Minister of Foreign Affairs (Hungary)

The minister of foreign affairs of Hungary (Hungarian: Magyarország külügyminisztere) is a member of the Hungarian cabinet and the head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The current foreign minister is Péter Szijjártó.

Minister of Foreign Affairs of Hungary
Magyarország külügyminisztere
Incumbent
Péter Szijjártó
since 23 September 2014
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
TypeMinister
Member ofHungarian cabinet
Formation7 April 1848
First holderPál Esterházy

The position was called People's Commissar of Foreign Affairs (Hungarian: külügyi népbiztos) during the Hungarian Soviet Republic in 1919 and Minister besides the King (Hungarian: a király személye körüli miniszter) between 1848 and 1918, except in 1849 when Hungary declared its independence from the Austrian Empire. During the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy (1867–1918) the two countries also had a joint Minister of Foreign Affairs.

Ministers besides the king (1848) edit

Hungarian Kingdom (1848) edit

Parties  Conservative Party

No.PortraitName
(Birth–Death)
Term of officePolitical partyCabinetAssembly
(Election)
1 Pál Esterházy
(1786–1866)
7 April 18489 September 1848Conservative PartyBatthyányLast Diet
1 (1848)

Ministers of foreign affairs (1849) edit

Hungarian State (1849) edit

Parties  Opposition Party

No.PortraitName
(Birth–Death)
Term of officePolitical partyCabinetAssembly
(Election)
1 Kázmér Batthyány
(1807–1854)
8 May 184916 July 1849Opposition PartySzemere1 (1848)

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.

Ministers besides the king (1867–1918) edit

Hungarian Kingdom (1867–1918) edit

Parties  Deák Party/Liberal Party/National Party of Work  Catholic People's Party  F48P/F48P–Károlyi  Independent

No.PortraitName
(Birth–Death)
Term of officePolitical partyCabinetAssembly
(Election)
1 György Festetics
(1815–1883)
20 February 186719 May 1871IndependentAndrássy
DP
3 (1865)
4 (1869)
2 Béla Wenckheim
(1811–1879)
19 May 187114 November 1871Deák Party
14 November 18714 December 1872Lónyay
DP
5 (1872)
4 December 187221 March 1874Szlávy
DP
21 March 18742 March 1875Bittó
DPBK
2 March 187520 October 1875Liberal PartyWenckheim
SZP
20 October 18757 July 1879K. Tisza
SZP
6 (1875)
7 (1878)
Kálmán Tisza
(1830–1902)
acting
11 July 187925 September 1879Liberal Party
3 Béla Orczy
(1822–1917)
25 September 187913 March 1890Liberal Party
8 (1881)
9 (1884)
10 (1887)
13 March 189024 December 1890Szapáry
SZP
4 László Szőgyény-Marich
(1841–1916)
24 December 189024 October 1892Liberal Party
11 (1892)
Géza Fejérváry
(1833–1914)
acting
24 October 189219 November 1892Independent
5 Lajos Tisza
(1832–1898)
19 November 189210 June 1894Liberal PartyWekerle I
SZP
6 Gyula Andrássy, Jr.
(1860–1929)
10 June 189415 January 1895Liberal Party
Géza Fejérváry
(1833–1914)
acting
15 January 189518 January 1895IndependentBánffy
SZP
7 Sámuel Jósika
(1848–1923)
18 January 189520 January 1898Liberal Party
12 (1896)
Dezső Bánffy
(1843–1911)
acting
20 January 189820 December 1898Liberal Party
8 Manó Széchényi
(1858–1926)
20 December 189826 February 1899Independent
26 February 18997 March 1900Széll
SZP
Kálmán Széll
(1843–1915)
acting
7 March 190029 March 1900Liberal Party
9 Gyula Széchényi
(1829–1921)
29 March 190027 June 1903Independent
13 (1901)
10 Károly Khuen-Héderváry
(1849–1918)
1st term
27 June 19033 November 1903Liberal PartyKhuen-Héderváry I
SZP
11 István Tisza
(1861–1918)
3 November 19033 March 1904Liberal PartyI. Tisza I
SZP
(10) Károly Khuen-Héderváry
(1849–1918)
2nd term
3 March 190418 June 1905Liberal Party
12 Géza Fejérváry
(1833–1914)
18 June 19058 April 1906IndependentFejérváry
SZP
14 (1905)
13 Aladár Zichy
(1864–1937)
1st term
8 April 190617 January 1910Catholic People's PartyWekerle II
F48POAP–KNP–PDP
15 (1906)
(10) Károly Khuen-Héderváry
(1849–1918)
3rd term
17 January 191022 April 1912National Party of WorkKhuen-Héderváry II
NMP
16 (1910)
14 László Lukács
(1850–1932)
22 April 191210 June 1913National Party of WorkLukács
NMP
15 István Burián
(1851–1922)
10 June 191313 January 1915IndependentI. Tisza II
NMP
István Tisza
(1861–1918)
acting
13 January 191529 May 1915National Party of Work
16 Ervin Roszner
(1852–1928)
29 May 191515 June 1917National Party of Work
17 Tivadar Batthyány
(1859–1931)
1st term
15 June 191718 August 1917F48PEsterházy
NMPF48POAP–PDP–KNP
(13) Aladár Zichy
(1864–1937)
2nd term
18 August 191723 August 1917Catholic People's Party
23 August 191731 October 1918Wekerle III
NMPF48POAP–PDP–KNP
István Rakovszky
(1858–1931)
30 October 191831 October 1918Catholic People's PartyHadik
not formed
(17) Tivadar Batthyány
(1859–1931)
2nd term
31 October 19181 November 1918F48P–KárolyiM. Károlyi
F48P–Károlyi–PRP–MSZDP
MNT (—)
18 Mihály Károlyi
(1875–1955)
1 November 191816 November 1918F48P–KárolyiM. Károlyi
F48P–Károlyi–PRP–MSZDP

Ministers of foreign affairs (1918–1919) edit

Hungarian People's Republic (1918–1919) edit

Parties  F48P–Károlyi  Civic Radical Party (PRP)

No.PortraitName
(Birth–Death)
Term of officePolitical partyCabinetAssembly
(Election)
1 Mihály Károlyi
(1875–1955)
16 November 191811 January 1919F48P–KárolyiM. Károlyi
F48P–Károlyi–PRP–MSZDP
MNT (—)
Dénes Berinkey
(1871–1944)
acting
11 January 191924 January 1919PRPBerinkey
F48P–Károlyi–PRP–MSZDP–OKGFP
2 Ferenc Harrer
(1874–1969)
24 January 191921 March 1919PRP

People's commissars of foreign affairs (1919) edit

Hungarian Soviet Republic (1919) edit

Parties  MSZP/SZKMMP

No.PortraitName
(Birth–Death)
Term of officePolitical partyCabinetAssembly
(Election)
1 Béla Kun
(1886–1939)
serving with József Pogány and Péter Ágoston
from 3 April to 24 June 1919
21 March 19191 August 1919MSZPCentral Executive Council
MSZP/SZKMMP
TOGY (—)
(1) József Pogány
(1886–1938)
serving with Béla Kun and Péter Ágoston
3 April 191924 June 1919MSZP/SZKMMP
(1) Péter Ágoston
(1874–1925)
serving with Béla Kun and József Pogány
3 April 191924 June 1919MSZP/SZKMMP

Counter-revolutionary governments (1919) edit

Parties  Independent

No.PortraitName
(Birth–Death)
Term of officePolitical partyCabinetAssembly
(Election)
Gyula Bornemisza
(1873–1925)
5 May 191931 May 1919IndependentArad
Pál Teleki
(1879–1941)
31 May 19196 June 1919IndependentSzeged I
6 June 191912 July 1919Szeged II
12 July 191912 August 1919Szeged III

Ministers of foreign affairs (1919–present) edit

Hungarian People's Republic (1919) edit

Parties  MSZDP

No.PortraitName
(Birth–Death)
Term of officePolitical partyCabinetAssembly
(Election)
1 Péter Ágoston
(1874–1925)
1 August 19196 August 1919
(deposed)
MSZDPPeidl
MSZDP

Hungarian Republic (1919–1920) edit

Parties  Independent

No.PortraitName
(Birth–Death)
Term of officePolitical partyCabinetAssembly
(Election)
Gábor Tánczos
(1872–1953)
acting
7 August 191915 August 1919IndependentFriedrich
KNP/KNEP–OKGFP
1 Márton Lovászy
(1864–1927)
15 August 191911 September 1919Independent
2 József Somssich
(1864–1941)
11 September 191924 November 1919Independent
24 November 191929 February 1920Huszár
KNEP–OKGFP–MSZDP–NDPP

Hungarian Kingdom (1920–1946) edit

Parties  KNEP  EPNEPMÉP  Independent

No.PortraitName
(Birth–Death)
Term of officePolitical partyCabinetAssembly
(Election)
1 József Somssich
(1864–1941)
29 February 192015 March 1920IndependentHuszár
KNEP–OKGFP–MSZDP–NDPP
Sándor Simonyi-Semadam
(1864–1946)
acting
15 March 192019 April 1920KNEPSimonyi-Semadam
KNEP–OKGFP
17 (1920)
2 Pál Teleki
(1879–1941)
19 April 192019 July 1920KNEP
Pál Teleki
(1879–1941)
acting
19 July 192022 September 1920Teleki I
KNEP–OKGFP
3 Imre Csáky
(1882–1961)
22 September 192016 December 1920Independent
Pál Teleki
(1879–1941)
acting
16 December 192017 January 1921KNEP
4 Gusztáv Gratz
(1875–1946)
17 January 192112 April 1921Independent
Pál Teleki
(1879–1941)
acting
12 April 192114 April 1921KNEP
5 Miklós Bánffy
(1873–1950)
14 April 192119 December 1922IndependentBethlen
(KNEP–OKGFP)→EP
18 (1922)
Géza Daruváry
(1866–1934)
acting
19 December 192211 June 1923Independent
6Géza Daruváry
(1866–1934)
11 June 19237 October 1924
István Bethlen
(1874–1946)
acting
7 October 192415 November 1924EP
7 Tibor Scitovszky
(1875–1959)
15 November 192417 March 1925EP
Lajos Walko
(1880–1954)
acting for Tibor Scitovszky
5 March 192517 March 1925EP
Lajos Walko
(1880–1954)
acting
17 March 192515 October 1926
8Lajos Walko
(1880–1954)
1st term
15 October 19269 December 1930
19 (1926)
9 Gyula Károlyi
(1871–1947)
9 December 193024 August 1931EP
20 (1931)
(8) Lajos Walko
(1880–1954)
2nd term
24 August 19311 October 1932EPG. Károlyi
EPKGSZP
10 Endre Puky
(1871–1941)
1 October 19329 January 1933NEPGömbös
NEP
Gyula Gömbös
(1886–1936)
acting
9 January 19334 February 1933NEP
11 Kálmán Kánya
(1869–1945)
4 February 193312 October 1936NEP
21 (1935)
12 October 193614 May 1938IndependentDarányi
NEP
14 May 193828 November 1938Imrédy
NEP
Béla Imrédy
(1891–1946)
acting
28 November 193810 December 1938NEP
12 István Csáky
(1894–1941)
10 December 193816 February 1939NEP
16 February 193927 January 1941
(died in office)
MÉPTeleki II
MÉP
22 (1939)
Pál Teleki
(1879–1941)
acting for István Csáky
21 December 194027 January 1941MÉP
Pál Teleki
(1879–1941)
acting
27 January 19414 February 1941
13 László Bárdossy
(1890–1946)
4 February 19413 April 1941MÉP
3 April 19417 March 1942Bárdossy
MÉP
Ferenc Keresztes-Fischer
(1881–1948)
acting
7 March 19429 March 1942MÉP
Miklós Kállay
(1887–1967)
acting
9 March 194220 May 1942MÉPKállay
MÉP
14Miklós Kállay
(1887–1967)
20 May 194224 July 1943
15 Jenő Ghyczy
(1893–1982)
24 July 194322 March 1944
(deposed)
Independent
16 Döme Sztójay
(1883–1946)
22 March 194429 August 1944IndependentSztójay
MÉP–MMP
17 Gusztáv Hennyey
(1888–1977)
29 August 194416 October 1944
(deposed)
IndependentLakatos
MÉP

Government of National Unity (1944–1945) edit

Parties  Arrow Cross Party

No.PortraitName
(Birth–Death)
Term of officePolitical partyCabinetAssembly
(Election)
1 Gábor Kemény
(1910–1946)
16 October 194428 March 1945NYKPSzálasi
NYKP–MMP

Soviet-backed provisional governments (1944–1946) edit

Parties  FKGP

No.PortraitName
(Birth–Death)
Term of officePolitical partyCabinetAssembly
(Election)
1 János Gyöngyösi
(1893–1951)
22 December 194415 November 1945FKGPProvisional National Government
FKGPMKPMSZDPNPPPDP
INGY (1944)
15 November 19451 February 1946Tildy
FKGPMKPMSZDPNPP
23 (1945)

Hungarian Republic (1946–1949) edit

Parties  FKGP  MKP-MDP

No.PortraitName
(Birth–Death)
Term of officePolitical partyCabinetAssembly
(Election)
1 János Gyöngyösi
(1893–1951)
1 February 194631 May 1947FKGPF. Nagy
FKGPMKPMSZDPNPP
23 (1945)
Ernő Mihályfi
(1898–1972)
acting
31 May 194724 September 1947FKGPDinnyés
MKPFKGPMSZDPNPP
2 Erik Molnár
(1894–1966)
1st term
24 September 19475 August 1948MKP24 (1947)
3 László Rajk
(1909–1949)
5 August 194810 December 1948MDP
10 December 194811 June 1949Dobi
MDPFKGPNPP
4 Gyula Kállai
(1910–1996)
11 June 194920 August 1949MDP25 (1949)

Hungarian People's Republic (1949–1989) edit

Parties  MDP-MSZMP  MSZP

No.PortraitName
(Birth–Death)
Term of officePolitical partyCabinetAssembly
(Election)
1 Gyula Kállai
(1910–1996)
20 August 194912 May 1951MDPDobi
MDP
25 (1949)
2 Károly Kiss
(1903–1983)
12 May 195114 August 1952MDP
14 August 195214 November 1952Rákosi
MDP
3 Erik Molnár
(1894–1966)
2nd term
14 November 19524 July 1953MDP
4 János Boldóczki
(1912–1988)
4 July 195318 April 1955MDPI. Nagy I
MDP
26 (1953)
18 April 195530 July 1956Hegedüs
MDP
5 Imre Horváth
(1901–1958)
1st term
30 July 195624 October 1956MDP
24 October 19562 November 1956I. Nagy II
MDP/MSZMPFKGP
6 Imre Nagy
(1896–1958)
2 November 19564 November 1956MSZMPI. Nagy III
MSZMPFKGPMSZDPPP
7 Imre Horváth
(1901–1958)
2nd term
4 November 195628 January 1958MSZMPKádár I
MSZMP
28 January 19582 February 1958
(died in office)
Münnich
MSZMP
8 Endre Sík
(1891–1978)
2 February 195813 September 1961MSZMP
27 (1958)
9 János Péter
(1910–1999)
13 September 196130 June 1965MSZMPKádár II
MSZMP
28 (1963)
30 June 196514 April 1967Kállai
MSZMP
14 April 196714 December 1973Fock
MSZMP
29 (1967)
30 (1971)
10 Frigyes Puja
(1921–2008)
14 December 197315 May 1975MSZMP
15 May 19758 July 1983Lázár
MSZMP
31 (1975)
32 (1980)
11 Péter Várkonyi
(1931–2008)
8 July 198325 June 1987MSZMP
33 (1985)
25 June 198724 November 1988Grósz
MSZMP
24 November 198810 May 1989Németh
(MSZMP)→MSZP
12 Gyula Horn
(1932–2013)
10 May 19897 October 1989MSZMP
(12)7 October 198923 October 1989MSZP

Hungarian Republic / Hungary (1989–present) edit

Parties  MSZP  Fidesz  MDF  Independent

No.PortraitName
(Birth–Death)
Term of officePolitical partyCabinetAssembly
(Election)
Gyula Horn
(1932–2013)
provisional
23 October 198923 May 1990MSZPNémeth
MSZP
1 Géza Jeszenszky
(born 1941)
23 May 199021 December 1993MDFAntall
MDFFKGPKDNP
34 (1990)
21 December 199315 July 1994Boross
MDF–EKGP–KDNP
2 László Kovács
(born 1939)
1st term
15 July 19948 July 1998MSZPHorn
MSZPSZDSZ
35 (1994)
3 János Martonyi
(born 1944)
1st term
8 July 199827 May 2002IndependentOrbán I
FideszFKGPMDF
36 (1998)
(2) László Kovács
(born 1939)
2nd term
27 May 200229 September 2004MSZPMedgyessy
MSZPSZDSZ
37 (2002)
29 September 20041 November 2004Gyurcsány I
MSZPSZDSZ
4 Ferenc Somogyi
(1945–2021)
1 November 20049 June 2006Independent
5 Kinga Göncz
(born 1947)
9 June 200614 April 2009IndependentGyurcsány II
MSZPSZDSZ
38 (2006)
6 Péter Balázs
(born 1941)
14 April 200929 May 2010IndependentBajnai
MSZP
(3) János Martonyi
(born 1944)
2nd term
29 May 20106 June 2014FideszOrbán II
FideszKDNP
39 (2010)
7 Tibor Navracsics
(born 1966)
6 June 201423 September 2014FideszOrbán III
FideszKDNP
40 (2014)
8 Péter Szijjártó
(born 1978)
23 September 201418 May 2018Fidesz
18 May 201824 May 2022Orbán IV
FideszKDNP
41 (2018)
24 May 2022IncumbentOrbán V
FideszKDNP
42 (2022)

See also edit

Cabinet ministers