Minister_of_Defence_(Hungary)

Minister of Defence of Hungary
Minister of Defence of Hungary
Magyarország honvédelmi minisztere
	Incumbent; Kristóf Szalay-Bobrovniczky; since 24 May 2022
	Ministry of Defence
Type	Minister
Member of	Hungarian cabinet
Formation	7 April 1848
First holder	Lajos Batthyány
Website	Official website

Minister of Defence (Hungary)

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The minister of defence of Hungary (Hungarian: Magyarország honvédelmi minisztere) is a member of the Hungarian cabinet and the head of the Ministry of Defence. The defence minister appoints the Chief of General Staff of the Hungarian Defence Forces. The current minister is Kristóf Szalay-Bobrovniczky.

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The position was called People's Commissar of War (Hungarian: hadügyi népbiztos) during the Hungarian Soviet Republic in 1919 and Minister of War (Hungarian: hadügyminiszter) during two short periods of Hungarian history: at the time of the Hungarian Revolution of 1848 and during a very short chaotic term (less than two years) after World War I, when three political transformations took place.

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No.	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office		Political party	Cabinet	Assembly (Election)
—	Lajos Batthyány (1807–1849) acting	7 April 1848	23 May 1848	Opposition Party	Batthyány	Last Diet
1	Lázár Mészáros (1796–1858)	23 May 1848	2 October 1848	Military		Last Diet
1		23 May 1848	2 October 1848	Military		1 (1848)
(1)		2 October 1848	14 April 1849	Peace Party	Committee of National Defence	1 (1848)

No.	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office		Political party	Cabinet	Assembly (Election)
(1)	Lázár Mészáros (1796–1858) acting	14 April 1849	1 May 1849	Peace Party	Committee of National Defence	1 (1848)
(1)	Lázár Mészáros (1796–1858) acting	1 May 1849	6 May 1849	Peace Party	Szemere
2	Artúr Görgei (1818–1916)	7 May 1849	7 July 1849	Military
3	Lajos Aulich (1793–1849)	14 July 1849	11 August 1849	Military

No.	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office		Political party	Cabinet	Assembly (Election)
1	Gyula Andrássy (1823–1890)	17 February 1867	14 November 1871	Deák Party	Andrássy DP	3 (1865)
1	Gyula Andrássy (1823–1890)	17 February 1867	14 November 1871	Deák Party	Andrássy DP	4 (1869)
2	Menyhért Lónyay (1822–1884)	14 November 1871	4 December 1872	Deák Party	Lónyay DP	4 (1869)
2	Menyhért Lónyay (1822–1884)	14 November 1871	4 December 1872	Deák Party	Lónyay DP	5 (1872)
3	József Szlávy (1818–1900) acting	4 December 1872	15 December 1872	Deák Party	Szlávy DP
4	Béla Szende (1823–1882)	15 December 1872	21 March 1874	Independent	Szlávy DP
		21 March 1874	2 March 1875		Bittó DP–BK
		2 March 1875	20 October 1875		Wenckheim SZP
		20 October 1875	18 August 1882 (died in office)		K. Tisza SZP	6 (1875)
						7 (1878)
						8 (1881)
5	Gedeon Ráday (1841–1883)	19 August 1882	26 December 1883 (died in office)	Liberal Party
—	Béla Orczy (1822–1917) acting	2 January 1884	28 October 1884	Liberal Party
—	Béla Orczy (1822–1917) acting	2 January 1884	28 October 1884	Liberal Party		9 (1884)
6	Géza Fejérváry (1833–1914)	28 October 1884	13 March 1890	Independent		9 (1884)
		28 October 1884	13 March 1890			10 (1887)
		13 March 1890	19 November 1892		Szapáry SZP	10 (1887)
		13 March 1890	19 November 1892		Szapáry SZP	11 (1892)
		19 November 1892	15 January 1895		Wekerle I SZP
		15 January 1895	26 February 1899		Bánffy SZP
		15 January 1895	26 February 1899		Bánffy SZP	12 (1896)
		26 February 1899	27 June 1903		Széll SZP	12 (1896)
		26 February 1899	27 June 1903		Széll SZP	13 (1901)
7	Dezső Kolossváry (1854–1919)	27 June 1903	3 November 1903	Independent	Khuen-Héderváry I SZP
8	Sándor Nyiri (1854–1911)	3 November 1903	18 June 1905	Liberal Party	I. Tisza I SZP
9	Ferenc Bihar (1847–1920)	18 June 1905	6 March 1906	Independent	Fejérváry SZP	14 (1905)
10	Béla Pap (1845–1916)	6 March 1906	8 April 1906	Independent	Fejérváry SZP
—	Sándor Wekerle (1848–1921) acting	8 April 1906	14 April 1906	National Constitution Party	Wekerle II FÜG48–OAP–KNP–PDP
11	Lajos Jekelfalussy (1848–1911)	14 April 1906	17 January 1910	National Constitution Party
11	Lajos Jekelfalussy (1848–1911)	14 April 1906	17 January 1910	National Constitution Party		15 (1906)
12	Samu Hazai (1851–1942)	17 January 1910	22 April 1912	National Party of Work	Khuen-Héderváry II NMP	15 (1906)
		17 January 1910	22 April 1912		Khuen-Héderváry II NMP	16 (1910)
		22 April 1912	10 June 1913		Lukács NMP
		10 June 1913	19 February 1917		I. Tisza II NMP
13	Sándor Szurmay (1860–1945)	19 February 1917	15 June 1917	Independent	I. Tisza II NMP
		15 June 1917	23 August 1917		Esterházy NMP–FÜG48–OAP–PDP–KNP
		23 August 1917	31 October 1918		Wekerle III NMP–FÜG48–OAP–PDP–KNP

No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office		Political party	Cabinet	Assembly (Election)
1		Béla Linder (1876–1962)	31 October 1918	9 November 1918	Independent	M. Károlyi FÜG48–K–PRP–MSZDP	MNT (—)
2		Albert Bartha (1877–1960)	9 November 1918	16 November 1918	Independent	M. Károlyi FÜG48–K–PRP–MSZDP	MNT (—)

No.	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office		Political party	Cabinet	Assembly (Election)
1	Albert Bartha (1877–1960)	16 November 1918	12 December 1918	Independent	M. Károlyi FÜG48–K–PRP–MSZDP	MNT (—)
—	Mihály Károlyi (1875–1955) acting (de jure)	12 December 1918	29 December 1918	FÜG48–Károlyi
—	Vilmos Böhm (1880–1949) acting (de facto)	12 December 1918	29 December 1918	MSZDP
2	Sándor Festetics (1882–1956)	29 December 1918	19 January 1919	Independent
3	Vilmos Böhm (1880–1949)	19 January 1919	21 March 1919	MSZDP	Berinkey FÜG48–K–PRP–MSZDP–OKGFP

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Minister of Defence of Hungary
Magyarország honvédelmi minisztere
Incumbent Kristóf Szalay-Bobrovniczky since 24 May 2022
Ministry of Defence
Type	Minister
Member of	Hungarian cabinet
Formation	7 April 1848
First holder	Lajos Batthyány
Website	Official website

No.	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office		Political party	Cabinet	Assembly (Election)
1	József Pogány (1886–1938)	21 March 1919	3 April 1919	MSZP	Central Executive Council MSZP/SZKMMP	TOGY (—)
2	Béla Kun (1886–1939) serving with Vilmos Böhm, Rezső Fiedler, József Haubrich and Béla Szántó	3 April 1919	24 June 1919	MSZP/SZKMMP
2	Vilmos Böhm (1880–1949) serving with Béla Kun, Rezső Fiedler, József Haubrich and Béla Szántó	3 April 1919	24 June 1919	MSZP/SZKMMP
2	Rezső Fiedler (1884–1939) serving with Béla Kun, Vilmos Böhm, József Haubrich and Béla Szántó	3 April 1919	24 June 1919	MSZP/SZKMMP
2	József Haubrich (1883–1939) serving with Béla Kun, Vilmos Böhm, Rezső Fiedler and Béla Szántó	3 April 1919	24 June 1919	MSZP/SZKMMP
2	Béla Szántó (1881–1951) serving with Béla Kun, Vilmos Böhm, Rezső Fiedler and József Haubrich until 24 June 1919	3 April 1919	24 June 1919	MSZP/SZKMMP
3		24 June 1919	1 August 1919	SZKMMP

No.	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office		Political party	Cabinet	Assembly (Election)
—	Zoltán Szabó (1858–1934)	5 May 1919	31 May 1919	Independent	Arad	—
—	Miklós Horthy (1868–1957)	31 May 1919	6 June 1919	Independent	Szeged I
—	Miklós Horthy (1868–1957)	6 June 1919	12 July 1919	Independent	Szeged II
—	Sándor Belitska (1872–1939)	12 July 1919	12 August 1919	Independent	Szeged III

No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office		Political party	Cabinet	Assembly (Election)
1		Ferenc Schnetzer (1867–1944)	15 August 1919	24 November 1919	Independent	Friedrich KNP/KNEP–OKGFP	—
2		István Friedrich (1883–1951)	24 November 1919	29 February 1920	KNEP	Huszár KNEP–OKGFP–MSZDP–NDPP	—

No.	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office		Political party	Cabinet	Assembly (Election)
1	István Friedrich (1883–1951)	29 February 1920	15 March 1920	KNEP	Huszár KNEP–OKGFP–MSZDP–NDPP	—
2	Károly Soós (1869–1953)	15 March 1920	19 July 1920	Independent	Simonyi-Semadam KNEP–OKGFP	17 (1920)
2	István Sréter (1867–1942)	19 July 1920	16 December 1920	Independent	Teleki I KNEP–OKGFP
3	Sándor Belitska (1872–1939)	16 December 1920	14 April 1921	Independent	Teleki I KNEP–OKGFP
		14 April 1921	28 June 1923		Bethlen (KNEP–OKGFP)→EP
		14 April 1921	28 June 1923			18 (1922)
4	Károly Csáky (1873–1945)	28 June 1923	10 October 1929	Independent		18 (1922)
4	Károly Csáky (1873–1945)	28 June 1923	10 October 1929	Independent		19 (1926)
5	Gyula Gömbös (1886–1936)	10 November 1929	24 August 1931	EP		19 (1926)
		10 November 1929	24 August 1931			20 (1931)
		24 August 1931	1 October 1932		G. Károlyi EP–KGSZP
		1 October 1932	2 September 1936	NEP	Gömbös NEP
		1 October 1932	2 September 1936	NEP		21 (1935)
—	Miklós Kozma (1884–1941) acting for Gyula Gömbös	14 May 1936	7 August 1936	NEP
6	József Somkuthy (1883–1961)	2 September 1936	6 October 1936	NEP
7	Vilmos Rőder (1881–1969)	12 October 1936	14 May 1938	NEP	Darányi NEP
8	Jenő Rátz (1882–1949)	14 May 1938	15 November 1938	NEP	Imrédy NEP
9	Károly Bartha (1884–1964)	15 November 1938	16 February 1939	Independent	Imrédy NEP
		16 February 1939	3 April 1941		Teleki II MÉP
		16 February 1939	3 April 1941		Teleki II MÉP	22 (1939)
		3 April 1941	9 March 1942		Bárdossy MÉP
		9 March 1942	24 September 1942		Kállay MÉP
10	Vilmos Nagy (1884–1976)	24 September 1942	12 June 1943	Independent
11	Lajos Csatay (1886–1944)	12 June 1943	22 March 1944 (deposed)	Independent
		22 March 1944	29 August 1944		Sztójay MÉP–MMP
		29 August 1944	16 October 1944 (deposed)		Lakatos MÉP

No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office		Political party	Cabinet	Assembly (Election)
1		János Vörös (1891–1968)	22 December 1944	15 November 1945	Independent	Provisional National Government FKGP–MKP–MSZDP–NPP–PDP	INGY (1944)
2		Jenő Tombor (1880–1946)	15 November 1945	1 February 1946	Independent	Tildy FKGP–MKP–MSZDP–NPP	23 (1945)

No.	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office		Political party	Cabinet	Assembly (Election)
1	Jenő Tombor (1880–1946)	1 February 1946	4 February 1946	Independent	Tildy FKGP–MKP–MSZDP–NPP	23 (1945)
1	Jenő Tombor (1880–1946)	4 February 1946	25 July 1946 (died in office)	Independent	F. Nagy FKGP–MKP–MSZDP–NPP
—	Ferenc Nagy (1903–1979) acting	9 August 1946	21 August 1946	FKGP
2	Albert Bartha (1877–1960)	21 August 1946	14 March 1947	Independent
—	Lajos Dinnyés (1901–1961) acting	14 March 1947	31 May 1947	FKGP
		31 May 1947	24 September 1947		Dinnyés MKP–FKGP–MSZDP–NPP
		31 May 1947	24 September 1947			24 (1947)
3	Péter Veres (1897–1970)	24 September 1947	9 September 1948	NPP
4	Mihály Farkas (1904–1965)	9 September 1948	10 December 1948	MDP	Dinnyés MDP–FKGP–NPP
		10 December 1948	20 August 1949		Dobi MDP–FKGP–NPP
		10 December 1948	20 August 1949		Dobi MDP–FKGP–NPP	25 (1949)

No.	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office		Political party	Cabinet	Assembly (Election)
1	Mihály Farkas (1904–1965)	20 August 1949	14 August 1952	MDP	Dobi MDP	25 (1949)
1	Mihály Farkas (1904–1965)	14 August 1952	4 July 1953	MDP	Rákosi MDP	25 (1949)
2	István Bata (1910–1982)	4 July 1953	18 April 1955	MDP	I. Nagy I MDP	26 (1953)
		18 April 1955	24 October 1956		Hegedüs MDP
		24 October 1956	26 October 1956		I. Nagy II MDP→MSZMP–FKGP
3	Károly Janza (1914–2001)	26 October 1956	3 November 1956	MDP→MSZMP	I. Nagy II MDP→MSZMP–FKGP
4	Pál Maléter (1917–1958)	3 November 1956	4 November 1956	MSZMP	I. Nagy III MSZMP–FKGP–MSZDP–PP
5	Ferenc Münnich (1886–1966)	12 November 1956	1 March 1957	MSZMP	Kádár I MSZMP
6	Géza Révész (1902–1977)	1 March 1957	28 January 1958	MSZMP	Kádár I MSZMP
		28 January 1958	17 May 1960		Münnich MSZMP
		28 January 1958	17 May 1960			27 (1958)
7	Lajos Czinege (1924–1998)	17 May 1960	13 September 1961	MSZMP
		13 September 1961	30 June 1965		Kádár II MSZMP
		13 September 1961	30 June 1965		Kádár II MSZMP	28 (1963)
		30 June 1965	14 April 1967		Kállai MSZMP	28 (1963)
		14 April 1967	15 May 1975		Fock MSZMP	29 (1967)
		14 April 1967	15 May 1975		Fock MSZMP	30 (1971)
		15 May 1975	6 December 1984		Lázár MSZMP	30 (1971)
						31 (1975)
						32 (1980)
8	István Oláh (1926–1985)	6 December 1984	15 December 1985 (died in office)	MSZMP		32 (1980)
8	István Oláh (1926–1985)	6 December 1984	15 December 1985 (died in office)	MSZMP		33 (1985)
9	Ferenc Kárpáti (1926–2013)	30 December 1985	25 June 1987	MSZMP
		25 June 1987	24 November 1988		Grósz MSZMP
		24 November 1988	7 October 1989		Németh (MSZMP)→MSZP
(9)		7 October 1989	23 October 1989	Independent	Németh (MSZMP)→MSZP

No.	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office		Political party	Cabinet	Assembly (Election)
—	Ferenc Kárpáti (1926–2013) provisional	23 October 1989	23 May 1990	Independent	Németh MSZP	—
1	Lajos Für (1930–2013)	23 May 1990	21 December 1993	MDF	Antall MDF–FKGP–KDNP	34 (1990)
1	Lajos Für (1930–2013)	21 December 1993	15 July 1994	MDF	Boross MDF–EKGP–KDNP	34 (1990)
2	György Keleti (1946–2020)	15 July 1994	8 July 1998	MSZP	Horn MSZP–SZDSZ	35 (1994)
3	János Szabó (born 1941)	8 July 1998	27 May 2002	FKGP	Orbán I Fidesz–FKGP–MDF	36 (1998)
4	Ferenc Juhász (born 1960)	27 May 2002	29 September 2004	MSZP	Medgyessy MSZP–SZDSZ	37 (2002)
4	Ferenc Juhász (born 1960)	29 September 2004	9 June 2006	MSZP	Gyurcsány I MSZP–SZDSZ	37 (2002)
5	Imre Szekeres (born 1950)	9 June 2006	14 April 2009	MSZP	Gyurcsány II MSZP–SZDSZ	38 (2006)
5	Imre Szekeres (born 1950)	14 April 2009	29 May 2010	MSZP	Bajnai MSZP	38 (2006)
6	Csaba Hende (born 1960)	29 May 2010	6 June 2014	Fidesz	Orbán II Fidesz–KDNP	39 (2010)
6	Csaba Hende (born 1960)	6 June 2014	9 September 2015	Fidesz	Orbán III Fidesz–KDNP	40 (2014)
7	István Simicskó (born 1961)	10 September 2015	18 May 2018	KDNP	Orbán III Fidesz–KDNP	40 (2014)
8	Tibor Benkő (born 1955)	18 May 2018	24 May 2022	Independent	Orbán IV Fidesz–KDNP	41 (2018)
9	Kristóf Szalay-Bobrovniczky (born 1970)	24 May 2022	Incumbent	Independent	Orbán V Fidesz–KDNP	42 (2022)