Minister of the Interior (Hungary)

Minister of Interior of Hungary
Magyarország belügyminisztere
Incumbent Sándor Pintér since 29 May 2010
Ministry of Interior
Type	Minister
Member of	Hungarian cabinet
Formation	17 March 1848
First holder	Bertalan Szemere

The minister of interior of Hungary (Hungarian: Magyarország belügyminisztere) is a member of the Hungarian cabinet and the head of the Ministry of Interior. The current interior minister is Sándor Pintér.

The position was called People's Commissar of Interior (Hungarian: belügyi népbiztos) during the Hungarian Soviet Republic in 1919 and Minister of Local Government (Hungarian: önkormányzati miniszter) between 2006 and 2010, when the ministry was divided into the Ministry of Local Government and the Ministry of Justice and Law.

Ministers of interior (1848–1919)

Hungarian Kingdom (1848–1849)

Parties   Opposition Party

No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office		Political party	Cabinet	Assembly (Election)
1		Bertalan Szemere (1812–1869)	17 March 1848	2 October 1848	Opposition Party	Batthyány	Last Diet
							1 (1848)
2		Committee of National Defence	2 October 1848	14 April 1849	—	Committee of National Defence

Hungarian State (1849)

Parties   Opposition Party

No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office		Political party	Cabinet	Assembly (Election)
1		Committee of National Defence	14 April 1849	2 May 1849	—	Committee of National Defence	1 (1848)
2		Bertalan Szemere (1812–1869)	2 May 1849	11 August 1849	Opposition Party	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   National Constitution Party   F48P/F48P–Károlyi   Independent

No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office		Political party	Cabinet	Assembly (Election)
1		Béla Wenckheim (1811–1879)	20 February 1867	21 October 1869	Deák Party	Andrássy DP	3 (1865)
							4 (1869)
2		Pál Rajner (1823–1879)	21 October 1869	10 February 1871	Deák Party
3		Vilmos Tóth (1832–1898)	10 February 1871	14 November 1871	Deák Party
			14 November 1871	4 December 1872		Lónyay DP
							5 (1872)
			4 December 1872	5 March 1873		Szlávy DP
4		Gyula Szapáry (1832–1905) 1st term	5 March 1873	21 March 1874	Deák Party
			21 March 1874	2 March 1875		Bittó DP–BK
5		Kálmán Tisza (1830–1902)	2 March 1875	20 October 1875	Liberal Party	Wenckheim SZP
			20 October 1875	11 February 1887		K. Tisza SZP	6 (1875)
							7 (1878)
							8 (1881)
							9 (1884)
—		Béla Orczy (1822–1917) acting	11 February 1887	22 March 1889	Liberal Party
							10 (1887)
—		Gábor Baross (1848–1892) acting	22 March 1889	16 June 1889	Liberal Party
6		Géza Teleki (1843–1913)	16 June 1889	15 March 1890	Liberal Party
(4)		Gyula Szapáry (1832–1905) 2nd term	15 March 1890	17 November 1892	Liberal Party	Szapáry SZP
							11 (1892)
7		Károly Hieronymi (1836–1911)	17 November 1892	15 January 1895	Liberal Party	Wekerle I SZP
8		Dezső Perczel (1848–1913)	15 January 1895	26 February 1899	Liberal Party	Bánffy SZP
							12 (1896)
—		Kálmán Széll (1843–1915) acting	26 February 1899	27 June 1903	Liberal Party	Széll SZP
							13 (1901)
9		Károly Khuen-Héderváry (1849–1918) 1st term	27 June 1903	3 November 1903	Liberal Party	Khuen-Héderváry I SZP
10		István Tisza (1861–1918)	3 November 1903	18 June 1905	Liberal Party	I. Tisza I SZP
11		József Kristóffy (1857–1928)	18 June 1905	8 April 1906	Liberal Party	Fejérváry SZP	14 (1905)
12		Gyula Andrássy, Jr. (1860–1929)	8 April 1906	17 January 1910	National Constitution Party	Wekerle II F48P–OAP–KNP–PDP
							15 (1906)
(9)		Károly Khuen-Héderváry (1849–1918) 2nd term	17 January 1910	22 April 1912	National Party of Work	Khuen-Héderváry II NMP
							16 (1910)
13		László Lukács (1850–1932)	22 April 1912	10 June 1913	National Party of Work	Lukács NMP
14		János Sándor (1860–1922)	10 June 1913	15 June 1917	National Party of Work	I. Tisza II NMP
15		Gábor Ugron (1880–1960)	15 June 1917	23 August 1917	National Party of Work	Esterházy NMP–F48P–OAP–PDP–KNP
			23 August 1917	25 January 1918		Wekerle III NMP–F48P–OAP–PDP–KNP
16		János Tóth (1864–1929)	25 January 1918	8 May 1918	F48P
—		Sándor Wekerle (1848–1921) acting	8 May 1918	31 October 1918	National Party of Work
—		Lajos Návay (1870–1919)	30 October 1918	31 October 1918	Independent	Hadik not formed
17		Tivadar Batthyány (1859–1931)	31 October 1918	16 November 1918	F48P–Károlyi	M. Károlyi F48P–Károlyi–PRP–MSZDP	MNT (—)

Hungarian People's Republic (1918–1919)

Parties   F48P–Károlyi

No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office		Political party	Cabinet	Assembly (Election)
1		Tivadar Batthyány (1859–1931)	16 November 1918	12 December 1918	F48P–Károlyi	M. Károlyi F48P–Károlyi–PRP–MSZDP	MNT (—)
2		Vince Nagy (1886–1965)	12 December 1918	11 January 1919	F48P–Károlyi
			11 January 1919	21 March 1919		Berinkey F48P–Károlyi–PRP–MSZDP–OKGFP

People's commissars of interior (1919)

Hungarian Soviet Republic (1919)

Parties   MSZP/SZKMMP

No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office		Political party	Cabinet	Assembly (Election)
1		Jenő Landler (1875–1928) serving with Béla Vágó	21 March 1919	1 August 1919	MSZP/SZKMMP	Central Executive Council MSZP/SZKMMP	TOGY (—)
1		Béla Vágó (1881–1939) serving with Jenő Landler	21 March 1919	1 August 1919	MSZP/SZKMMP

Counter-revolutionary governments (1919)

Parties   Independent

No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office		Political party	Cabinet	Assembly (Election)
—		Ábel Bartha	5 May 1919	31 May 1919	Independent	Arad	—
—		Béla Kelemen (1863–1944)	31 May 1919	6 June 1919	Independent	Szeged I
			6 June 1919	12 July 1919		Szeged II
—		Aladár Balla (1867–1935)	12 July 1919	12 August 1919	Independent	Szeged III

Ministers of interior (1919–2006)

Hungarian People's Republic (1919)

Parties   MSZDP

No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office		Political party	Cabinet	Assembly (Election)
1		Károly Peyer (1881–1956)	1 August 1919	6 August 1919 (deposed)	MSZDP	Peidl MSZDP	—

Hungarian Republic (1919–1920)

Parties   KNP/KNEP   Independent

No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office		Political party	Cabinet	Assembly (Election)
1		Adolf Samassa (1867–1929)	7 August 1919	15 August 1919	Independent	Friedrich KNP/KNEP–OKGFP	—
2		Zsigmond Perényi (1870–1946)	15 August 1919	27 August 1919	KNP
3		István Friedrich (1883–1951)	27 August 1919	11 September 1919	KNP
4		Ödön Beniczky (1878–1931)	11 September 1919	24 November 1919	KNP/KNEP
			24 November 1919	29 February 1920		Huszár KNEP–OKGFP–MSZDP–NDPP

Hungarian Kingdom (1920–1946)

Parties   KNEP   National Smallholders and Agricultural Labourers Party (OKGFP)   EP–NEP–MÉP   Party of Hungarian Renewal (MMP)   Independent

No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office		Political party	Cabinet	Assembly (Election)
1		Ödön Beniczky (1878–1931)	29 February 1920	15 March 1920	KNEP	Huszár KNEP–OKGFP–MSZDP–NDPP	—
2		Sándor Simonyi-Semadam (1864–1946) acting	15 March 1920	19 April 1920	KNEP	Simonyi-Semadam KNEP–OKGFP	17 (1920)
3		Mihály Dömötör (1875–1962)	19 April 1920	19 July 1920	KNEP
4		Gyula Ferdinandy (1873–1960)	19 July 1920	19 February 1921	OKGFP	Teleki I KNEP–OKGFP
5		Vilmos Pál Tomcsányi (1880–1959)	19 February 1921	14 April 1921	OKGFP
6		Gedeon Ráday (1872–1937)	14 April 1921	3 December 1921	KNEP	Bethlen (KNEP–OKGFP)→EP
7		Kunó Klebelsberg (1875–1932)	3 December 1921	2 February 1922	KNEP
(7)			2 February 1922	6 June 1922	EP
8		Iván Rakovszky (1885–1960)	6 June 1922	15 October 1926	EP		18 (1922)
9		Béla Scitovszky (1878–1959)	15 October 1926	24 August 1931	EP
							19 (1926)
							20 (1931)
10		Ferenc Keresztes-Fischer (1881–1948) 1st term	24 August 1931	1 October 1932	EP	G. Károlyi EP–KGSZP
			1 October 1932	4 March 1935	NEP	Gömbös NEP
11		Miklós Kozma (1884–1941)	4 March 1935	12 October 1936	NEP
							21 (1935)
			12 October 1936	3 February 1937		Darányi NEP
—		Kálmán Darányi (1886–1939) acting	3 February 1937	10 April 1937	NEP
12		József Széll (1880–1956)	10 April 1937	14 May 1938	NEP
(10)		Ferenc Keresztes-Fischer (1881–1948) 2nd term	14 May 1938	16 February 1939	NEP	Imrédy NEP
			16 February 1939	3 April 1941	MÉP	Teleki II MÉP
							22 (1939)
			3 April 1941	9 March 1942		Bárdossy MÉP
			9 March 1942	22 March 1944 (deposed)		Kállay MÉP
13		Andor Jaross (1896–1946)	22 March 1944	17 August 1944	MMP	Sztójay MÉP–MMP
14		Miklós Bonczos (1897–1971)	17 August 1944	29 August 1944	MÉP	Sztójay MÉP–MMP
			29 August 1944	12 October 1944		Lakatos MÉP
—		Béla Horváth (1886–1978) acting for Miklós Bonczos as Secretary of State	6 September 1944	12 October 1944	MÉP
15		Péter Schell (1898–1974)	12 October 1944	16 October 1944 (deposed)	MÉP

Government of National Unity (1944–1945)

Parties   Arrow Cross Party

No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office		Political party	Cabinet	Assembly (Election)
1		Gábor Vajna (1891–1946)	16 October 1944	28 March 1945	NYKP	Szálasi NYKP–MMP	—

Soviet-backed provisional governments (1944–1946)

Parties   NPP   MKP

No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office		Political party	Cabinet	Assembly (Election)
1		Ferenc Erdei (1910–1971)	22 December 1944	15 November 1945	NPP	Provisional National Government FKGP–MKP–MSZDP–NPP–PDP	INGY (1944)
2		Imre Nagy (1896–1958)	15 November 1945	1 February 1946	MKP	Tildy FKGP–MKP–MSZDP–NPP	23 (1945)

Hungarian Republic (1946–1949)

Parties   MKP-MDP

No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office		Political party	Cabinet	Assembly (Election)
1		Imre Nagy (1896–1958)	1 February 1946	20 March 1946	MKP	F. Nagy FKGP–MKP–MSZDP–NPP	23 (1945)
2		László Rajk (1909–1949)	20 March 1946	31 May 1947	MKP
			31 May 1947	14 June 1948		Dinnyés (MKP–MSZDP)→MDP–FKGP–NPP
							24 (1947)
			14 June 1948	5 August 1948	MDP
3		János Kádár (1912–1989)	5 August 1948	10 December 1948	MDP
			10 December 1948	20 August 1949		Dobi MDP–FKGP–NPP
							25 (1949)

Hungarian People's Republic (1949–1989)

Parties   MDP-MSZMP   MSZP

No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office		Political party	Cabinet	Assembly (Election)
1		János Kádár (1912–1989)	20 August 1949	23 June 1950	MDP	Dobi MDP	25 (1949)
2		Sándor Zöld (1913–1951)	23 June 1950	20 April 1951	MDP
3		Árpád Házi (1908–1970)	20 April 1951	14 August 1952	MDP
			14 August 1952	14 November 1952		Rákosi MDP
4		József Györe (1902–1985)	14 November 1952	4 July 1953	MDP
5		Ernő Gerő (1898–1980)	4 July 1953	6 June 1954	MDP	I. Nagy I MDP	26 (1953)
6		László Piros (1917–2006)	6 June 1954	18 April 1955	MDP
			18 April 1955	24 October 1956		Hegedüs MDP
			24 October 1956	27 October 1956		I. Nagy II MDP/MSZMP–FKGP
7		Ferenc Münnich (1886–1967)	27 October 1956	3 November 1956	MDP
8		Béla Biszku (1921–2016)	1 March 1957	28 January 1958	MSZMP	Kádár I MSZMP
			28 January 1958	13 September 1961		Münnich MSZMP
							27 (1958)
9		János Pap (1925–1994)	13 September 1961	7 December 1963	MSZMP	Kádár II MSZMP
							28 (1963)
10		András Benkei (1923–1991)	7 December 1963	30 June 1965	MSZMP
			30 June 1965	17 April 1967		Kállai MSZMP
			17 April 1967	15 May 1975		Fock MSZMP	29 (1967)
							30 (1971)
			15 May 1975	27 June 1980		Lázár MSZMP
							31 (1975)
							32 (1980)
11		István Horváth (born 1935)	27 June 1980	29 March 1985	MSZMP
12		János Kamara (1927–2000)	29 March 1985	25 June 1987	MSZMP
							33 (1985)
			25 June 1987	16 December 1987		Grósz MSZMP
(11)		István Horváth (born 1935)	16 December 1987	24 November 1988	MSZMP
			24 November 1988	7 October 1989		Németh (MSZMP)→MSZP
(11)			7 October 1989	23 October 1989	MSZP

Hungarian Republic (1989–2006)

Parties   MSZP   MDF   SZDSZ   Independent

No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office		Political party	Cabinet	Assembly (Election)
—		István Horváth (born 1935) provisional	23 October 1989	23 January 1990	MSZP	Németh MSZP	—
—		Zoltán Gál (born 1940) provisional	23 January 1990	23 May 1990	MSZP
1		Balázs Horváth (1942–2006)	23 May 1990	21 December 1990	MDF	Antall MDF–FKGP–KDNP	34 (1990)
2		Péter Boross (born 1928)	21 December 1990	12 December 1993	MDF
			13 December 1993	21 December 1993		Boross MDF–EKGP–KDNP
3		Imre Kónya (born 1947)	21 December 1993	15 July 1994	MDF
4		Gábor Kuncze (born 1950)	15 July 1994	8 July 1998	SZDSZ	Horn MSZP–SZDSZ	35 (1994)
5		Sándor Pintér (born 1948) 1st term	8 July 1998	27 May 2002	Independent	Orbán I Fidesz–FKGP–MDF	36 (1998)
6		Mónika Lamperth (born 1957)	27 May 2002	4 October 2004	MSZP	Medgyessy MSZP–SZDSZ	37 (2002)
			4 October 2004	9 June 2006		Gyurcsány I MSZP–SZDSZ

Ministers of local government (2006–2010)

Hungarian Republic (2006–2010)

Parties   MSZP   Association for Somogy   Independent

No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office		Political party	Cabinet	Assembly (Election)
1		Mónika Lamperth (born 1957)	9 June 2006	30 June 2007	MSZP	Gyurcsány II MSZP–SZDSZ	38 (2006)
2		Gordon Bajnai (born 1968)	30 June 2007	30 April 2008	Independent
3		István Gyenesei (born 1948)	30 April 2008	14 April 2009	Association for Somogy
4		Zoltán Varga (born 1952)	14 April 2009	29 May 2010	MSZP	Bajnai MSZP

Ministers of interior (2010–present)

Hungarian Republic / Hungary (2010–present)

Parties   Independent

No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office		Political party	Cabinet	Assembly (Election)
1		Sándor Pintér (born 1948) 2nd term	29 May 2010	6 June 2014	Independent	Orbán II Fidesz–KDNP	39 (2010)
			6 June 2014	18 May 2018		Orbán III Fidesz–KDNP	40 (2014)
			18 May 2018	24 May 2022		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 Finance (Hungary)
• Minister of Foreign Affairs (Hungary)
• Minister of Justice (Hungary)
• Minister of Public Works and Transport (Hungary)