# List of prime ministers of Hungary

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This article lists the prime ministers of Hungary (Hungarian: Magyarország miniszterelnöke, lit. 'minister-president') from when the first Prime Minister (in the modern sense), Lajos Batthyány, took office in 1848 (during the Hungarian Revolution of 1848) until the present day. The prime minister is head of the Government of Hungary. On 30 November 2020, Viktor Orbán became the longest serving prime minister in the modern era.

## Kingdom of Hungary (1848–1849)

Parties  Opposition Party
| No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) | Term of office | Term of office | Term of office | Political party | Cabinet | Assembly (Election) |
| No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Political party | Cabinet | Assembly (Election) |
| 1 | | Lajos Batthyány (1807–1849) | 17 March 1848 | 2 October 1848 | 199 days | Opposition Party | Batthyány | Last Diet |
| 1 | | Lajos Batthyány (1807–1849) | 17 March 1848 | 2 October 1848 | 199 days | Opposition Party | Batthyány | 1 (1848) |
| — | | Ádám Récsey (1775–1852) appointed illegally | 3 October 1848 | 7 October 1848 | 4 days | Imperial Army | — | 1 (1848) |
| 2 | | Lajos Kossuth (1802–1894) de facto | 2 October 1848 | 14 April 1849 | 194 days | Opposition Party | Committee of National Defence | 1 (1848) |

## Hungarian State (1849)

Parties  Opposition Party
| No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) | Term of office | Term of office | Term of office | Political party | Cabinet | Assembly (Election) |
| No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Political party | Cabinet | Assembly (Election) |
| (2) | | Lajos Kossuth (1802–1894) de facto | 14 April 1849 | 2 May 1849 | 18 days | Opposition Party | Committee of National Defence | 1 (1848) |
| 3 | | Bertalan Szemere (1812–1869) | 2 May 1849 | 11 August 1849 | 101 days | Opposition Party | Szemere | 1 (1848) |
After the collapse of the Hungarian Revolution of 1848, the restored Hungarian Kingdom became an integral part of the Austrian Empire until 1867, when dual Austro-Hungarian Monarchy was created and the Hungarian Kingdom was organized as Lands of the Crown of Saint Stephen.

## Lands of the Crown of Saint Stephen (1867–1918)

Parties  Deák Party/Liberal Party/National Party of Work  National Constitution Party  F48P–Károlyi  Independent
| No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) | Term of office | Term of office | Term of office | Political party | Cabinet | Assembly (Election) |
| No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Political party | Cabinet | Assembly (Election) |
| 4 | | Gyula Andrássy (1823–1890) | 17 February 1867 | 14 November 1871 | 4 years, 270 days | Deák Party | Andrássy DP | 3 (1865) |
| 4 | | Gyula Andrássy (1823–1890) | 17 February 1867 | 14 November 1871 | 4 years, 270 days | Deák Party | Andrássy DP | 4 (1869) |
| 5 | | Menyhért Lónyay (1822–1884) | 14 November 1871 | 4 December 1872 | 1 year, 20 days | Deák Party | Lónyay DP | 4 (1869) |
| 5 | | Menyhért Lónyay (1822–1884) | 14 November 1871 | 4 December 1872 | 1 year, 20 days | Deák Party | Lónyay DP | 5 (1872) |
| 6 | | József Szlávy (1818–1900) | 4 December 1872 | 21 March 1874 | 1 year, 107 days | Deák Party | Szlávy DP | 5 (1872) |
| 7 | | István Bittó (1822–1903) | 21 March 1874 | 2 March 1875 | 346 days | Deák Party | Bittó DP–BK | 5 (1872) |
| 8 | | Béla Wenckheim (1811–1879) | 2 March 1875 | 20 October 1875 | 240 days | Liberal Party | Wenckheim SZP | 5 (1872) |
| 9 | | Kálmán Tisza (1830–1902) | 20 October 1875 | 13 March 1890 | 14 years, 144 days | Liberal Party | K. Tisza SZP | 6 (1875) |
| 9 | | Kálmán Tisza (1830–1902) | 20 October 1875 | 13 March 1890 | 14 years, 144 days | Liberal Party | K. Tisza SZP | 7 (1878) |
| 9 | | Kálmán Tisza (1830–1902) | 20 October 1875 | 13 March 1890 | 14 years, 144 days | Liberal Party | K. Tisza SZP | 8 (1881) |
| 9 | | Kálmán Tisza (1830–1902) | 20 October 1875 | 13 March 1890 | 14 years, 144 days | Liberal Party | K. Tisza SZP | 9 (1884) |
| 9 | | Kálmán Tisza (1830–1902) | 20 October 1875 | 13 March 1890 | 14 years, 144 days | Liberal Party | K. Tisza SZP | 10 (1887) |
| 10 | | Gyula Szapáry (1832–1905) | 13 March 1890 | 17 November 1892 | 2 years, 249 days | Liberal Party | Szapáry SZP | 10 (1887) |
| 10 | | Gyula Szapáry (1832–1905) | 13 March 1890 | 17 November 1892 | 2 years, 249 days | Liberal Party | Szapáry SZP | 11 (1892) |
| 11 | | Sándor Wekerle (1848–1921) 1st term | 17 November 1892 | 14 January 1895 | 2 years, 58 days | Liberal Party | Wekerle I SZP | 11 (1892) |
| 12 | | Dezső Bánffy (1843–1911) | 14 January 1895 | 26 February 1899 | 4 years, 43 days | Liberal Party | Bánffy SZP | 11 (1892) |
| 12 | | Dezső Bánffy (1843–1911) | 14 January 1895 | 26 February 1899 | 4 years, 43 days | Liberal Party | Bánffy SZP | 12 (1896) |
| 13 | | Kálmán Széll (1843–1915) | 26 February 1899 | 27 June 1903 | 4 years, 121 days | Liberal Party | Széll SZP | 12 (1896) |
| 13 | | Kálmán Széll (1843–1915) | 26 February 1899 | 27 June 1903 | 4 years, 121 days | Liberal Party | Széll SZP | 13 (1901) |
| 14 | | Károly Khuen-Héderváry (1849–1918) 1st term | 27 June 1903 | 3 November 1903 | 129 days | Liberal Party | Khuen-Héderváry I SZP | 13 (1901) |
| 15 | | István Tisza (1861–1918) 1st term | 3 November 1903 | 18 June 1905 | 1 year, 227 days | Liberal Party | I. Tisza I SZP | 13 (1901) |
| 16 | | Géza Fejérváry (1833–1914) | 18 June 1905 | 8 April 1906 | 294 days | Independent | Fejérváry SZP | 14 (1905) |
| (11) | | Sándor Wekerle (1848–1921) 2nd term | 8 April 1906 | 17 January 1910 | 3 years, 284 days | National Constitution Party | Wekerle II F48P–OAP–KNP–PDP | 15 (1906) |
| (14) | | Károly Khuen-Héderváry (1849–1918) 2nd term | 17 January 1910 | 22 April 1912 | 2 years, 96 days | National Party of Work | Khuen-Héderváry II NMP | 16 (1910) |
| 17 | | László Lukács (1850–1932) | 22 April 1912 | 10 June 1913 | 1 year, 49 days | National Party of Work | Lukács NMP | 16 (1910) |
| (15) | | István Tisza (1861–1918) 2nd term | 10 June 1913 | 15 June 1917 | 4 years, 5 days | National Party of Work | I. Tisza II NMP | 16 (1910) |
| 18 | | Móric Esterházy (1881–1960) | 15 June 1917 | 20 August 1917 | 66 days | Independent | Esterházy NMP–F48P–OAP–PDP–KNP | 16 (1910) |
| (11) | | Sándor Wekerle (1848–1921) 3rd term | 20 August 1917 | 30 October 1918 | 1 year, 71 days | National Constitution Party → '48 Constitution Party | Wekerle III NMP–F48P–OAP–PDP–KNP | 16 (1910) |
| 19 | | János Hadik (1863–1933) | 30 October 1918 | 31 October 1918 | 1 day | National Constitution Party | Hadik not formed | 16 (1910) |
| 20 | | Mihály Károlyi (1875–1955) | 31 October 1918 | 16 November 1918 | 16 days | F48P–Károlyi | M. Károlyi F48P–K–PRP–MSZDP | MNT (—) |

## First Hungarian Republic (1918–1919)

Parties  F48P–Károlyi  Civic Radical Party (PRP)
| No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) | Term of office | Term of office | Term of office | Political party | Cabinet | Assembly (Election) |
| No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Political party | Cabinet | Assembly (Election) |
| (20) | | Mihály Károlyi (1875–1955) interim head of state | 16 November 1918 | 11 January 1919 | 56 days | F48P–Károlyi | M. Károlyi F48P–K–PRP–MSZDP | MNT (—) |
| — | | Dénes Berinkey (1871–1944) acting | 11 January 1919 | 19 January 1919 | 69 days | PRP | M. Károlyi F48P–K–PRP–MSZDP | MNT (—) |
| 21 | | Dénes Berinkey (1871–1944) | 19 January 1919 | 21 March 1919 | 69 days | PRP | Berinkey F48P–K–PRP–MSZDP–OKGFP | MNT (—) |

## Hungarian Soviet Republic (1919)

Parties  MSZP/SZKMMP  MSZDP
| No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) | Term of office | Term of office | Term of office | Political party | Cabinet | Assembly (Election) |
| No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Political party | Cabinet | Assembly (Election) |
| 22 | | Sándor Garbai (1879–1947) de facto | 21 March 1919 | 1 August 1919 | 133 days | MSZP/SZKMMP | Central Executive Council MSZP/SZKMMP | TOGY (—) |
| 23 | | Gyula Peidl (1873–1943) interim head of state | 1 August 1919 | 6 August 1919 (deposed) | 5 days | MSZDP | Peidl MSZDP | — |

### Counter-revolutionary governments (1919)

Parties  Independent
| No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) | Term of office | Term of office | Term of office | Political party | Cabinet | Assembly (Election) |
| No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Political party | Cabinet | Assembly (Election) |
| — | | Gyula Károlyi (1871–1947) | 5 May 1919 | 31 May 1919 | 68 days | Independent | Arad | — |
| — | | Gyula Károlyi (1871–1947) | 31 May 1919 | 6 June 1919 | 68 days | Independent | Szeged I | — |
| — | | Gyula Károlyi (1871–1947) | 6 June 1919 | 12 July 1919 | 68 days | Independent | Szeged II | — |
| — | | Dezső Pattantyús-Ábrahám (1875–1973) | 12 July 1919 | 12 August 1919 | 31 days | Independent | Szeged III | — |

## Hungarian Republic (1919–1920)

Parties  KNEP  Independent
| No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) | Term of office | Term of office | Term of office | Political party | Cabinet | Assembly (Election) |
| No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Political party | Cabinet | Assembly (Election) |
| — | | István Friedrich (1883–1951) acting | 7 August 1919 | 15 August 1919 | 8 days | Independent | Friedrich KNP/KNEP–OKGFP | — |
| 24 | | István Friedrich (1883–1951) interim head of state | 15 August 1919 | 24 November 1919 | 101 days | KNP → KNEP | Friedrich KNP/KNEP–OKGFP | — |
| 25 | | Károly Huszár (1882–1941) interim head of state | 24 November 1919 | 1 March 1920 | 98 days | KNEP | Huszár KNEP–OKGFP–MSZDP–NDPP | — |

## Kingdom of Hungary (1920–1946)

Parties  KNEP  EP–NEP–MÉP  Independent
| No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) | Term of office | Term of office | Term of office | Political party | Cabinet | Assembly (Election) |
| No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Political party | Cabinet | Assembly (Election) |
| (25) | | Károly Huszár (1882–1941) | 1 March 1920 | 15 March 1920 | 14 days | KNEP | Huszár KNEP–OKGFP–MSZDP–NDPP |
| 26 | | Sándor Simonyi-Semadam (1864–1946) | 15 March 1920 | 19 July 1920 | 126 days | KNEP | Simonyi-Semadam KNEP–OKGFP | 17 (1920) |
| 27 | | Pál Teleki (1879–1941) 1st term | 19 July 1920 | 14 April 1921 | 269 days | KNEP | Teleki I KNEP–OKGFP | 17 (1920) |
| 28 | | István Bethlen (1874–1946) | 14 April 1921 | 2 February 1922 | 10 years, 132 days | KNEP | Bethlen (KNEP–OKGFP)→EP | 17 (1920) |
| (28) | | István Bethlen (1874–1946) | 2 February 1922 | 24 August 1931 | 10 years, 132 days | EP | Bethlen (KNEP–OKGFP)→EP | 17 (1920) |
| (28) | | István Bethlen (1874–1946) | 2 February 1922 | 24 August 1931 | 10 years, 132 days | EP | Bethlen (KNEP–OKGFP)→EP | 18 (1922) |
| (28) | | István Bethlen (1874–1946) | 2 February 1922 | 24 August 1931 | 10 years, 132 days | EP | Bethlen (KNEP–OKGFP)→EP | 19 (1926) |
| (28) | | István Bethlen (1874–1946) | 2 February 1922 | 24 August 1931 | 10 years, 132 days | EP | Bethlen (KNEP–OKGFP)→EP | 20 (1931) |
| 29 | | Gyula Károlyi (1871–1947) | 24 August 1931 | 1 October 1932 | 1 year, 38 days | EP | G. Károlyi EP–KGSZP | 20 (1931) |
| 30 | | Gyula Gömbös (1886–1936) | 1 October 1932 | 6 October 1936 (died in office) | 4 years, 5 days | NEP | Gömbös NEP | 20 (1931) |
| 30 | | Gyula Gömbös (1886–1936) | 1 October 1932 | 6 October 1936 (died in office) | 4 years, 5 days | NEP | Gömbös NEP | 21 (1935) |
| — | | Kálmán Darányi (1886–1939) acting | 6 October 1936 | 12 October 1936 | 6 days | NEP | Gömbös NEP | 21 (1935) |
| 31 | | Kálmán Darányi (1886–1939) | 12 October 1936 | 14 May 1938 | 1 year, 214 days | NEP | Darányi NEP | 21 (1935) |
| 32 | | Béla Imrédy (1891–1946) | 14 May 1938 | 16 February 1939 | 278 days | NEP | Imrédy NEP | 21 (1935) |
| (27) | | Pál Teleki (1879–1941) 2nd term | 16 February 1939 | 3 April 1941 (died in office) | 2 years, 46 days | MÉP | Teleki II MÉP | 21 (1935) |
| (27) | | Pál Teleki (1879–1941) 2nd term | 16 February 1939 | 3 April 1941 (died in office) | 2 years, 46 days | MÉP | Teleki II MÉP | 22 (1939) |
| — | | Ferenc Keresztes-Fischer (1881–1948) acting | 3 April 1941 | 3 April 1941 | 0 days | MÉP | Teleki II MÉP | 22 (1939) |
| 33 | | László Bárdossy (1890–1946) | 3 April 1941 | 7 March 1942 | 338 days | MÉP | Bárdossy MÉP | 22 (1939) |
| — | | Ferenc Keresztes-Fischer (1881–1948) acting | 7 March 1942 | 9 March 1942 | 2 days | MÉP | Bárdossy MÉP | 22 (1939) |
| 34 | | Miklós Kállay (1887–1967) | 9 March 1942 | 22 March 1944 (deposed) | 2 years, 13 days | MÉP | Kállay MÉP | 22 (1939) |
| 35 | | Döme Sztójay (1883–1946) | 22 March 1944 | 29 August 1944 | 160 days | Independent | Sztójay MÉP–MMP | 22 (1939) |
| 36 | | Géza Lakatos (1890–1967) | 29 August 1944 | 16 October 1944 (deposed) | 48 days | Independent | Lakatos MÉP | 22 (1939) |

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

Parties  NYKP
| No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) | Term of office | Term of office | Term of office | Political party | Cabinet | Assembly (Election) |
| No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Political party | Cabinet | Assembly (Election) |
| 37 | | Ferenc Szálasi (1897–1946) head of state | 16 October 1944 | 28 March 1945 | 163 days | NYKP | Szálasi NYKP–MMP | — |

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

Parties  FKGP  Independent
| No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) | Term of office | Term of office | Term of office | Political party | Cabinet | Assembly (Election) |
| No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Political party | Cabinet | Assembly (Election) |
| 38 | | Béla Miklós (1890–1948) | 22 December 1944 | 15 November 1945 | 328 days | Independent | Provisional National Government FKGP–MKP–MSZDP–NPP–PDP | INGY (1944) |
| 39 | | Zoltán Tildy (1889–1961) | 15 November 1945 | 1 February 1946 | 78 days | FKGP | Tildy FKGP–MKP–MSZDP–NPP | 23 (1945) |
$^1$ Left Budapest on 9 December 1944
$^2$ At Debrecen to 11 April 1945

## Hungarian Republic (1946–1949)

Parties  FKGP  MKP–MDP
| No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) | Term of office | Term of office | Term of office | Political party | Cabinet | Assembly (Election) |
| No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Political party | Cabinet | Assembly (Election) |
| — | | Mátyás Rákosi (1892–1971) acting | 1 February 1946 | 4 February 1946 | 3 days | MKP |
| 40 | | Ferenc Nagy (1903–1979) | 4 February 1946 | 31 May 1947(deposed) | 1 year, 116 days | FKGP | F. Nagy FKGP–MKP–MSZDP–NPP | 23 (1945) |
| — | | Mátyás Rákosi (1892–1971) acting | 31 May 1947 | 31 May 1947 | 0 days | MKP | F. Nagy FKGP–MKP–MSZDP–NPP | 23 (1945) |
| 41 | | Lajos Dinnyés (1901–1961) | 31 May 1947 | 10 December 1948 | 1 year, 193 days | FKGP | Dinnyés (MKP–MSZDP)→MDP–FKGP–NPP | 23 (1945) |
| 41 | | Lajos Dinnyés (1901–1961) | 31 May 1947 | 10 December 1948 | 1 year, 193 days | FKGP | Dinnyés (MKP–MSZDP)→MDP–FKGP–NPP | 24 (1947) |
| 42 | | István Dobi (1898–1968) | 10 December 1948 | 20 August 1949 | 253 days | FKGP | Dobi MDP–FKGP–NPP | 24 (1947) |
| (42) | | István Dobi (1898–1968) | 10 December 1948 | 20 August 1949 | 253 days | MDP | Dobi MDP–FKGP–NPP | 24 (1947) |

## Hungarian People's Republic (1949–1989)
### Chairman of the Council of Ministers

Parties  MDP–MSZMP  MSZP
| No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) | Term of office | Term of office | Term of office | Political party | Cabinet | Assembly (Election) |
| No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Political party | Cabinet | Assembly (Election) |
| (42) | | István Dobi (1898–1968) | 20 August 1949 | 14 August 1952 | 2 years, 360 days | MDP | Dobi MDP | 25 (1949) |
| 43 | | Mátyás Rákosi (1892–1971) | 14 August 1952 | 4 July 1953 | 324 days | MDP | Rákosi MDP | 25 (1949) |
| 44 | | Imre Nagy (1896–1958) 1st term | 4 July 1953 | 18 April 1955 | 1 year, 288 days | MDP | I. Nagy I MDP | 26 (1953) |
| 45 | | András Hegedüs (1922–1999) | 18 April 1955 | 24 October 1956 | 1 year, 189 days | MDP | Hegedüs MDP | 26 (1953) |
| (44) | | Imre Nagy (1896–1958) 2nd term | 24 October 1956 | 31 October 1956 | 11 days | MDP | I. Nagy II MDP→MSZMP–FKGP | 26 (1953) |
| (44) | | Imre Nagy (1896–1958) 2nd term | 31 October 1956 | 3 November 1956 | 11 days | MSZMP | I. Nagy II MDP→MSZMP–FKGP | 26 (1953) |
| (44) | | Imre Nagy (1896–1958) 2nd term | 3 November 1956 | 4 November 1956(deposed) | 11 days | MSZMP | I. Nagy III MSZMP–FKGP–MSZDP–PP | 26 (1953) |
| 46 | | János Kádár (1912–1989) 1st term | 4 November 1956 | 28 January 1958 | 1 year, 85 days | MSZMP | Kádár I MSZMP | 26 (1953) |
| 47 | | Ferenc Münnich (1886–1967) | 28 January 1958 | 13 September 1961 | 3 years, 228 days | MSZMP | Münnich MSZMP | 27 (1958) |
| (46) | | János Kádár (1912–1989) 2nd term | 13 September 1961 | 30 June 1965 | 3 years, 290 days | MSZMP | Kádár II MSZMP | 27 (1958) |
| (46) | | János Kádár (1912–1989) 2nd term | 13 September 1961 | 30 June 1965 | 3 years, 290 days | MSZMP | Kádár II MSZMP | 28 (1963) |
| 48 | | Gyula Kállai (1910–1996) | 30 June 1965 | 14 April 1967 | 1 year, 288 days | MSZMP | Kállai MSZMP | 28 (1963) |
| 49 | | Jenő Fock (1916–2001) | 14 April 1967 | 15 May 1975 | 8 years, 31 days | MSZMP | Fock MSZMP | 29 (1967) |
| 49 | | Jenő Fock (1916–2001) | 14 April 1967 | 15 May 1975 | 8 years, 31 days | MSZMP | Fock MSZMP | 30 (1971) |
| 50 | | György Lázár (1924–2014) | 15 May 1975 | 25 June 1987 | 12 years, 41 days | MSZMP | Lázár MSZMP | 31 (1975) |
| 50 | | György Lázár (1924–2014) | 15 May 1975 | 25 June 1987 | 12 years, 41 days | MSZMP | Lázár MSZMP | 32 (1980) |
| 50 | | György Lázár (1924–2014) | 15 May 1975 | 25 June 1987 | 12 years, 41 days | MSZMP | Lázár MSZMP | 33 (1985) |
| 51 | | Károly Grósz (1930–1996) | 25 June 1987 | 24 November 1988 | 1 year, 152 days | MSZMP | Grósz MSZMP | 33 (1985) |
| 52 | | Miklós Németh (born 1948) | 24 November 1988 | 7 October 1989 | 333 days | MSZMP | Németh MSZMP→MSZP | 33 (1985) |
| (52) | | Miklós Németh (born 1948) | 7 October 1989 | 23 October 1989 | 333 days | MSZP | Németh MSZMP→MSZP | 33 (1985) |

## Hungarian Republic / Hungary (from 1989)

Parties  MSZP  Fidesz  MDF  Independent
| No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) | Term of office | Term of office | Term of office | Political party | Cabinet | Assembly (Election) |
| No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Political party | Cabinet | Assembly (Election) |
| — | | Miklós Németh (born 1948) provisional | 23 October 1989 | 23 May 1990 | 212 days | MSZP | Németh MSZP | — |
| 53 | | József Antall (1932–1993) | 23 May 1990 | 12 December 1993 (died in office) | 3 years, 203 days | MDF | Antall MDF–FKGP–KDNP | 34 (1990) |
| — | | Péter Boross (born 1928) | 12 December 1993 — 21 December 1993 (acting) | 12 December 1993 — 21 December 1993 (acting) | 215 days | MDF | Antall MDF–FKGP–KDNP | 34 (1990) |
| 54 | | Péter Boross (born 1928) | 21 December 1993 | 15 July 1994 | 215 days | MDF | Boross MDF–EKGP–KDNP | 34 (1990) |
| 55 | | Gyula Horn (1932–2013) | 15 July 1994 | 6 July 1998 | 3 years, 356 days | MSZP | Horn MSZP–SZDSZ | 35 (1994) |
| 56 | | Viktor Orbán (born 1963) 1st term | 6 July 1998 | 27 May 2002 | 3 years, 325 days | Fidesz | Orbán I Fidesz–FKGP–MDF | 36 (1998) |
| 57 | | Péter Medgyessy (born 1942) | 27 May 2002 | 29 September 2004 (resigned) | 2 years, 125 days | Independent | Medgyessy MSZP–SZDSZ | 37 (2002) |
| 58 | | Ferenc Gyurcsány (born 1961) | 29 September 2004 | 9 June 2006 | 4 years, 197 days | MSZP | Gyurcsány I MSZP–SZDSZ | 37 (2002) |
| 58 | | Ferenc Gyurcsány (born 1961) | 9 June 2006 | 14 April 2009 (replaced) | 4 years, 197 days | MSZP | Gyurcsány II MSZP–SZDSZ | 38 (2006) |
| 59 | | Gordon Bajnai (born 1968) | 14 April 2009 | 29 May 2010 | 1 year, 45 days | Independent | Bajnai MSZP | 38 (2006) |
| (56) | | Viktor Orbán (born 1963) 2nd term | 29 May 2010 | 10 May 2014 | 14 years, 281 days | Fidesz | Orbán II Fidesz–KDNP | 39 (2010) |
| (56) | | Viktor Orbán (born 1963) 2nd term | 10 May 2014 | 10 May 2018 | 14 years, 281 days | Fidesz | Orbán III Fidesz–KDNP | 40 (2014) |
| (56) | | Viktor Orbán (born 1963) 2nd term | 10 May 2018 | 16 May 2022 | 14 years, 281 days | Fidesz | Orbán IV Fidesz–KDNP | 41 (2018) |
| (56) | | Viktor Orbán (born 1963) 2nd term | 16 May 2022 | Incumbent | 14 years, 281 days | Fidesz | Orbán V Fidesz–KDNP | 42 (2022) |