The Ministry of Defence of Hungary (Hungarian: Magyarország honvédelmi minisztere) is a member of the Hungarian cabinet and the head of the Ministry of Defence. The defence minister appointed the Chief of Army Staff to the head of the Hungarian military (Magyar Honvédség). The current minister is Csaba Hende.
This position was called Minister of War during two short period of the Hungarian history: at the time of the Hungarian Revolution of 1848 and during a very short chaotic term (less than two years), when three political transformations took place.
This page is a list of Ministers of Defence of Hungary.
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Minister | Began | Ended |
Lajos Batthyány | 7 April 1848 | 23 May 1848 |
Lázár Mészáros | 23 May 1848 | 6 May 1849 |
Artúr Görgey | 6 May 1849 | 5 July 1849 |
Lajos Aulich | 14 July 1849 | 11 August 1849 |
From 1867 to 1918 there was a Honvédministerium responsible for the military of the Hungarian half of Austria-Hungary and a Ministry of Defence for the military of the Austrian half, along with a Ministry of War with responsibility for Austria-Hungary as a whole.
Minister | Began | Ended |
Gyula Andrássy | 17 February 1867 | 14 November 1871 |
Menyhért Lónyay | 14 November 1871 | 4 December 1872 |
József Szlávy | 4 December 1872 | 15 December 1872 |
Béla Szende | 15 December 1872 | 18 August 1882 |
Gedeon Ráday | 19 August 1882 | 26 December 1883 |
Béla Orczy | 2 January 1884 | 28 October 1884 |
Géza Fejérváry | 28 October 1884 | 27 June 1903 |
Dezső Kolossváry | 27 June 1903 | 3 November 1903 |
Sándor Nyiri | 3 November 1903 | 18 June 1905 |
Ferenc Bihar | 18 June 1905 | 8 April 1906 |
Sándor Wekerle | 8 April 1906 | 14 April 1906 |
Lajos Jekelfalussy | 14 April 1906 | 16 January 1910 |
Samu Hazai | 17 January 1910 | 19 February 1917 |
Sándor Szurmay | 19 February 1917 | 31 October 1918 |
Minister | Began | Ended |
Béla Linder | 31 October 1918 | 9 November 1918 |
Albert Bartha | 9 November 1918 | 12 December 1918 |
Sándor Festetics | 29 December 1918 | 18 January 1919 |
Vilmos Böhm | 18 January 1919 | 21 March 1919 |
Minister | Began | Ended |
József Haubrich | 21 March 1919 | 24 June 1919 |
Vilmos Böhm | 24 June 1919 | 31 July 1919 |
József Haubrich | 1 August 1919 | 6 August 1919 |
Minister | Began | Ended |
Zoltán Szabó | 5 May 1919 | 31 May 1919 |
Miklós Horthy | 31 May 1919 | 12 July 1919 |
Ferenc Schnetzer | 15 August 1919 | 24 September 1919 |
István Friedrich | 24 November 1919 | 15 March 1920 |
Minister | Began | Ended |
Károly Soós | 15 March 1920 | 19 July 1920 |
István Sréter | 19 July 1920 | 16 December 1920 |
Sándor Belitska | 16 December 1920 | 28 June 1923 |
Károly Csáky | 28 June 1923 | 10 October 1929 |
Gyula Gömbös | 10 November 1929 | 2 September 1936 |
Miklós Kozma | 14 May 1936 | 7 August 1936 |
József Somkuthy | 2 September 1936 | 6 October 1936 |
Vilmos Rőder | 12 October 1936 | 14 May 1938 |
Jenő Rátz | 14 May 1938 | 15 November 1938 |
Károly Bartha | 15 November 1938 | 24 September 1942 |
Vilmos Nagy | 24 September 1942 | 12 June 1943 |
Lajos Csatay | 12 June 1943 | 16 October 1944 |
Károly Beregfy | 16 October 1944 | 27 March 1945 |
János Vörös | 22 December 1944 | 15 November 1945 |
Jenő Tombor | 15 November 1945 | 4 February 1946 |
Minister | Began | Ended |
Jenő Tombor | 4 February 1946 | 25 July 1946 |
Ferenc Nagy | 9 August 1946 | 21 August 1946 |
Albert Bartha | 21 August 1946 | 14 March 1947 |
Lajos Dinnyés | 14 March 1947 | 24 September 1947 |
Péter Veres | 24 September 1947 | 9 September 1948 |
Minister | Began | Ended |
Mihály Farkas | 9 September 1948 | 2 July 1953 |
István Bata | 4 July 1953 | 26 October 1956 |
Károly Janza | 26 October 1956 | 2 November 1956 |
Pál Maléter | 2 November 1956 | 4 November 1956 |
Ferenc Münnich | 12 November 1956 | 1 March 1957 |
Géza Révész | 1 March 1957 | 17 May 1960 |
Lajos Czinege | 17 May 1960 | 6 December 1984 |
István Oláh | 6 December 1984 | 15 December 1985 |
Ferenc Kárpáti | 30 December 1985 | 23 May 1990 |
Minister | Began | Ended |
Lajos Für | 23 May 1990 | 15 July 1994 |
György Keleti | 15 July 1994 | 8 July 1998 |
János Szabó | 8 July 1998 | 27 May 2002 |
Ferenc Juhász | 27 May 2002 | 9 June 2006 |
Imre Szekeres | 9 June 2006 | 29 May 2010 |
Csaba Hende | 29 May 2010 | Incumbent |