Kingdom of Hungary (1920–1946)

The **Kingdom of Hungary** (), sometimes known as **the Regency** or **the Horthy era**, existed as a country from 1920 to 1946 under the rule of Regent Miklós Horthy.

## Infobox (country)

- **conventional long name**: Kingdom of Hungary
- **p1**: Hungarian Republic (1919–20)
Hungarian Republic
- **flag p1**: Flag of Hungary (1915-1918, 1919-1946).svg
- **p2**: First Czechoslovak Republic
Czechoslovakia
- **flag p2**: Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg
- **p3**: Carpatho-Ukraine
- **flag p3**: Flag of Ukraine.svg
- **p4**: Slovak Republic (1939–45)Slovakia
- **flag p4**: Flag of First Slovak Republic 1939-1945.svg
- **p5**: Kingdom of Romania
Romania
- **flag p5**: Flag of Romania.svg
- **p6**: Kingdom of Yugoslavia
Yugoslavia
- **flag p6**: Flag of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia (state).svg
- **s1**: Third Czechoslovak Republic
Czechoslovakia
- **flag s1**: Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg
- **s2**: Kingdom of RomaniaRomania
- **flag s2**: Flag of Romania.svg
- **s3**: Democratic  Federal YugoslaviaYugoslavia
- **flag s3**: Flag of the Democratic Federal Yugoslavia.svg
- **s4**: Soviet Union
- **flag s4**: Flag of the Soviet Union (1936-1955).svg
- **s5**: Second Hungarian Republic
Second Hungarian Republic
- **flag s5**: Flag of Hungary (1946-1949, 1956-1957; 1-2 aspect ratio).svg
- **image flag**: Flag of Hungary 1940.svg
- **image coat**: Coat of arms of Hungary (1915-1918, 1919-1946; angels).svg
- **coa size**: 110px
- **national motto**: _Name of Hungary#Regnum Marianum, Regnum Mariae Patrona Hungariae_

- **national anthem**: _Himnusz_
()

- **image map**: Kingdom of Hungary (1942).svg
- **image map caption**: The Kingdom of Hungary in 1942
- **capital**: Budapest
- **largest city**: Budapest
- **official languages**: Hungarian language, Hungarian
- **recognized regional languages**: Rusyn language, Rusyn ()
- **languages**: Romanian language, RomanianGerman language, GermanSlovak language, SlovakCroatian language, CroatianSerbian language, SerbianYiddishSlovenian language, SlovenianRomani language, Romani
- **languages type**: Spoken
- **ethnic groups year**: 1941
- **religion year**: 1941
- **demonym**: Hungarian
- **government type**: Authoritarianism, Authoritarian regency
<hr/>Hungarism, Hungarist Totalitarianism, totalitarian one-party dictatorship
<hr/>Transitional government, Transitional coalition government

- **title leader**: King of Hungary, King
- **leader1**: _Vacant_
- **year leader1**: 1920–1946
- **title representative**: List of heads of state of Hungary, Head of state
- **representative1**: Miklós Horthy
- **year representative1**: 1920–1944
- **representative2**: Ferenc Szálasi
- **year representative2**: 1944–1945
- **year representative3**: 1945–1946
- **title deputy**: Prime Minister of Hungary, Prime minister
- **deputy1**: Károly Huszár
- **year deputy1**: 1920
- **deputy2**: Zoltán Tildy
- **year deputy2**: 1945–1946
- **legislature**: Diet of Hungary, Diet
- **house1**: Diet of Hungary, Felsőház
- **type house1**: Upper
- **house2**: Diet of Hungary, Képviselőház
- **type house2**: Representatives
- **era**: Interwar period, InterwarWorld War II
- **event start**: Hungarian Republic (1919–20)#History, Monarchy restored
- **date start**: 29 February
- **year start**: 1920
- **date end**: 1 February
- **year end**: 1946
- **event1**: Treaty of Trianon
- **date event1**: 4 June 1920
- **event2**: First Vienna Award, 1st Vienna Award
- **date event2**: 2 November 1938
- **event3**: Second Vienna Award, 2nd Vienna Award
- **date event3**: 30 August 1940
- **event4**: Government of National Unity (Hungary), Hungarist takeover
- **date event4**: 16 October 1944
- **stat year1**: 1920
- **stat area1**: 92833
- **stat pop1**: 7,980,143
- **stat year2**: 1930
- **stat area2**: 93073
- **stat pop2**: 8,688,319
- **stat year3**: 1941
- **stat area3**: 172149
- **stat pop3**: 14,669,100
- **currency**: Hungarian korona
<hr>Hungarian pengő

- **drives on**: right
- **time zone**: Central European Time, CET
- **utc offset**: +1
- **utc offset dst**: +2
- **time zone dst**: Central European Summer Time, CEST