List of Interior Ministers of Hungary

The Minister of Interior of Hungary (Hungarian: Magyarország belügyminisztere) is a member of the Hungarian cabinet and the head of the Ministry of Interior. The current interior minister is Sándor Pintér.

The position was called People's Commissar of Interior (Hungarian: belügyi népbiztos) during the Hungarian Soviet Republic in 1919 and Minister of Local Government (Hungarian: önkormányzati miniszter) between 2006 and 2010, when the ministry was divided into the Ministry of Local Government and the Ministry of Justice and Law.

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

Ministers of Interior (1848–1919)

Hungarian Kingdom (1848–1849)

Parties   Opposition Party

# Picture Name From Until Political Party Cabinet Assembly
(Election)
1 Bertalan Szemere
(1812–1869)		 17 March 1848 2 October 1848 Opposition Party Batthyány Last Diet
1 (1848)
2

Committee of National Defence 2 October 1848 14 April 1849 — Committee of National Defence

Hungarian State (1849)

Parties   Opposition Party

# Picture Name From Until Political Party Cabinet Assembly
(Election)
1 Committee of National Defence 14 April 1849 2 May 1849 — Committee of National Defence 1 (1848)
2 Bertalan Szemere
(1812–1869)		 2 May 1849 11 August 1849 Opposition Party Szemere

After the collapse of the Hungarian Revolution of 1848, the Hungarian Kingdom became an integral part of the Austrian Empire until 1867, when dual Austro-Hungarian Monarchy was created.

Hungarian Kingdom (1867–1918)

Parties   Deák Party/Liberal Party/National Party of Work   National Constitution Party   F48P/F48P–Károlyi   Independent

# Picture Name From Until Political Party Cabinet Assembly
(Election)
1 Béla Wenckheim
(1811–1879)		 20 February 1867 21 October 1869 Deák Party Andrássy
DP		 3 (1865)
4 (1869)
2 Pál Rajner
(1823–1879)		 21 October 1869 10 February 1871 Deák Party
3 Vilmos Tóth
(1832–1898)		 10 February 1871 14 November 1871 Deák Party
14 November 1871 4 December 1872 Lónyay
DP
5 (1872)
4 December 1872 5 March 1873 Szlávy
DP
4 Gyula Szapáry
(1832–1905)
1st term		 5 March 1873 21 March 1874 Deák Party
21 March 1874 2 March 1875 Bittó
DP–BK
5 Kálmán Tisza
(1830–1902)		 2 March 1875 20 October 1875 Liberal Party Wenckheim
SZP
20 October 1875 11 February 1887 K. Tisza
SZP		 6 (1875)
7 (1878)
8 (1881)
9 (1884)
— Béla Orczy
(1822–1917)
acting		 11 February 1887 22 March 1889 Liberal Party
10 (1887)
— Gábor Baross
(1848–1892)
acting		 22 March 1889 16 June 1889 Liberal Party
6 Géza Teleki
(1843–1913)		 16 June 1889 15 March 1890 Liberal Party
(4) Gyula Szapáry
(1832–1905)
2nd term		 15 March 1890 17 November 1892 Liberal Party Szapáry
SZP
11 (1892)
7 Károly Hieronymi
(1836–1911)		 17 November 1892 15 January 1895 Liberal Party Wekerle I
SZP
8 Dezső Perczel
(1848–1913)		 15 January 1895 26 February 1899 Liberal Party Bánffy
SZP
12 (1896)
— Kálmán Széll
(1843–1915)
acting		 26 February 1899 27 June 1903 Liberal Party Széll
SZP
13 (1901)
9 Károly Khuen-Héderváry
(1849–1918)
1st term		 27 June 1903 3 November 1903 Liberal Party Khuen-Héderváry I
SZP
10 István Tisza
(1861–1918)		 3 November 1903 18 June 1905 Liberal Party I. Tisza I
SZP
11 József Kristóffy
(1857–1928)		 18 June 1905 8 April 1906 Liberal Party Fejérváry
SZP		 14 (1905)
12 Gyula Andrássy, Jr.
(1860–1929)		 8 April 1906 17 January 1910 National Constitution Party Wekerle II
F48P–OAP–KNP–PDP
15 (1906)
(9) Károly Khuen-Héderváry
(1849–1918)
2nd term		 17 January 1910 22 April 1912 National Party of Work Khuen-Héderváry II
NMP
16 (1910)
13 László Lukács
(1850–1932)		 22 April 1912 10 June 1913 National Party of Work Lukács
NMP
14 János Sándor
(1860–1922)		 10 June 1913 15 June 1917 National Party of Work I. Tisza II
NMP
15 Gábor Ugron
(1880–1960)		 15 June 1917 23 August 1917 National Party of Work Esterházy
NMP–F48P–OAP–PDP–KNP
23 August 1917 25 January 1918 Wekerle III
NMP–F48P–OAP–PDP–KNP
16 János Tóth
(1864–1929)		 25 January 1918 8 May 1918 F48P
— Sándor Wekerle
(1848–1921)
acting		 8 May 1918 31 October 1918 National Party of Work
— Lajos Návay
(1870–1919)		 30 October 1918 31 October 1918 Independent Hadik
not formed
17 Tivadar Batthyány
(1859–1931)		 31 October 1918 16 November 1918 F48P–Károlyi M. Károlyi
F48P–Károlyi–PRP–MSZDP		 MNT (—)

Hungarian People's Republic (1918–1919)

Parties   F48P–Károlyi

# Picture Name From Until Political Party Cabinet Assembly
(Election)
1 Tivadar Batthyány
(1859–1931)		 16 November 1918 12 December 1918 F48P–Károlyi M. Károlyi
F48P–Károlyi–PRP–MSZDP		 MNT (—)
2 Vince Nagy
(1886–1965)		 12 December 1918 11 January 1919 F48P–Károlyi
11 January 1919 21 March 1919 Berinkey
F48P–Károlyi–PRP–MSZDP–OKGFP

People's Commissars of Interior (1919)

Hungarian Soviet Republic (1919)

Parties   MSZP/SZKMMP

# Picture Name From Until Political Party Cabinet Assembly
(Election)
1 Jenő Landler
(1875–1928)
serving with Béla Vágó		 21 March 1919 1 August 1919 MSZP/SZKMMP Central Executive Council
MSZP/SZKMMP		 TOGY (—)
1 Béla Vágó
(1881–1939)
serving with Jenő Landler		 21 March 1919 1 August 1919 MSZP/SZKMMP

Counter-revolutionary governments (1919)

Parties   Independent

# Picture Name From Until Political Party Cabinet Assembly
(Election)
— Ábel Bartha 5 May 1919 31 May 1919 Independent Arad —
— Béla Kelemen
(1863–1944)		 31 May 1919 6 June 1919 Independent Szeged I
6 June 1919 12 July 1919 Szeged II
— Aladár Balla
(1867–1935)		 12 July 1919 12 August 1919 Independent Szeged III

Ministers of Interior (1919–2006)

Hungarian People's Republic (1919)

Parties   MSZDP

# Picture Name From Until Political Party Cabinet Assembly
(Election)
1 Károly Peyer
(1881–1956)		 1 August 1919 6 August 1919
(deposed)		 MSZDP Peidl
MSZDP		 —

Hungarian Republic (1919–1920)

Parties   KNP/KNEP   Independent

# Picture Name From Until Political Party Cabinet Assembly
(Election)
1 Adolf Samassa
(1867–1929)		 7 August 1919 15 August 1919 Independent Friedrich
KNP/KNEP–OKGFP		 —
2 Zsigmond Perényi
(1870–1946)		 15 August 1919 27 August 1919 KNP
3 István Friedrich
(1883–1951)		 27 August 1919 11 September 1919 KNP
4 Ödön Beniczky
(1878–1931)		 11 September 1919 24 November 1919 KNP/KNEP
24 November 1919 29 February 1920 Huszár
KNEP–OKGFP–MSZDP–NDPP

Hungarian Kingdom (1920–1946)

Parties   KNEP   National Smallholders and Agricultural Labourers Party (OKGFP)   EP–NEP–MÉP   Party of Hungarian Renewal (MMP)   Independent

# Picture Name From Until Political Party Cabinet Assembly
(Election)
1 Ödön Beniczky
(1878–1931)		 29 February 1920 15 March 1920 KNEP Huszár
KNEP–OKGFP–MSZDP–NDPP		 —
2 Sándor Simonyi-Semadam
(1864–1946)
acting		 15 March 1920 19 April 1920 KNEP Simonyi-Semadam
KNEP–OKGFP		 17 (1920)
3 Mihály Dömötör
(1875–1962)		 19 April 1920 19 July 1920 KNEP
4 Gyula Ferdinandy
(1873–1960)		 19 July 1920 19 February 1921 OKGFP Teleki I
KNEP–OKGFP
5 Vilmos Pál Tomcsányi
(1880–1959)		 19 February 1921 14 April 1921 OKGFP
6 Gedeon Ráday
(1872–1937)		 14 April 1921 3 December 1921 KNEP Bethlen
(KNEP–OKGFP)→EP
7 Kunó Klebelsberg
(1875–1932)		 3 December 1921 2 February 1922 KNEP
(7) 2 February 1922 6 June 1922 EP
8 Iván Rakovszky
(1885–1960)		 6 June 1922 15 October 1926 EP 18 (1922)
9 Béla Scitovszky
(1878–1959)		 15 October 1926 24 August 1931 EP
19 (1926)
20 (1931)
10 Ferenc Keresztes-Fischer
(1881–1948)
1st term		 24 August 1931 1 October 1932 EP G. Károlyi
EP–KGSZP
1 October 1932 4 March 1935 NEP Gömbös
NEP
11 Miklós Kozma
(1884–1941)		 4 March 1935 12 October 1936 NEP
21 (1935)
12 October 1936 3 February 1937 Darányi
NEP
— Kálmán Darányi
(1886–1939)
acting		 3 February 1937 10 April 1937 NEP
12 József Széll
(1880–1956)		 10 April 1937 14 May 1938 NEP
(10) Ferenc Keresztes-Fischer
(1881–1948)
2nd term		 14 May 1938 16 February 1939 NEP Imrédy
NEP
16 February 1939 3 April 1941 MÉP Teleki II
MÉP
22 (1939)
3 April 1941 9 March 1942 Bárdossy
MÉP
9 March 1942 22 March 1944
(deposed)		 Kállay
MÉP
13 Andor Jaross
(1896–1946)		 22 March 1944 17 August 1944 MMP Sztójay
MÉP–MMP
14 Miklós Bonczos
(1897–1971)		 17 August 1944 29 August 1944 MÉP Sztójay
MÉP–MMP
29 August 1944 12 October 1944 Lakatos
MÉP
— Béla Horváth
(1886–1978)
acting for Miklós Bonczos
as Secretary of State		 6 September 1944 12 October 1944 MÉP
15 Péter Schell
(1898–1974)		 12 October 1944 16 October 1944
(deposed)		 MÉP

Government of National Unity (1944–1945)

Parties   Arrow Cross Party

# Picture Name From Until Political Party Cabinet Assembly
(Election)
1 Gábor Vajna
(1891–1946)		 16 October 1944 28 March 1945 NYKP Szálasi
NYKP–MMP		 —

Soviet-backed provisional governments (1944–1946)

Parties   NPP   MKP

# Picture Name From Until Political Party Cabinet Assembly
(Election)
1 Ferenc Erdei
(1910–1971)		 22 December 1944 15 November 1945 NPP Provisional National Government
FKGP–MKP–MSZDP–NPP–PDP		 INGY (1944)
2 Imre Nagy
(1896–1958)		 15 November 1945 1 February 1946 MKP Tildy
FKGP–MKP–MSZDP–NPP		 23 (1945)

Hungarian Republic (1946–1949)

Parties   MKP-MDP

# Picture Name From Until Political Party Cabinet Assembly
(Election)
1 Imre Nagy
(1896–1958)		 1 February 1946 20 March 1946 MKP F. Nagy
FKGP–MKP–MSZDP–NPP		 23 (1945)
2 László Rajk
(1909–1949)		 20 March 1946 31 May 1947 MKP
31 May 1947 14 June 1948 Dinnyés
(MKP–MSZDP)→MDP–FKGP–NPP
24 (1947)
14 June 1948 5 August 1948 MDP
3 János Kádár
(1912–1989)		 5 August 1948 10 December 1948 MDP
10 December 1948 20 August 1949 Dobi
MDP–FKGP–NPP
25 (1949)

Hungarian People's Republic (1949–1989)

Parties   MDP-MSZMP   MSZP

# Picture Name From Until Political Party Cabinet Assembly
(Election)
1 János Kádár
(1912–1989)		 20 August 1949 23 June 1950 MDP Dobi
MDP		 25 (1949)
2 Sándor Zöld
(1913–1951)		 23 June 1950 20 April 1951 MDP
3 Árpád Házi
(1908–1970)		 20 April 1951 14 August 1952 MDP
14 August 1952 14 November 1952 Rákosi
MDP
4 József Györe
(1902–1985)		 14 November 1952 4 July 1953 MDP
5 Ernő Gerő
(1898–1980)		 4 July 1953 6 June 1954 MDP I. Nagy I
MDP		 26 (1953)
6 László Piros
(1917–2006)		 6 June 1954 18 April 1955 MDP
18 April 1955 24 October 1956 Hegedüs
MDP
24 October 1956 27 October 1956 I. Nagy II
MDP/MSZMP–FKGP
7 Ferenc Münnich
(1886–1967)		 27 October 1956 3 November 1956 MDP
8 Béla Biszku
(1921–2016)		 1 March 1957 28 January 1958 MSZMP Kádár I
MSZMP
28 January 1958 13 September 1961 Münnich
MSZMP
27 (1958)
9 János Pap
(1925–1994)		 13 September 1961 7 December 1963 MSZMP Kádár II
MSZMP
28 (1963)
10 András Benkei
(1923–1991)		 7 December 1963 30 June 1965 MSZMP
30 June 1965 17 April 1967 Kállai
MSZMP
17 April 1967 15 May 1975 Fock
MSZMP		 29 (1967)
30 (1971)
15 May 1975 27 June 1980 Lázár
MSZMP
31 (1975)
32 (1980)
11 István Horváth
(1935–)		 27 June 1980 29 March 1985 MSZMP
12 János Kamara
(1927–2000)		 29 March 1985 25 June 1987 MSZMP
33 (1985)
25 June 1987 16 December 1987 Grósz
MSZMP
(11) István Horváth
(1935–)		 16 December 1987 24 November 1988 MSZMP
24 November 1988 7 October 1989 Németh
(MSZMP)→MSZP
(11) 7 October 1989 23 October 1989 MSZP

Hungarian Republic (1989–2006)

Parties   MSZP   MDF   SZDSZ   Independent

# Picture Name From Until Political Party Cabinet Assembly
(Election)
— István Horváth
(1935–)
provisional		 23 October 1989 23 January 1990 MSZP Németh
MSZP		 —
— Zoltán Gál
(1940–)
provisional		 23 January 1990 23 May 1990 MSZP
1 Balázs Horváth
(1942–2006)		 23 May 1990 21 December 1990 MDF Antall
MDF–FKGP–KDNP		 34 (1990)
2 Péter Boross
(1928–)		 21 December 1990 12 December 1993 MDF
13 December 1993 21 December 1993 Boross
MDF–EKGP–KDNP
3 Imre Kónya
(1947–)		 21 December 1993 15 July 1994 MDF
4 Gábor Kuncze
(1950–)		 15 July 1994 8 July 1998 SZDSZ Horn
MSZP–SZDSZ		 35 (1994)
5 Sándor Pintér
(1948–)
1st term		 8 July 1998 27 May 2002 Independent Orbán I
Fidesz–FKGP–MDF		 36 (1998)
6 Mónika Lamperth
(1957–)		 27 May 2002 4 October 2004 MSZP Medgyessy
MSZP–SZDSZ		 37 (2002)
4 October 2004 9 June 2006 Gyurcsány I
MSZP–SZDSZ

Ministers of Local Government (2006–2010)

Hungarian Republic (2006–2010)

Parties   MSZP   Association for Somogy   Independent

# Picture Name From Until Political Party Cabinet Assembly
(Election)
1 Mónika Lamperth
(1957–)		 9 June 2006 30 June 2007 MSZP Gyurcsány II
MSZP–SZDSZ		 38 (2006)
2 Gordon Bajnai
(1968–)		 30 June 2007 30 April 2008 Independent
3 István Gyenesei
(1948–)		 30 April 2008 14 April 2009 Association for Somogy
4 Zoltán Varga
(1952–)		 14 April 2009 29 May 2010 MSZP Bajnai
MSZP

Ministers of Interior (2010–present)

Hungarian Republic / Hungary (2010–Present)

Parties   Independent

# Picture Name From Until Political Party Cabinet Assembly
(Election)
1 Sándor Pintér
(1948–)
2nd term		 29 May 2010 6 June 2014 Independent Orbán II
Fidesz–KDNP		 39 (2010)
6 June 2014 18 May 2018 Orbán III
Fidesz–KDNP		 40 (2014)
18 May 2018 Incumbent Orbán IV
Fidesz–KDNP		 41 (2018)

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