Minister of Finance (Hungary) facts for kids
The minister of finance (Hungarian: pénzügyminiszter) is a member of the Hungarian cabinet and the head of the Ministry of Finance. The current minister is Mihály Varga.
The position was called as People's Commissar of Finance (Hungarian: pénzügyi népbiztos) during the Hungarian Soviet Republic in 1919, and as Minister of National Economy (Hungarian: nemzetgazdasági miniszter) between 2010 and 2018.
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Ministers of finance (1848–1919)
Hungarian Kingdom (1848–1849)
Parties Opposition Party Independent
No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Term of office | Political party | Cabinet | Assembly (Election) |
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1 | Lajos Kossuth (1802–1894) |
7 April 1848 | 12 September 1848 | Opposition Party | Batthyány | Last Diet | |
1 (1848) | |||||||
— | Lajos Batthyány (1807–1849) acting |
12 September 1848 | 28 September 1848 | Opposition Party | |||
2 | Ferenc Duschek (1797–1872) |
28 September 1848 | 2 October 1848 | Independent | |||
2 October 1848 | 14 April 1849 | Committee of National Defence |
Hungarian State (1849)
Parties Independent
No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Term of office | Political party | Cabinet | Assembly (Election) |
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1 | Ferenc Duschek (1797–1872) |
14 April 1849 | 2 May 1849 | Independent | Committee of National Defence | 1 (1848) | |
2 May 1849 | 11 August 1849 | Szemere |
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 Deák Party/Liberal Party/National Party of Work Left Centre National Constitution Party F48P/F48P–Károlyi Independent
No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Term of office | Political party | Cabinet | Assembly (Election) |
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1 | Menyhért Lónyay (1822–1884) |
20 February 1867 | 21 May 1870 | Deák Party | Andrássy DP |
3 (1865) | |
4 (1869) | |||||||
2 | Károly Kerkapoly (1824–1891) |
21 May 1870 | 14 November 1871 | Deák Party | |||
14 November 1871 | 4 December 1872 | Lónyay DP |
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5 (1872) | |||||||
4 December 1872 | 19 December 1873 | Szlávy DP |
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— | József Szlávy (1818–1900) acting |
19 December 1873 | 21 March 1874 | Deák Party | |||
3 | Kálmán Ghyczy (1808–1888) |
21 March 1874 | 2 March 1875 | Left Centre | Bittó DP–BK |
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4 | Kálmán Széll (1843–1915) |
2 March 1875 | 20 October 1875 | Liberal Party | Wenckheim SZP |
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20 October 1875 | 3 October 1878 | K. Tisza SZP |
6 (1875) | ||||
7 (1878) | |||||||
— | Kálmán Széll (1843–1915) acting |
3 October 1878 | 11 October 1878 | ||||
— | Kálmán Tisza (1830–1902) acting |
11 October 1878 | 5 December 1878 | Liberal Party | |||
5 | Gyula Szapáry (1832–1905) |
5 December 1878 | 11 February 1887 | Liberal Party | |||
— | Kálmán Tisza (1830–1902) acting |
11 February 1887 | 9 April 1889 | Liberal Party | |||
6 | Sándor Wekerle (1848–1921) 1st term |
9 April 1889 | 13 March 1890 | Liberal Party | |||
13 March 1890 | 17 November 1892 | Szapáry SZP |
11 (1892) | ||||
17 November 1892 | 15 January 1895 | Wekerle I SZP |
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7 | László Lukács (1850–1932) 1st term |
15 January 1895 | 26 February 1899 | Liberal Party | Bánffy SZP |
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12 (1896) | |||||||
26 February 1899 | 27 June 1903 | Széll SZP |
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13 (1901) | |||||||
27 June 1903 | 3 November 1903 | Khuen-Héderváry I SZP |
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3 November 1903 | 18 June 1905 | I. Tisza I SZP |
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— | Géza Fejérváry (1833–1914) acting |
18 June 1905 | 6 March 1906 | Independent | Fejérváry SZP |
14 (1905) | |
8 | Ferenc Hegedűs (1856–1909) |
6 March 1906 | 8 April 1906 | Independent | |||
(6) | Sándor Wekerle (1848–1921) 2nd term |
8 April 1906 | 17 January 1910 | National Constitution Party | Wekerle II F48P–OAP–KNP–PDP |
15 (1906) | |
(7) | László Lukács (1850–1932) 2nd term |
17 January 1910 | 22 April 1912 | National Party of Work | Khuen-Héderváry II NMP |
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16 (1910) | |||||||
9 | János Teleszky (1868–1939) |
22 April 1912 | 10 June 1913 | National Party of Work | Lukács NMP |
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10 June 1913 | 15 June 1917 | I. Tisza II NMP |
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10 | Gusztáv Gratz (1875–1946) |
15 June 1917 | 23 August 1917 | National Party of Work | Esterházy NMP–F48P–OAP–PDP–KNP |
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23 August 1917 | 16 September 1917 | Wekerle III NMP–F48P–OAP–PDP–KNP |
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— | Sándor Wekerle (1848–1921) acting |
16 September 1917 | 11 February 1918 | National Constitution Party | |||
11 | Sándor Popovics (1862–1935) |
11 February 1918 | 31 October 1918 | National Constitution Party | |||
— | János Grünn (1864–1932) |
30 October 1918 | 31 October 1918 | Independent | Hadik not formed |
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— | Mihály Károlyi (1875–1955) acting |
31 October 1918 | 16 November 1918 | F48P–Károlyi | M. Károlyi F48P–Károlyi–PRP–MSZDP |
MNT (—) |
Hungarian People's Republic (1918–1919)
Parties F48P–Károlyi Civic Radical Party (PRP)
No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Term of office | Political party | Cabinet | Assembly (Election) |
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— | Mihály Károlyi (1875–1955) acting |
16 November 1918 | 25 November 1918 | F48P–Károlyi | M. Károlyi F48P–Károlyi–PRP–MSZDP |
MNT (—) | |
1 | Pál Szende (1879–1934) |
25 November 1918 | 19 January 1919 | PRP | |||
19 January 1919 | 21 March 1919 | Berinkey F48P–Károlyi–PRP–MSZDP–OKGFP |
People's commissars of finance (1919)
Hungarian Soviet Republic (1919)
Parties MSZP/SZKMMP
No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Term of office | Political party | Cabinet | Assembly (Election) |
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1 | Jenő Varga (1879–1964) |
21 March 1919 | 3 April 1919 | MSZP | Central Executive Council MSZP/SZKMMP |
TOGY (—) | |
2 | Béla Székely (1889–1939) serving with Gyula Lengyel |
3 April 1919 | 24 June 1919 | MSZP/SZKMMP | |||
(2) | Béla Székely (1889–1939) |
24 June 1919 | 1 August 1919 | ||||
2 | Gyula Lengyel (1888–1941) serving with Béla Székely |
3 April 1919 | 24 June 1919 | MSZP/SZKMMP |
Counter-revolutionary governments (1919)
Parties Independent
No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Term of office | Political party | Cabinet | Assembly (Election) |
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— | Lajos Solymossy 1st term |
5 May 1919 | 31 May 1919 | Independent | Arad | — | |
— | Gusztáv Gratz (1875–1946) |
31 May 1919 | 6 June 1919 | Independent | Szeged I | ||
— | Lajos Solymossy 2nd term |
6 June 1919 | 12 July 1919 | Independent | Szeged II | ||
— | Antal Éber (1872–1950) |
12 July 1919 | 12 August 1919 | Independent | Szeged III |
Ministers of finance (1919–2010)
Hungarian People's Republic (1919)
Parties MSZDP
No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Term of office | Political party | Cabinet | Assembly (Election) |
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1 | Ferenc Miákits (1876–1924) |
1 August 1919 | 6 August 1919 (deposed) |
MSZDP | Peidl MSZDP |
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— | Gyula Peidl (1873–1943) acting for Ferenc Miákits |
2 August 1919 | 6 August 1919 (deposed) |
MSZDP |
Hungarian Republic (1919–1920)
Parties National Smallholders and Agricultural Labourers Party (OKGFP) Independent
No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Term of office | Political party | Cabinet | Assembly (Election) |
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1 | János Grünn (1864–1932) |
15 August 1919 | 12 September 1919 | Independent | Friedrich KNP/KNEP–OKGFP |
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2 | Frigyes Korányi (1869–1935) |
12 September 1919 | 24 November 1919 | OKGFP | |||
24 November 1919 | 29 February 1920 | Huszár KNEP–OKGFP–MSZDP–NDPP |
Hungarian Kingdom (1920–1946)
Parties National Smallholders and Agricultural Labourers Party (OKGFP) KNEP EP–NEP–MÉP Independent
No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Term of office | Political party | Cabinet | Assembly (Election) |
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1 | Frigyes Korányi (1869–1935) 1st term |
29 February 1920 | 15 March 1920 | OKGFP | Huszár KNEP–OKGFP–MSZDP–NDPP |
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15 March 1920 | 19 July 1920 | Simonyi-Semadam KNEP–OKGFP |
17 (1920) | ||||
19 July 1920 | 16 December 1920 | Teleki I KNEP–OKGFP |
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2 | Lóránt Hegedüs (1872–1943) |
16 December 1920 | 14 April 1921 | Independent | |||
14 April 1921 | 27 September 1921 | Bethlen (KNEP–OKGFP)→EP |
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— | Lajos Hegyeshalmi (1862–1925) acting |
27 September 1921 | 4 October 1921 | KNEP | |||
— | István Bethlen (1874–1946) acting |
4 October 1921 | 3 December 1921 | KNEP | |||
3 | Tibor Kállay (1881–1964) |
3 December 1921 | 2 February 1922 | KNEP | |||
(3) | 2 February 1922 | 20 February 1924 | EP | ||||
18 (1922) | |||||||
— | Lajos Walko (1880–1954) acting |
20 February 1924 | 25 March 1924 | EP | |||
(1) | Frigyes Korányi (1869–1935) 2nd term |
25 March 1924 | 15 November 1924 | EP | |||
4 | János Bud (1880–1950) |
15 November 1924 | 5 September 1928 | EP | |||
19 (1926) | |||||||
5 | Sándor Wekerle Jr. (1878–1963) |
5 September 1928 | 24 August 1931 | EP | |||
20 (1931) | |||||||
— | Gyula Károlyi (1871–1947) acting |
24 August 1931 | 16 December 1931 | EP | G. Károlyi EP–KGSZP |
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(1) | Frigyes Korányi (1869–1935) 3rd term |
16 December 1931 | 1 October 1932 | EP | |||
6 | Béla Imrédy (1891–1946) |
1 October 1932 | 6 January 1935 | NEP | Gömbös NEP |
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7 | Tihamér Fabinyi (1890–1953) |
6 January 1935 | 6 October 1936 | NEP | |||
21 (1935) | |||||||
6 October 1936 | 9 March 1938 | Darányi NEP |
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8 | Lajos Reményi-Schneller (1892–1946) |
9 March 1938 | 14 May 1938 | NEP | |||
14 May 1938 | 16 February 1939 | Imrédy NEP |
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(8) | 16 February 1939 | 3 April 1941 | MÉP | Teleki II MÉP |
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22 (1939) | |||||||
3 April 1941 | 9 March 1942 | Bárdossy MÉP |
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9 March 1942 | 22 March 1944 | Kállay MÉP |
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22 March 1944 | 29 August 1944 | Sztójay MÉP–MMP |
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29 August 1944 | 16 October 1944 | Lakatos MÉP |
Government of National Unity (1944–1945)
Parties Independent
No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Term of office | Political party | Cabinet | Assembly (Election) |
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1 | Lajos Reményi-Schneller (1892–1946) |
16 October 1944 | 28 March 1945 | Independent | Szálasi NYKP–MMP |
— |
Soviet-backed provisional governments (1944–1946)
Parties FKGP
No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Term of office | Political party | Cabinet | Assembly (Election) |
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1 | István Vásáry (1887–1955) |
22 December 1944 | 21 July 1945 | FKGP | Provisional National Government FKGP–MKP–MSZDP–NPP–PDP |
INGY (1944) | |
2 | Imre Oltványi (1893–1963) |
21 July 1945 | 15 November 1945 | FKGP | |||
3 | Ferenc Gordon (1893–1971) |
15 November 1945 | 1 February 1946 | FKGP | Tildy FKGP–MKP–MSZDP–NPP |
23 (1945) |
Hungarian Republic (1946–1949)
Parties FKGP MDP
No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Term of office | Political party | Cabinet | Assembly (Election) |
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1 | Ferenc Gordon (1893–1971) |
1 February 1946 | 26 August 1946 | FKGP | F. Nagy FKGP–MKP–MSZDP–NPP |
23 (1945) | |
2 | Jenő Rácz (1907–1981) |
26 August 1946 | 14 March 1947 | FKGP | |||
3 | Miklós Nyárádi (1905–1976) |
14 March 1947 | 31 May 1947 | FKGP | |||
31 May 1947 | 10 December 1948 | Dinnyés MKP–FKGP–MSZDP–NPP |
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24 (1947) | |||||||
— | Ernő Gerő (1898–1980) acting for Miklós Nyárádi |
3 December 1948 | 10 December 1948 | MDP | |||
— | Ernő Gerő (1898–1980) acting |
10 December 1948 | 18 February 1949 | ||||
4 | Ernő Gerő (1898–1980) |
18 February 1949 | 11 June 1949 | Dobi MDP–FKGP–NPP |
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25 (1949) | |||||||
5 | István Kossa (1904–1965) |
11 June 1949 | 20 August 1949 | MDP |
Hungarian People's Republic (1949–1989)
Parties MDP-MSZMP MSZP
No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Term of office | Political party | Cabinet | Assembly (Election) |
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1 | István Kossa (1904–1965) 1st term |
20 August 1949 | 24 February 1950 | MDP | Dobi MDP |
25 (1949) | |
2 | Károly Olt (1904–1985) |
24 February 1950 | 14 August 1952 | MDP | |||
14 August 1952 | 4 July 1953 | Rákosi MDP |
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4 July 1953 | 18 April 1955 | I. Nagy I MDP |
26 (1953) | ||||
18 April 1955 | 24 October 1956 | Hegedüs MDP |
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(1) | István Kossa (1904–1965) 2nd term |
24 October 1956 | 3 November 1956 | MDP | I. Nagy II MDP/MSZMP–FKGP |
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4 November 1956 | 9 May 1957 | MSZMP | Kádár I MSZMP |
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3 | István Antos (1908–1960) |
9 May 1957 | 28 January 1958 | MSZMP | |||
28 January 1958 | 5 January 1960 (died in office) |
Münnich MSZMP |
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26 (1953) | |||||||
4 | Rezső Nyers (1923–2018) |
5 January 1960 | 13 September 1961 | MSZMP | |||
13 September 1961 | 27 November 1962 | ||||||
Kádár II MSZMP |
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5 | Mátyás Tímár (1923–2020) |
27 November 1962 | 30 June 1965 | MSZMP | |||
28 (1963) | |||||||
30 June 1965 | 14 April 1967 | Kállai MSZMP |
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6 | Péter Vályi (1919–1973) |
14 April 1967 | 12 May 1971 | MSZMP | Fock MSZMP |
29 (1967) | |
7 | Lajos Faluvégi (1924–1999) |
12 May 1971 | 15 May 1975 | MSZMP | 30 (1971) | ||
15 May 1975 | 27 June 1980 | Lázár MSZMP |
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31 (1975) | |||||||
8 | István Hetényi (1926–2008) |
27 June 1980 | 31 December 1986 | MSZMP | 32 (1980) | ||
33 (1985) | |||||||
9 | Péter Medgyessy (1942–) |
1 January 1987 | 25 June 1987 | MSZMP | |||
25 June 1987 | 15 December 1987 | Grósz MSZMP |
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10 | Miklós Villányi (1931–) |
15 December 1987 | 24 November 1988 | MSZMP | |||
24 November 1988 | 9 May 1989 | Németh (MSZMP)→MSZP |
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11 | László Békesi (1942–) |
10 May 1989 | 7 October 1989 | MSZMP | |||
(11) | 7 October 1989 | 23 October 1989 | MSZP |
Hungarian Republic (1989–2010)
Parties MSZP MDF Fidesz Independent
No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Term of office | Political party | Cabinet | Assembly (Election) |
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— | László Békesi (1942–) provisional |
23 October 1989 | 23 May 1990 | MSZP | Németh MSZP |
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1 | Ferenc Rabár (1929–1999) |
23 May 1990 | 19 December 1990 | Independent | Antall MDF–FKGP–KDNP |
34 (1990) | |
2 | Mihály Kupa (1941–) |
20 December 1990 | 11 February 1993 | MDF | |||
3 | Iván Szabó (1934–2005) |
24 February 1993 | 21 December 1993 | MDF | |||
21 December 1993 | 15 July 1994 | Boross MDF–EKGP–KDNP |
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4 | László Békesi (1942–) |
15 July 1994 | 28 February 1995 | MSZP | Horn MSZP–SZDSZ |
35 (1994) | |
5 | Lajos Bokros (1954–) |
1 March 1995 | 29 February 1996 | Independent | |||
6 | Péter Medgyessy (1942–) |
1 March 1996 | 7 Jule 1998 | Independent | |||
7 | Zsigmond Járai (1951–) |
8 Jule 1998 | 31 December 2000 | Independent | Orbán I Fidesz–FKGP–MDF |
36 (1998) | |
8 | Mihály Varga (1965–) 1st term |
1 January 2001 | 27 May 2002 | Fidesz | |||
9 | Csaba László (1962–) |
27 May 2002 | 15 February 2004 | Independent | Medgyessy MSZP–SZDSZ |
37 (2002) | |
10 | Tibor Draskovics (1955–) |
15 February 2004 | 4 October 2004 | Independent | |||
4 October 2004 | 24 April 2005 | Gyurcsány I MSZP–SZDSZ |
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11 | János Veres (1957–) |
24 April 2005 | 9 June 2006 | MSZP | |||
9 June 2006 | 16 April 2009 | Gyurcsány II MSZP–SZDSZ |
38 (2006) | ||||
12 | Péter Oszkó (1973–) |
16 April 2009 | 29 May 2010 | Independent | Bajnai MSZP |
Ministers of national economy (2010–2018)
Hungarian Republic / Hungary (2010–2018)
Parties Fidesz
No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Term of office | Political party | Cabinet | Assembly (Election) |
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1 | György Matolcsy (1955–) |
29 May 2010 | 3 March 2013 | Fidesz | Orbán II Fidesz–KDNP |
39 (2010) | |
2 | Mihály Varga (1965–) 2nd term |
3 March 2013 | 6 June 2014 | Fidesz | |||
6 June 2014 | 18 May 2018 | Orbán III Fidesz–KDNP |
40 (2014) |
Ministers of finance (2018–present)
Hungarian Republic / Hungary (2018–present)
Parties Fidesz
No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Term of office | Political party | Cabinet | Assembly (Election) |
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1 | Mihály Varga (1965–) 2nd term |
18 May 2018 | 24 May 2022 | Fidesz | Orbán IV Fidesz–KDNP |
41 (2018) | |
24 May 2022 | Incumbent | Orbán V Fidesz–KDNP |
42 (2022) |
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 Foreign Affairs (Hungary)
- Minister of the Interior (Hungary)
- Minister of Justice (Hungary)
- Minister of Public Works and Transport (Hungary)