List of prime ministers of Hungary by tenure

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19 years, 59 days Viktor Orban current and longest-serving prime minister Viktor Orban Tallinn Digital Summit.jpg
19 years, 59 days
Viktor Orbán
current and longest-serving prime minister
17 hours Janos Hadik in 1918 Hadik Janos.jpg
17 hours
János Hadik
in 1918

This list of prime ministers of Hungary lists each prime minister in order of term length. This is based on the difference between dates; if counted by number of calendar days all the figures would be one greater.

Contents

Viktor Orbán is the longest serving prime minister with his more than 19 years. János Hadik served as prime minister for less than one day in 1918.

Those prime ministers who served only in non official status are placed at the bottom row with an en-dash (–).

Rank by time in office

Rank by
length
of terms		Prime MinisterLength by
time served		AdministrationsParty
1 Viktor Orbán 19 years, 59 days2 Fidesz
2 Kálmán Tisza 14 years, 144 days1 SZP
3 György Lázár 12 years, 41 days1 MSZMP
4 István Bethlen 10 years, 132 days1 KNEP/EP (Unity Party)
5 Jenő Fock 8 years, 31 days1 MSZMP
6 Sándor Wekerle 7 years, 48 days3 SZP/OAP/48AP
7 István Tisza 5 years, 232 days2 SZP/NMP
8 János Kádár 5 years, 10 days2 MSZMP
9 Gyula Andrássy 4 years, 270 days1 DP
10 Ferenc Gyurcsány 4 years, 202 days1 MSZP
11 Kálmán Széll 4 years, 121 days1 SZP
12 Dezső Bánffy 4 years, 43 days1 SZP
13 Gyula Gömbös 4 years, 5 days1 NEP
14 Gyula Horn 3 years, 356 days1 MSZP
15 István Dobi 3 years, 348 days1 FKGP/MDP
16 Ferenc Münnich 3 years, 228 days1 MSZMP
17 József Antall 3 years, 203 days1 MDF
18 Pál Teleki 2 years, 316 days2 KNEP/MÉP
19 Gyula Szapáry 2 years, 249 days1 SZP
20 Károly Khuen-Héderváry 2 years, 225 days2 SZP/NMP
21 Péter Medgyessy 2 years, 125 days1 Independent
22 Miklós Kállay 2 years, 13 days1 MÉP
23 Imre Nagy 1 year, 299 days2 MDP/MSZMP
24 Gyula Kállai 1 year, 288 days1 MSZMP
25 Kálmán Darányi 1 year, 220 days [a] 1 NEP
26 Lajos Dinnyés 1 year, 193 days1 FKGP
27 András Hegedüs 1 year, 189 days1 MDP
28 Miklós Németh 1 year, 180 days [a] 1 MSZMP/MSZP
29 Károly Grósz 1 year, 152 days1 MSZMP
30 Ferenc Nagy 1 year, 116 days1 FKGP
31 József Szlávy 1 year, 107 days1 DP
32 László Lukács 1 year, 49 days1 NMP
33 Gordon Bajnai 1 year, 45 days1 Independent
34 Gyula Károlyi 1 year, 38 days [a] 2 EP (Unity Party)/Independent
35 Menyhért Lónyay 1 year, 20 days1 DP
36 István Bittó 346 days1 DP
37 László Bárdossy 338 days1 MÉP
38 Béla Miklós 328 days [a] 1 Independent
39 Mátyás Rákosi 327 days [a] 3 MDP
40 Géza Fejérváry 294 days1 Independent
41 Béla Imrédy 278 days1 NEP
42 Béla Wenckheim 232 days1 SZP
43 Péter Boross 215 days [a] 1 MDF
44 Lajos Kossuth 211 days1 EP (Opposition Party)
45 Lajos Batthyány 199 days1 EP (Opposition Party)
46 Ferenc Szálasi 163 days1 NYKP
47 Döme Sztójay 160 days1 Independent
48 Sándor Garbai 133 days1 KMP
49 Sándor Simonyi-Semadam 126 days1 KNEP
50 Károly Huszár 112 days1 KNEP
51 István Friedrich 109 days [a] 1 KNP/KNEP/Independent
52 Bertalan Szemere 101 days1 EP (Opposition Party)
53 Zoltán Tildy 78 days1 FKGP
54 Mihály Károlyi 72 days1 F48P
55 Dénes Berinkey 69 days [a] 1PRP (Civil Radical Party)
56 Móric Esterházy 66 days1 Independent
57 Géza Lakatos 48 days1 Independent
58 Gyula Peidl 5 days1 MSZDP
59 János Hadik 17 hours1 OAP
— Dezső Pattantyús-Ábrahám 31 days1 Independent
— Ádám Récsey 4 days1 Military
— Ferenc Keresztes-Fischer 2 days2 MÉP

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Also inculding the days serving as acting/counter/provisional prime minister

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