# Minister of Finance (Hungary)

The minister of finance (Hungarian: pénzügyminiszter) is a member of the Hungarian cabinet and the head of the Ministry of Finance. The current minister is Mihály Varga.
The position was called People's Commissar of Finance (Hungarian: pénzügyi népbiztos) during the Hungarian Soviet Republic in 1919, and Minister of National Economy (Hungarian: nemzetgazdasági miniszter) between 2010 and 2018.

## Ministers of finance (1848–1919)
### Hungarian Kingdom (1848–1849)

Parties  Opposition Party  Independent
| No. | Name (Birth–Death) | Term of office | Term of office | Political party | Cabinet | Assembly (Election) |
| 1 | Lajos Kossuth (1802–1894) | 7 April 1848 | 12 September 1848 | Opposition Party | Batthyány | Last Diet |
| 1 | Lajos Kossuth (1802–1894) | 7 April 1848 | 12 September 1848 | Opposition Party | Batthyány | 1 (1848) |
| — | Lajos Batthyány (1807–1849) acting | 12 September 1848 | 28 September 1848 | Opposition Party | Batthyány | 1 (1848) |
| 2 | Ferenc Duschek (1797–1872) | 28 September 1848 | 2 October 1848 | Independent | Batthyány | 1 (1848) |
| 2 | Ferenc Duschek (1797–1872) | 2 October 1848 | 14 April 1849 | Independent | Committee of National Defence | 1 (1848) |

### Hungarian State (1849)

Parties  Independent
| No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) | Term of office | Term of office | Political party | Cabinet | Assembly (Election) |
| 1 | | Ferenc Duschek (1797–1872) | 14 April 1849 | 2 May 1849 | Independent | Committee of National Defence | 1 (1848) |
| 1 | | Ferenc Duschek (1797–1872) | 2 May 1849 | 11 August 1849 | Independent | Szemere | 1 (1848) |
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  Left Centre  National Constitution Party  F48P/F48P–Károlyi  Independent
| No. | Name (Birth–Death) | Term of office | Term of office | Political party | Cabinet | Assembly (Election) |
| 1 | Menyhért Lónyay (1822–1884) | 20 February 1867 | 21 May 1870 | Deák Party | Andrássy DP | 3 (1865) |
| 1 | Menyhért Lónyay (1822–1884) | 20 February 1867 | 21 May 1870 | Deák Party | Andrássy DP | 4 (1869) |
| 2 | Károly Kerkapoly (1824–1891) | 21 May 1870 | 14 November 1871 | Deák Party | Andrássy DP | 4 (1869) |
| 2 | Károly Kerkapoly (1824–1891) | 14 November 1871 | 4 December 1872 | Deák Party | Lónyay DP | 4 (1869) |
| 2 | Károly Kerkapoly (1824–1891) | 14 November 1871 | 4 December 1872 | Deák Party | Lónyay DP | 5 (1872) |
| 2 | Károly Kerkapoly (1824–1891) | 4 December 1872 | 19 December 1873 | Deák Party | Szlávy DP | 5 (1872) |
| — | József Szlávy (1818–1900) acting | 19 December 1873 | 21 March 1874 | Deák Party | Szlávy DP | 5 (1872) |
| 3 | Kálmán Ghyczy (1808–1888) | 21 March 1874 | 2 March 1875 | Left Centre | Bittó DP–BK | 5 (1872) |
| 4 | Kálmán Széll (1843–1915) | 2 March 1875 | 20 October 1875 | Liberal Party | Wenckheim SZP | 5 (1872) |
| 4 | Kálmán Széll (1843–1915) | 20 October 1875 | 3 October 1878 | Liberal Party | K. Tisza SZP | 6 (1875) |
| 4 | Kálmán Széll (1843–1915) | 20 October 1875 | 3 October 1878 | Liberal Party | K. Tisza SZP | 7 (1878) |
| — | Kálmán Széll (1843–1915) acting | 3 October 1878 | 11 October 1878 | Liberal Party | K. Tisza SZP | 7 (1878) |
| — | Kálmán Tisza (1830–1902) acting | 11 October 1878 | 5 December 1878 | Liberal Party | K. Tisza SZP | 7 (1878) |
| 5 | Gyula Szapáry (1832–1905) | 5 December 1878 | 11 February 1887 | Liberal Party | K. Tisza SZP | 7 (1878) |
| — | Kálmán Tisza (1830–1902) acting | 11 February 1887 | 9 April 1889 | Liberal Party | K. Tisza SZP | 7 (1878) |
| 6 | Sándor Wekerle (1848–1921) 1st term | 9 April 1889 | 13 March 1890 | Liberal Party | K. Tisza SZP | 7 (1878) |
| 6 | Sándor Wekerle (1848–1921) 1st term | 13 March 1890 | 17 November 1892 | Liberal Party | Szapáry SZP | 11 (1892) |
| 6 | Sándor Wekerle (1848–1921) 1st term | 17 November 1892 | 15 January 1895 | Liberal Party | Wekerle I SZP | 11 (1892) |
| 7 | László Lukács (1850–1932) 1st term | 15 January 1895 | 26 February 1899 | Liberal Party | Bánffy SZP | 11 (1892) |
| 7 | László Lukács (1850–1932) 1st term | 15 January 1895 | 26 February 1899 | Liberal Party | Bánffy SZP | 12 (1896) |
| 7 | László Lukács (1850–1932) 1st term | 26 February 1899 | 27 June 1903 | Liberal Party | Széll SZP | 12 (1896) |
| 7 | László Lukács (1850–1932) 1st term | 26 February 1899 | 27 June 1903 | Liberal Party | Széll SZP | 13 (1901) |
| 7 | László Lukács (1850–1932) 1st term | 27 June 1903 | 3 November 1903 | Liberal Party | Khuen-Héderváry I SZP | 13 (1901) |
| 7 | László Lukács (1850–1932) 1st term | 3 November 1903 | 18 June 1905 | Liberal Party | I. Tisza I SZP | 13 (1901) |
| — | Géza Fejérváry (1833–1914) acting | 18 June 1905 | 6 March 1906 | Independent | Fejérváry SZP | 14 (1905) |
| 8 | Ferenc Hegedűs (1856–1909) | 6 March 1906 | 8 April 1906 | Independent | Fejérváry SZP | 14 (1905) |
| (6) | Sándor Wekerle (1848–1921) 2nd term | 8 April 1906 | 17 January 1910 | National Constitution Party | Wekerle II F48P–OAP–KNP–PDP | 15 (1906) |
| (7) | László Lukács (1850–1932) 2nd term | 17 January 1910 | 22 April 1912 | National Party of Work | Khuen-Héderváry II NMP | 15 (1906) |
| (7) | László Lukács (1850–1932) 2nd term | 17 January 1910 | 22 April 1912 | National Party of Work | Khuen-Héderváry II NMP | 16 (1910) |
| 9 | János Teleszky (1868–1939) | 22 April 1912 | 10 June 1913 | National Party of Work | Lukács NMP | 16 (1910) |
| 9 | János Teleszky (1868–1939) | 10 June 1913 | 15 June 1917 | National Party of Work | I. Tisza II NMP | 16 (1910) |
| 10 | Gusztáv Gratz (1875–1946) | 15 June 1917 | 23 August 1917 | National Party of Work | Esterházy NMP–F48P–OAP–PDP–KNP | 16 (1910) |
| 10 | Gusztáv Gratz (1875–1946) | 23 August 1917 | 16 September 1917 | National Party of Work | Wekerle III NMP–F48P–OAP–PDP–KNP | 16 (1910) |
| — | Sándor Wekerle (1848–1921) acting | 16 September 1917 | 11 February 1918 | National Constitution Party | Wekerle III NMP–F48P–OAP–PDP–KNP | 16 (1910) |
| 11 | Sándor Popovics (1862–1935) | 11 February 1918 | 31 October 1918 | National Constitution Party | Wekerle III NMP–F48P–OAP–PDP–KNP | 16 (1910) |
| — | János Grünn (1864–1932) | 30 October 1918 | 31 October 1918 | Independent | Hadik not formed | 16 (1910) |
| — | Mihály Károlyi (1875–1955) acting | 31 October 1918 | 16 November 1918 | F48P–Károlyi | M. Károlyi F48P–Károlyi–PRP–MSZDP | MNT (—) |

### Hungarian People's Republic (1918–1919)

Parties  F48P–Károlyi  Civic Radical Party (PRP)
| No. | Name (Birth–Death) | Term of office | Term of office | Political party | Cabinet | Assembly (Election) |
| — | Mihály Károlyi (1875–1955) acting | 16 November 1918 | 25 November 1918 | F48P–Károlyi | M. Károlyi F48P–Károlyi–PRP–MSZDP | MNT (—) |
| 1 | Pál Szende (1879–1934) | 25 November 1918 | 19 January 1919 | PRP | M. Károlyi F48P–Károlyi–PRP–MSZDP | MNT (—) |
| 1 | Pál Szende (1879–1934) | 19 January 1919 | 21 March 1919 | PRP | Berinkey F48P–Károlyi–PRP–MSZDP–OKGFP | MNT (—) |

## People's commissars of finance (1919)
### Hungarian Soviet Republic (1919)

Parties  MSZP/SZKMMP
| No. | Name (Birth–Death) | Term of office | Term of office | Political party | Cabinet | Assembly (Election) |
| 1 | Jenő Varga (1879–1964) | 21 March 1919 | 3 April 1919 | MSZP | Central Executive Council MSZP/SZKMMP | TOGY (—) |
| 2 | Béla Székely (1889–1939) serving with Gyula Lengyel | 3 April 1919 | 24 June 1919 | MSZP/SZKMMP | Central Executive Council MSZP/SZKMMP | TOGY (—) |
| (2) | Béla Székely (1889–1939) | 24 June 1919 | 1 August 1919 | MSZP/SZKMMP | Central Executive Council MSZP/SZKMMP | TOGY (—) |
| 2 | Gyula Lengyel (1888–1941) serving with Béla Székely | 3 April 1919 | 24 June 1919 | MSZP/SZKMMP | Central Executive Council MSZP/SZKMMP | TOGY (—) |

#### Counter-revolutionary governments (1919)

Parties  Independent
| No. | Name (Birth–Death) | Term of office | Term of office | Political party | Cabinet | Assembly (Election) |
| — | Lajos Solymossy 1st term | 5 May 1919 | 31 May 1919 | Independent | Arad | — |
| — | Gusztáv Gratz (1875–1946) | 31 May 1919 | 6 June 1919 | Independent | Szeged I | — |
| — | Lajos Solymossy 2nd term | 6 June 1919 | 12 July 1919 | Independent | Szeged II | — |
| — | Antal Éber (1872–1950) | 12 July 1919 | 12 August 1919 | Independent | Szeged III | — |

## Ministers of finance (1919–2010)
### Hungarian People's Republic (1919)

Parties  MSZDP
| No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) | Term of office | Term of office | Political party | Cabinet | Assembly (Election) |
| 1 | | Ferenc Miákits (1876–1924) | 1 August 1919 | 6 August 1919 (deposed) | MSZDP | Peidl MSZDP | — |
| — | | Gyula Peidl (1873–1943) acting for Ferenc Miákits | 2 August 1919 | 6 August 1919 (deposed) | MSZDP | Peidl MSZDP | — |

### Hungarian Republic (1919–1920)

Parties  National Smallholders and Agricultural Labourers Party (OKGFP)  Independent
| No. | Name (Birth–Death) | Term of office | Term of office | Political party | Cabinet | Assembly (Election) |
| 1 | János Grünn (1864–1932) | 15 August 1919 | 12 September 1919 | Independent | Friedrich KNP/KNEP–OKGFP | — |
| 2 | Frigyes Korányi (1869–1935) | 12 September 1919 | 24 November 1919 | OKGFP | Friedrich KNP/KNEP–OKGFP | — |
| 2 | Frigyes Korányi (1869–1935) | 24 November 1919 | 29 February 1920 | OKGFP | Huszár KNEP–OKGFP–MSZDP–NDPP | — |

### Hungarian Kingdom (1920–1946)

Parties  National Smallholders and Agricultural Labourers Party (OKGFP)  KNEP  EP–NEP–MÉP  Independent
| No. | Name (Birth–Death) | Term of office | Term of office | Political party | Cabinet | Assembly (Election) |
| 1 | Frigyes Korányi (1869–1935) 1st term | 29 February 1920 | 15 March 1920 | OKGFP | Huszár KNEP–OKGFP–MSZDP–NDPP | — |
| 1 | Frigyes Korányi (1869–1935) 1st term | 15 March 1920 | 19 July 1920 | OKGFP | Simonyi-Semadam KNEP–OKGFP | 17 (1920) |
| 1 | Frigyes Korányi (1869–1935) 1st term | 19 July 1920 | 16 December 1920 | OKGFP | Teleki I KNEP–OKGFP | 17 (1920) |
| 2 | Lóránt Hegedüs (1872–1943) | 16 December 1920 | 14 April 1921 | Independent | Teleki I KNEP–OKGFP | 17 (1920) |
| 2 | Lóránt Hegedüs (1872–1943) | 14 April 1921 | 27 September 1921 | Independent | Bethlen (KNEP–OKGFP)→EP | 17 (1920) |
| — | Lajos Hegyeshalmi (1862–1925) acting | 27 September 1921 | 4 October 1921 | KNEP | Bethlen (KNEP–OKGFP)→EP | 17 (1920) |
| — | István Bethlen (1874–1946) acting | 4 October 1921 | 3 December 1921 | KNEP | Bethlen (KNEP–OKGFP)→EP | 17 (1920) |
| 3 | Tibor Kállay (1881–1964) | 3 December 1921 | 2 February 1922 | KNEP | Bethlen (KNEP–OKGFP)→EP | 17 (1920) |
| (3) | Tibor Kállay (1881–1964) | 2 February 1922 | 20 February 1924 | EP | Bethlen (KNEP–OKGFP)→EP | 17 (1920) |
| (3) | Tibor Kállay (1881–1964) | 2 February 1922 | 20 February 1924 | EP | Bethlen (KNEP–OKGFP)→EP | 18 (1922) |
| — | Lajos Walko (1880–1954) acting | 20 February 1924 | 25 March 1924 | EP | Bethlen (KNEP–OKGFP)→EP | 18 (1922) |
| (1) | Frigyes Korányi (1869–1935) 2nd term | 25 March 1924 | 15 November 1924 | EP | Bethlen (KNEP–OKGFP)→EP | 18 (1922) |
| 4 | János Bud (1880–1950) | 15 November 1924 | 5 September 1928 | EP | Bethlen (KNEP–OKGFP)→EP | 18 (1922) |
| 4 | János Bud (1880–1950) | 15 November 1924 | 5 September 1928 | EP | Bethlen (KNEP–OKGFP)→EP | 19 (1926) |
| 5 | Sándor Wekerle Jr. (1878–1963) | 5 September 1928 | 24 August 1931 | EP | Bethlen (KNEP–OKGFP)→EP | 19 (1926) |
| 5 | Sándor Wekerle Jr. (1878–1963) | 5 September 1928 | 24 August 1931 | EP | Bethlen (KNEP–OKGFP)→EP | 20 (1931) |
| — | Gyula Károlyi (1871–1947) acting | 24 August 1931 | 16 December 1931 | EP | G. Károlyi EP–KGSZP | 20 (1931) |
| (1) | Frigyes Korányi (1869–1935) 3rd term | 16 December 1931 | 1 October 1932 | EP | G. Károlyi EP–KGSZP | 20 (1931) |
| 6 | Béla Imrédy (1891–1946) | 1 October 1932 | 6 January 1935 | NEP | Gömbös NEP | 20 (1931) |
| 7 | Tihamér Fabinyi (1890–1953) | 6 January 1935 | 6 October 1936 | NEP | Gömbös NEP | 20 (1931) |
| 7 | Tihamér Fabinyi (1890–1953) | 6 January 1935 | 6 October 1936 | NEP | Gömbös NEP | 21 (1935) |
| 7 | Tihamér Fabinyi (1890–1953) | 6 October 1936 | 9 March 1938 | NEP | Darányi NEP | 21 (1935) |
| 8 | Lajos Reményi-Schneller (1892–1946) | 9 March 1938 | 14 May 1938 | NEP | Darányi NEP | 21 (1935) |
| 8 | Lajos Reményi-Schneller (1892–1946) | 14 May 1938 | 16 February 1939 | NEP | Imrédy NEP | 21 (1935) |
| (8) | Lajos Reményi-Schneller (1892–1946) | 16 February 1939 | 3 April 1941 | MÉP | Teleki II MÉP | 21 (1935) |
| (8) | Lajos Reményi-Schneller (1892–1946) | 16 February 1939 | 3 April 1941 | MÉP | Teleki II MÉP | 22 (1939) |
| (8) | Lajos Reményi-Schneller (1892–1946) | 3 April 1941 | 9 March 1942 | MÉP | Bárdossy MÉP | 22 (1939) |
| (8) | Lajos Reményi-Schneller (1892–1946) | 9 March 1942 | 22 March 1944 | MÉP | Kállay MÉP | 22 (1939) |
| (8) | Lajos Reményi-Schneller (1892–1946) | 22 March 1944 | 29 August 1944 | MÉP | Sztójay MÉP–MMP | 22 (1939) |
| (8) | Lajos Reményi-Schneller (1892–1946) | 29 August 1944 | 16 October 1944 | MÉP | Lakatos MÉP | 22 (1939) |

#### Government of National Unity (1944–1945)

Parties  Independent
| No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) | Term of office | Term of office | Political party | Cabinet | Assembly (Election) |
| 1 | | Lajos Reményi-Schneller (1892–1946) | 16 October 1944 | 28 March 1945 | Independent | Szálasi NYKP–MMP | — |

#### Soviet-backed provisional governments (1944–1946)

Parties  FKGP
| No. | Name (Birth–Death) | Term of office | Term of office | Political party | Cabinet | Assembly (Election) |
| 1 | István Vásáry (1887–1955) | 22 December 1944 | 21 July 1945 | FKGP | Provisional National Government FKGP–MKP–MSZDP–NPP–PDP | INGY (1944) |
| 2 | Imre Oltványi (1893–1963) | 21 July 1945 | 15 November 1945 | FKGP | Provisional National Government FKGP–MKP–MSZDP–NPP–PDP | INGY (1944) |
| 3 | Ferenc Gordon (1893–1971) | 15 November 1945 | 1 February 1946 | FKGP | Tildy FKGP–MKP–MSZDP–NPP | 23 (1945) |

### Hungarian Republic (1946–1949)

Parties  FKGP  MDP
| No. | Name (Birth–Death) | Term of office | Term of office | Political party | Cabinet | Assembly (Election) |
| 1 | Ferenc Gordon (1893–1971) | 1 February 1946 | 26 August 1946 | FKGP | F. Nagy FKGP–MKP–MSZDP–NPP | 23 (1945) |
| 2 | Jenő Rácz (1907–1981) | 26 August 1946 | 14 March 1947 | FKGP | F. Nagy FKGP–MKP–MSZDP–NPP | 23 (1945) |
| 3 | Miklós Nyárádi (1905–1976) | 14 March 1947 | 31 May 1947 | FKGP | F. Nagy FKGP–MKP–MSZDP–NPP | 23 (1945) |
| 3 | Miklós Nyárádi (1905–1976) | 31 May 1947 | 10 December 1948 | FKGP | Dinnyés MKP–FKGP–MSZDP–NPP | 23 (1945) |
| 3 | Miklós Nyárádi (1905–1976) | 31 May 1947 | 10 December 1948 | FKGP | Dinnyés MKP–FKGP–MSZDP–NPP | 24 (1947) |
| — | Ernő Gerő (1898–1980) acting for Miklós Nyárádi | 3 December 1948 | 10 December 1948 | MDP | Dinnyés MKP–FKGP–MSZDP–NPP | 24 (1947) |
| — | Ernő Gerő (1898–1980) acting | 10 December 1948 | 18 February 1949 | MDP | Dinnyés MKP–FKGP–MSZDP–NPP | 24 (1947) |
| 4 | Ernő Gerő (1898–1980) | 18 February 1949 | 11 June 1949 | MDP | Dobi MDP–FKGP–NPP | 24 (1947) |
| 4 | Ernő Gerő (1898–1980) | 18 February 1949 | 11 June 1949 | MDP | Dobi MDP–FKGP–NPP | 25 (1949) |
| 5 | István Kossa (1904–1965) | 11 June 1949 | 20 August 1949 | MDP | Dobi MDP–FKGP–NPP | 25 (1949) |

### Hungarian People's Republic (1949–1989)

Parties  MDP-MSZMP  MSZP
| No. | Name (Birth–Death) | Term of office | Term of office | Political party | Cabinet | Assembly (Election) |
| 1 | István Kossa (1904–1965) 1st term | 20 August 1949 | 24 February 1950 | MDP | Dobi MDP | 25 (1949) |
| 2 | Károly Olt (1904–1985) | 24 February 1950 | 14 August 1952 | MDP | Dobi MDP | 25 (1949) |
| 2 | Károly Olt (1904–1985) | 14 August 1952 | 4 July 1953 | MDP | Rákosi MDP | 25 (1949) |
| 2 | Károly Olt (1904–1985) | 4 July 1953 | 18 April 1955 | MDP | I. Nagy I MDP | 26 (1953) |
| 2 | Károly Olt (1904–1985) | 18 April 1955 | 24 October 1956 | MDP | Hegedüs MDP | 26 (1953) |
| (1) | István Kossa (1904–1965) 2nd term | 24 October 1956 | 3 November 1956 | MDP | I. Nagy II MDP/MSZMP–FKGP | 26 (1953) |
| (1) | István Kossa (1904–1965) 2nd term | 4 November 1956 | 9 May 1957 | MSZMP | Kádár I MSZMP | 26 (1953) |
| 3 | István Antos (1908–1960) | 9 May 1957 | 28 January 1958 | MSZMP | Kádár I MSZMP | 26 (1953) |
| 3 | István Antos (1908–1960) | 28 January 1958 | 5 January 1960 (died in office) | MSZMP | Münnich MSZMP | 26 (1953) |
| 3 | István Antos (1908–1960) | 28 January 1958 | 5 January 1960 (died in office) | MSZMP | Münnich MSZMP | 26 (1953) |
| 4 | Rezső Nyers (1923–2018) | 5 January 1960 | 13 September 1961 | MSZMP | Münnich MSZMP | 26 (1953) |
| 4 | Rezső Nyers (1923–2018) | 13 September 1961 | 27 November 1962 | MSZMP | Münnich MSZMP | 26 (1953) |
| 4 | Rezső Nyers (1923–2018) | 13 September 1961 | 27 November 1962 | MSZMP | Kádár II MSZMP | 26 (1953) |
| 5 | Mátyás Tímár (1923–2020) | 27 November 1962 | 30 June 1965 | MSZMP | Kádár II MSZMP | 26 (1953) |
| 5 | Mátyás Tímár (1923–2020) | 27 November 1962 | 30 June 1965 | MSZMP | Kádár II MSZMP | 28 (1963) |
| 5 | Mátyás Tímár (1923–2020) | 30 June 1965 | 14 April 1967 | MSZMP | Kállai MSZMP | 28 (1963) |
| 6 | Péter Vályi (1919–1973) | 14 April 1967 | 12 May 1971 | MSZMP | Fock MSZMP | 29 (1967) |
| 7 | Lajos Faluvégi (1924–1999) | 12 May 1971 | 15 May 1975 | MSZMP | Fock MSZMP | 30 (1971) |
| 7 | Lajos Faluvégi (1924–1999) | 15 May 1975 | 27 June 1980 | MSZMP | Lázár MSZMP | 30 (1971) |
| 7 | Lajos Faluvégi (1924–1999) | 15 May 1975 | 27 June 1980 | MSZMP | Lázár MSZMP | 31 (1975) |
| 8 | István Hetényi (1926–2008) | 27 June 1980 | 31 December 1986 | MSZMP | Lázár MSZMP | 32 (1980) |
| 8 | István Hetényi (1926–2008) | 27 June 1980 | 31 December 1986 | MSZMP | Lázár MSZMP | 33 (1985) |
| 9 | Péter Medgyessy (1942–) | 1 January 1987 | 25 June 1987 | MSZMP | Lázár MSZMP | 33 (1985) |
| 9 | Péter Medgyessy (1942–) | 25 June 1987 | 15 December 1987 | MSZMP | Grósz MSZMP | 33 (1985) |
| 10 | Miklós Villányi (1931–) | 15 December 1987 | 24 November 1988 | MSZMP | Grósz MSZMP | 33 (1985) |
| 10 | Miklós Villányi (1931–) | 24 November 1988 | 9 May 1989 | MSZMP | Németh (MSZMP)→MSZP | 33 (1985) |
| 11 | László Békesi (1942–) | 10 May 1989 | 7 October 1989 | MSZMP | Németh (MSZMP)→MSZP | 33 (1985) |
| (11) | László Békesi (1942–) | 7 October 1989 | 23 October 1989 | MSZP | Németh (MSZMP)→MSZP | 33 (1985) |

### Hungarian Republic (1989–2010)

Parties  MSZP  MDF  Fidesz  Independent
| No. | Name (Birth–Death) | Term of office | Term of office | Political party | Cabinet | Assembly (Election) |
| — | László Békesi (1942–) provisional | 23 October 1989 | 23 May 1990 | MSZP | Németh MSZP | — |
| 1 | Ferenc Rabár (1929–1999) | 23 May 1990 | 19 December 1990 | Independent | Antall MDF–FKGP–KDNP | 34 (1990) |
| 2 | Mihály Kupa (1941–2024) | 20 December 1990 | 11 February 1993 | MDF | Antall MDF–FKGP–KDNP | 34 (1990) |
| 3 | Iván Szabó (1934–2005) | 24 February 1993 | 21 December 1993 | MDF | Antall MDF–FKGP–KDNP | 34 (1990) |
| 3 | Iván Szabó (1934–2005) | 21 December 1993 | 15 July 1994 | MDF | Boross MDF–EKGP–KDNP | 34 (1990) |
| 4 | László Békesi (1942–) | 15 July 1994 | 28 February 1995 | MSZP | Horn MSZP–SZDSZ | 35 (1994) |
| 5 | Lajos Bokros (1954–) | 1 March 1995 | 29 February 1996 | Independent | Horn MSZP–SZDSZ | 35 (1994) |
| 6 | Péter Medgyessy (1942–) | 1 March 1996 | 7 Jule 1998 | Independent | Horn MSZP–SZDSZ | 35 (1994) |
| 7 | Zsigmond Járai (1951–) | 8 Jule 1998 | 31 December 2000 | Independent | Orbán I Fidesz–FKGP–MDF | 36 (1998) |
| 8 | Mihály Varga (1965–) 1st term | 1 January 2001 | 27 May 2002 | Fidesz | Orbán I Fidesz–FKGP–MDF | 36 (1998) |
| 9 | Csaba László (1962–) | 27 May 2002 | 15 February 2004 | Independent | Medgyessy MSZP–SZDSZ | 37 (2002) |
| 10 | Tibor Draskovics (1955–) | 15 February 2004 | 4 October 2004 | Independent | Medgyessy MSZP–SZDSZ | 37 (2002) |
| 10 | Tibor Draskovics (1955–) | 4 October 2004 | 24 April 2005 | Independent | Gyurcsány I MSZP–SZDSZ | 37 (2002) |
| 11 | János Veres (1957–) | 24 April 2005 | 9 June 2006 | MSZP | Gyurcsány I MSZP–SZDSZ | 37 (2002) |
| 11 | János Veres (1957–) | 9 June 2006 | 16 April 2009 | MSZP | Gyurcsány II MSZP–SZDSZ | 38 (2006) |
| 12 | Péter Oszkó (1973–) | 16 April 2009 | 29 May 2010 | Independent | Bajnai MSZP | 38 (2006) |

## Ministers of national economy (2010–2018)
### Hungarian Republic / Hungary (2010–2018)

Parties  Fidesz
| No. | Name (Birth–Death) | Term of office | Term of office | Political party | Cabinet | Assembly (Election) |
| 1 | György Matolcsy (1955–) | 29 May 2010 | 3 March 2013 | Fidesz | Orbán II Fidesz–KDNP | 39 (2010) |
| 2 | Mihály Varga (1965–) 2nd term | 3 March 2013 | 6 June 2014 | Fidesz | Orbán II Fidesz–KDNP | 39 (2010) |
| 2 | Mihály Varga (1965–) 2nd term | 6 June 2014 | 18 May 2018 | Fidesz | Orbán III Fidesz–KDNP | 40 (2014) |

## Ministers of finance (2018–present)
### Hungarian Republic / Hungary (2018–present)

Parties  Fidesz
| No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) | Term of office | Term of office | Political party | Cabinet | Assembly (Election) |
| 1 | | Mihály Varga (1965–) 2nd term | 18 May 2018 | 24 May 2022 | Fidesz | Orbán IV Fidesz–KDNP | 41 (2018) |
| 1 | | Mihály Varga (1965–) 2nd term | 24 May 2022 | Incumbent | Fidesz | Orbán V Fidesz–KDNP | 42 (2022) |