# List of speakers of the National Assembly (Hungary)

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The speaker of the National Assembly of Hungary (Hungarian: Magyarország Országgyűlésének elnöke, literally the president of National Assembly of Hungary) is the presiding officer of the National Assembly of Hungary. The current speaker is László Kövér, since 6 August 2010.
The speaker of the National Assembly serves as the acting president of Hungary if the elected president vacates the office before the expiration of the five-year presidential term due to death, resignation or removal from office, or temporarily if the president is incapacitated.

## Speakers of the National Assembly of Hungary

Parties  KNEP  OGKFP  EP
| No. | Name (Birth–Death) | Term of office | Term of office | Political party |
| 1 | István Rakovszky (1858–1931) | 18 February 1920 | 30 July 1921 | KNEP |
| 2 | Gaszton Gaál (1868–1932) | 12 August 1921 | 16 August 1922 | OKGFP |
| (2) | Gaszton Gaál (1868–1932) | 12 August 1921 | 16 August 1922 | EP |
| 3 | Béla Scitovszky (1878–1959) | 18 August 1922 | 18 October 1926 | EP |
| 4 | Tibor Zsitvay (1884–1969) | 19 October 1926 | 28 January 1927 | EP |
In 1927 the National Assembly of Hungary became bicameral.

## Speakers of the Provisional National Assembly

Parties  FKGP  Independent
| No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) | Term of office | Term of office | Political party |
| — | | István Vásáry (1887–1955) acting | 21 December 1944 | 21 December 1944 | FKGP |
| 5 | | Béla Zsedényi (1894–1955) | 21 December 1944 | 29 November 1945 | Independent |

## Speakers of the National Assembly of Hungary

Parties  FKGP  MKP–MDP–MSZMP  MSZP
| No. | Name (Birth–Death) | Term of office | Term of office | Political party |
| 6 | Ferenc Nagy (1903–1979) | 29 November 1945 | 5 February 1946 | FKGP |
| 7 | Msgr. Béla Varga (1903–1995) | 7 February 1946 | 3 July 1947 | FKGP |
| 8 | Árpád Szabó (1878–1948) | 4 July 1947 | 31 July 1947 | FKGP |
| 9 | Imre Nagy (1896–1958) | 16 September 1947 | 8 June 1949 | MKP |
| (9) | Imre Nagy (1896–1958) | 16 September 1947 | 8 June 1949 | MDP |
| 10 | Károly Olt (1904–1985) | 8 June 1949 | 23 August 1949 | MDP |
| 11 | Lajos Drahos (1895–1983) | 23 August 1949 | 18 May 1951 | MDP |
| 12 | Imre Dögei (1912–1964) | 18 May 1951 | 14 August 1952 | MDP |
| 13 | Sándor Rónai (1892–1965) | 14 August 1952 | 21 March 1963 | MDP |
| (13) | Sándor Rónai (1892–1965) | 14 August 1952 | 21 March 1963 | MSZMP |
| 14 | Erzsébet Metzker Vass (1915–1980) | 21 March 1963 | 14 April 1967 | MSZMP |
| 15 | Gyula Kállai (1910–1996) | 14 April 1967 | 12 May 1971 | MSZMP |
| 16 | Antal Apró (1913–1994) | 12 May 1971 | 19 December 1984 | MSZMP |
| 17 | István Sarlós (1921–2006) | 19 December 1984 | 29 June 1988 | MSZMP |
| 18 | István Stadinger (1927–2018) | 29 June 1988 | 10 March 1989 | MSZMP |
| 19 | Mátyás Szűrös (born 1933) | 10 March 1989 | 23 October 1989 | MSZMP |
| (19) | Mátyás Szűrös (born 1933) | 10 March 1989 | 23 October 1989 | MSZP |

## Speakers of the National Assembly of Hungary (since 1989)

Parties  Independent  SZDSZ  MDF  MSZP  Fidesz
| No. | Name (Birth–Death) | Term of office | Term of office | Political party | Assembly (Election) |
| — | István Fodor (born 1945) acting | 23 October 1989 | 2 May 1990 | Independent | — |
| 20 | Árpád Göncz (1922–2015) | 2 May 1990 | 3 August 1990 | SZDSZ | 1 (1990) |
| 21 | György Szabad (1924–2015) | 3 August 1990 | 27 June 1994 | MDF | 1 (1990) |
| 22 | Zoltán Gál (born 1940) | 28 June 1994 | 17 June 1998 | MSZP | 2 (1994) |
| 23 | János Áder (born 1959) | 18 June 1998 | 14 May 2002 | Fidesz | 3 (1998) |
| 24 | Katalin Szili (born 1956) | 15 May 2002 | 15 May 2006 | MSZP | 4 (2002) |
| 24 | Katalin Szili (born 1956) | 16 May 2006 | 14 September 2009 | MSZP | 5 (2006) |
| 25 | Béla Katona (born 1944) | 15 September 2009 | 13 May 2010 | MSZP | 5 (2006) |
| 26 | Pál Schmitt (born 1942) | 14 May 2010 | 5 August 2010 | Fidesz | 6 (2010) |
| 26 | László Kövér (born 1959) | 6 August 2010 | 5 May 2014 | Fidesz | 6 (2010) |
| 26 | László Kövér (born 1959) | 6 May 2014 | 7 May 2018 | Fidesz | 7 (2014) |
| 26 | László Kövér (born 1959) | 8 May 2018 | 1 May 2022 | Fidesz | 8 (2018) |
| 26 | László Kövér (born 1959) | 2 May 2022 | Incumbent | Fidesz | 9 (2022) |