Minister of Justice (Hungary)
The Minister of Justice of Hungary (Hungarian: Magyarország igazságügyi minisztere) is a member of the Hungarian cabinet and the head of the Ministry of Justice. The current justice minister is László Trócsányi.
The position was called People's Commissar of Justice (Hungarian: igazságügyi népbiztos) during the Hungarian Soviet Republic in 1919, Minister of Justice and Law Enforcement (Hungarian: igazságügyi és rendészeti miniszter) from 2006 to 2010 and Minister of Public Administration and Justice (Hungarian: közigazgatási és igazságügyi miniszter) between 2010 and 2014.
This page is a list of Ministers of Justice of Hungary.
Ministers of Justice (1848–1919)
Hungarian Kingdom (1848–1849)
Parties Opposition Party
# | Picture | Name | From | Until | Political Party | Cabinet | Assembly (Election) |
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1 | ![]() |
Ferenc Deák (1803–1876) |
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
# | Picture | Name | From | Until | Political Party | Cabinet | Assembly (Election) |
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1 | ![]() |
Committee of National Defence | 14 April 1849 | 2 May 1849 | — | Committee of National Defence | 1 (1848) |
2 | ![]() |
Sebő Vukovics (1811–1872) |
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 Civic Democratic Party (PDP) Civic Radical Party (PRP) Independent
# | Picture | Name | From | Until | Political Party | Cabinet | Assembly (Election) |
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1 | ![]() |
Boldizsár Horvát (1822–1898) |
20 February 1867 | 5 June 1871 | Deák Party | Andrássy DP |
3 (1865) |
4 (1869) | |||||||
2 | ![]() |
István Bittó (1822–1903) |
5 June 1871 | 14 November 1871 | Deák Party | Andrássy DP | |
14 November 1871 | 4 September 1872 | Lónyay DP | |||||
5 (1872) | |||||||
3 | ![]() |
Tivadar Pauler (1816–1886) 1st term |
4 September 1872 | 4 December 1872 | Deák Party | ||
4 December 1872 | 21 March 1874 | Szlávy DP | |||||
21 March 1874 | 2 March 1875 | Bittó DP–BK | |||||
4 | ![]() |
Béla Perczel (1819–1888) |
2 March 1875 | 20 October 1875 | Liberal Party | Wenckheim SZP | |
20 October 1875 | 30 June 1878 | K. Tisza SZP |
6 (1875) | ||||
(3) | ![]() |
Tivadar Pauler (1816–1886) 2nd term |
30 June 1878 | 30 April 1886 | Liberal Party | ||
7 (1878) | |||||||
8 (1881) | |||||||
9 (1884) | |||||||
5 | ![]() |
Teofil Fabiny (1822–1908) |
30 April 1886 | 9 April 1889 | Liberal Party | ||
10 (1887) | |||||||
6 | ![]() |
Dezső Szilágyi (1840–1901) |
9 April 1889 | 13 March 1890 | Liberal Party | ||
13 March 1890 | 17 November 1892 | Szapáry SZP | |||||
11 (1892) | |||||||
17 November 1892 | 15 January 1895 | Wekerle I SZP | |||||
7 | ![]() |
Sándor Erdély (1839–1922) |
15 January 1895 | 26 February 1899 | Liberal Party | Bánffy SZP | |
12 (1896) | |||||||
8 | ![]() |
Sándor Plósz (1846–1925) |
26 February 1899 | 27 June 1903 | Liberal Party | Széll SZP | |
13 (1901) | |||||||
27 June 1903 | 3 November 1903 | Khuen-Héderváry I SZP | |||||
3 November 1903 | 18 June 1905 | I. Tisza I SZP | |||||
9 | ![]() |
Bertalan Lányi (1851–1921) |
18 June 1905 | 2 April 1906 | Liberal Party | Fejérváry SZP |
14 (1905) |
10 | ![]() |
Gusztáv Gegus (1855–1933) |
2 April 1906 | 8 April 1906 | Independent | ||
11 | ![]() |
Géza Polónyi (1848–1920) |
8 April 1906 | 2 February 1907 | F48P | Wekerle II F48P–OAP–KNP–PDP |
15 (1906) |
12 | ![]() |
Antal Günther (1847–1920) |
2 February 1907 | 23 September 1909 | F48P | ||
13 | ![]() |
Sándor Wekerle (1848–1921) |
23 September 1909 | 17 January 1910 | National Constitution Party | ||
14 | ![]() |
Ferenc Székely (1842–1921) |
17 January 1910 | 22 April 1912 | National Party of Work | Khuen-Héderváry II NMP | |
16 (1910) | |||||||
22 April 1912 | 4 January 1913 | Lukács NMP | |||||
15 | Jenő Balogh (1864–1953) |
4 January 1913 | 15 June 1917 | National Party of Work | |||
I. Tisza II NMP | |||||||
16 | ![]() |
Vilmos Vázsonyi (1868–1926) 1st term |
15 June 1917 | 18 August 1917 | PDP | Esterházy NMP–F48P–OAP–PDP–KNP | |
17 | Károly Grecsák (1854–1924) |
18 August 1917 | 23 August 1917 | Independent | |||
23 August 1917 | 25 January 1918 | Wekerle III NMP–F48P–OAP–PDP–KNP | |||||
(16) | ![]() |
Vilmos Vázsonyi (1868–1926) 2nd term |
25 January 1918 | 8 May 1918 | PDP | ||
18 | ![]() |
Gusztáv Tőry (1857–1925) |
8 May 1918 | 31 October 1918 | Independent | ||
19 | ![]() |
Barna Buza (1873–1944) |
31 October 1918 | 4 November 1918 | F48P–Károlyi | M. Károlyi F48P–Károlyi–PRP–MSZDP |
MNT (—) |
20 | ![]() |
Dénes Berinkey (1871–1944) |
4 November 1918 | 16 November 1918 | PRP | ||
Hungarian People's Republic (1918–1919)
Parties Civic Radical Party (PRP) F48P–Károlyi
# | Picture | Name | From | Until | Political Party | Cabinet | Assembly (Election) |
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1 | ![]() |
Dénes Berinkey (1871–1944) |
4 November 1918 | 19 January 1919 | PRP | M. Károlyi F48P–Károlyi–PRP–MSZDP |
MNT (—) |
— | Dénes Berinkey (1871–1944) acting |
19 January 1919 | 24 January 1919 | Berinkey F48P–Károlyi–PRP–MSZDP–OKGFP | |||
2 | ![]() |
Sándor Juhász Nagy (1883–1946) |
24 January 1919 | 21 March 1919 | F48P–Károlyi | ||
People's Commissars of Justice (1919)
Hungarian Soviet Republic (1919)
Parties MSZP/SZKMMP
# | Picture | Name | From | Until | Political Party | Cabinet | Assembly (Election) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Zoltán Rónai (1880–1940) serving with István Ládai from 5 April 1919 |
21 March 1919 | 24 June 1919 | MSZP/SZKMMP | Central Executive Council MSZP/SZKMMP |
TOGY (—) | |
(1) | Zoltán Rónai (1880–1940) de facto |
24 June 1919 | 1 August 1919 | ||||
1 | ![]() |
István Ládai (1873–1936) serving with Zoltán Rónai |
5 April 1919 | 24 June 1919 | MSZP/SZKMMP | ||
2 | ![]() |
Péter Ágoston (1874–1925) de jure |
24 June 1919 | 1 August 1919 | SZKMMP | ||
Counter-revolutionary governments (1919)
Parties Independent
# | Picture | Name | From | Until | Political Party | Cabinet | Assembly (Election) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
— | ![]() |
Lajos Pálmai (1866–1937) |
5 May 1919 | 31 May 1919 | Independent | Arad | — |
— | ![]() |
Gyula Károlyi (1871–1947) acting |
31 May 1919 | 6 June 1919 | Independent | Szeged I | |
6 June 1919 | 12 July 1919 | Szeged II | |||||
Ministers of Justice (1919–2006)
Hungarian People's Republic (1919)
Parties MSZDP
# | Picture | Name | From | Until | Political Party | Cabinet | Assembly (Election) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() |
Ernő Garami (1876–1935) |
1 August 1919 | 6 August 1919 (deposed) |
MSZDP | Peidl MSZDP |
— |
Hungarian Republic (1919–1920)
Parties National Democratic Civil Party (NDPP) Independent
# | Picture | Name | From | Until | Political Party | Cabinet | Assembly (Election) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
— | ![]() |
Béla Szászy (1865–1931) acting |
7 August 1919 | 15 August 1919 | Independent | Friedrich KNP/KNEP–OKGFP |
— |
1 | ![]() |
György Baloghy (1861–1931) |
15 August 1919 | 17 September 1919 | Independent | ||
2 | ![]() |
Béla Zoltán (1865–1929) |
17 September 1919 | 24 November 1919 | Independent | ||
3 | ![]() |
István Bárczy (1866–1943) |
24 November 1919 | 29 February 1920 | NDPP | Huszár KNEP–OKGFP–MSZDP–NDPP | |
Hungarian Kingdom (1920–1946)
Parties National Democratic Civil Party (NDPP) National Smallholders and Agricultural Labourers Party (OKGFP) EP–NEP–MÉP Independent
# | Picture | Name | From | Until | Political Party | Cabinet | Assembly (Election) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() |
István Bárczy (1866–1943) |
29 February 1920 | 15 March 1920 | KNEP | Huszár KNEP–OKGFP–MSZDP–NDPP |
— |
2 | ![]() |
Gyula Ferdinandy (1873–1960) |
15 March 1920 | 19 July 1920 | OKGFP | Simonyi-Semadam KNEP–OKGFP |
17 (1920) |
3 | ![]() |
Vilmos Pál Tomcsányi (1880–1959) |
19 July 1920 | 14 April 1921 | OKGFP | Teleki I KNEP–OKGFP | |
14 April 1921 | 16 June 1922 | Bethlen (KNEP–OKGFP)→EP | |||||
18 (1922) | |||||||
4 | ![]() |
Géza Daruváry (1866–1934) |
16 June 1922 | 11 June 1923 | Independent | ||
5 | ![]() |
Emil Nagy (1871–1956) |
11 June 1923 | 21 February 1924 | EP | ||
— | ![]() |
István Bethlen (1874–1946) acting |
21 February 1924 | 13 March 1924 | EP | ||
6 | ![]() |
Pál Pesthy (1873–1952) |
13 March 1924 | 8 January 1929 | EP | ||
19 (1926) | |||||||
— | ![]() |
István Bethlen (1874–1946) acting |
8 January 1929 | 4 February 1929 | EP | ||
7 | ![]() |
Tibor Zsitvay (1884–1969) |
4 February 1929 | 24 August 1931 | EP | ||
20 (1931) | |||||||
24 August 1931 | 1 October 1932 | G. Károlyi EP–KGSZP | |||||
8 | ![]() |
Andor Lázár (1882–1971) |
1 October 1932 | 12 October 1936 | NEP | Gömbös NEP | |
21 (1935) | |||||||
12 October 1936 | 9 March 1938 | Darányi NEP | |||||
9 | ![]() |
Ödön Mikecz (1894–1965) |
9 March 1938 | 14 May 1938 | NEP | ||
14 May 1938 | 15 November 1938 | Imrédy NEP | |||||
10 | ![]() |
András Tasnádi Nagy (1882–1956) |
15 November 1938 | 16 February 1939 | NEP | ||
16 February 1939 | 9 November 1939 | Teleki II MÉP | |||||
22 (1939) | |||||||
11 | ![]() |
László Radocsay (1878–1968) |
9 November 1939 | 3 April 1941 | MÉP | ||
3 April 1941 | 9 March 1942 | Bárdossy MÉP | |||||
9 March 1942 | 22 March 1944 (deposed) |
Kállay MÉP | |||||
12 | ![]() |
István Antal (1896–1975) |
22 March 1944 | 29 August 1944 | MÉP | Sztójay MÉP–MMP | |
13 | ![]() |
Gábor Vladár (1881–1972) |
29 August 1944 | 16 October 1944 (deposed) |
Independent | Lakatos MÉP | |
Government of National Unity (1944–1945)
Parties Arrow Cross Party
# | Picture | Name | From | Until | Political Party | Cabinet | Assembly (Election) |
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1 | ![]() |
László Budinszky (1895–1946) |
16 October 1944 | 28 March 1945 | NYKP | Szálasi NYKP–MMP |
— |
Soviet-backed provisional governments (1944–1946)
Parties MSZDP
# | Picture | Name | From | Until | Political Party | Cabinet | Assembly (Election) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() |
Ágoston Valentiny (1888–1958) |
22 December 1944 | 21 July 1945 | MSZDP | Provisional National Government FKGP–MKP–MSZDP–NPP–PDP |
INGY (1944) |
2 | ![]() |
István Ries (1885–1950) |
21 July 1945 | 15 November 1945 | MSZDP | ||
15 November 1945 | 1 February 1946 | Tildy FKGP–MKP–MSZDP–NPP |
23 (1945) | ||||
Hungarian Republic (1946–1949)
# | Picture | Name | From | Until | Political Party | Cabinet | Assembly (Election) |
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1 | ![]() |
István Ries (1885–1950) |
1 February 1946 | 31 May 1947 | MSZDP | F. Nagy FKGP–MKP–MSZDP–NPP |
23 (1945) |
31 May 1947 | 14 June 1948 | Dinnyés MKP–FKGP–MSZDP–NPP | |||||
24 (1947) | |||||||
(1) | 14 June 1948 | 10 December 1948 | MDP | ||||
10 December 1948 | 20 August 1949 | Dobi MDP–FKGP–NPP | |||||
25 (1949) | |||||||
Hungarian People's Republic (1949–1989)
# | Picture | Name | From | Until | Political Party | Cabinet | Assembly (Election) |
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1 | ![]() |
István Ries (1885–1950) |
20 August 1949 | 17 July 1950 | MDP | Dobi MDP |
25 (1949) |
2 | ![]() |
Erik Molnár (1894–1966) 1st term |
17 July 1950 | 14 August 1952 | MDP | ||
14 August 1952 | 14 November 1952 | Rákosi MDP | |||||
3 | ![]() |
Gyula Décsi (1919–1990) |
17 July 1950 | 2 February 1953 | MDP | ||
4 | ![]() |
Béla Kovács (1910–1980) |
2 February 1953 | 4 July 1953 | MDP | ||
5 | ![]() |
Ferenc Erdei (1910–1971) |
4 July 1953 | 30 October 1954 | MDP | I. Nagy I MDP |
26 (1953) |
6 | ![]() |
Erik Molnár (1894–1966) 2nd term |
30 October 1954 | 18 April 1955 | MDP | ||
18 April 1955 | 24 October 1956 | Hegedüs MDP | |||||
24 October 1956 | 3 November 1956 | I. Nagy II MDP/MSZMP–FKGP | |||||
7 | ![]() |
Ferenc Nezvál (1909–1987) |
9 May 1957 | 28 January 1958 | MSZMP | Kádár I MSZMP | |
28 January 1958 | 13 September 1961 | Münnich MSZMP | |||||
27 (1958) | |||||||
13 September 1961 | 30 June 1965 | Kádár II MSZMP | |||||
28 (1963) | |||||||
30 June 1965 | 7 December 1966 | Kállai MSZMP | |||||
8 | ![]() |
Mihály Korom (1927–1993) |
7 December 1966 | 14 April 1967 | MSZMP | ||
14 April 1967 | 15 May 1975 | Fock MSZMP |
29 (1967) | ||||
30 (1971) | |||||||
15 May 1975 | 22 April 1978 | Lázár MSZMP | |||||
31 (1975) | |||||||
9 | ![]() |
Imre Markója (1931–2008) |
22 April 1978 | 25 June 1987 | MSZMP | ||
32 (1980) | |||||||
33 (1985) | |||||||
25 June 1987 | 29 June 1988 | Grósz MSZMP | |||||
10 | ![]() |
Kálmán Kulcsár (1928–2010) |
29 June 1988 | 24 November 1988 | MSZMP | ||
24 November 1988 | 7 October 1989 | Németh (MSZMP)→MSZP | |||||
(10) | 7 October 1989 | 23 October 1989 | Independent | ||||
Hungarian Republic (1989–2006)
Parties MSZP MDF Independent
# | Picture | Name | From | Until | Political Party | Cabinet | Assembly (Election) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
— | ![]() |
Kálmán Kulcsár (1928–2010) provisional |
23 October 1989 | 23 May 1990 | Independent | Németh MSZP |
— |
1 | ![]() |
István Balsai (1947–) |
23 May 1990 | 21 December 1993 | MDF | Antall MDF–FKGP–KDNP |
34 (1990) |
21 December 1993 | 15 July 1994 | Boross MDF–EKGP–KDNP | |||||
2 | ![]() |
Pál Vastagh (1946–) |
15 July 1994 | 8 July 1998 | MSZP | Horn MSZP–SZDSZ |
35 (1994) |
3 | ![]() |
Ibolya Dávid (1954–) |
8 July 1998 | 27 May 2002 | MDF | Orbán I Fidesz–FKGP–MDF |
36 (1998) |
4 | ![]() |
Péter Bárándy (1949–) |
27 May 2002 | 4 October 2004 | Independent | Medgyessy MSZP–SZDSZ |
37 (2002) |
4 October 2004 | 9 June 2006 | Gyurcsány I MSZP–SZDSZ | |||||
5 | ![]() |
József Petrétei (1958–) |
4 October 2004 | 9 June 2006 | Independent | ||
Ministers of Justice and Law Enforcement (2006–2010)
Hungarian Republic (2006–2010)
Parties Independent
# | Picture | Name | From | Until | Political Party | Cabinet | Assembly (Election) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() |
József Petrétei (1958–) |
9 June 2006 | 31 May 2007 | Independent | Gyurcsány II MSZP–SZDSZ |
38 (2006) |
2 | ![]() |
Albert Takács (1955–) |
31 May 2007 | 17 February 2008 | Independent | ||
3 | ![]() |
Tibor Draskovics (1955–) |
17 February 2008 | 14 April 2009 | Independent | ||
14 April 2009 | 14 December 2009 | Bajnai MSZP | |||||
4 | ![]() |
Imre Forgács (1949–) |
14 December 2009 | 29 May 2010 | Independent | ||
Ministers of Public Administration and Justice (2010–2014)
Hungarian Republic / Hungary (2010–2014)
Parties Fidesz
# | Picture | Name | From | Until | Political Party | Cabinet | Assembly (Election) |
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1 | ![]() |
Tibor Navracsics (1966–) |
29 May 2010 | 6 June 2014 | Fidesz | Orbán II Fidesz–KDNP |
39 (2010) |
Ministers of Justice (2014–present)
Hungary (2014–present)
Parties Fidesz
# | Picture | Name | From | Until | Political Party | Cabinet | Assembly (Election) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() |
László Trócsányi (1956–) |
6 June 2014 | Incumbent | Fidesz | Orbán III Fidesz–KDNP |
40 (2014) |
See also
- List of heads of state of Hungary
- List of Prime Ministers of Hungary
- List of Ministers of Agriculture of Hungary
- List of Ministers of Civilian Intelligence Services of Hungary
- List of Ministers of Croatian Affairs of Hungary
- List of Ministers of Defence of Hungary
- List of Ministers of Education of Hungary
- List of Ministers of Finance of Hungary
- List of Ministers of Foreign Affairs of Hungary
- List of Ministers of Interior of Hungary
- List of Ministers of Public Works and Transport of Hungary
- Politics of Hungary