List of heads of state of Hungary
This is a list of the heads of state of Hungary since 1918.
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Surname | Taking office | Resignation | Official title Country name |
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Mihály Károlyi | November 16, 1918 | March 21, 1919 | President of the Hungarian Democratic Republic |
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Sándor Garbai | March 21, 1919 | August 1, 1919 | Chairman of the Central Executive Committee of the Hungarian Soviet Republic |
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Gyula Peidl | August 1, 1919 | August 6, 1919 | Chairman of the Central Executive Committee of the Hungarian People's Republic |
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Joseph August of Austria | August 6, 1919 | August 23, 1919 | Imperial Administrator Hungary |
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István Friedrich | August 23, 1919 | November 24, 1919 | Acting Head of State Hungary |
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Károly Huszár | November 24, 1919 | March 1, 1920 | Acting Head of State Hungary |
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Miklós Horthy | March 1, 1920 | October 15, 1944 |
Imperial Governor of the Kingdom of Hungary |
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Ferenc Szálasi | October 16, 1944 | March 28, 1945 | Leader of the Hungarian State Nation |
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Béla Miklós | December 21, 1944 | November 15, 1945 | Acting Head of State in the Kingdom of Hungary |
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Zoltan Tildy | November 15, 1945 | February 1, 1946 | Acting Head of State in the Kingdom of Hungary |
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Zoltan Tildy | February 1, 1946 | August 2, 1948 | President of the Republic of Hungary |
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Árpád Szakasits | August 2, 1948 | August 23, 1949 | President of the Republic of Hungary |
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Árpád Szakasits | August 23, 1949 | April 26, 1950 | Chairman of the Presidential Council of the People's Republic of Hungary |
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Sándor Rónai | April 26, 1950 | August 14, 1952 | Chairman of the Presidential Council of the People's Republic of Hungary |
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István Dobi | August 14, 1952 | April 13, 1967 | Chairman of the Presidential Council of the People's Republic of Hungary |
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Pál Losonczi | April 13, 1967 | June 25, 1987 | Chairman of the Presidential Council of the People's Republic of Hungary |
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Károly Németh | June 25, 1987 | June 29, 1988 | Chairman of the Presidential Council of the People's Republic of Hungary |
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Brúnó Straub | June 29, 1988 | October 18, 1989 | Chairman of the Presidential Council of the People's Republic of Hungary |
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Mátyás Szűrös | October 18, 1989 | May 2, 1990 | President of the Republic of Hungary |
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Árpád Göncz | May 2, 1990 | August 4, 2000 | President of the Republic of Hungary |
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Ferenc Mádl | August 4, 2000 | August 5, 2005 | President of the Republic of Hungary |
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László Sólyom | August 5, 2005 | August 5, 2010 | President of the Republic of Hungary |
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Pál Schmitt | August 6, 2010 | April 2, 2012 | President of the Republic of Hungary |
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László Kövér | April 2, 2012 | May 2, 2012 | come over. President of the Republic of Hungary |
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János Áder | May 2, 2012 | officiating | President of Hungary |