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List of heads of state of Hungary

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This is a list of heads of state of Hungary, since the establishment of the Hungarian State in 1849 until the present day in 2022 .

Hungarian State (1849)

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Portrait Name
(Birth–Death) 		Term of office Political party Position(s)
  Lajos Kossuth
(1802–1894) 		14 April 1849 11 August 1849 Opposition Party Governor-President
Also Prime Minister
until 1 May 1849
  Artúr Görgey
(1818–1916) 		11 August 1849 13 August 1849 Revolutionary Army Dictator
Acting civil and military authority

Hungarian People's Republic (1918–1919)

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Portrait Name
(Birth–Death) 		Term of office Political party Position(s)
  Mihály Károlyi
(1875–1955) 		16 November 1918 11 January 1919 F48P–Károlyi Provisional President of the Republic
Also Prime Minister
11 January 1919 21 March 1919 President of the Republic

Hungarian Soviet Republic (1919)

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Portrait Name
(Birth–Death) 		Term of office Political party Position(s)
  Sándor Garbai
(1879–1947) 		21 March 1919 1 August 1919 MSZP/SZKMMP Chairman of the Central Executive Council

Hungarian People's Republic (1919)

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Portrait Name
(Birth–Death) 		Term of office Political party Position(s)
  Gyula Peidl
(1873–1943) 		1 August 1919 6 August 1919 MSZDP Prime Minister
Acting Head of State

Hungarian Republic (1919–1920)

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Portrait Name
(Birth–Death) 		Term of office Political party Position(s)
  Archduke Joseph August
(1872–1962) 		7 August 1919 23 August 1919 Independent
(Regent) 		Regent of Hungary
  István Friedrich
(1883–1951) 		23 August 1919 24 November 1919 KNP → KNEP Acting Head of State
Also Prime Minister
  Károly Huszár
(1882–1941) 		24 November 1919 1 March 1920 KNEP

Kingdom of Hungary (1920–1946)

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Portrait Name
(Birth–Death) 		Term of office Political party Position(s)
Took office Left office Time in office
Miklós Horthy
(1868–1957)		1 March 192015 October 194424 years, 228 daysIndependentRegent of Hungary

Government of National Unity (1944–1945)

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Portrait Name
(Birth–Death) 		Term of office Political party Position(s)
Took office Left office Time in office
Ferenc Szálasi
(1897–1946)		16 October 194428 March 1945163 daysNYKPLeader of the Nation
De facto, appointed by the Germans
Also Prime Minister

Provisional governments (1944–1946)

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Portrait Name
(Birth–Death) 		Term of office Political party Position(s)
  Béla Miklós
(1890–1948) 		21 December 1944 25 January 1945 Independent Head of State
Also Prime Minister
In opposition
  High National Council 26 January 1945 1 February 1946 Multi-party Collective Head of State
In opposition to 28 March 1945

Hungarian Republic (1946–1949)

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Portrait Name
(Birth–Death) 		Term of office Political party Position(s)
  Zoltán Tildy
(1889–1961) 		1 February 1946 3 August 1948 FKGP President of the Republic
  Árpád Szakasits
(1888–1965) 		3 August 1948 23 August 1949 MDP

Hungarian People's Republic (1949–1989)

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Chairman of the Presidential Council

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Portrait Name
(Birth–Death) 		Term of office Political party Position(s)
  Árpád Szakasits
(1888–1965) 		23 August 1949 26 April 1950 MDP Chairman of the Presidential Council
  Sándor Rónai
(1892–1965) 		26 April 1950 14 August 1952
  István Dobi
(1898–1968) 		14 August 1952 25 October 1956
25 October 1956 14 April 1967 MSZMP
  Pál Losonczi
(1919–2005) 		14 April 1967 25 June 1987
  Károly Németh
(1922–2008) 		25 June 1987 29 June 1988
  Brunó Ferenc Straub
(1914–1996) 		29 June 1988 23 October 1989 Independent

Leader of the Hungarian Working People's Party / Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party

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Portrait Name
(Birth–Death) 		Term of office Political party Position(s) Notes
  Mátyás Rákosi
(1892–1971) 		12 June 1948 28 June 1953 MDP General Secretary Also Prime Minister (1952–1953)
28 June 1953 18 July 1956 First Secretary
  Ernő Gerő
(1898–1980) 		18 July 1956 25 October 1956
  János Kádár
(1912–1989) 		25 October 1956 30/31 October 1956 Also Prime Minister (1956–1958 and 1961–1965)
1 November 1956 28 March 1985 MSZMP
28 March 1985 27 May 1988 General Secretary
  Károly Grósz
(1930–1996) 		27 May 1988 7 October 1989 Also Prime Minister (1987–1988)
  Rezső Nyers
(1923–2018) 		26 June 1989 7 October 1989 Party President

Hungarian Republic / Hungary (from 1989)

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Portrait Name
(Birth–Death) 		Term of office Political party Position(s) Term
(Election)
  Mátyás Szűrös
(born 1933) 		23 October 1989 2 May 1990 MSZP Provisional President of the Republic —
  Árpád Göncz
(1922–2015) 		2 May 1990 3 August 1990 SZDSZ Acting President of the Republic —
4 August 1990 4 August 1995 President of the Republic 1 (1990)
4 August 1995 4 August 2000 2 (1995)
  Ferenc Mádl
(1931–2011) 		4 August 2000 5 August 2005 Independent 3 (2000)
  László Sólyom
(born 1942) 		5 August 2005 6 August 2010 4 (2005)
  Pál Schmitt
(born 1942) 		6 August 2010 2 April 2012
(resigned) 		Fidesz 5 (2010)
  László Kövér
(born 1959) 		2 April 2012 10 May 2012 Acting President of the Republic —
  János Áder
(born 1959) 		10 May 2012 8 May 2017 President of the Republic 6 (2012)
8 May 2017 10 May 2022 7 (2017)
  Katalin Novák
(born 1977) 		10 May 2022 26 February 2024 President of the Republic 8 (2022)
  László Kövér
(born 1959) 		26 February 2024 Incumbent Acting President of the Republic —
  Tamás Sulyok
(born 1956) 		5 March 2024 Elect Independent President of the Republic 9 (2024)
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