List of prime ministers of Hungary

The office of prime minister was formally established during the Hungarian Revolution of 1848, under the April Laws sanctioned by King Ferdinand V. The first prime minister was Lajos Batthyány, who took office on 17 March 1848, marking the beginning of constitutional and parliamentary government in Hungary. Following the outbreak of the revolution, growing tensions between the Hungarian Diet and the Austrian imperial court led to Batthyány's resignation in September 1848. On 3 October 1848, Emperor Ferdinand appointed Count Ádám Récsey as prime minister, though this appointment was made without the approval of the Diet and was therefore unconstitutional under the April Laws. Récsey attempted to dissolve the Hungarian Diet and reassert royal authority, but his actions were rejected by Hungarian leaders and the revolutionary government led by Lajos Kossuth. His term lasted only a few days. After Emperor Ferdinand abdicated on 7 October 1848 in favor of his nephew Franz Joseph I, Récsey was forced to resign and was briefly arrested. The office of prime minister was restored following the Austro-Hungarian Compromise of 1867, which created the Lands of the Crown of Saint Stephen within the Dual Monarchy. Since then, the prime minister has remained the head of government, responsible for directing the executive branch and leading the cabinet. After the collapse of Austria-Hungary in 1918, Hungary experienced several regime changes, including the First Hungarian Republic, the Hungarian Soviet Republic, and the second Kingdom of Hungary without a reigning monarch. The prime minister's role continued throughout these periods, though its powers varied depending on the form of government. Following World War II, Hungary became a People's Republic under Soviet influence, during which the office of prime minister continued in name but held limited power under the Communist Party. After the fall of communism in 1989, Hungary re-established itself as a democratic parliamentary republic, and the prime minister once again became the head of a freely elected government accountable to the National Assembly. The current prime minister is Péter Magyar, who has served since 9 May 2026. ==Kingdom of Hungary (1848–1849) and the Hungarian State (1849) ==

Parties After the collapse of the Hungarian Revolution of 1848, the restored Hungarian Kingdom became an integral part of the Austrian Empire until 1867, when dual Austro-Hungarian Monarchy was created and the Hungarian Kingdom was organized as Lands of the Crown of Saint Stephen. ==Kingdom of Hungary (1867–1918)==

Parties /48AP ==Hungarian People's Republic (1918–1919)==

Parties ==Hungarian Soviet Republic (1919)==

Parties ===Counter-revolutionary governments (1919)=== Parties ==Hungarian People's Republic (1919)==

Parties ==Hungarian Republic (1919–1920)==

Parties ==Kingdom of Hungary (1920–1946)==

Parties ===Government of National Unity (1944–1945)=== Parties Soviet-backed provisional governments (1944–1946) Parties ==Hungarian Republic (1946–1949)==

Parties ==Hungarian People's Republic (1949–1989)==

Parties ==Hungarian Republic / Hungary (from 1989)==

This is a graphical lifespan timeline of the prime ministers of Hungary. They are listed in order of first assuming office. The following chart lists prime ministers by lifespan (living prime ministers on the green line), with the years outside of their tenure in beige. Prime ministers with an unknown birth date or death date are shown with only their tenure or their earlier or later life. The following chart shows prime ministers by their age (living prime ministers in green), with the years of their tenure in blue. Prime ministers with an unknown birth or death date are excluded. The vertical black line at 18 years indicates the minimum age to be prime minister through election in the National Assembly. ==See also==