Minister of Justice (Hungary)

This page is a list of Ministers of Justice of Hungary.


Ministers of Justice, 1848-2006

Ferenc Deák
Sebő Vukovics
Boldizsár Horvát
Tivadar Pauler
Teofil Fabiny
Dezső Szilágyi
Sándor Plósz

Hungarian Revolution of 1848

Minister Began Ended
Ferenc Deák 17 March 1848 2 October 1848
Országos Honvédelmi Bizottmány (OHB) 2 October 1848 2 May 1849
Sebő Vukovics 2 May 1849 11 August 1849

Austria-Hungary

Minister Began Ended
Boldizsár Horvát 20 February 1867 5 June 1871
István Bittó 5 June 1871 4 September 1872
Tivadar Pauler 4 September 1872 2 March 1875
Béla Perczel 2 March 1875 30 June 1878
Tivadar Pauler 30 June 1878 30 April 1886
Teofil Fabiny 15 May 1886 9 April 1889
Dezső Szilágyi 9 April 1889 15 January 1895
Sándor Erdély 15 January 1895 26 February 1899
Sándor Plósz 26 February 1899 18 June 1905
Bertalan Lányi 18 June 1905 2 April 1906
Gusztáv Gegus 2 April 1906 8 April 1906
Géza Polónyi 8 April 1906 2 February 1907
Antal Günther 2 February 1907 23 September 1909
Sándor Wekerle 23 September 1909 17 January 1910
Ferenc Székely 17 January 1910 4 January 1913
Jenő Balogh 4 January 1913 15 June 1917
Vilmos Vázsonyi 15 June 1917 18 August 1917
Károly Grecsák 18 August 1917 25 January 1918
Vilmos Vázsonyi 25 January 1918 8 May 1918
Gusztáv Tőry 8 May 1918 31 October 1918

Hungarian Democratic Republic (1918-1919)

Minister Began Ended
Barna Buza 31 October 1918 4 November 1918
Dénes Berinkey 4 November 1918 24 January 1919
Sándor Juhász Nagy 24 January 1919 21 March 1919

Hungarian Soviet Republic

Minister Began Ended
István Ládai 21 March 1919 24 June 1919
Zoltán Rónai 24 June 1919 1 August 1919
Ernő Garami 1 August 1919 7 August 1919

Counter-revolutionary Government

Minister Began Ended
Lajos Pálmai 5 May 1919 31 May 1919

Regency

Minister Began Ended
Béla Szászy 7 August 1919 15 August 1919
György Baloghy 15 August 1919 17 September 1919
Béla Zoltán 22 September 1919 24 November 1919
István Bárczy 24 November 1919 15 March 1920
Gyula Ferdinandy 15 March 1920 19 July 1920
Vilmos Pál Tomcsányi 19 July 1920 16 June 1922
Géza Daruváry 16 June 1922 11 June 1923
Emil Nagy 11 June 1923 21 February 1924
István Bethlen 21 February 1924 13 March 1924
Pál Pesthy 13 March 1924 8 January 1929
István Bethlen 8 January 1929 4 February 1929
Tibor Zsitvay 4 February 1929 1 October 1932
Andor Lázár 1 October 1932 9 March 1938
Ödön Mikecz 9 March 1938 15 November 1938
András Tasnádi Nagy 15 November 1938 9 November 1939
László Radocsay 9 November 1939 22 March 1944
István Antal 22 March 1944 29 August 1944
Gábor Vladár 29 August 1944 16 October 1944
László Budinszky 16 October 1944 27 March 1945
Ágoston Valentiny 22 December 1944 21 July 1945
István Ries 21 July 1945 4 February 1946

Second Hungarian Republic

Minister Began Ended
István Ries 4 February 1946 18 August 1949

People's Republic of Hungary

Minister Began Ended
István Ries 18 August 1949 17 July 1950
Erik Molnár 17 July 1950 14 November 1952
Gyula Décsi 14 November 1952 2 February 1953
Béla Kovács 2 February 1953 4 July 1953
Ferenc Erdei 4 July 1953 30 October 1954
Erik Molnár 30 October 1954 31 October 1956
Ferenc Nezvál 9 May 1957 7 December 1966
Mihály Korom 7 December 1966 22 April 1978
Imre Markója 22 April 1978 29 June 1988
Kálmán Kulcsár 29 June 1988 23 May 1990

Third Hungarian Republic

Minister Began Ended
István Balsai 23 May 1990 15 July 1994
Pál Vastagh 15 July 1994 8 July 1998
Ibolya Dávid 8 July 1998 27 May 2002
Péter Bárándy 27 May 2002 4 October 2004
József Petrétei 4 October 2004 9 June 2006

Ministers of Justice and Law Enforcement, 2006-2010

Third Hungarian Republic

Minister Began Ended
József Petrétei 9 June 2006 31 May 2007
Albert Takács 31 May 2007 17 February 2008
Tibor Draskovics 17 February 2008 14 December 2009
Imre Forgács 14 December 2009 29 May 2010

Ministers of Administration and Justice, 2010-present

Third Hungarian Republic

Minister Began Ended
Tibor Navracsics 29 May 2010 Incumbent

See also