuen-Héderváry (1849–1918) 2nd term |
17 January 1910 | 22 April 1912 | National Party of Work | Khuen-Héderváry II NMP | ||
16 (1910) | |||||||
13 | László Lukács (1850–1932) |
22 April 1912 | 10 June 1913 | National Party of Work | Lukács NMP | ||
14 | János Sándor (1860–1922) |
10 June 1913 | 15 June 1917 | National Party of Work | I. Tisza II NMP | ||
15 | Gábor Ugron (1880–1960) |
15 June 1917 | 23 August 1917 | National Party of Work | Esterházy NMP–F48P–OAP–PDP–KNP | ||
23 August 1917 | 25 January 1918 | Wekerle III NMP–F48P–OAP–PDP–KNP | |||||
16 | János Tóth (1864–1929) |
25 January 1918 | 8 May 1918 | F48P | |||
— | Sándor Wekerle (1848–1921) acting |
8 May 1918 | 31 October 1918 | National Party of Work | |||
— | Lajos Návay (1870–1919) |
30 October 1918 | 31 October 1918 | Independent | Hadik not formed | ||
17 | Tivadar Batthyány (1859–1931) |
31 October 1918 | 16 November 1918 | F48P–Károlyi | M. Károlyi F48P–Károlyi–PRP–MSZDP |
MNT (—) |
Hungarian People's Republic (1918–1919)
Parties F48P–Károlyi
# | Picture | Name | From | Until | Political Party | Cabinet | Assembly (Election) |
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1 | Tivadar Batthyány (1859–1931) |
16 November 1918 | 12 December 1918 | F48P–Károlyi | M. Károlyi F48P–Károlyi–PRP–MSZDP |
MNT (—) | |
2 | Vince Nagy (1886–1965) |
12 December 1918 | 11 January 1919 | F48P–Károlyi | |||
11 January 1919 | 21 March 1919 | Berinkey F48P–Károlyi–PRP–MSZDP–OKGFP |
People's Commissars of Interior (1919)
Hungarian Soviet Republic (1919)
Parties MSZP/SZKMMP
# | Picture | Name | From | Until | Political Party | Cabinet | Assembly (Election) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Jenő Landler (1875–1928) serving with Béla Vágó |
21 March 1919 | 1 August 1919 | MSZP/SZKMMP | Central Executive Council MSZP/SZKMMP |
TOGY (—) | |
1 | Béla Vágó (1881–1939) serving with Jenő Landler |
21 March 1919 | 1 August 1919 | MSZP/SZKMMP |
Counter-revolutionary governments (1919)
Parties Independent
# | Picture | Name | From | Until | Political Party | Cabinet | Assembly (Election) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
— | Ábel Bartha | 5 May 1919 | 31 May 1919 | Independent | Arad | — | |
— | Béla Kelemen (1863–1944) |
31 May 1919 | 6 June 1919 | Independent | Szeged I | ||
6 June 1919 | 12 July 1919 | Szeged II | |||||
— | Aladár Balla (1867–1935) |
12 July 1919 | 12 August 1919 | Independent | Szeged III |
Ministers of Interior (1919–2006)
Hungarian People's Republic (1919)
Parties MSZDP
# | Picture | Name | From | Until | Political Party | Cabinet | Assembly (Election) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Károly Peyer (1881–1956) |
1 August 1919 | 6 August 1919 (deposed) |
MSZDP | Peidl MSZDP |
— |
Hungarian Republic (1919–1920)
Parties KNP/KNEP Independent
# | Picture | Name | From | Until | Political Party | Cabinet | Assembly (Election) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Adolf Samassa (1867–1929) |
7 August 1919 | 15 August 1919 | Independent | Friedrich KNP/KNEP–OKGFP |
— | |
2 | Zsigmond Perényi (1870–1946) |
15 August 1919 | 27 August 1919 | KNP | |||
3 | István Friedrich (1883–1951) |
27 August 1919 | 11 September 1919 | KNP | |||
4 | Ödön Beniczky (1878–1931) |
11 September 1919 | 24 November 1919 | KNP/KNEP | |||
24 November 1919 | 29 February 1920 | Huszár KNEP–OKGFP–MSZDP–NDPP |
Hungarian Kingdom (1920–1946)
Parties KNEP National Smallholders and Agricultural Labourers Party (OKGFP) EP–NEP–MÉP Party of Hungarian Renewal (MMP) Independent
# | Picture | Name | From | Until | Political Party | Cabinet | Assembly (Election) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Ödön Beniczky (1878–1931) |
29 February 1920 | 15 March 1920 | KNEP | Huszár KNEP–OKGFP–MSZDP–NDPP |
— | |
2 | Sándor Simonyi-Semadam (1864–1946) acting |
15 March 1920 | 19 April 1920 | KNEP | Simonyi-Semadam KNEP–OKGFP |
17 (1920) | |
3 | Mihály Dömötör (1875–1962) |
19 April 1920 | 19 July 1920 | KNEP | |||
4 | Gyula Ferdinandy (1873–1960) |
19 July 1920 | 19 February 1921 | OKGFP | Teleki I KNEP–OKGFP | ||
5 | Vilmos Pál Tomcsányi (1880–1959) |
19 February 1921 | 14 April 1921 | OKGFP | |||
6 | Gedeon Ráday (1872–1937) |
14 April 1921 | 3 December 1921 | KNEP | Bethlen (KNEP–OKGFP)→EP | ||
7 | Kunó Klebelsberg (1875–1932) |
3 December 1921 | 2 February 1922 | KNEP | |||
(7) | 2 February 1922 | 6 June 1922 | EP | ||||
8 | Iván Rakovszky (1885–1960) |
6 June 1922 | 15 October 1926 | EP | 18 (1922) | ||
9 | Béla Scitovszky (1878–1959) |
15 October 1926 | 24 August 1931 | EP | |||
19 (1926) | |||||||
20 (1931) | |||||||
10 | Ferenc Keresztes-Fischer (1881–1948) 1st term |
24 August 1931 | 1 October 1932 | EP | G. Károlyi EP–KGSZP | ||
1 October 1932 | 4 March 1935 | NEP | Gömbös NEP | ||||
11 | Miklós Kozma (1884–1941) |
4 March 1935 | 12 October 1936 | NEP | |||
21 (1935) | |||||||
12 October 1936 | 3 February 1937 | Darányi NEP | |||||
— | Kálmán Darányi (1886–1939) acting |
3 February 1937 | 10 April 1937 | NEP | |||
12 | József Széll (1880–1956) |
10 April 1937 | 14 May 1938 | NEP | |||
(10) | Ferenc Keresztes-Fischer (1881–1948) 2nd term |
14 May 1938 | 16 February 1939 | NEP | Imrédy NEP | ||
16 February 1939 | 3 April 1941 | MÉP | Teleki II MÉP | ||||
22 (1939) | |||||||
3 April 1941 | 9 March 1942 | Bárdossy MÉP | |||||
9 March 1942 | 22 March 1944 (deposed) |
Kállay MÉP | |||||
13 | Andor Jaross (1896–1946) |
22 March 1944 | 17 August 1944 | MMP | Sztójay MÉP–MMP | ||
14 | Miklós Bonczos (1897–1971) |
17 August 1944 | 29 August 1944 | MÉP | Sztójay MÉP–MMP | ||
29 August 1944 | 12 October 1944 | Lakatos MÉP | |||||
— | Béla Horváth (1886–1978) acting for Miklós Bonczos as Secretary of State |
6 September 1944 | 12 October 1944 | MÉP | |||
15 | Péter Schell (1898–1974) |
12 October 1944 | 16 October 1944 (deposed) |
MÉP |
Government of National Unity (1944–1945)
Parties Arrow Cross Party
# | Picture | Name | From | Until | Political Party | Cabinet | Assembly (Election) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Gábor Vajna (1891–1946) |
16 October 1944 | 28 March 1945 | NYKP | Szálasi NYKP–MMP |
— |
Soviet-backed provisional governments (1944–1946)
# | Picture | Name | From | Until | Political Party | Cabinet | Assembly (Election) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Ferenc Erdei (1910–1971) |
22 December 1944 | 15 November 1945 | NPP | Provisional National Government FKGP–MKP–MSZDP–NPP–PDP |
INGY (1944) | |
2 | Imre Nagy (1896–1958) |
15 November 1945 | 1 February 1946 | MKP | Tildy FKGP–MKP–MSZDP–NPP |
23 (1945) |
Hungarian Republic (1946–1949)
# | Picture | Name | From | Until | Political Party | Cabinet | Assembly (Election) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Imre Nagy (1896–1958) |
1 February 1946 | 20 March 1946 | MKP | F. Nagy FKGP–MKP–MSZDP–NPP |
23 (1945) | |
2 | László Rajk (1909–1949) |
20 March 1946 | 31 May 1947 | MKP → MDP | |||
31 May 1947 | 5 August 1948 | Dinnyés MKP–FKGP–MSZDP–NPP | |||||
24 (1947) | |||||||
3 | János Kádár (1912–1989) |
5 August 1948 | 10 December 1948 | MDP | |||
10 December 1948 | 20 August 1949 | Dobi MDP–FKGP–NPP | |||||
25 (1949) |
Hungarian People's Republic (1949–1989)
# | Picture | Name | From | Until | Political Party | Cabinet | Assembly (Election) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | János Kádár (1912–1989) |
20 August 1949 | 23 June 1950 | MDP | Dobi MDP |
25 (1949) | |
2 | Sándor Zöld (1913–1951) |
23 June 1950 | 20 April 1951 | MDP | |||
3 | Árpád Házi (1908–1970) |
20 April 1951 | 14 August 1952 | MDP | |||
14 August 1952 | 14 November 1952 | Rákosi MDP | |||||
4 | József Györe (1902–1985) |
14 November 1952 | 4 July 1953 | MDP | |||
5 | Ernő Gerő (1898–1980) |
4 July 1953 | 6 June 1954 | MDP | I. Nagy I MDP |
26 (1953) | |
6 | László Piros (1917–2006) |
6 June 1954 | 18 April 1955 | MDP | |||
18 April 1955 | 24 October 1956 | Hegedüs MDP | |||||
24 October 1956 | 27 October 1956 | I. Nagy II MDP/MSZMP–FKGP | |||||
7 | Ferenc Münnich (1886–1967) |
27 October 1956 | 3 November 1956 | MDP | |||
8 | Béla Biszku (1921–2016) |
1 March 1957 | 28 January 1958 | MSZMP | Kádár I MSZMP | ||
28 January 1958 | 13 September 1961 | Münnich MSZMP | |||||
27 (1958) | |||||||
9 | János Pap (1925–1994) |
13 September 1961 | 7 December 1963 | MSZMP | Kádár II MSZMP | ||
28 (1963) | |||||||
10 | András Benkei (1923–1991) |
7 December 1963 | 30 June 1965 | MSZMP | |||
30 June 1965 | 17 April 1967 | Kállai MSZMP | |||||
17 April 1967 | 15 May 1975 | Fock MSZMP |
29 (1967) | ||||
30 (1971) | |||||||
15 May 1975 | 27 June 1980 | Lázár MSZMP | |||||
31 (1975) | |||||||
32 (1980) | |||||||
11 | István Horváth (1935–) |
27 June 1980 | 29 March 1985 | MSZMP | |||
12 | János Kamara (1927–2000) |
29 March 1985 | 25 June 1987 | MSZMP | |||
33 (1985) | |||||||
25 June 1987 | 16 December 1987 | Grósz MSZMP | |||||
(11) | István Horváth (1935–) |
16 December 1987 | 24 November 1988 | MSZMP | |||
24 November 1988 | 7 October 1989 | Németh (MSZMP)→MSZP | |||||
(11) | 7 October 1989 | 23 October 1989 | MSZP |
Hungarian Republic (1989–2006)
# | Picture | Name | From | Until | Political Party | Cabinet | Assembly (Election) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
— | István Horváth (1935–) provisional |
23 October 1989 | 23 January 1990 | MSZP | Németh MSZP |
— | |
— | Zoltán Gál (1940–) provisional |
23 January 1990 | 23 May 1990 | MSZP | |||
1 | Balázs Horváth (1942–2006) |
23 May 1990 | 21 December 1990 | MDF | Antall MDF–FKGP–KDNP |
34 (1990) | |
2 | Péter Boross (1928–) |
21 December 1990 | 12 December 1993 | MDF | |||
13 December 1993 | 21 December 1993 | Boross MDF–EKGP–KDNP | |||||
3 | Imre Kónya (1947–) |
21 December 1993 | 15 July 1994 | MDF | |||
4 | Gábor Kuncze (1950–) |
15 July 1994 | 8 July 1998 | SZDSZ | Horn MSZP–SZDSZ |
35 (1994) | |
5 | Sándor Pintér (1948–) 1st term |
8 July 1998 | 27 May 2002 | Fidesz | Orbán I Fidesz–FKGP–MDF |
36 (1998) | |
6 | Mónika Lamperth (1957–) |
27 May 2002 | 4 October 2004 | MSZP | Medgyessy MSZP–SZDSZ |
37 (2002) | |
4 October 2004 | 9 June 2006 | Gyurcsány I MSZP–SZDSZ |
Ministers of Local Government (2006–2010)
Hungarian Republic (2006–2010)
Parties MSZP Association for Somogy Independent
# | Picture | Name | From | Until | Political Party | Cabinet | Assembly (Election) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Mónika Lamperth (1957–) |
9 June 2006 | 30 June 2007 | MSZP | Gyurcsány II MSZP–SZDSZ |
38 (2006) | |
2 | Gordon Bajnai (1968–) |
30 June 2007 | 30 April 2008 | Independent | |||
3 | István Gyenesei (1948–) |
30 April 2008 | 14 April 2009 | Association for Somogy | |||
4 | Zoltán Varga (1952–) |
14 April 2009 | 29 May 2010 | MSZP | Bajnai MSZP |
Ministers of Interior (2010–present)
Hungarian Republic / Hungary (2010–Present)
Parties Fidesz
# | Picture | Name | From | Until | Political Party | Cabinet | Assembly (Election) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Sándor Pintér (1948–) 2nd term |
29 May 2010 | 6 June 2014 | Fidesz | Orbán II Fidesz–KDNP |
39 (2010) | |
6 June 2014 | Incumbent | Orbán III Fidesz–KDNP |
40 (2014) |
See also
- List of heads of state of Hungary
- List of Prime Ministers of Hungary
- List of Ministers of Agriculture of Hungary
- List of Ministers of Civilian Intelligence Services of Hungary
- List of Ministers of Croatian Affairs of Hungary
- List of Ministers of Defence of Hungary
- List of Ministers of Education of Hungary
- List of Ministers of Finance of Hungary
- List of Ministers of Foreign Affairs of Hungary
- List of Ministers of Justice of Hungary
- List of Ministers of Public Works and Transport of Hungary
- Politics of Hungary