# Minister of the Interior (Hungary)

The minister of interior of Hungary (Hungarian: Magyarország belügyminisztere) is a member of the Hungarian cabinet and the head of the Ministry of Interior. The current interior minister is Sándor Pintér.
The position was called People's Commissar of Interior (Hungarian: belügyi népbiztos) during the Hungarian Soviet Republic in 1919 and Minister of Local Government (Hungarian: önkormányzati miniszter) between 2006 and 2010, when the ministry was divided into the Ministry of Local Government and the Ministry of Justice and Law.

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

Parties  Opposition Party
| No. | Name (Birth–Death) | Term of office | Term of office | Political party | Cabinet | Assembly (Election) |
| 1 | Bertalan Szemere (1812–1869) | 17 March 1848 | 2 October 1848 | Opposition Party | Batthyány | Last Diet |
| 1 | Bertalan Szemere (1812–1869) | 17 March 1848 | 2 October 1848 | Opposition Party | Batthyány | 1 (1848) |
| 2 | Committee of National Defence | 2 October 1848 | 14 April 1849 | — | Committee of National Defence | 1 (1848) |

### Hungarian State (1849)

Parties  Opposition Party
| No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) | Term of office | Term of office | Political party | Cabinet | Assembly (Election) |
| 1 | | Committee of National Defence | 14 April 1849 | 2 May 1849 | — | Committee of National Defence | 1 (1848) |
| 2 | | Bertalan Szemere (1812–1869) | 2 May 1849 | 11 August 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.

### Hungarian Kingdom (1867–1918)

Parties  Deák Party/Liberal Party/National Party of Work  National Constitution Party  F48P/F48P–Károlyi  Independent
| No. | Name (Birth–Death) | Term of office | Term of office | Political party | Cabinet | Assembly (Election) |
| 1 | Béla Wenckheim (1811–1879) | 20 February 1867 | 21 October 1869 | Deák Party | Andrássy DP | 3 (1865) |
| 1 | Béla Wenckheim (1811–1879) | 20 February 1867 | 21 October 1869 | Deák Party | Andrássy DP | 4 (1869) |
| 2 | Pál Rajner (1823–1879) | 21 October 1869 | 10 February 1871 | Deák Party | Andrássy DP | 4 (1869) |
| 3 | Vilmos Tóth (1832–1898) | 10 February 1871 | 14 November 1871 | Deák Party | Andrássy DP | 4 (1869) |
| 3 | Vilmos Tóth (1832–1898) | 14 November 1871 | 4 December 1872 | Deák Party | Lónyay DP | 4 (1869) |
| 3 | Vilmos Tóth (1832–1898) | 14 November 1871 | 4 December 1872 | Deák Party | Lónyay DP | 5 (1872) |
| 3 | Vilmos Tóth (1832–1898) | 4 December 1872 | 5 March 1873 | Deák Party | Szlávy DP | 5 (1872) |
| 4 | Gyula Szapáry (1832–1905) 1st term | 5 March 1873 | 21 March 1874 | Deák Party | Szlávy DP | 5 (1872) |
| 4 | Gyula Szapáry (1832–1905) 1st term | 21 March 1874 | 2 March 1875 | Deák Party | Bittó DP–BK | 5 (1872) |
| 5 | Kálmán Tisza (1830–1902) | 2 March 1875 | 20 October 1875 | Liberal Party | Wenckheim SZP | 5 (1872) |
| 5 | Kálmán Tisza (1830–1902) | 20 October 1875 | 11 February 1887 | Liberal Party | K. Tisza SZP | 6 (1875) |
| 5 | Kálmán Tisza (1830–1902) | 20 October 1875 | 11 February 1887 | Liberal Party | K. Tisza SZP | 7 (1878) |
| 5 | Kálmán Tisza (1830–1902) | 20 October 1875 | 11 February 1887 | Liberal Party | K. Tisza SZP | 8 (1881) |
| 5 | Kálmán Tisza (1830–1902) | 20 October 1875 | 11 February 1887 | Liberal Party | K. Tisza SZP | 9 (1884) |
| — | Béla Orczy (1822–1917) acting | 11 February 1887 | 22 March 1889 | Liberal Party | K. Tisza SZP | 9 (1884) |
| — | Béla Orczy (1822–1917) acting | 11 February 1887 | 22 March 1889 | Liberal Party | K. Tisza SZP | 10 (1887) |
| — | Gábor Baross (1848–1892) acting | 22 March 1889 | 16 June 1889 | Liberal Party | K. Tisza SZP | 10 (1887) |
| 6 | Géza Teleki (1843–1913) | 16 June 1889 | 15 March 1890 | Liberal Party | K. Tisza SZP | 10 (1887) |
| (4) | Gyula Szapáry (1832–1905) 2nd term | 15 March 1890 | 17 November 1892 | Liberal Party | Szapáry SZP | 10 (1887) |
| (4) | Gyula Szapáry (1832–1905) 2nd term | 15 March 1890 | 17 November 1892 | Liberal Party | Szapáry SZP | 11 (1892) |
| 7 | Károly Hieronymi (1836–1911) | 17 November 1892 | 15 January 1895 | Liberal Party | Wekerle I SZP | 11 (1892) |
| 8 | Dezső Perczel (1848–1913) | 15 January 1895 | 26 February 1899 | Liberal Party | Bánffy SZP | 11 (1892) |
| 8 | Dezső Perczel (1848–1913) | 15 January 1895 | 26 February 1899 | Liberal Party | Bánffy SZP | 12 (1896) |
| — | Kálmán Széll (1843–1915) acting | 26 February 1899 | 27 June 1903 | Liberal Party | Széll SZP | 12 (1896) |
| — | Kálmán Széll (1843–1915) acting | 26 February 1899 | 27 June 1903 | Liberal Party | Széll SZP | 13 (1901) |
| 9 | Károly Khuen-Héderváry (1849–1918) 1st term | 27 June 1903 | 3 November 1903 | Liberal Party | Khuen-Héderváry I SZP | 13 (1901) |
| 10 | István Tisza (1861–1918) | 3 November 1903 | 18 June 1905 | Liberal Party | I. Tisza I SZP | 13 (1901) |
| 11 | József Kristóffy (1857–1928) | 18 June 1905 | 8 April 1906 | Liberal Party | Fejérváry SZP | 14 (1905) |
| 12 | Gyula Andrássy, Jr. (1860–1929) | 8 April 1906 | 17 January 1910 | National Constitution Party | Wekerle II F48P–OAP–KNP–PDP | 14 (1905) |
| 12 | Gyula Andrássy, Jr. (1860–1929) | 8 April 1906 | 17 January 1910 | National Constitution Party | Wekerle II F48P–OAP–KNP–PDP | 15 (1906) |
| (9) | Károly Khuen-Héderváry (1849–1918) 2nd term | 17 January 1910 | 22 April 1912 | National Party of Work | Khuen-Héderváry II NMP | 15 (1906) |
| (9) | Károly Khuen-Héderváry (1849–1918) 2nd term | 17 January 1910 | 22 April 1912 | National Party of Work | Khuen-Héderváry II NMP | 16 (1910) |
| 13 | László Lukács (1850–1932) | 22 April 1912 | 10 June 1913 | National Party of Work | Lukács NMP | 16 (1910) |
| 14 | János Sándor (1860–1922) | 10 June 1913 | 15 June 1917 | National Party of Work | I. Tisza II NMP | 16 (1910) |
| 15 | Gábor Ugron (1880–1960) | 15 June 1917 | 23 August 1917 | National Party of Work | Esterházy NMP–F48P–OAP–PDP–KNP | 16 (1910) |
| 15 | Gábor Ugron (1880–1960) | 23 August 1917 | 25 January 1918 | National Party of Work | Wekerle III NMP–F48P–OAP–PDP–KNP | 16 (1910) |
| 16 | János Tóth (1864–1929) | 25 January 1918 | 8 May 1918 | F48P | Wekerle III NMP–F48P–OAP–PDP–KNP | 16 (1910) |
| — | Sándor Wekerle (1848–1921) acting | 8 May 1918 | 31 October 1918 | National Party of Work | Wekerle III NMP–F48P–OAP–PDP–KNP | 16 (1910) |
| — | Lajos Návay (1870–1919) | 30 October 1918 | 31 October 1918 | Independent | Hadik not formed | 16 (1910) |
| 17 | Tivadar Batthyány (1859–1931) | 31 October 1918 | 16 November 1918 | F48P–Károlyi | M. Károlyi F48P–Károlyi–PRP–MSZDP | MNT (—) |

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

Parties  F48P–Károlyi
| No. | Name (Birth–Death) | Term of office | Term of office | Political party | Cabinet | Assembly (Election) |
| 1 | Tivadar Batthyány (1859–1931) | 16 November 1918 | 12 December 1918 | F48P–Károlyi | M. Károlyi F48P–Károlyi–PRP–MSZDP | MNT (—) |
| 2 | Vince Nagy (1886–1965) | 12 December 1918 | 11 January 1919 | F48P–Károlyi | M. Károlyi F48P–Károlyi–PRP–MSZDP | MNT (—) |
| 2 | Vince Nagy (1886–1965) | 11 January 1919 | 21 March 1919 | F48P–Károlyi | Berinkey F48P–Károlyi–PRP–MSZDP–OKGFP | MNT (—) |

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

Parties  MSZP/SZKMMP
| No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) | Term of office | Term of office | Political party | Cabinet | Assembly (Election) |
| 1 | | Jenő Landler (1875–1928) serving with Béla Vágó | 21 March 1919 | 1 August 1919 | MSZP/SZKMMP | Central Executive Council MSZP/SZKMMP | TOGY (—) |
| 1 | | Béla Vágó (1881–1939) serving with Jenő Landler | 21 March 1919 | 1 August 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) |
| — | Ábel Bartha | 5 May 1919 | 31 May 1919 | Independent | Arad | — |
| — | Béla Kelemen (1863–1944) | 31 May 1919 | 6 June 1919 | Independent | Szeged I | — |
| — | Béla Kelemen (1863–1944) | 6 June 1919 | 12 July 1919 | Independent | Szeged II | — |
| — | Aladár Balla (1867–1935) | 12 July 1919 | 12 August 1919 | Independent | Szeged III | — |

## Ministers of interior (1919–2006)
### Hungarian People's Republic (1919)

Parties  MSZDP
| No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) | Term of office | Term of office | Political party | Cabinet | Assembly (Election) |
| 1 | | Károly Peyer (1881–1956) | 1 August 1919 | 6 August 1919 (deposed) | MSZDP | Peidl MSZDP | — |

### Hungarian Republic (1919–1920)

Parties  KNP/KNEP  Independent
| No. | Name (Birth–Death) | Term of office | Term of office | Political party | Cabinet | Assembly (Election) |
| 1 | Adolf Samassa (1867–1929) | 7 August 1919 | 15 August 1919 | Independent | Friedrich KNP/KNEP–OKGFP | — |
| 2 | Zsigmond Perényi (1870–1946) | 15 August 1919 | 27 August 1919 | KNP | Friedrich KNP/KNEP–OKGFP | — |
| 3 | István Friedrich (1883–1951) | 27 August 1919 | 11 September 1919 | KNP | Friedrich KNP/KNEP–OKGFP | — |
| 4 | Ödön Beniczky (1878–1931) | 11 September 1919 | 24 November 1919 | KNP/KNEP | Friedrich KNP/KNEP–OKGFP | — |
| 4 | Ödön Beniczky (1878–1931) | 24 November 1919 | 29 February 1920 | KNP/KNEP | Huszár KNEP–OKGFP–MSZDP–NDPP | — |

### Hungarian Kingdom (1920–1946)

Parties  KNEP  National Smallholders and Agricultural Labourers Party (OKGFP)  EP–NEP–MÉP  Party of Hungarian Renewal (MMP)  Independent
| No. | Name (Birth–Death) | Term of office | Term of office | Political party | Cabinet | Assembly (Election) |
| 1 | Ödön Beniczky (1878–1931) | 29 February 1920 | 15 March 1920 | KNEP | Huszár KNEP–OKGFP–MSZDP–NDPP | — |
| 2 | Sándor Simonyi-Semadam (1864–1946) acting | 15 March 1920 | 19 April 1920 | KNEP | Simonyi-Semadam KNEP–OKGFP | 17 (1920) |
| 3 | Mihály Dömötör (1875–1962) | 19 April 1920 | 19 July 1920 | KNEP | Simonyi-Semadam KNEP–OKGFP | 17 (1920) |
| 4 | Gyula Ferdinandy (1873–1960) | 19 July 1920 | 19 February 1921 | OKGFP | Teleki I KNEP–OKGFP | 17 (1920) |
| 5 | Vilmos Pál Tomcsányi (1880–1959) | 19 February 1921 | 14 April 1921 | OKGFP | Teleki I KNEP–OKGFP | 17 (1920) |
| 6 | Gedeon Ráday (1872–1937) | 14 April 1921 | 3 December 1921 | KNEP | Bethlen (KNEP–OKGFP)→EP | 17 (1920) |
| 7 | Kunó Klebelsberg (1875–1932) | 3 December 1921 | 2 February 1922 | KNEP | Bethlen (KNEP–OKGFP)→EP | 17 (1920) |
| (7) | Kunó Klebelsberg (1875–1932) | 2 February 1922 | 6 June 1922 | EP | Bethlen (KNEP–OKGFP)→EP | 17 (1920) |
| 8 | Iván Rakovszky (1885–1960) | 6 June 1922 | 15 October 1926 | EP | Bethlen (KNEP–OKGFP)→EP | 18 (1922) |
| 9 | Béla Scitovszky (1878–1959) | 15 October 1926 | 24 August 1931 | EP | Bethlen (KNEP–OKGFP)→EP | 18 (1922) |
| 9 | Béla Scitovszky (1878–1959) | 15 October 1926 | 24 August 1931 | EP | Bethlen (KNEP–OKGFP)→EP | 19 (1926) |
| 9 | Béla Scitovszky (1878–1959) | 15 October 1926 | 24 August 1931 | EP | Bethlen (KNEP–OKGFP)→EP | 20 (1931) |
| 10 | Ferenc Keresztes-Fischer (1881–1948) 1st term | 24 August 1931 | 1 October 1932 | EP | G. Károlyi EP–KGSZP | 20 (1931) |
| 10 | Ferenc Keresztes-Fischer (1881–1948) 1st term | 1 October 1932 | 4 March 1935 | NEP | Gömbös NEP | 20 (1931) |
| 11 | Miklós Kozma (1884–1941) | 4 March 1935 | 12 October 1936 | NEP | Gömbös NEP | 20 (1931) |
| 11 | Miklós Kozma (1884–1941) | 4 March 1935 | 12 October 1936 | NEP | Gömbös NEP | 21 (1935) |
| 11 | Miklós Kozma (1884–1941) | 12 October 1936 | 3 February 1937 | NEP | Darányi NEP | 21 (1935) |
| — | Kálmán Darányi (1886–1939) acting | 3 February 1937 | 10 April 1937 | NEP | Darányi NEP | 21 (1935) |
| 12 | József Széll (1880–1956) | 10 April 1937 | 14 May 1938 | NEP | Darányi NEP | 21 (1935) |
| (10) | Ferenc Keresztes-Fischer (1881–1948) 2nd term | 14 May 1938 | 16 February 1939 | NEP | Imrédy NEP | 21 (1935) |
| (10) | Ferenc Keresztes-Fischer (1881–1948) 2nd term | 16 February 1939 | 3 April 1941 | MÉP | Teleki II MÉP | 21 (1935) |
| (10) | Ferenc Keresztes-Fischer (1881–1948) 2nd term | 16 February 1939 | 3 April 1941 | MÉP | Teleki II MÉP | 22 (1939) |
| (10) | Ferenc Keresztes-Fischer (1881–1948) 2nd term | 3 April 1941 | 9 March 1942 | MÉP | Bárdossy MÉP | 22 (1939) |
| (10) | Ferenc Keresztes-Fischer (1881–1948) 2nd term | 9 March 1942 | 22 March 1944 (deposed) | MÉP | Kállay MÉP | 22 (1939) |
| 13 | Andor Jaross (1896–1946) | 22 March 1944 | 17 August 1944 | MMP | Sztójay MÉP–MMP | 22 (1939) |
| 14 | Miklós Bonczos (1897–1971) | 17 August 1944 | 29 August 1944 | MÉP | Sztójay MÉP–MMP | 22 (1939) |
| 14 | Miklós Bonczos (1897–1971) | 29 August 1944 | 12 October 1944 | MÉP | Lakatos MÉP | 22 (1939) |
| — | Béla Horváth (1886–1978) acting for Miklós Bonczos as Secretary of State | 6 September 1944 | 12 October 1944 | MÉP | Lakatos MÉP | 22 (1939) |
| 15 | Péter Schell (1898–1974) | 12 October 1944 | 16 October 1944 (deposed) | MÉP | 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 Vajna (1891–1946) | 16 October 1944 | 28 March 1945 | NYKP | Szálasi NYKP–MMP | — |

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

Parties  NPP  MKP
| No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) | Term of office | Term of office | Political party | Cabinet | Assembly (Election) |
| 1 | | Ferenc Erdei (1910–1971) | 22 December 1944 | 15 November 1945 | NPP | Provisional National Government FKGP–MKP–MSZDP–NPP–PDP | INGY (1944) |
| 2 | | Imre Nagy (1896–1958) | 15 November 1945 | 1 February 1946 | MKP | Tildy FKGP–MKP–MSZDP–NPP | 23 (1945) |

### Hungarian Republic (1946–1949)

Parties  MKP-MDP
| No. | Name (Birth–Death) | Term of office | Term of office | Political party | Cabinet | Assembly (Election) |
| 1 | Imre Nagy (1896–1958) | 1 February 1946 | 20 March 1946 | MKP | F. Nagy FKGP–MKP–MSZDP–NPP | 23 (1945) |
| 2 | László Rajk (1909–1949) | 20 March 1946 | 31 May 1947 | MKP | F. Nagy FKGP–MKP–MSZDP–NPP | 23 (1945) |
| 2 | László Rajk (1909–1949) | 31 May 1947 | 14 June 1948 | MKP | Dinnyés (MKP–MSZDP)→MDP–FKGP–NPP | 23 (1945) |
| 2 | László Rajk (1909–1949) | 31 May 1947 | 14 June 1948 | MKP | Dinnyés (MKP–MSZDP)→MDP–FKGP–NPP | 24 (1947) |
| 2 | László Rajk (1909–1949) | 14 June 1948 | 5 August 1948 | MDP | Dinnyés (MKP–MSZDP)→MDP–FKGP–NPP | 24 (1947) |
| 3 | János Kádár (1912–1989) | 5 August 1948 | 10 December 1948 | MDP | Dinnyés (MKP–MSZDP)→MDP–FKGP–NPP | 24 (1947) |
| 3 | János Kádár (1912–1989) | 10 December 1948 | 20 August 1949 | MDP | Dobi MDP–FKGP–NPP | 24 (1947) |
| 3 | János Kádár (1912–1989) | 10 December 1948 | 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 | János Kádár (1912–1989) | 20 August 1949 | 23 June 1950 | MDP | Dobi MDP | 25 (1949) |
| 2 | Sándor Zöld (1913–1951) | 23 June 1950 | 20 April 1951 | MDP | Dobi MDP | 25 (1949) |
| 3 | Árpád Házi (1908–1970) | 20 April 1951 | 14 August 1952 | MDP | Dobi MDP | 25 (1949) |
| 3 | Árpád Házi (1908–1970) | 14 August 1952 | 14 November 1952 | MDP | Rákosi MDP | 25 (1949) |
| 4 | József Györe (1902–1985) | 14 November 1952 | 4 July 1953 | MDP | Rákosi MDP | 25 (1949) |
| 5 | Ernő Gerő (1898–1980) | 4 July 1953 | 6 June 1954 | MDP | I. Nagy I MDP | 26 (1953) |
| 6 | László Piros (1917–2006) | 6 June 1954 | 18 April 1955 | MDP | I. Nagy I MDP | 26 (1953) |
| 6 | László Piros (1917–2006) | 18 April 1955 | 24 October 1956 | MDP | Hegedüs MDP | 26 (1953) |
| 6 | László Piros (1917–2006) | 24 October 1956 | 27 October 1956 | MDP | I. Nagy II MDP/MSZMP–FKGP | 26 (1953) |
| 7 | Ferenc Münnich (1886–1967) | 27 October 1956 | 3 November 1956 | MDP | I. Nagy II MDP/MSZMP–FKGP | 26 (1953) |
| 8 | Béla Biszku (1921–2016) | 1 March 1957 | 28 January 1958 | MSZMP | Kádár I MSZMP | 26 (1953) |
| 8 | Béla Biszku (1921–2016) | 28 January 1958 | 13 September 1961 | MSZMP | Münnich MSZMP | 26 (1953) |
| 8 | Béla Biszku (1921–2016) | 28 January 1958 | 13 September 1961 | MSZMP | Münnich MSZMP | 27 (1958) |
| 9 | János Pap (1925–1994) | 13 September 1961 | 7 December 1963 | MSZMP | Kádár II MSZMP | 27 (1958) |
| 9 | János Pap (1925–1994) | 13 September 1961 | 7 December 1963 | MSZMP | Kádár II MSZMP | 28 (1963) |
| 10 | András Benkei (1923–1991) | 7 December 1963 | 30 June 1965 | MSZMP | Kádár II MSZMP | 28 (1963) |
| 10 | András Benkei (1923–1991) | 30 June 1965 | 17 April 1967 | MSZMP | Kállai MSZMP | 28 (1963) |
| 10 | András Benkei (1923–1991) | 17 April 1967 | 15 May 1975 | MSZMP | Fock MSZMP | 29 (1967) |
| 10 | András Benkei (1923–1991) | 17 April 1967 | 15 May 1975 | MSZMP | Fock MSZMP | 30 (1971) |
| 10 | András Benkei (1923–1991) | 15 May 1975 | 27 June 1980 | MSZMP | Lázár MSZMP | 30 (1971) |
| 10 | András Benkei (1923–1991) | 15 May 1975 | 27 June 1980 | MSZMP | Lázár MSZMP | 31 (1975) |
| 10 | András Benkei (1923–1991) | 15 May 1975 | 27 June 1980 | MSZMP | Lázár MSZMP | 32 (1980) |
| 11 | István Horváth (born 1935) | 27 June 1980 | 29 March 1985 | MSZMP | Lázár MSZMP | 32 (1980) |
| 12 | János Kamara (1927–2000) | 29 March 1985 | 25 June 1987 | MSZMP | Lázár MSZMP | 32 (1980) |
| 12 | János Kamara (1927–2000) | 29 March 1985 | 25 June 1987 | MSZMP | Lázár MSZMP | 33 (1985) |
| 12 | János Kamara (1927–2000) | 25 June 1987 | 16 December 1987 | MSZMP | Grósz MSZMP | 33 (1985) |
| (11) | István Horváth (born 1935) | 16 December 1987 | 24 November 1988 | MSZMP | Grósz MSZMP | 33 (1985) |
| (11) | István Horváth (born 1935) | 24 November 1988 | 7 October 1989 | MSZMP | Németh (MSZMP)→MSZP | 33 (1985) |
| (11) | István Horváth (born 1935) | 7 October 1989 | 23 October 1989 | MSZP | Németh (MSZMP)→MSZP | 33 (1985) |

### Hungarian Republic (1989–2006)

Parties  MSZP  MDF  SZDSZ  Independent
| No. | Name (Birth–Death) | Term of office | Term of office | Political party | Cabinet | Assembly (Election) |
| — | István Horváth (born 1935) provisional | 23 October 1989 | 23 January 1990 | MSZP | Németh MSZP | — |
| — | Zoltán Gál (born 1940) provisional | 23 January 1990 | 23 May 1990 | MSZP | Németh MSZP | — |
| 1 | Balázs Horváth (1942–2006) | 23 May 1990 | 21 December 1990 | MDF | Antall MDF–FKGP–KDNP | 34 (1990) |
| 2 | Péter Boross (born 1928) | 21 December 1990 | 12 December 1993 | MDF | Antall MDF–FKGP–KDNP | 34 (1990) |
| 2 | Péter Boross (born 1928) | 13 December 1993 | 21 December 1993 | MDF | Boross MDF–EKGP–KDNP | 34 (1990) |
| 3 | Imre Kónya (born 1947) | 21 December 1993 | 15 July 1994 | MDF | Boross MDF–EKGP–KDNP | 34 (1990) |
| 4 | Gábor Kuncze (born 1950) | 15 July 1994 | 8 July 1998 | SZDSZ | Horn MSZP–SZDSZ | 35 (1994) |
| 5 | Sándor Pintér (born 1948) 1st term | 8 July 1998 | 27 May 2002 | Independent | Orbán I Fidesz–FKGP–MDF | 36 (1998) |
| 6 | Mónika Lamperth (born 1957) | 27 May 2002 | 4 October 2004 | MSZP | Medgyessy MSZP–SZDSZ | 37 (2002) |
| 6 | Mónika Lamperth (born 1957) | 4 October 2004 | 9 June 2006 | MSZP | Gyurcsány I MSZP–SZDSZ | 37 (2002) |

## Ministers of local government (2006–2010)
### Hungarian Republic (2006–2010)

Parties  MSZP  Association for Somogy  Independent
| No. | Name (Birth–Death) | Term of office | Term of office | Political party | Cabinet | Assembly (Election) |
| 1 | Mónika Lamperth (born 1957) | 9 June 2006 | 30 June 2007 | MSZP | Gyurcsány II MSZP–SZDSZ | 38 (2006) |
| 2 | Gordon Bajnai (born 1968) | 30 June 2007 | 30 April 2008 | Independent | Gyurcsány II MSZP–SZDSZ | 38 (2006) |
| 3 | István Gyenesei (born 1948) | 30 April 2008 | 14 April 2009 | Association for Somogy | Gyurcsány II MSZP–SZDSZ | 38 (2006) |
| 4 | Zoltán Varga (born 1952) | 14 April 2009 | 29 May 2010 | MSZP | Bajnai MSZP | 38 (2006) |

## Ministers of interior (2010–present)
### Hungarian Republic / Hungary (2010–present)

Parties  Independent
| No. | Name (Birth–Death) | Term of office | Term of office | Political party | Cabinet | Assembly (Election) |
| 1 | Sándor Pintér (born 1948) 2nd term | 29 May 2010 | 6 June 2014 | Independent | Orbán II Fidesz–KDNP | 39 (2010) |
| 1 | Sándor Pintér (born 1948) 2nd term | 6 June 2014 | 18 May 2018 | Independent | Orbán III Fidesz–KDNP | 40 (2014) |
| 1 | Sándor Pintér (born 1948) 2nd term | 18 May 2018 | 24 May 2022 | Independent | Orbán IV Fidesz–KDNP | 41 (2018) |
| 1 | Sándor Pintér (born 1948) 2nd term | 24 May 2022 | Incumbent | Independent | Orbán V Fidesz–KDNP | 42 (2022) |