Agency overview | |
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Formed | 23 August 1949 |
Dissolved | 23 October 1989 |
Superseding agency | |
Jurisdiction | Hungarian People's Republic |
Headquarters | Budapest |
The Presidential Council of the Hungarian People's Republic was the collective head of state of Hungary during the Communist era. It was created in 1949, following the enactment of a new constitution that year that officially created the People's Republic of Hungary. Originally vested with broad powers during the interim of parliamentary sessions, its jurisdiction was limited throughout the moderate liberalization witnessed during the Kadar era. Along with the state itself, it was abolished on 23 October 1989.
The Parliament of Hungary, upon the recommendation of the Presidential Council, elected and relieved the chairman and ministers of the Council of Ministers of the Hungarian People's Republic of their duties.
Parties' MDP–MSZMP Independent
No. | Picture | Name (Birth–Death) | Took office | Left office | Political Party |
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1 | ![]() | Árpád Szakasits (1888–1965) | 23 August 1949 | 26 April 1950 | MDP |
2 | ![]() | Sándor Rónai (1892–1965) | 26 April 1950 | 14 August 1952 | |
3 | ![]() | István Dobi (1898–1968) | 14 August 1952 | 25 October 1956 | |
(3) | 25 October 1956 | 14 April 1967 | MSZMP | ||
4 | ![]() | Pál Losonczi (1919–2005) | 14 April 1967 | 25 June 1987 | |
5 | ![]() | Károly Németh (1922–2008) | 25 June 1987 | 29 June 1988 | |
6 | ![]() | Brunó Ferenc Straub (1914–1996) | 29 June 1988 | 23 October 1989 | Independent |
Two vice presidents served simultaneously. They were deputy heads of state.
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