The de facto leader of Hungary was an informal term for the most important political figure of Hungary between 1945 and 1989. During this period all de facto leaders were members of communist parties. Between 1949 and 1989, Hungary then the Hungarian People's Republic was a communist state in which the two ruling parties; Hungarian Working People's Party (1949–1956) and Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party (1956–1989) had a monopoly on power. Besides that the monopoly on power ended on 11 February 1989 or 20 February 1989News of the Central Committee of the CPSU - 1989 - No. 4 , the HSWP had control over Hungary until 7 October 1989, when the party was dissolved and replaced.

List Portrait Name Term of office Party References Took office Left office Time in office Hungarian State (1945–1946) Under Soviet occupation (1945–1946)1 Mátyás Rákosi 1945 1 February 1946 Communist Party of Hungary Hungarian Republic (1946–1949) Under Soviet occupation (1946–1947)(1) Mátyás Rákosi 1 February 1946 20 August 1949 Communist Party of HungaryHungarian Working People's Party Hungarian People's Republic (1949–1989) Under Soviet occupation (1956–1957)(1) Mátyás Rákosi 20 August 1949 18 July 1956 Hungarian Working People's Party2 Ernő Gerő 18 July 1956 25 October 1956 Hungarian Working People's Party None; Imre Nagy was the de jure leader of the Hungarian People's Republic as Chairman of Council of Ministers ( – )3 János Kádár 4 November 1956 22 May 1988 Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party4 Károly Grósz 22 May 1988 24 June 1989 Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party5 Rezső Nyers 24 June 1989 1989 Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party

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See also List of leaders of the Soviet Union List of de facto leaders of the People's Republic of Bulgaria List of de facto leaders of the Socialist Republic of Romania List of de facto leaders of the Polish People's Republic List of de facto rulers of the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic De facto leader of the GDR List of de facto leaders of the Mongolian People's Republic List of de facto leaders of the People's Republic of Kampuchea

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