Heads of state of Hungary

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For Heads of State in the Kingdom of Hungary, please visit the List of Hungarian rulers.

[edit] The first republic

The 1848 revolution had particular impact on the Kingdom of Hungary. The Magyars wanted to establish a Hungarian state, while the Croats sought autonomous government and separation from Hungary.

The independent Hungarian state was proclaimed on 14 April 1849, with Lajos Kossuth as Governor-President. On 13 August 1849, the Habsburgs reasserted their authority with the help of Russian troops.

Affiliation	Ruler	Reigns of rulers	Remarks
Hungary declared complete independence from the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy on October 17 1918 and formed the First Republic (as the 1849 state is not counted)
	Mihály Károlyi	16 November 1918 – 21 March 1919	president of the republic
Hungarian Party of Communists	Sándor Garbai	21 March – 1 August 1919	Romania invades Hungary.
Acting Head of State	Gyula Peidl	1 August – 6 August 1919	Title: president of the republic
First Republic abolished.
	Archduke Joseph August of Austria	6 August – 23 October 1919	Regent
	István Friedrich	23 October – 24 November 1919	president of the republic
	Károly Huszár	24 November 1919 – 1 March 1920	president of the republic
Monarchy Restored
Regent	Miklós Horthy	1 March 1920 – 15 October 1944	Head of state. (No king at the throne)
Arrow Cross puppet-government in part of the country, occupied by Nazis	Ferenc Szálasi	16 October 1944 – 28 March 1945	Hungary is occupied by Nazi Germany.
anti-Nazi government (to April 1945: in part of the country, freed of Nazis)	Béla Miklós	21 December 1944 – 2 February 1946	Hungary is occupied by the Red Army.
Second Hungarian Republic
Independent Smallholders' Party	Zoltán Tildy	2 February 1946 – 2 August 1948	president of the republic
Hungarian Workers Party	Árpád Szakasits	2 August 1948 – 26 April 1950	president of the republic
Renamed the "People's Republic of Hungary"
Hungarian Workers Party	Sándor Rónai	26 April 1950 – 14 August 1952	chairman of the Council of President
Hungarian Socialist Workers Party	István Dobi	14 August 1952 – 13 April 1967	chairman of the Council of President
Hungarian Revolt of 1956
Hungarian Socialist Workers Party	Pál Losonczi	13 April 1967 – 25 June 1987	chairman of the Council of President
Hungarian Socialist Workers Party	Károly Németh	25 June 1987 – 29 June 1988	chairman of the Council of President
Hungarian Socialist Workers Party	Brunó Ferenc Straub	29 June 1988 – 18 October 1989	chairman of the Council of President
Third Hungarian Republic
Hungarian Socialist Workers Party	Mátyás Szűrös	18 October 1989 – 2 May 1990	Interim President
Alliance of Free Democrats	Árpád Göncz	2 May 1990 – 4 August 2000	president of the republic
Non-partisan	Ferenc Mádl	4 August 2000 – 5 August 2005	president of the republic
Non-partisan	László Sólyom	5 August 2005 – (incumbent)	president of the republic