List of Prime Ministers of Hungary by tenure


This list of Prime Ministers of Hungary lists each Prime Minister in order of term length. This is based on the difference between dates; if counted by number of calendar days all the figures would be one greater.
Kálmán Tisza, Viktor Orbán, György Lázár and István Bethlen are the only persons to have served as Prime Minister for more than 10 years. János Hadik served as Prime Minister for less than one day in 1918.

Rank by time in office

Rank by
length
of terms
Prime MinisterLength by
time served
AdministrationsParty
1Kálmán Tisza14 years, 144 days1Liberal Party
2Viktor Orbán2Fidesz
3György Lázár12 years, 41 days1MSZMP
4István Bethlen10 years, 132 days1Unity Party
5Jenő Fock8 years, 31 days1MSZMP
6Sándor Wekerle7 years, 48 days3Liberal Party
7István Tisza5 years, 232 days2Liberal Party
8János Kádár5 years, 10 days2MSZMP
9Gyula Andrássy4 years, 270 days1Deák Party
10Ferenc Gyurcsány4 years, 202 days1MSZP
11Kálmán Széll4 years, 121 days1Liberal Party
12Dezső Bánffy4 years, 43 days1Liberal Party
13Gyula Gömbös4 years, 5 days1Party of National Unity
14Gyula Horn3 years, 356 days1MSZP
15István Dobi3 years, 348 days1MDP
16Ferenc Münnich3 years, 228 days1MSZMP
17József Antall3 years, 203 days1MDF
18Pál Teleki2 years, 316 days2Party of National Unity
19Gyula Szapáry2 years, 249 days1Liberal Party
20Károly Khuen-Héderváry2 years, 225 days2Liberal Party
21Péter Medgyessy2 years, 125 days1MSZP
22Miklós Kállay2 years, 13 days1Party of Hungarian Life
23Imre Nagy1 year, 299 days2MDP
24Gyula Kállai1 year, 288 days1MSZMP
25Kálmán Darányi1 year, 220 days1Party of National Unity
26Lajos Dinnyés1 year, 193 days1FKGP
27András Hegedüs1 year, 189 days1MDP
28Miklós Németh1 year, 180 days1MSZMP
29Károly Grósz1 year, 152 days1MSZMP
30Ferenc Nagy1 year, 116 days1FKGP
31József Szlávy1 year, 107 days1Deák Party
32László Lukács1 year, 49 days1National Party of Work
33Gordon Bajnai1 year, 45 days1MSZP
34Gyula Károlyi1 year, 38 days1Unity Party
35Menyhért Lónyay1 year, 20 days1Deák Party
36István Bittó346 days1Deák Party
37László Bárdossy338 days1Party of Hungarian Life
38Béla Miklós328 days1Independent
39Mátyás Rákosi324 days1MDP
40Géza Fejérváry294 days1Independent
41Béla Imrédy278 days1Party of National Unity
42Béla Wenckheim232 days1Liberal Party
43Péter Boross215 days1MDF
44Lajos Kossuth211 days1Opposition Party
45Lajos Batthyány199 days1Opposition Party
46Ferenc Szálasi163 days1Arrow Cross Party
47Döme Sztójay160 days1Independent
48Sándor Garbai133 days1KMP
49Sándor Simonyi-Semadam126 days1KNEP
50Károly Huszár112 days1KNEP
51István Friedrich109 days1KNEP
52Bertalan Szemere101 days1Opposition Party
53Zoltán Tildy78 days1FKGP
54Mihály Károlyi72 days1Károlyi Party
55Dénes Berinkey69 days1Károlyi Party
56Móric Esterházy66 days1Independent
57Géza Lakatos48 days1Independent
58Gyula Peidl5 days1MSZDP
59János Hadik17 hours1Constitution Party