The Council of Ministers of the Hungarian People's Republic was the cabinet of

Hungary Hungary ( hu, Magyarország ) is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Spanning of the Carpathian Basin, it is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine to the northeast, Romania to the east and southeast, Serbia to the south, Cr ...

during the era of Communist rule. It was created in 1949, with the enactment of a new constitution that formally created the

People's Republic of Hungary The Hungarian People's Republic ( hu, Magyar Népköztársaság) was a one-party socialist state from 20 August 1949 to 23 October 1989. It was governed by the Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party, which was under the influence of the Soviet U ...

. Along with the state itself, it was abolished in 1989. The Council of Ministers consisted of the Chairman (

Prime Minister A prime minister, premier or chief of cabinet is the head of the cabinet and the leader of the ministers in the executive branch of government, often in a parliamentary or semi-presidential system. Under those systems, a prime minister is ...

), deputy chairmen, ministers of state, head of ministries and the Chairman of the National Planning Board. The Parliament of Hungary, upon the recommendation of the Presidential Council of the Hungarian People's Republic, elected and relieved the chairman and ministers of their duties.

List of Chairmen

{, class="wikitable" !Name !Entered Office !Left Office , - , István Dobi , 20 August 1949 , 14 August 1952 , - ,

Mátyás Rákosi Mátyás Rákosi (; born Mátyás Rosenfeld; 9 March 1892
– 5 February 1971) was a Hungarian communis ...

, 14 August 1952 , 4 July 1953 , - ,

Imre Nagy Imre Nagy (; 7 June 1896 – 16 June 1958) was a Hungarian communist politician who served as Chairman of the Council of Ministers (''de facto'' Prime Minister) of the Hungarian People's Republic from 1953 to 1955. In 1956 Nagy became leader ...

, 4 July 1953 , 18 April 1955 , - ,

András Hegedüs András Hegedüs (; 31 October 1922 – 23 October 1999) was a Hungarian Communist politician who served as Chairman of the Council of Ministers from 1955 to 1956. He fled to the Soviet Union on 28 October, the fifth day of the Hungarian Rev ...

, 18 April 1955 , 24 October 1956 , - ,

, 24 October 1956 , 4 November 1956 , - ,

János Kádár János József Kádár (; ; 26 May 1912 – 6 July 1989), born János József Czermanik, was a Hungarian communist leader and the General Secretary of the Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party, a position he held for 32 years. Declining health l ...

, 4 November 1956 , 28 January 1958 , - , Ferenc Münnich , 28 January 1958 , 13 September 1961 , - ,

, 13 September 1961 , 30 June 1965 , - , Gyula Kállai , 30 June 1965 , 14 April 1967 , - ,

Jenő Fock Jenő Fock (; 17 May 1916 – 22 May 2001) was a Hungarian Communist politician who served as Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the People's Republic of Hungary from 1967 to 1975. Career Fock joined the Communist Party of Hungary in 1932 ...

, 14 April 1967 , 15 May 1975 , - ,

György Lázár György Lázár (; 15 September 1924 – 2 October 2014) was a Hungarian Communist politician who served as Chairman of the Council of Ministers from 1975 to 1987. He retired from politics in 1988. Early life He was born into a labour family i ...

, 15 May 1975 , 25 June 1987 , - ,

Károly Grósz Károly Grósz (1 August 1930 – 7 January 1996) was a Hungarian communist politician, who served as the General Secretary of the Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party from 1988 to 1989. Early career Grósz was born in Miskolc, Hungary. He j ...

, 25 June 1987 , 24 November 1988 , - , Miklós Németh , 24 November 1988 , 23 October 1989 Government of Hungary 1949 establishments in Hungary 1989 disestablishments in Hungary