List of heads of state of Hungary

This is a list of heads of state of Hungary, since the establishment of the Hungarian State in 1849 until the present day in 2022 .

 Hungarian State (1849) 
PortraitNameTerm of officePolitical partyPosition(s)105x105pxLajos Kossuth14 April 184911 August 1849Opposition PartyGovernor-PresidentAlso Prime Minister85x85pxArtúr Görgey11 August 184913 August 1849Revolutionary ArmyDictatorActing civil and military authority

 Hungarian People's Republic (1918–1919) 
PortraitNameTerm of officePolitical partyPosition(s)128x128pxMihály Károlyi16 November 191811 January 1919F48P–KárolyiProvisional President of the RepublicAlso Prime Minister11 January 191921 March 1919President of the Republic

 Hungarian Soviet Republic (1919) 
PortraitNameTerm of officePolitical partyPosition(s)122x122pxSándor Garbai21 March 19191 August 1919MSZP/SZKMMPChairman of the Central Executive Council

 Hungarian People's Republic (1919) 
PortraitNameTerm of officePolitical partyPosition(s)86x86pxGyula Peidl1 August 19196 August 1919MSZDPPrime MinisterActing Head of State

 Hungarian Republic (1919–1920) 
PortraitNameTerm of officePolitical partyPosition(s)106x106pxArchduke Joseph August7 August 191923 August 1919Independent(Regent)Regent of Hungary96x96pxIstván Friedrich23 August 191924 November 1919KNP → KNEPActing Head of StateAlso Prime Minister118x118pxKároly Huszár24 November 19191 March 1920KNEP

 Kingdom of Hungary (1920–1946) 
PortraitNameTerm of officePolitical partyPosition(s)Took officeLeft officeTime in office

 Government of National Unity (1944–1945) 
PortraitNameTerm of officePolitical partyPosition(s)Took officeLeft officeTime in office

 Provisional governments (1944–1946) 
PortraitNameTerm of officePolitical partyPosition(s)95x95pxBéla Miklós21 December 194425 January 1945IndependentHead of StateAlso Prime Minister80x80pxHigh National Council26 January 19451 February 1946Multi-partyCollective Head of State

 Hungarian Republic (1946–1949) 
PortraitNameTerm of officePolitical partyPosition(s)96x96pxZoltán Tildy1 February 19463 August 1948FKGPPresident of the Republic96x96pxÁrpád Szakasits3 August 194823 August 1949MDP

 Hungarian People's Republic (1949–1989) 

 Chairman of the Presidential Council 
PortraitNameTerm of officePolitical partyPosition(s)96x96pxÁrpád Szakasits23 August 194926 April 1950MDPChairman of the Presidential Council97x97pxSándor Rónai26 April 195014 August 1952104x104pxIstván Dobi14 August 195225 October 195625 October 195614 April 1967MSZMP102x102pxPál Losonczi14 April 196725 June 198785x85pxKároly Németh25 June 198729 June 1988114x114pxBrunó Ferenc Straub29 June 198823 October 1989Independent

 Leader of the Hungarian Working People's Party / Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party 
PortraitNameTerm of officePolitical partyPosition(s)Notes105x105pxMátyás Rákosi12 June 194828 June 1953MDPGeneral SecretaryAlso Prime Minister (1952–1953)28 June 195318 July 1956First Secretary106x106pxErnő Gerő18 July 195625 October 1956106x106pxJános Kádár25 October 195630/31 October 1956Also Prime Minister (1956–1958 and 1961–1965)1 November 195628 March 1985MSZMP28 March 198527 May 1988General Secretary80x80pxKároly Grósz27 May 19887 October 1989Also Prime Minister (1987–1988)93x93pxRezső Nyers26 June 19897 October 1989Party President

 Hungarian Republic / Hungary (from 1989) 
PortraitNameTerm of officePolitical partyPosition(s)Term130x130pxMátyás Szűrös23 October 19892 May 1990MSZPProvisional President of the Republic—88x88pxÁrpád Göncz2 May 19903 August 1990SZDSZActing President of the Republic—4 August 19904 August 1995President of the Republic1 4 August 19954 August 20002 116x116pxFerenc Mádl4 August 20005 August 2005Independent3 120x120pxLászló Sólyom5 August 20056 August 20104 100x100pxPál Schmitt6 August 20102 April 2012(resigned)Fidesz5 109x109pxLászló Kövér2 April 201210 May 2012Acting President of the Republic—122x122pxJános Áder10 May 20128 May 2017President of the Republic6 8 May 201710 May 20227 109x109pxKatalin Novák10 May 202226 February 2024President of the Republic8 109x109pxLászló Kövér26 February 2024IncumbentActing President of the Republic—80pxTamás Sulyok5 March 2024ElectIndependentPresident of the Republic9 

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