List of Interior Ministers of Hungary

This page is a list of Hungarian interior ministers.


Ministers of the Interior, 1848-2006

Hungarian Revolution of 1848

Bertalan Szemere
Gábor Baross
Károly Hieronymi
Andor Jaross
Gordon Bajnai
Minister Began Ended
Bertalan Szemere 17 March 1848 2 October 1848
Országos Honvédelmi Bizottmány (OHB) 2 October 1848 2 May 1849
Bertalan Szemere 2 May 1849 11 August 1849

Austria-Hungary

Minister Began Ended
Béla Wenckheim 20 February 1867 21 October 1869
Pál Rajner 21 October 1869 10 February 1871
Vilmos Tóth 10 February 1871 5 March 1873
Gyula Szapáry 5 March 1873 2 March 1875
Kálmán Tisza 2 March 1875 11 February 1887
Béla Orczy 11 February 1887 22 March 1889
Gábor Baross 22 March 1889 16 June 1889
Géza Teleki 16 June 1889 15 March 1890
Gyula Szapáry 15 March 1890 17 November 1892
Károly Hieronymi 17 November 1892 15 January 1895
Dezső Perczel 15 January 1895 26 February 1899
Kálmán Széll 26 February 1899 27 June 1903
Károly Khuen-Héderváry 27 June 1903 3 November 1903
István Tisza 3 November 1903 18 June 1905
József Kristóffy 18 June 1905 8 April 1906
Gyula Andrássy the Younger 8 April 1906 17 January 1910
Károly Khuen-Héderváry 17 January 1910 22 April 1912
László Lukács 22 April 1912 10 June 1913
János Sándor 10 June 1913 15 June 1917
Gábor Ugron 15 June 1917 25 January 1918
János Tóth 25 January 1918 8 May 1918
Sándor Wekerle 8 May 1918 31 October 1918

Hungarian Democratic Republic (1918-1919)

Minister Began Ended
Tivadar Batthyány 31 October 1918 12 December 1918
Vince Nagy 12 December 1918 21 March 1919

Hungarian Soviet Republic

Minister Began Ended
Jenő Landler and Béla Vágó 21 March 1919 1 August 1919
Károly Peyer 1 August 1919 7 August 1919

Regency

Minister Began Ended
Adolf Samassa 7 August 1919 15 August 1919
Zsigmond Perényi 15 August 1919 11 September 1919
Ödön Beniczky 11 September 1919 15 March 1920
Sándor Simonyi-Semadam 15 March 1920 19 April 1920
Mihály Dömötör 19 April 1920 19 July 1920
Gyula Ferdinandy 19 July 1920 19 February 1921
Vilmos Pál Tomcsányi 19 February 1921 14 April 1921
Gedeon Ráday 14 April 1921 3 December 1921
Kunó Klebelsberg 3 December 1921 6 June 1922
Iván Rakovszky 6 June 1922 15 October 1926
Béla Scitovszky 15 October 1926 24 August 1931
Ferenc Keresztes-Fischer 24 August 1931 4 March 1935
Miklós Kozma 4 March 1935 3 February 1937
Kálmán Darányi 3 February 1937 10 April 1937
József Széll 10 April 1937 13 May 1938
Ferenc Keresztes-Fischer 13 May 1938 22 March 1944
Andor Jaross 22 March 1944 17 August 1944
Miklós Bonczos 17 August 1944 12 October 1944
Péter Schell 12 October 1944 16 October 1944
Gábor Vajna 16 October 1944 27 March 1945
Ferenc Erdei 21 December 1944 15 November 1945
Imre Nagy 15 November 1945 4 February 1946

Second Hungarian Republic

Minister Began Ended
Imre Nagy 4 February 1946 20 March 1946
László Rajk 20 March 1946 5 August 1948
János Kádár 5 August 1948 10 December 1948

People's Republic of Hungary

Minister Began Ended
János Kádár 10 December 1948 23 June 1950
Sándor Zöld 23 June 1950 20 April 1951
Árpád Házi 20 April 1951 14 November 1952
József Györe 14 November 1952 4 July 1953
Ernő Gerő 4 July 1953 6 June 1954
László Piros 6 June 1954 27 October 1956
Ferenc Münnich 27 October 1956 3 November 1956
Béla Biszku 1 March 1957 13 September 1961
János Pap 13 September 1961 7 December 1963
András Benkei 7 December 1963 24 April 1980
István Horváth 24 April 1980 29 March 1985
János Kamara 29 March 1985 16 December 1987
István Horváth 16 December 1987 23 January 1990
Zoltán Gál 23 January 1990 23 May 1990

Third Hungarian Republic

Minister Began Ended
Balázs Horváth 23 May 1990 21 December 1990
Péter Boross 21 December 1990 21 December 1993
Imre Kónya 21 December 1993 15 July 1994
Gábor Kuncze 15 July 1994 6 July 1998
Sándor Pintér 6 July 1998 27 May 2002
Mónika Lamperth 27 May 2002 9 June 2006

Ministers of Local Government, 2006-2010

Third Hungarian Republic

Minister Began Ended
Mónika Lamperth 9 June 2006 30 June 2007
Gordon Bajnai 30 June 2007 30 April 2008
István Gyenesei 30 April 2008 14 April 2009
Zoltán Varga 14 April 2009 29 May 2010

Ministers of the Interior, 2010-present

Third Hungarian Republic

Minister Began Ended
Sándor Pintér 29 May 2010 Incumbent

See also