The minister of interior of Hungary () is a member of the Government of Hungary and the head of the Ministry of Interior. The current interior minister is Gábor Pósfai.
The position was called People's Commissar of Interior () during the Hungarian Soviet Republic in 1919 and Minister of Local Government () between 2006 and 2010, when the ministry was divided into the Ministry of Local Government and the Ministry of Justice and Law.
Ministers of Interior (1848–1919) Hungarian Kingdom (1848–1849) Parties
Portrait NameTerm of office Political party Cabinet Assembly1Bertalan Szemere(1812–1869)17 March 18482 October 1848Opposition PartyBatthyányLast Diet1 (1848)2Committee of National Defence2 October 184814 April 1849—Committee of National Defence
Hungarian State (1849) Parties
Portrait NameTerm of office Political party Cabinet Assembly1Committee of National Defence14 April 18492 May 1849—Committee of National Defence1 (1848)2Bertalan Szemere(1812–1869)2 May 184911 August 1849Opposition PartySzemere
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
Portrait NameTerm of office Political party Cabinet Assembly1Béla Wenckheim(1811–1879)20 February 186721 October 1869Deák PartyAndrássyDP3 (1865)4 (1869)2Pál Rajner(1823–1879)21 October 186910 February 1871Deák Party3Vilmos Tóth(1832–1898)10 February 187114 November 1871Deák Party14 November 18714 December 1872LónyayDP5 (1872)4 December 18725 March 1873SzlávyDP4Gyula Szapáry(1832–1905)1st term5 March 187321 March 1874Deák Party21 March 18742 March 1875BittóDP–BK5Kálmán Tisza(1830–1902)2 March 187520 October 1875Liberal PartyWenckheimSZP20 October 187511 February 1887K. TiszaSZP6 (1875)7 (1878)8 (1881)9 (1884)—Béla Orczy(1822–1917)acting11 February 188722 March 1889Liberal Party10 (1887)—Gábor Baross(1848–1892)acting22 March 188916 June 1889Liberal Party6Géza Teleki(1843–1913)16 June 188915 March 1890Liberal Party(4)Gyula Szapáry(1832–1905)2nd term15 March 189017 November 1892Liberal PartySzapárySZP11 (1892)7Károly Hieronymi(1836–1911)17 November 189215 January 1895Liberal PartyWekerle ISZP8Dezső Perczel(1848–1913)15 January 189526 February 1899Liberal PartyBánffySZP12 (1896)—Kálmán Széll(1843–1915)acting26 February 189927 June 1903Liberal PartySzéllSZP13 (1901)9Károly Khuen-Héderváry(1849–1918)1st term27 June 19033 November 1903Liberal PartyKhuen-Héderváry ISZP10István Tisza(1861–1918)3 November 190318 June 1905Liberal PartyI. Tisza ISZP11József Kristóffy(1857–1928)18 June 19058 April 1906Liberal PartyFejérvárySZP14 (1905)12Gyula Andrássy, Jr.(1860–1929)8 April 190617 January 1910National Constitution PartyWekerle IIF48P–OAP–KNP–PDP15 (1906)(9)Károly Khuen-Héderváry(1849–1918)2nd term17 January 191022 April 1912National Party of WorkKhuen-Héderváry IINMP16 (1910)13László Lukács(1850–1932)22 April 191210 June 1913National Party of WorkLukácsNMP14János Sándor(1860–1922)10 June 191315 June 1917National Party of WorkI. Tisza IINMP15Gábor Ugron(1880–1960)15 June 191723 August 1917National Party of WorkEsterházyNMP–F48P–OAP–PDP–KNP23 August 191725 January 1918Wekerle IIINMP–F48P–OAP–PDP–KNP16János Tóth(1864–1929)25 January 19188 May 1918F48P—Sándor Wekerle(1848–1921)acting8 May 191831 October 1918National Party of Work—Lajos Návay(1870–1919)30 October 191831 October 1918IndependentHadiknot formed17Tivadar Batthyány(1859–1931)31 October 191816 November 1918F48P–KárolyiM. KárolyiF48P–Károlyi–PRP–MSZDPMNT (—)
Hungarian People's Republic (1918–1919) Parties
Portrait NameTerm of office Political party Cabinet Assembly1Tivadar Batthyány(1859–1931)16 November 191812 December 1918F48P–KárolyiM. KárolyiF48P–Károlyi–PRP–MSZDPMNT (—)2Vince Nagy(1886–1965)12 December 191811 January 1919F48P–Károlyi11 January 191921 March 1919BerinkeyF48P–Károlyi–PRP–MSZDP–OKGFP
People's Commissars of Interior (1919) Hungarian Soviet Republic (1919) Parties
Portrait NameTerm of office Political party Cabinet Assembly1Jenő Landler(1875–1928)serving with Béla Vágó21 March 19191 August 1919MSZP/SZKMMPCentral Executive CouncilMSZP/SZKMMPTOGY (—)1Béla Vágó(1881–1939)serving with Jenő Landler21 March 19191 August 1919MSZP/SZKMMP
Counter-revolutionary governments (1919) Parties
Portrait NameTerm of office Political party Cabinet Assembly—Ábel Bartha5 May 191931 May 1919IndependentArad——Béla Kelemen(1863–1944)31 May 19196 June 1919IndependentSzeged I6 June 191912 July 1919Szeged II—Aladár Balla(1867–1935)12 July 191912 August 1919IndependentSzeged III
Ministers of Interior (1919–2006) Hungarian People's Republic (1919) Parties
Portrait NameTerm of office Political party Cabinet Assembly1Károly Peyer(1881–1956)1 August 19196 August 1919(deposed)MSZDPPeidlMSZDP—
Hungarian Republic (1919–1920) Parties
Portrait NameTerm of office Political party Cabinet Assembly1Adolf Samassa(1867–1929)7 August 191915 August 1919IndependentFriedrichKNP/KNEP–OKGFP —2Zsigmond Perényi(1870–1946)15 August 191927 August 1919KNP3István Friedrich(1883–1951)27 August 191911 September 1919KNP4Ödön Beniczky(1878–1931)11 September 191924 November 1919KNP/KNEP24 November 191929 February 1920HuszárKNEP–OKGFP–MSZDP–NDPP
Hungarian Kingdom (1920–1946) Parties
Portrait NameTerm of office Political party Cabinet Assembly1Ödön Beniczky(1878–1931)29 February 192015 March 1920KNEPHuszárKNEP–OKGFP–MSZDP–NDPP—2Sándor Simonyi-Semadam(1864–1946)acting15 March 192019 April 1920KNEPSimonyi-SemadamKNEP–OKGFP17 (1920)3Mihály Dömötör(1875–1962)19 April 192019 July 1920KNEP4Gyula Ferdinandy(1873–1960)19 July 192019 February 1921OKGFPTeleki IKNEP–OKGFP5Vilmos Pál Tomcsányi(1880–1959)19 February 192114 April 1921OKGFP6Gedeon Ráday(1872–1937)14 April 19213 December 1921KNEPBethlen(KNEP–OKGFP)→EP7Kunó Klebelsberg(1875–1932)3 December 19212 February 1922KNEP(7)2 February 19226 June 1922EP8Iván Rakovszky(1885–1960)6 June 192215 October 1926EP18 (1922)9Béla Scitovszky(1878–1959)15 October 192624 August 1931EP19 (1926)20 (1931)10Ferenc Keresztes-Fischer(1881–1948)1st term24 August 19311 October 1932EPG. KárolyiEP–KGSZP1 October 19324 March 1935NEPGömbösNEP11Miklós Kozma(1884–1941)4 March 193512 October 1936NEP21 (1935)12 October 19363 February 1937DarányiNEP—Kálmán Darányi(1886–1939)acting3 February 193710 April 1937NEP12József Széll(1880–1956)10 April 193714 May 1938NEP(10)Ferenc Keresztes-Fischer(1881–1948)2nd term14 May 193816 February 1939NEPImrédyNEP16 February 19393 April 1941MÉPTeleki IIMÉP22 (1939)3 April 19419 March 1942BárdossyMÉP9 March 194222 March 1944(deposed)KállayMÉP13Andor Jaross(1896–1946)22 March 194417 August 1944MMPSztójayMÉP–MMP14Miklós Bonczos(1897–1971)17 August 194429 August 1944MÉPSztójayMÉP–MMP29 August 194412 October 1944LakatosMÉP—Béla Horváth(1886–1978)acting for Miklós Bonczosas Secretary of State6 September 194412 October 1944MÉP15Péter Schell(1898–1974)12 October 194416 October 1944(deposed)MÉP
Government of National Unity (1944–1945) Parties
Portrait NameTerm of office Political party Cabinet Assembly1Gábor Vajna(1891–1946)16 October 194428 March 1945NYKPSzálasiNYKP–MMP —
Soviet-backed provisional governments (1944–1946) Parties
Portrait NameTerm of office Political party Cabinet Assembly1Ferenc Erdei(1910–1971)22 December 194415 November 1945NPPProvisional National GovernmentFKGP–MKP–MSZDP–NPP–PDPINGY (1944)2Imre Nagy(1896–1958)15 November 19451 February 1946MKPTildyFKGP–MKP–MSZDP–NPP23 (1945)
Hungarian Republic (1946–1949) Parties
Portrait NameTerm of office Political party Cabinet Assembly1Imre Nagy(1896–1958)1 February 194620 March 1946MKPF. NagyFKGP–MKP–MSZDP–NPP23 (1945)2László Rajk(1909–1949)20 March 194631 May 1947MKP 31 May 194714 June 1948Dinnyés(MKP–MSZDP)→MDP–FKGP–NPP24 (1947)14 June 19485 August 1948MDP3János Kádár(1912–1989)5 August 194810 December 1948MDP10 December 194820 August 1949DobiMDP–FKGP–NPP25 (1949)
Hungarian People's Republic (1949–1989) Parties
Portrait NameTerm of office Political party Cabinet Assembly1János Kádár(1912–1989)20 August 194923 June 1950MDPDobiMDP25 (1949)2Sándor Zöld(1913–1951)23 June 195020 April 1951MDP3Árpád Házi(1908–1970)20 April 195114 August 1952MDP14 August 195214 November 1952RákosiMDP4József Györe(1902–1985)14 November 19524 July 1953MDP5Ernő Gerő(1898–1980)4 July 19536 June 1954MDPI. Nagy IMDP26 (1953)6László Piros(1917–2006)6 June 195418 April 1955MDP18 April 195524 October 1956HegedüsMDP24 October 195627 October 1956I. Nagy IIMDP/MSZMP–FKGP7Ferenc Münnich(1886–1967)27 October 19563 November 1956MDP8Béla Biszku(1921–2016)1 March 195728 January 1958MSZMPKádár IMSZMP28 January 195813 September 1961MünnichMSZMP27 (1958)9János Pap(1925–1994)13 September 19617 December 1963MSZMPKádár IIMSZMP28 (1963)10András Benkei(1923–1991)7 December 196330 June 1965MSZMP30 June 196517 April 1967KállaiMSZMP17 April 196715 May 1975FockMSZMP29 (1967)30 (1971)15 May 197527 June 1980LázárMSZMP31 (1975)32 (1980)11István Horváth(born 1935)27 June 198029 March 1985MSZMP12János Kamara(1927–2000)29 March 198525 June 1987MSZMP33 (1985)25 June 198716 December 1987GrószMSZMP(11)István Horváth(born 1935)16 December 198724 November 1988MSZMP24 November 19887 October 1989Németh(MSZMP)→MSZP(11)7 October 198923 October 1989MSZP
Hungarian Republic (1989–2006) Parties
Portrait NameTerm of office Political party Cabinet Assembly—István Horváth(born 1935)provisional23 October 198923 January 1990MSZPNémethMSZP ——Zoltán Gál(born 1940)provisional23 January 199023 May 1990MSZP1Balázs Horváth(1942–2006)23 May 199021 December 1990MDFAntallMDF–FKGP–KDNP34 (1990)2Péter Boross(born 1928)21 December 199012 December 1993MDF13 December 199321 December 1993BorossMDF–EKGP–KDNP3Imre Kónya(born 1947)21 December 199315 July 1994MDF4Gábor Kuncze(born 1950)15 July 19948 July 1998SZDSZHornMSZP–SZDSZ35 (1994)5Sándor Pintér(born 1948)1st term8 July 199827 May 2002IndependentOrbán IFidesz–FKGP–MDF36 (1998)6Mónika Lamperth(born 1957)27 May 20024 October 2004MSZPMedgyessyMSZP–SZDSZ37 (2002)4 October 20049 June 2006Gyurcsány IMSZP–SZDSZ
Ministers of Local Government (2006–2010) Hungarian Republic (2006–2010) Parties
Portrait NameTerm of office Political party Cabinet Assembly1Mónika Lamperth(born 1957)9 June 200630 June 2007MSZPGyurcsány IIMSZP–SZDSZ38 (2006)2Gordon Bajnai(born 1968)30 June 200730 April 2008Independent3István Gyenesei(1948–2024)30 April 200814 April 2009Association for Somogy4Zoltán Varga(born 1952)14 April 200929 May 2010MSZPBajnaiMSZP
Ministers of Interior (2010–present) Hungarian Republic / Hungary (2010–present) Parties
Portrait NameTerm of office Political party Cabinet Assembly1Sándor Pintér(born 1948)2nd term29 May 20106 June 2014IndependentOrbán IIFidesz–KDNP39 (2010)6 June 201418 May 2018Orbán IIIFidesz–KDNP40 (2014)18 May 201824 May 2022Orbán IVFidesz–KDNP41 (2018)24 May 202212 May 2026Orbán VFidesz–KDNP42 (2022)2Gábor Pósfai(born 1982)13 May 2026IncumbentTISZAMagyarTISZA43 (2026)
See also List of heads of state of Hungary List of prime ministers of Hungary Politics of Hungary Cabinet ministers Minister of Agriculture (Hungary) Minister of Civilian Intelligence Services (Hungary) Minister of Croatian Affairs of Hungary Minister of Defence (Hungary) Minister of Education (Hungary) Minister of Finance (Hungary) Minister of Foreign Affairs (Hungary) Minister of Justice (Hungary) Minister of Public Works and Transport (Hungary)
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