Minister of National Economy of Hungary
The Minister of National Economy of Hungary (Hungarian: Magyarország nemzetgazdasági minisztere) is a member of the Hungarian cabinet and the head of the Ministry of National Economy. The current minister of national economy is Mihály Varga.
The position was called Minister of Finance (Hungarian: pénzügyminiszter) from 1848 to 2010, with the exception of a short period in 1919, when it was known as People's Commissar of Finance (Hungarian: pénzügyi népbiztos) during the Hungarian Soviet Republic.
This page is a list of Ministers of Finance of Hungary.
Ministers of Finance (1848–1919)
Hungarian Kingdom (1848–1849)
Parties Opposition Party Independent
# | Picture | Name | From | Until | Political Party | Cabinet | Assembly (Election) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Lajos Kossuth (1802–1894) |
7 April 1848 | 12 September 1848 | Opposition Party | Batthyány | Last Diet | |
1 (1848) | |||||||
— | Lajos Batthyány (1807–1849) acting |
12 September 1848 | 28 September 1848 | Opposition Party | |||
2 | Ferenc Duschek (1797–1872) |
28 September 1848 | 2 October 1848 | Independent | |||
2 October 1848 | 14 April 1849 | Committee of National Defence | |||||
Hungarian State (1849)
Parties Independent
# | Picture | Name | From | Until | Political Party | Cabinet | Assembly (Election) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Ferenc Duschek (1797–1872) |
14 April 1849 | 2 May 1849 | Independent | Committee of National Defence | 1 (1848) | |
2 May 1849 | 11 August 1849 | 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 Left Centre National Constitution Party F48P/F48P–Károlyi Independent
# | Picture | Name | From | Until | Political Party | Cabinet | Assembly (Election) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Menyhért Lónyay (1822–1884) |
20 February 1867 | 21 May 1870 | Deák Party | Andrássy DP |
3 (1865) | |
4 (1869) | |||||||
2 | Károly Kerkapoly (1824–1891) |
21 May 1870 | 14 November 1871 | Deák Party | |||
14 November 1871 | 4 December 1872 | Lónyay DP | |||||
5 (1872) | |||||||
4 December 1872 | 19 December 1873 | Szlávy DP | |||||
— | József Szlávy (1818–1900) acting |
19 December 1873 | 21 March 1874 | Deák Party | |||
3 | Kálmán Ghyczy (1808–1888) |
21 March 1874 | 2 March 1875 | Left Centre | Bittó DP–BK | ||
4 | Kálmán Széll (1843–1915) |
2 March 1875 | 20 October 1875 | Liberal Party | Wenckheim SZP | ||
20 October 1875 | 3 October 1878 | K. Tisza SZP |
6 (1875) | ||||
7 (1878) | |||||||
— | Kálmán Széll (1843–1915) acting |
3 October 1878 | 11 October 1878 | ||||
— | Kálmán Tisza (1830–1902) acting |
11 October 1878 | 5 December 1878 | Liberal Party | |||
5 | Gyula Szapáry (1832–1905) |
5 December 1878 | 11 February 1887 | Liberal Party | |||
— | Kálmán Tisza (1830–1902) acting |
11 February 1887 | 9 April 1889 | Liberal Party | |||
6 | Sándor Wekerle (1848–1921) 1st term |
9 April 1889 | 13 March 1890 | Liberal Party | |||
13 March 1890 | 17 November 1892 | Szapáry SZP |
11 (1892) | ||||
17 November 1892 | 15 January 1895 | Wekerle I SZP | |||||
7 | László Lukács (1850–1932) 1st term |
15 January 1895 | 26 February 1899 | Liberal Party | Bánffy SZP | ||
12 (1896) | |||||||
26 February 1899 | 27 June 1903 | Széll SZP | |||||
13 (1901) | |||||||
27 June 1903 | 3 November 1903 | Khuen-Héderváry I SZP | |||||
3 November 1903 | 18 June 1905 | I. Tisza I SZP | |||||
— | Géza Fejérváry (1833–1914) acting |
18 June 1905 | 6 March 1906 | Independent | Fejérváry SZP |
14 (1905) | |
8 | Ferenc Hegedűs (1856–1909) |
6 March 1906 | 8 April 1906 | Independent | |||
(6) | Sándor Wekerle (1848–1921) 2nd term |
8 April 1906 | 17 January 1910 | National Constitution Party | Wekerle II F48P–OAP–KNP–PDP |
15 (1906) | |
(7) | László Lukács (1850–1932) 2nd term |
17 January 1910 | 22 April 1912 | National Party of Work | Khuen-Héderváry II NMP | ||
16 (1910) | |||||||
9 | János Teleszky (1868–1939) |
22 April 1912 | 10 June 1913 | National Party of Work | Lukács NMP | ||
10 June 1913 | 15 June 1917 | I. Tisza II NMP | |||||
10 | Gusztáv Gratz (1875–1946) |
15 June 1917 | 23 August 1917 | National Party of Work | Esterházy NMP–F48P–OAP–PDP–KNP | ||
23 August 1917 | 16 September 1917 | Wekerle III NMP–F48P–OAP–PDP–KNP | |||||
— | Sándor Wekerle (1848–1921) acting |
16 September 1917 | 11 February 1918 | National Constitution Party | |||
11 | Sándor Popovics (1862–1935) |
11 February 1918 | 31 October 1918 | National Constitution Party | |||
— | János Grünn (1864–1932) |
30 October 1918 | 31 October 1918 | Independent | Hadik not formed | ||
— | Mihály Károlyi (1875–1955) acting |
31 October 1918 | 16 November 1918 | F48P–Károlyi | M. Károlyi F48P–Károlyi–PRP–MSZDP |
MNT (—) | |
Hungarian People's Republic (1918–1919)
Parties F48P–Károlyi Civic Radical Party (PRP)
# | Picture | Name | From | Until | Political Party | Cabinet | Assembly (Election) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
— | Mihály Károlyi (1875–1955) acting |
16 November 1918 | 25 November 1918 | F48P–Károlyi | M. Károlyi F48P–Károlyi–PRP–MSZDP |
MNT (—) | |
1 | Pál Szende (1879–1934) |
25 November 1918 | 19 January 1919 | PRP | |||
19 January 1919 | 21 March 1919 | Berinkey F48P–Károlyi–PRP–MSZDP–OKGFP | |||||
People's Commissars of Finance (1919)
Hungarian Soviet Republic (1919)
Parties MSZP/SZKMMP
# | Picture | Name | From | Until | Political Party | Cabinet | Assembly (Election) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Jenő Varga (1879–1964) |
21 March 1919 | 3 April 1919 | MSZP | Central Executive Council MSZP/SZKMMP |
TOGY (—) | |
2 | Béla Székely (1889–1939) serving with Gyula Lengyel |
3 April 1919 | 24 June 1919 | MSZP/SZKMMP | |||
(2) | Béla Székely (1889–1939) |
24 June 1919 | 1 August 1919 | ||||
2 | Gyula Lengyel (1888–1941) serving with Béla Székely |
3 April 1919 | 24 June 1919 | MSZP/SZKMMP | |||
Counter-revolutionary governments (1919)
Parties Independent
# | Picture | Name | From | Until | Political Party | Cabinet | Assembly (Election) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
— | Lajos Solymossy 1st term |
5 May 1919 | 31 May 1919 | Independent | Arad | — | |
— | Gusztáv Gratz (1875–1946) |
31 May 1919 | 6 June 1919 | Independent | Szeged I | ||
— | Lajos Solymossy 2nd term |
6 June 1919 | 12 July 1919 | Independent | Szeged II | ||
— | Antal Éber (1872–1950) |
12 July 1919 | 12 August 1919 | Independent | Szeged III | ||
Ministers of Finance (1919–2010)
Hungarian People's Republic (1919)
Parties MSZDP
# | Picture | Name | From | Until | Political Party | Cabinet | Assembly (Election) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Ferenc Miákits (1876–1924) |
1 August 1919 | 6 August 1919 (deposed) |
MSZDP | Peidl MSZDP |
— | |
— | Gyula Peidl (1873–1943) acting for Ferenc Miákits |
2 August 1919 | 6 August 1919 (deposed) |
MSZDP | |||
Hungarian Republic (1919–1920)
Parties National Smallholders and Agricultural Labourers Party (OKGFP) Independent
# | Picture | Name | From | Until | Political Party | Cabinet | Assembly (Election) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | János Grünn (1864–1932) |
15 August 1919 | 12 September 1919 | Independent | Friedrich KNP/KNEP–OKGFP |
— | |
2 | Frigyes Korányi (1869–1935) |
12 September 1919 | 24 November 1919 | OKGFP | |||
24 November 1919 | 29 February 1920 | Huszár KNEP–OKGFP–MSZDP–NDPP | |||||
Hungarian Kingdom (1920–1946)
Parties National Smallholders and Agricultural Labourers Party (OKGFP) KNEP EP–NEP–MÉP Independent
# | Picture | Name | From | Until | Political Party | Cabinet | Assembly (Election) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Frigyes Korányi (1869–1935) 1st term |
29 February 1920 | 15 March 1920 | OKGFP | Huszár KNEP–OKGFP–MSZDP–NDPP |
— | |
15 March 1920 | 19 July 1920 | Simonyi-Semadam KNEP–OKGFP |
17 (1920) | ||||
19 July 1920 | 16 December 1920 | Teleki I KNEP–OKGFP | |||||
2 | Lóránt Hegedüs (1872–1943) |
16 December 1920 | 14 April 1921 | Independent | |||
14 April 1921 | 27 September 1921 | Bethlen (KNEP–OKGFP)→EP | |||||
— | Lajos Hegyeshalmi (1862–1925) acting |
27 September 1921 | 4 October 1921 | KNEP | |||
— | István Bethlen (1874–1946) acting |
4 October 1921 | 3 December 1921 | KNEP | |||
3 | Tibor Kállay (1881–1964) |
3 December 1921 | 2 February 1922 | KNEP | |||
(3) | 2 February 1922 | 20 February 1924 | EP | ||||
18 (1922) | |||||||
— | Lajos Walko (1880–1954) acting |
20 February 1924 | 25 March 1924 | EP | |||
(1) | Frigyes Korányi (1869–1935) 2nd term |
25 March 1924 | 15 November 1924 | EP | |||
4 | János Bud (1880–1950) |
15 November 1924 | 5 September 1928 | EP | |||
19 (1926) | |||||||
5 | Sándor Wekerle Jr. (1878–1963) |
5 September 1928 | 24 August 1931 | EP | |||
20 (1931) | |||||||
— | Gyula Károlyi (1871–1947) acting |
24 August 1931 | 16 December 1931 | EP | G. Károlyi EP–KGSZP | ||
(1) | Frigyes Korányi (1869–1935) 3rd term |
16 December 1931 | 1 October 1932 | EP | |||
6 | Béla Imrédy (1891–1946) |
1 October 1932 | 6 January 1935 | NEP | Gömbös NEP | ||
7 | Tihamér Fabinyi (1890–1953) |
6 January 1935 | 6 October 1936 | NEP | |||
21 (1935) | |||||||
6 October 1936 | 9 March 1938 | Darányi NEP | |||||
8 | Lajos Reményi-Schneller (1892–1946) |
9 March 1938 | 14 May 1938 | NEP | |||
14 May 1938 | 16 February 1939 | Imrédy NEP | |||||
(8) | 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 | Kállay MÉP | |||||
22 March 1944 | 29 August 1944 | Sztójay MÉP–MMP | |||||
29 August 1944 | 16 October 1944 | Lakatos MÉP | |||||
Government of National Unity (1944–1945)
Parties Independent
# | Picture | Name | From | Until | Political Party | Cabinet | Assembly (Election) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Lajos Reményi-Schneller (1892–1946) |
16 October 1944 | 28 March 1945 | Independent | Szálasi NYKP–MMP |
— | |
Soviet-backed provisional governments (1944–1946)
Parties FKGP
# | Picture | Name | From | Until | Political Party | Cabinet | Assembly (Election) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | István Vásáry (1887–1955) |
22 December 1944 | 21 July 1945 | FKGP | Provisional National Government FKGP–MKP–MSZDP–NPP–PDP |
INGY (1944) | |
2 | Imre Oltványi (1893–1963) |
21 July 1945 | 15 November 1945 | FKGP | |||
3 | Ferenc Gordon (1893–1971) |
15 November 1945 | 1 February 1946 | FKGP | Tildy FKGP–MKP–MSZDP–NPP |
23 (1945) | |
Hungarian Republic (1946–1949)
# | Picture | Name | From | Until | Political Party | Cabinet | Assembly (Election) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Ferenc Gordon (1893–1971) |
1 February 1946 | 26 August 1946 | FKGP | F. Nagy FKGP–MKP–MSZDP–NPP |
23 (1945) | |
2 | Jenő Rácz (1907–1981) |
26 August 1946 | 14 March 1947 | FKGP | |||
3 | Miklós Nyárádi (1905–1976) |
14 March 1947 | 31 May 1947 | FKGP | |||
31 May 1947 | 10 December 1948 | Dinnyés MKP–FKGP–MSZDP–NPP | |||||
24 (1947) | |||||||
— | Ernő Gerő (1898–1980) acting for Miklós Nyárádi |
3 December 1948 | 10 December 1948 | MDP | |||
— | Ernő Gerő (1898–1980) acting |
10 December 1948 | 18 February 1949 | ||||
4 | Ernő Gerő (1898–1980) |
18 February 1949 | 11 June 1949 | Dobi MDP–FKGP–NPP | |||
25 (1949) | |||||||
5 | István Kossa (1904–1965) |
11 June 1949 | 20 August 1949 | MDP | |||
Hungarian People's Republic (1949–1989)
# | Picture | Name | From | Until | Political Party | Cabinet | Assembly (Election) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | István Kossa (1904–1965) 1st term |
20 August 1949 | 24 February 1950 | MDP | Dobi MDP |
25 (1949) | |
2 | Károly Olt (1904–1985) |
24 February 1950 | 14 August 1952 | MDP | |||
14 August 1952 | 4 July 1953 | Rákosi MDP | |||||
4 July 1953 | 18 April 1955 | I. Nagy I MDP |
26 (1953) | ||||
18 April 1955 | 24 October 1956 | Hegedüs MDP | |||||
(1) | István Kossa (1904–1965) 2nd term |
24 October 1956 | 3 November 1956 | MDP | I. Nagy II MDP/MSZMP–FKGP | ||
4 November 1956 | 9 May 1957 | MSZMP | Kádár I MSZMP | ||||
3 | István Antos (1908–1960) |
9 May 1957 | 28 January 1958 | MSZMP | |||
28 January 1958 | 5 January 1960 (died in office) |
Münnich MSZMP | |||||
26 (1953) | |||||||
4 | Rezső Nyers (1923–) |
5 January 1960 | 13 September 1961 | MSZMP | |||
13 September 1961 | 27 November 1962 | ||||||
Kádár II MSZMP | |||||||
5 | Mátyás Tímár (1923–) |
27 November 1962 | 30 June 1965 | MSZMP | |||
28 (1963) | |||||||
30 June 1965 | 14 April 1967 | Kállai MSZMP | |||||
6 | Péter Vályi (1919–1973) |
14 April 1967 | 12 May 1971 | MSZMP | Fock MSZMP |
29 (1967) | |
7 | Lajos Faluvégi (1924–1999) |
12 May 1971 | 15 May 1975 | MSZMP | 30 (1971) | ||
15 May 1975 | 27 June 1980 | Lázár MSZMP | |||||
31 (1975) | |||||||
8 | István Hetényi (1926–2008) |
27 June 1980 | 31 December 1986 | MSZMP | 32 (1980) | ||
33 (1985) | |||||||
9 | Péter Medgyessy (1942–) |
1 January 1987 | 25 June 1987 | MSZMP | |||
25 June 1987 | 15 December 1987 | Grósz MSZMP | |||||
10 | Miklós Villányi (1931–) |
15 December 1987 | 24 November 1988 | MSZMP | |||
24 November 1988 | 9 May 1989 | Németh (MSZMP)→MSZP | |||||
11 | László Békesi (1942–) |
10 May 1989 | 7 October 1989 | MSZMP | |||
(11) | 7 October 1989 | 23 October 1989 | MSZP | ||||
Hungarian Republic (1989–2010)
Parties MSZP MDF Fidesz Independent
# | Picture | Name | From | Until | Political Party | Cabinet | Assembly (Election) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
— | László Békesi (1942–) provisional |
23 October 1989 | 23 May 1990 | MSZP | Németh MSZP |
— | |
1 | Ferenc Rabár (1929–1999) |
23 May 1990 | 19 December 1990 | Independent | Antall MDF–FKGP–KDNP |
34 (1990) | |
2 | Mihály Kupa (1941–) |
20 December 1990 | 11 February 1993 | MDF | |||
3 | Iván Szabó (1934–2005) |
24 February 1993 | 21 December 1993 | MDF | |||
21 December 1993 | 15 July 1994 | Boross MDF–EKGP–KDNP | |||||
4 | László Békesi (1942–) |
15 July 1994 | 28 February 1995 | MSZP | Horn MSZP–SZDSZ |
35 (1994) | |
5 | Lajos Bokros (1954–) |
1 March 1995 | 29 February 1996 | MSZP | |||
6 | Péter Medgyessy (1942–) |
1 March 1996 | 7 Jule 1998 | Independent | |||
7 | Zsigmond Járai (1951–) |
8 Jule 1998 | 31 December 2000 | Fidesz | Orbán I Fidesz–FKGP–MDF |
36 (1998) | |
8 | Mihály Varga (1965–) |
1 January 2001 | 27 May 2002 | Fidesz | |||
9 | Csaba László (1962–) |
27 May 2002 | 15 February 2004 | Independent | Medgyessy MSZP–SZDSZ |
37 (2002) | |
10 | Tibor Draskovics (1955–) |
15 February 2004 | 4 October 2004 | Independent | |||
4 October 2004 | 24 April 2005 | Gyurcsány I MSZP–SZDSZ | |||||
11 | János Veres (1957–) |
24 April 2005 | 9 June 2006 | MSZP | |||
9 June 2006 | 16 April 2009 | Gyurcsány II MSZP–SZDSZ |
38 (2006) | ||||
12 | Péter Oszkó (1973–) |
16 April 2009 | 29 May 2010 | Independent | Bajnai MSZP | ||
Ministers of National Economy (2010–present)
Hungarian Republic / Hungary (2010–2014)
Parties Fidesz
# | Picture | Name | From | Until | Political Party | Cabinet | Assembly (Election) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | György Matolcsy (1955–) |
29 May 2010 | 3 March 2013 | Fidesz | Orbán II Fidesz–KDNP |
39 (2010) | |
2 | Mihály Varga (1965–) |
3 March 2013 | 6 June 2014 | Fidesz | |||
6 June 2014 | Incumbent | Orbán III Fidesz–KDNP |
40 (2014) | ||||
See also
- List of heads of state of Hungary
- List of Prime Ministers of Hungary
- List of Ministers of Agriculture of Hungary
- List of Ministers of Civilian Intelligence Services of Hungary
- List of Ministers of Croatian Affairs of Hungary
- List of Ministers of Defence of Hungary
- List of Ministers of Education of Hungary
- List of Ministers of Foreign Affairs of Hungary
- List of Ministers of Interior of Hungary
- List of Ministers of Justice of Hungary
- List of Ministers of Public Works and Transport of Hungary
- Politics of Hungary