# Minister of Foreign Affairs (Hungary)

The minister of foreign affairs of Hungary (Hungarian: Magyarország külügyminisztere) is a member of the Hungarian cabinet and the head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The current foreign minister is Péter Szijjártó.
The position was called People's Commissar of Foreign Affairs (Hungarian: külügyi népbiztos) during the Hungarian Soviet Republic in 1919 and Minister besides the King (Hungarian: a király személye körüli miniszter) between 1848 and 1918, except in 1849 when Hungary declared its independence from the Austrian Empire. During the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy (1867–1918) the two countries also had a joint Minister of Foreign Affairs.

## Ministers besides the king (1848)
### Hungarian Kingdom (1848)

Parties  Conservative Party
| No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) | Term of office | Term of office | Political party | Cabinet | Assembly (Election) |
| 1 | | Pál Esterházy (1786–1866) | 7 April 1848 | 9 September 1848 | Conservative Party | Batthyány | Last Diet |
| 1 | | Pál Esterházy (1786–1866) | 7 April 1848 | 9 September 1848 | Conservative Party | Batthyány | 1 (1848) |

## Ministers of foreign affairs (1849)
### Hungarian State (1849)

Parties  Opposition Party
| No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) | Term of office | Term of office | Political party | Cabinet | Assembly (Election) |
| 1 | | Kázmér Batthyány (1807–1854) | 8 May 1849 | 16 July 1849 | Opposition Party | 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.

## Ministers besides the king (1867–1918)
### Hungarian Kingdom (1867–1918)

Parties  Deák Party/Liberal Party/National Party of Work  Catholic People's Party  F48P/F48P–Károlyi  Independent
| No. | Name (Birth–Death) | Term of office | Term of office | Political party | Cabinet | Assembly (Election) |
| 1 | György Festetics (1815–1883) | 20 February 1867 | 19 May 1871 | Independent | Andrássy DP | 3 (1865) |
| 1 | György Festetics (1815–1883) | 20 February 1867 | 19 May 1871 | Independent | Andrássy DP | 4 (1869) |
| 2 | Béla Wenckheim (1811–1879) | 19 May 1871 | 14 November 1871 | Deák Party | Andrássy DP | 4 (1869) |
| 2 | Béla Wenckheim (1811–1879) | 14 November 1871 | 4 December 1872 | Deák Party | Lónyay DP | 4 (1869) |
| 2 | Béla Wenckheim (1811–1879) | 14 November 1871 | 4 December 1872 | Deák Party | Lónyay DP | 5 (1872) |
| 2 | Béla Wenckheim (1811–1879) | 4 December 1872 | 21 March 1874 | Deák Party | Szlávy DP | 5 (1872) |
| 2 | Béla Wenckheim (1811–1879) | 21 March 1874 | 2 March 1875 | Deák Party | Bittó DP–BK | 5 (1872) |
| 2 | Béla Wenckheim (1811–1879) | 2 March 1875 | 20 October 1875 | Liberal Party | Wenckheim SZP | 5 (1872) |
| 2 | Béla Wenckheim (1811–1879) | 20 October 1875 | 7 July 1879 | Liberal Party | K. Tisza SZP | 6 (1875) |
| 2 | Béla Wenckheim (1811–1879) | 20 October 1875 | 7 July 1879 | Liberal Party | K. Tisza SZP | 7 (1878) |
| — | Kálmán Tisza (1830–1902) acting | 11 July 1879 | 25 September 1879 | Liberal Party | K. Tisza SZP | 7 (1878) |
| 3 | Béla Orczy (1822–1917) | 25 September 1879 | 13 March 1890 | Liberal Party | K. Tisza SZP | 7 (1878) |
| 3 | Béla Orczy (1822–1917) | 25 September 1879 | 13 March 1890 | Liberal Party | K. Tisza SZP | 8 (1881) |
| 3 | Béla Orczy (1822–1917) | 25 September 1879 | 13 March 1890 | Liberal Party | K. Tisza SZP | 9 (1884) |
| 3 | Béla Orczy (1822–1917) | 25 September 1879 | 13 March 1890 | Liberal Party | K. Tisza SZP | 10 (1887) |
| 3 | Béla Orczy (1822–1917) | 13 March 1890 | 24 December 1890 | Liberal Party | Szapáry SZP | 10 (1887) |
| 4 | László Szőgyény-Marich (1841–1916) | 24 December 1890 | 24 October 1892 | Liberal Party | Szapáry SZP | 10 (1887) |
| 4 | László Szőgyény-Marich (1841–1916) | 24 December 1890 | 24 October 1892 | Liberal Party | Szapáry SZP | 11 (1892) |
| — | Géza Fejérváry (1833–1914) acting | 24 October 1892 | 19 November 1892 | Independent | Szapáry SZP | 11 (1892) |
| 5 | Lajos Tisza (1832–1898) | 19 November 1892 | 10 June 1894 | Liberal Party | Wekerle I SZP | 11 (1892) |
| 6 | Gyula Andrássy, Jr. (1860–1929) | 10 June 1894 | 15 January 1895 | Liberal Party | Wekerle I SZP | 11 (1892) |
| — | Géza Fejérváry (1833–1914) acting | 15 January 1895 | 18 January 1895 | Independent | Bánffy SZP | 11 (1892) |
| 7 | Sámuel Jósika (1848–1923) | 18 January 1895 | 20 January 1898 | Liberal Party | Bánffy SZP | 11 (1892) |
| 7 | Sámuel Jósika (1848–1923) | 18 January 1895 | 20 January 1898 | Liberal Party | Bánffy SZP | 12 (1896) |
| — | Dezső Bánffy (1843–1911) acting | 20 January 1898 | 20 December 1898 | Liberal Party | Bánffy SZP | 12 (1896) |
| 8 | Manó Széchényi (1858–1926) | 20 December 1898 | 26 February 1899 | Independent | Bánffy SZP | 12 (1896) |
| 8 | Manó Széchényi (1858–1926) | 26 February 1899 | 7 March 1900 | Independent | Széll SZP | 12 (1896) |
| — | Kálmán Széll (1843–1915) acting | 7 March 1900 | 29 March 1900 | Liberal Party | Széll SZP | 12 (1896) |
| 9 | Gyula Széchényi (1829–1921) | 29 March 1900 | 27 June 1903 | Independent | Széll SZP | 12 (1896) |
| 9 | Gyula Széchényi (1829–1921) | 29 March 1900 | 27 June 1903 | Independent | Széll SZP | 13 (1901) |
| 10 | Károly Khuen-Héderváry (1849–1918) 1st term | 27 June 1903 | 3 November 1903 | Liberal Party | Khuen-Héderváry I SZP | 13 (1901) |
| 11 | István Tisza (1861–1918) | 3 November 1903 | 3 March 1904 | Liberal Party | I. Tisza I SZP | 13 (1901) |
| (10) | Károly Khuen-Héderváry (1849–1918) 2nd term | 3 March 1904 | 18 June 1905 | Liberal Party | I. Tisza I SZP | 13 (1901) |
| 12 | Géza Fejérváry (1833–1914) | 18 June 1905 | 8 April 1906 | Independent | Fejérváry SZP | 14 (1905) |
| 13 | Aladár Zichy (1864–1937) 1st term | 8 April 1906 | 17 January 1910 | Catholic People's Party | Wekerle II F48P–OAP–KNP–PDP | 15 (1906) |
| (10) | Károly Khuen-Héderváry (1849–1918) 3rd term | 17 January 1910 | 22 April 1912 | National Party of Work | Khuen-Héderváry II NMP | 16 (1910) |
| 14 | László Lukács (1850–1932) | 22 April 1912 | 10 June 1913 | National Party of Work | Lukács NMP | 16 (1910) |
| 15 | István Burián (1851–1922) | 10 June 1913 | 13 January 1915 | Independent | I. Tisza II NMP | 16 (1910) |
| — | István Tisza (1861–1918) acting | 13 January 1915 | 29 May 1915 | National Party of Work | I. Tisza II NMP | 16 (1910) |
| 16 | Ervin Roszner (1852–1928) | 29 May 1915 | 15 June 1917 | National Party of Work | I. Tisza II NMP | 16 (1910) |
| 17 | Tivadar Batthyány (1859–1931) 1st term | 15 June 1917 | 18 August 1917 | F48P | Esterházy NMP–F48P–OAP–PDP–KNP | 16 (1910) |
| (13) | Aladár Zichy (1864–1937) 2nd term | 18 August 1917 | 23 August 1917 | Catholic People's Party | Esterházy NMP–F48P–OAP–PDP–KNP | 16 (1910) |
| (13) | Aladár Zichy (1864–1937) 2nd term | 23 August 1917 | 31 October 1918 | Catholic People's Party | Wekerle III NMP–F48P–OAP–PDP–KNP | 16 (1910) |
| — | István Rakovszky (1858–1931) | 30 October 1918 | 31 October 1918 | Catholic People's Party | Hadik not formed | 16 (1910) |
| (17) | Tivadar Batthyány (1859–1931) 2nd term | 31 October 1918 | 1 November 1918 | F48P–Károlyi | M. Károlyi F48P–Károlyi–PRP–MSZDP | MNT (—) |
| 18 | Mihály Károlyi (1875–1955) | 1 November 1918 | 16 November 1918 | F48P–Károlyi | M. Károlyi F48P–Károlyi–PRP–MSZDP | MNT (—) |

## Ministers of foreign affairs (1918–1919)
### 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) |
| 1 | Mihály Károlyi (1875–1955) | 16 November 1918 | 11 January 1919 | F48P–Károlyi | M. Károlyi F48P–Károlyi–PRP–MSZDP | MNT (—) |
| — | Dénes Berinkey (1871–1944) acting | 11 January 1919 | 24 January 1919 | PRP | Berinkey F48P–Károlyi–PRP–MSZDP–OKGFP | MNT (—) |
| 2 | Ferenc Harrer (1874–1969) | 24 January 1919 | 21 March 1919 | PRP | Berinkey F48P–Károlyi–PRP–MSZDP–OKGFP | MNT (—) |

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

Parties  MSZP/SZKMMP
| No. | Name (Birth–Death) | Term of office | Term of office | Political party | Cabinet | Assembly (Election) |
| 1 | Béla Kun (1886–1939) serving with József Pogány and Péter Ágoston from 3 April to 24 June 1919 | 21 March 1919 | 1 August 1919 | MSZP | Central Executive Council MSZP/SZKMMP | TOGY (—) |
| (1) | József Pogány (1886–1938) serving with Béla Kun and Péter Ágoston | 3 April 1919 | 24 June 1919 | MSZP/SZKMMP | Central Executive Council MSZP/SZKMMP | TOGY (—) |
| (1) | Péter Ágoston (1874–1925) serving with Béla Kun and József Pogány | 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) |
| — | Gyula Bornemisza (1873–1925) | 5 May 1919 | 31 May 1919 | Independent | Arad | — |
| — | Pál Teleki (1879–1941) | 31 May 1919 | 6 June 1919 | Independent | Szeged I | — |
| — | Pál Teleki (1879–1941) | 6 June 1919 | 12 July 1919 | Independent | Szeged II | — |
| — | Pál Teleki (1879–1941) | 12 July 1919 | 12 August 1919 | Independent | Szeged III | — |

## Ministers of foreign affairs (1919–present)
### Hungarian People's Republic (1919)

Parties  MSZDP
| No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) | Term of office | Term of office | Political party | Cabinet | Assembly (Election) |
| 1 | | Péter Ágoston (1874–1925) | 1 August 1919 | 6 August 1919 (deposed) | MSZDP | Peidl MSZDP | — |

### Hungarian Republic (1919–1920)

Parties  Independent
| No. | Name (Birth–Death) | Term of office | Term of office | Political party | Cabinet | Assembly (Election) |
| — | Gábor Tánczos (1872–1953) acting | 7 August 1919 | 15 August 1919 | Independent | Friedrich KNP/KNEP–OKGFP | — |
| 1 | Márton Lovászy (1864–1927) | 15 August 1919 | 11 September 1919 | Independent | Friedrich KNP/KNEP–OKGFP | — |
| 2 | József Somssich (1864–1941) | 11 September 1919 | 24 November 1919 | Independent | Friedrich KNP/KNEP–OKGFP | — |
| 2 | József Somssich (1864–1941) | 24 November 1919 | 29 February 1920 | Independent | Huszár KNEP–OKGFP–MSZDP–NDPP | — |

### Hungarian Kingdom (1920–1946)

Parties  KNEP  EP–NEP–MÉP  Independent
| No. | Name (Birth–Death) | Term of office | Term of office | Political party | Cabinet | Assembly (Election) |
| 1 | József Somssich (1864–1941) | 29 February 1920 | 15 March 1920 | Independent | Huszár KNEP–OKGFP–MSZDP–NDPP | — |
| — | Sándor Simonyi-Semadam (1864–1946) acting | 15 March 1920 | 19 April 1920 | KNEP | Simonyi-Semadam KNEP–OKGFP | 17 (1920) |
| 2 | Pál Teleki (1879–1941) | 19 April 1920 | 19 July 1920 | KNEP | Simonyi-Semadam KNEP–OKGFP | 17 (1920) |
| — | Pál Teleki (1879–1941) acting | 19 July 1920 | 22 September 1920 | KNEP | Teleki I KNEP–OKGFP | 17 (1920) |
| 3 | Imre Csáky (1882–1961) | 22 September 1920 | 16 December 1920 | Independent | Teleki I KNEP–OKGFP | 17 (1920) |
| — | Pál Teleki (1879–1941) acting | 16 December 1920 | 17 January 1921 | KNEP | Teleki I KNEP–OKGFP | 17 (1920) |
| 4 | Gusztáv Gratz (1875–1946) | 17 January 1921 | 12 April 1921 | Independent | Teleki I KNEP–OKGFP | 17 (1920) |
| — | Pál Teleki (1879–1941) acting | 12 April 1921 | 14 April 1921 | KNEP | Teleki I KNEP–OKGFP | 17 (1920) |
| 5 | Miklós Bánffy (1873–1950) | 14 April 1921 | 19 December 1922 | Independent | Bethlen (KNEP–OKGFP)→EP | 17 (1920) |
| 5 | Miklós Bánffy (1873–1950) | 14 April 1921 | 19 December 1922 | Independent | Bethlen (KNEP–OKGFP)→EP | 18 (1922) |
| — | Géza Daruváry (1866–1934) acting | 19 December 1922 | 11 June 1923 | Independent | Bethlen (KNEP–OKGFP)→EP | 18 (1922) |
| 6 | Géza Daruváry (1866–1934) | 11 June 1923 | 7 October 1924 | Independent | Bethlen (KNEP–OKGFP)→EP | 18 (1922) |
| — | István Bethlen (1874–1946) acting | 7 October 1924 | 15 November 1924 | EP | Bethlen (KNEP–OKGFP)→EP | 18 (1922) |
| 7 | Tibor Scitovszky (1875–1959) | 15 November 1924 | 17 March 1925 | EP | Bethlen (KNEP–OKGFP)→EP | 18 (1922) |
| — | Lajos Walko (1880–1954) acting for Tibor Scitovszky | 5 March 1925 | 17 March 1925 | EP | Bethlen (KNEP–OKGFP)→EP | 18 (1922) |
| — | Lajos Walko (1880–1954) acting | 17 March 1925 | 15 October 1926 | EP | Bethlen (KNEP–OKGFP)→EP | 18 (1922) |
| 8 | Lajos Walko (1880–1954) 1st term | 15 October 1926 | 9 December 1930 | EP | Bethlen (KNEP–OKGFP)→EP | 18 (1922) |
| 8 | Lajos Walko (1880–1954) 1st term | 15 October 1926 | 9 December 1930 | EP | Bethlen (KNEP–OKGFP)→EP | 19 (1926) |
| 9 | Gyula Károlyi (1871–1947) | 9 December 1930 | 24 August 1931 | EP | Bethlen (KNEP–OKGFP)→EP | 19 (1926) |
| 9 | Gyula Károlyi (1871–1947) | 9 December 1930 | 24 August 1931 | EP | Bethlen (KNEP–OKGFP)→EP | 20 (1931) |
| (8) | Lajos Walko (1880–1954) 2nd term | 24 August 1931 | 1 October 1932 | EP | G. Károlyi EP–KGSZP | 20 (1931) |
| 10 | Endre Puky (1871–1941) | 1 October 1932 | 9 January 1933 | NEP | Gömbös NEP | 20 (1931) |
| — | Gyula Gömbös (1886–1936) acting | 9 January 1933 | 4 February 1933 | NEP | Gömbös NEP | 20 (1931) |
| 11 | Kálmán Kánya (1869–1945) | 4 February 1933 | 12 October 1936 | NEP | Gömbös NEP | 20 (1931) |
| 11 | Kálmán Kánya (1869–1945) | 4 February 1933 | 12 October 1936 | NEP | Gömbös NEP | 21 (1935) |
| 11 | Kálmán Kánya (1869–1945) | 12 October 1936 | 14 May 1938 | Independent | Darányi NEP | 21 (1935) |
| 11 | Kálmán Kánya (1869–1945) | 14 May 1938 | 28 November 1938 | Independent | Imrédy NEP | 21 (1935) |
| — | Béla Imrédy (1891–1946) acting | 28 November 1938 | 10 December 1938 | NEP | Imrédy NEP | 21 (1935) |
| 12 | István Csáky (1894–1941) | 10 December 1938 | 16 February 1939 | NEP | Imrédy NEP | 21 (1935) |
| 12 | István Csáky (1894–1941) | 16 February 1939 | 27 January 1941 (died in office) | MÉP | Teleki II MÉP | 21 (1935) |
| 12 | István Csáky (1894–1941) | 16 February 1939 | 27 January 1941 (died in office) | MÉP | Teleki II MÉP | 22 (1939) |
| — | Pál Teleki (1879–1941) acting for István Csáky | 21 December 1940 | 27 January 1941 | MÉP | Teleki II MÉP | 22 (1939) |
| — | Pál Teleki (1879–1941) acting | 27 January 1941 | 4 February 1941 | MÉP | Teleki II MÉP | 22 (1939) |
| 13 | László Bárdossy (1890–1946) | 4 February 1941 | 3 April 1941 | MÉP | Teleki II MÉP | 22 (1939) |
| 13 | László Bárdossy (1890–1946) | 3 April 1941 | 7 March 1942 | MÉP | Bárdossy MÉP | 22 (1939) |
| — | Ferenc Keresztes-Fischer (1881–1948) acting | 7 March 1942 | 9 March 1942 | MÉP | Bárdossy MÉP | 22 (1939) |
| — | Miklós Kállay (1887–1967) acting | 9 March 1942 | 20 May 1942 | MÉP | Kállay MÉP | 22 (1939) |
| 14 | Miklós Kállay (1887–1967) | 20 May 1942 | 24 July 1943 | MÉP | Kállay MÉP | 22 (1939) |
| 15 | Jenő Ghyczy (1893–1982) | 24 July 1943 | 22 March 1944 (deposed) | Independent | Kállay MÉP | 22 (1939) |
| 16 | Döme Sztójay (1883–1946) | 22 March 1944 | 29 August 1944 | Independent | Sztójay MÉP–MMP | 22 (1939) |
| 17 | Gusztáv Hennyey (1888–1977) | 29 August 1944 | 16 October 1944 (deposed) | Independent | Lakatos MÉP | 22 (1939) |

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

Parties  Arrow Cross Party
| No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) | Term of office | Term of office | Political party | Cabinet | Assembly (Election) |
| 1 | | Gábor Kemény (1910–1946) | 16 October 1944 | 28 March 1945 | NYKP | Szálasi NYKP–MMP | — |

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

Parties  FKGP
| No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) | Term of office | Term of office | Political party | Cabinet | Assembly (Election) |
| 1 | | János Gyöngyösi (1893–1951) | 22 December 1944 | 15 November 1945 | FKGP | Provisional National Government FKGP–MKP–MSZDP–NPP–PDP | INGY (1944) |
| 1 | | János Gyöngyösi (1893–1951) | 15 November 1945 | 1 February 1946 | FKGP | Tildy FKGP–MKP–MSZDP–NPP | 23 (1945) |

### Hungarian Republic (1946–1949)

Parties  FKGP  MKP-MDP
| No. | Name (Birth–Death) | Term of office | Term of office | Political party | Cabinet | Assembly (Election) |
| 1 | János Gyöngyösi (1893–1951) | 1 February 1946 | 31 May 1947 | FKGP | F. Nagy FKGP–MKP–MSZDP–NPP | 23 (1945) |
| — | Ernő Mihályfi (1898–1972) acting | 31 May 1947 | 24 September 1947 | FKGP | Dinnyés MKP–FKGP–MSZDP–NPP | 23 (1945) |
| 2 | Erik Molnár (1894–1966) 1st term | 24 September 1947 | 5 August 1948 | MKP | Dinnyés MKP–FKGP–MSZDP–NPP | 24 (1947) |
| 3 | László Rajk (1909–1949) | 5 August 1948 | 10 December 1948 | MDP | Dinnyés MKP–FKGP–MSZDP–NPP | 24 (1947) |
| 3 | László Rajk (1909–1949) | 10 December 1948 | 11 June 1949 | MDP | Dobi MDP–FKGP–NPP | 24 (1947) |
| 4 | Gyula Kállai (1910–1996) | 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 | Gyula Kállai (1910–1996) | 20 August 1949 | 12 May 1951 | MDP | Dobi MDP | 25 (1949) |
| 2 | Károly Kiss (1903–1983) | 12 May 1951 | 14 August 1952 | MDP | Dobi MDP | 25 (1949) |
| 2 | Károly Kiss (1903–1983) | 14 August 1952 | 14 November 1952 | MDP | Rákosi MDP | 25 (1949) |
| 3 | Erik Molnár (1894–1966) 2nd term | 14 November 1952 | 4 July 1953 | MDP | Rákosi MDP | 25 (1949) |
| 4 | János Boldóczki (1912–1988) | 4 July 1953 | 18 April 1955 | MDP | I. Nagy I MDP | 26 (1953) |
| 4 | János Boldóczki (1912–1988) | 18 April 1955 | 30 July 1956 | MDP | Hegedüs MDP | 26 (1953) |
| 5 | Imre Horváth (1901–1958) 1st term | 30 July 1956 | 24 October 1956 | MDP | Hegedüs MDP | 26 (1953) |
| 5 | Imre Horváth (1901–1958) 1st term | 24 October 1956 | 2 November 1956 | MDP | I. Nagy II MDP/MSZMP–FKGP | 26 (1953) |
| 6 | Imre Nagy (1896–1958) | 2 November 1956 | 4 November 1956 | MSZMP | I. Nagy III MSZMP–FKGP–MSZDP–PP | 26 (1953) |
| 7 | Imre Horváth (1901–1958) 2nd term | 4 November 1956 | 28 January 1958 | MSZMP | Kádár I MSZMP | 26 (1953) |
| 7 | Imre Horváth (1901–1958) 2nd term | 28 January 1958 | 2 February 1958 (died in office) | MSZMP | Münnich MSZMP | 26 (1953) |
| 8 | Endre Sík (1891–1978) | 2 February 1958 | 13 September 1961 | MSZMP | Münnich MSZMP | 26 (1953) |
| 8 | Endre Sík (1891–1978) | 2 February 1958 | 13 September 1961 | MSZMP | Münnich MSZMP | 27 (1958) |
| 9 | János Péter (1910–1999) | 13 September 1961 | 30 June 1965 | MSZMP | Kádár II MSZMP | 27 (1958) |
| 9 | János Péter (1910–1999) | 13 September 1961 | 30 June 1965 | MSZMP | Kádár II MSZMP | 28 (1963) |
| 9 | János Péter (1910–1999) | 30 June 1965 | 14 April 1967 | MSZMP | Kállai MSZMP | 28 (1963) |
| 9 | János Péter (1910–1999) | 14 April 1967 | 14 December 1973 | MSZMP | Fock MSZMP | 29 (1967) |
| 9 | János Péter (1910–1999) | 14 April 1967 | 14 December 1973 | MSZMP | Fock MSZMP | 30 (1971) |
| 10 | Frigyes Puja (1921–2008) | 14 December 1973 | 15 May 1975 | MSZMP | Fock MSZMP | 30 (1971) |
| 10 | Frigyes Puja (1921–2008) | 15 May 1975 | 8 July 1983 | MSZMP | Lázár MSZMP | 30 (1971) |
| 10 | Frigyes Puja (1921–2008) | 15 May 1975 | 8 July 1983 | MSZMP | Lázár MSZMP | 31 (1975) |
| 10 | Frigyes Puja (1921–2008) | 15 May 1975 | 8 July 1983 | MSZMP | Lázár MSZMP | 32 (1980) |
| 11 | Péter Várkonyi (1931–2008) | 8 July 1983 | 25 June 1987 | MSZMP | Lázár MSZMP | 32 (1980) |
| 11 | Péter Várkonyi (1931–2008) | 8 July 1983 | 25 June 1987 | MSZMP | Lázár MSZMP | 33 (1985) |
| 11 | Péter Várkonyi (1931–2008) | 25 June 1987 | 24 November 1988 | MSZMP | Grósz MSZMP | 33 (1985) |
| 11 | Péter Várkonyi (1931–2008) | 24 November 1988 | 10 May 1989 | MSZMP | Németh (MSZMP)→MSZP | 33 (1985) |
| 12 | Gyula Horn (1932–2013) | 10 May 1989 | 7 October 1989 | MSZMP | Németh (MSZMP)→MSZP | 33 (1985) |
| (12) | Gyula Horn (1932–2013) | 7 October 1989 | 23 October 1989 | MSZP | Németh (MSZMP)→MSZP | 33 (1985) |

### Hungarian Republic / Hungary (1989–present)

Parties  MSZP  Fidesz  MDF  Independent
| No. | Name (Birth–Death) | Term of office | Term of office | Political party | Cabinet | Assembly (Election) |
| — | Gyula Horn (1932–2013) provisional | 23 October 1989 | 23 May 1990 | MSZP | Németh MSZP | — |
| 1 | Géza Jeszenszky (born 1941) | 23 May 1990 | 21 December 1993 | MDF | Antall MDF–FKGP–KDNP | 34 (1990) |
| 1 | Géza Jeszenszky (born 1941) | 21 December 1993 | 15 July 1994 | MDF | Boross MDF–EKGP–KDNP | 34 (1990) |
| 2 | László Kovács (born 1939) 1st term | 15 July 1994 | 8 July 1998 | MSZP | Horn MSZP–SZDSZ | 35 (1994) |
| 3 | János Martonyi (born 1944) 1st term | 8 July 1998 | 27 May 2002 | Independent | Orbán I Fidesz–FKGP–MDF | 36 (1998) |
| (2) | László Kovács (born 1939) 2nd term | 27 May 2002 | 29 September 2004 | MSZP | Medgyessy MSZP–SZDSZ | 37 (2002) |
| (2) | László Kovács (born 1939) 2nd term | 29 September 2004 | 1 November 2004 | MSZP | Gyurcsány I MSZP–SZDSZ | 37 (2002) |
| 4 | Ferenc Somogyi (1945–2021) | 1 November 2004 | 9 June 2006 | Independent | Gyurcsány I MSZP–SZDSZ | 37 (2002) |
| 5 | Kinga Göncz (born 1947) | 9 June 2006 | 14 April 2009 | Independent | Gyurcsány II MSZP–SZDSZ | 38 (2006) |
| 6 | Péter Balázs (born 1941) | 14 April 2009 | 29 May 2010 | Independent | Bajnai MSZP | 38 (2006) |
| (3) | János Martonyi (born 1944) 2nd term | 29 May 2010 | 6 June 2014 | Fidesz | Orbán II Fidesz–KDNP | 39 (2010) |
| 7 | Tibor Navracsics (born 1966) | 6 June 2014 | 23 September 2014 | Fidesz | Orbán III Fidesz–KDNP | 40 (2014) |
| 8 | Péter Szijjártó (born 1978) | 23 September 2014 | 18 May 2018 | Fidesz | Orbán III Fidesz–KDNP | 40 (2014) |
| 8 | Péter Szijjártó (born 1978) | 18 May 2018 | 24 May 2022 | Fidesz | Orbán IV Fidesz–KDNP | 41 (2018) |
| 8 | Péter Szijjártó (born 1978) | 24 May 2022 | Incumbent | Fidesz | Orbán V Fidesz–KDNP | 42 (2022) |