Edited by
László RITTER

Budapest, 2003

© COLD WAR HISTORY RESEARCH CENTER, BUDAPEST

Source: Bölöny József: Magyarország kormányai 1848 - 1992. [Governments of Hungary, 1848-1992] Budapest, Akadémiai Kiadó, 1992.

Count Pál TELEKI February 16 1939 – April 3 1941

[Ferenc KERESZTES- FISHER as minister of interior, provisonally April 3 1941]

László BÁRDOSSY April 3 1941 – March 7 1942

[Ferenc KERESZTES- FISHER as minister of interior, provisionally March 7 1942 – March 9 1942]

Miklós KÁLLAY March 9 1942 – March 22 1944

Döme SZTÓJAY March 22 1944 – August 29 1944

Géza LAKATOS August 29 1944 – October 16 1944

Ferenc SZÁLASI October 16 1944 – March 28 1945

Béla MIKLÓS [Head of the Provisional National Government] December 22 1944 – November 15 1945

Zoltán TILDY November 15 1945 – February 1 1946

[Mátyás RÁKOSI as state minister, provisionally February 1 1946 - February 4 1946]

Ferenc NAGY February 4 1946 – May 31 1947

[Mátyás RÁKOSI as state minister, provisionally May 31 1947]

Lajos DINNYÉS May 31 1947- September 4 1947

[Lajos DINNYÉS as former prime minister, provisionally September 4 1947 – September 24 1947]

Lajos DINNYÉS September 24 1947 – December 10 1948

István DOBI December 10 1948 – May 20 1949

[István DOBI  as former prime minister, provisionally May 20 1949 – June 10 1949]

István DOBI  June 10 1949 – October 5 1949

István DOBI  [Chairman of the Council of Ministers] September 5 1949 – August 14 1952

Mátyás RÁKOSI [Chairman of the Council of Ministers] August 14 1952 – July 4 1953

Imre NAGY [Chairman of the Council of Ministers] July 4 1953 – April 18 1955

András HEGEDÜS [Chairman of the Council of Ministers] April 18 1955 – October 24 1956

Imre NAGY [Chairman of the Council of Ministers] October 24 1956 – November 4 1956

János KÁDÁR [prime minister of the Hungarian Workers’ and Peasants’ Government [ i. e. Council of Ministers] November 4 1956 – January 28 1958

Ferenc MÜNNICH [Chairman of the Council of Ministers] January 28 1958 –September 13 1961

János KÁDÁR [Chairman of the Council of Ministers] September 13 1961 – June 30 1965

Gyula KÁLLAI [Chairman of the Council of Ministers] June 30 1965 – April 14 1967

Jenő FOCK [Chairman of the Council of Ministers] April 14 1967 – May 15 1975

György LÁZÁR [Chairman of the Council of Ministers] May 15 1975 – June 15 1987

Károly GRÓSZ [Chairman of the Council of Ministers] June 25 1987 – November 24 1988

Miklós NÉMETH [Chairman of the Council of Ministers] November 24 1988 – May 23 1990