List of Speakers of the House of Magnates


The House of Magnates was initially established during the Hungarian Revolution of 1848, as the upper chamber of the Diet of Hungary, and existed with interruptions 1848-1918.
#NameEntered officeLeft OfficePolitical party
1György Mailáth senior25 June 184831 December 1848Conservative Party
2Zsigmond Perényi1 January 184911 August 1849Opposition Party
3György Apponyi6 April 186122 August 1861Conservative Party
4Pál Sennyey9 December 186522 March 1867Deák Party
4György Mailáth junior22 March 186729 March 1883Conservative Party
5László Szőgyény-Marich25 May 18837 December 1884Liberal Party
6Pál Sennyey16 December 18843 January 1888
7Miklós Vay17 January 188813 May 1894
8József Szlávy16 September 18943 October 1896Liberal Party
9Vilmos Tóth22 November 189614 June 1898Liberal Party
10Tibor Károlyi17 June 18982 October 1900Liberal Party
11Albin Csáky2 October 190019 February 1906Liberal Party
12Aurél Dessewffy17 May 190610 February 1910
Albin Csáky18 June 191021 September 1912National Party of Work
13Samu Jósika21 September 191219 June 1917National Party of Work
14Endre Hadik-Barkóczy19 June 191722 June 1918National Constitution Party
15Gyula Wlassics22 June 191816 November 1918National Constitution Party

During the First Hungarian Republic the House of Magnates was replaced by the National Council. During the Hungarian Soviet Republic it was replaced by the National Assembly of Soviets. 1920-1927 it was replaced by a unicameral National Assembly. 1927-1945 it was re-established.
NameEntered OfficeLeft Office
Gyula Wlassics31 January 19278 March 1935
Bertalan Széchényi1 May 19353 June 1943
Zsigmond Perényi23 October 19433 November 1944
Jenő Rátz8 November 194428 March 1945