List of heads of state of Hungary

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President of the Republic of Hungary
Insignia
Incumbent László Sólyom since 5 August 2005
Term length	Five years, renewable once
Formation	1989

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For Heads of State in the Kingdom of Hungary, see 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)
Hungarian Democratic Republic	Mihály Károlyi and Dénes Berinkey	16 November 1918 – 21 March 1919	President and Prime Minister of the republic
Hungarian Soviet Republic and the Hungarian Party of Communists	Béla Kun and Sándor Garbai	21 March – 1 August 1919	Leader and President/Prime Minister of the soviet republic, Romania invades and occupies Hungary.
Hungarian Soviet Republic and the Hungarian Party of Communists	Béla Kun and Antal Dovcsák	August 1919	Leader and President/Prime Minister of the soviet republic, Romanian occupation continues.
Hungarian Soviet Republic and the Hungarian Party of Communists	Béla Kun and Gyula Peidl	1 August – 6 August 1919	Leader and President/Prime Minister of the soviet republic, Romanian occupation continues.
First Republic abolished.
Period White Terror	Archduke Joseph August of Austria	6 August – 23 October 1919	Regent, Romanian occupation continues.
Period White Terror	István Friedrich	23 October – 24 November 1919	President of the Republic, Romanian occupation continues.
Period White Terror	Károly Huszár	24 November 1919 – 1 March 1920	President of the Republic, Romanian occupation ends.
Monarchy Restored
Kingdom of Hungary	Miklós Horthy	1 March 1920 – 15 October 1944	Regent of a Kingdom with no King on the throne
Nazi dominated Hungarian State	Ferenc Szálasi	16 October 1944 – 28 March 1945	Leader of the Nation for an Arrow Cross-dominated puppet-government in the Nazi occupied portions of the country, Hungary is occupied by Nazi Germany.
Soviet dominated Debrecan Government	Béla Miklós	21 December 1944 – 2 February 1946	Prime Minister for a Communist-dominated puppet-government in the Soviet occupied portions of the country, Hungary is occupied by the Red Army.
Second Hungarian Republic
Second Hungarian Republic and Independent Smallholders' Party	Zoltán Tildy	2 February 1946 – 2 August 1948	President of the Republic
Second Hungarian Republic and Hungarian Working People's Party	Árpád Szakasits	2 August 1948 – 26 April 1950	President of the Republic
Renamed the "People's Republic of Hungary"
People's Republic of Hungary and Hungarian Working People's Party	Sándor Rónai	26 April 1950 – 14 August 1952	Chairman of the Council of President
People's Republic of Hungary and Hungarian Socialist Workers Party	István Dobi	14 August 1952 – 13 April 1967	Chairman of the Council of President
Hungarian Revolution of 1956
People's Republic of Hungary and Hungarian Socialist Workers Party	Pál Losonczi	13 April 1967 – 25 June 1987	Chairman of the Council of President
People's Republic of Hungary and Hungarian Socialist Workers Party	Károly Németh	25 June 1987 – 29 June 1988	Chairman of the Council of President
People's Republic of Hungary and Hungarian Socialist Workers Party	Brunó Ferenc Straub	29 June 1988 – 18 October 1989	Chairman of the Council of President
Third Hungarian Republic
Republic of Hungary and Hungarian Socialist Workers Party	Mátyás Szűrös	18 October 1989 – 2 May 1990	Interim President
Republic of Hungary and Alliance of Free Democrats	Árpád Göncz	2 May 1990 – 4 August 2000	President of the Republic
Republic of Hungary and Non-partisan	Ferenc Mádl	4 August 2000 – 5 August 2005	President of the Republic
Republic of Hungary and Non-partisan	László Sólyom	5 August 2005 – (incumbent)	President of the Republic

[edit] General Secretaries of the Hungarian Communist/Socialist Workers' Party (1945-1989)

• Mátyás Rákosi: February 1945 – 18 July 1956
• Ernő Gerő: 21 July – 25 October 1956
• János Kádár: 25 October 1956 – 22 May 1988
• Károly Grósz: 22 May 1988 – 7 October 1989