List of heads of state of Hungary

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This is a list of the heads of state of Hungary since 1918.

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

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