Minister of Foreign Affairs (Hungary)

Minister of Foreign Affairs of Hungary
Magyarország külügyminisztere
Incumbent Péter Szijjártó since 23 September 2014
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Type	Minister
Member of	Hungarian cabinet
Formation	7 April 1848
First holder	Pál Esterházy

The minister of foreign affairs of Hungary (Hungarian: Magyarország külügyminisztere) is a member of the Hungarian cabinet and the head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The current foreign minister is Péter Szijjártó.

The position was called People's Commissar of Foreign Affairs (Hungarian: külügyi népbiztos) during the Hungarian Soviet Republic in 1919 and Minister besides the King (Hungarian: a király személye körüli miniszter) between 1848 and 1918, except in 1849 when Hungary declared its independence from the Austrian Empire. During the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy (1867–1918) the two countries also had a joint Minister of Foreign Affairs.

Ministers besides the king (1848)

Hungarian Kingdom (1848)

Parties   Conservative Party

No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office		Political party	Cabinet	Assembly (Election)
1		Pál Esterházy (1786–1866)	7 April 1848	9 September 1848	Conservative Party	Batthyány	Last Diet
							1 (1848)

Ministers of foreign affairs (1849)

Hungarian State (1849)

Parties   Opposition Party

No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office		Political party	Cabinet	Assembly (Election)
1		Kázmér Batthyány (1807–1854)	8 May 1849	16 July 1849	Opposition Party	Szemere	1 (1848)

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.

Ministers besides the king (1867–1918)

For the joint ministers of Foreign Affairs, see List of foreign ministers of Austria-Hungary.

Hungarian Kingdom (1867–1918)

Parties   Deák Party/Liberal Party/National Party of Work   Catholic People's Party   F48P/F48P–Károlyi   Independent

No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office		Political party	Cabinet	Assembly (Election)
1		György Festetics (1815–1883)	20 February 1867	19 May 1871	Independent	Andrássy DP	3 (1865)
							4 (1869)
2		Béla Wenckheim (1811–1879)	19 May 1871	14 November 1871	Deák Party
			14 November 1871	4 December 1872		Lónyay DP
							5 (1872)
			4 December 1872	21 March 1874		Szlávy DP
			21 March 1874	2 March 1875		Bittó DP–BK
			2 March 1875	20 October 1875	Liberal Party	Wenckheim SZP
			20 October 1875	7 July 1879		K. Tisza SZP	6 (1875)
							7 (1878)
—		Kálmán Tisza (1830–1902) acting	11 July 1879	25 September 1879	Liberal Party
3		Béla Orczy (1822–1917)	25 September 1879	13 March 1890	Liberal Party
							8 (1881)
							9 (1884)
							10 (1887)
			13 March 1890	24 December 1890		Szapáry SZP
4		László Szőgyény-Marich (1841–1916)	24 December 1890	24 October 1892	Liberal Party
							11 (1892)
—		Géza Fejérváry (1833–1914) acting	24 October 1892	19 November 1892	Independent
5		Lajos Tisza (1832–1898)	19 November 1892	10 June 1894	Liberal Party	Wekerle I SZP
6		Gyula Andrássy, Jr. (1860–1929)	10 June 1894	15 January 1895	Liberal Party
—		Géza Fejérváry (1833–1914) acting	15 January 1895	18 January 1895	Independent	Bánffy SZP
7		Sámuel Jósika (1848–1923)	18 January 1895	20 January 1898	Liberal Party
							12 (1896)
—		Dezső Bánffy (1843–1911) acting	20 January 1898	20 December 1898	Liberal Party
8		Manó Széchényi (1858–1926)	20 December 1898	26 February 1899	Independent
			26 February 1899	7 March 1900		Széll SZP
—		Kálmán Széll (1843–1915) acting	7 March 1900	29 March 1900	Liberal Party
9		Gyula Széchényi (1829–1921)	29 March 1900	27 June 1903	Independent
							13 (1901)
10		Károly Khuen-Héderváry (1849–1918) 1st term	27 June 1903	3 November 1903	Liberal Party	Khuen-Héderváry I SZP
11		István Tisza (1861–1918)	3 November 1903	3 March 1904	Liberal Party	I. Tisza I SZP
(10)		Károly Khuen-Héderváry (1849–1918) 2nd term	3 March 1904	18 June 1905	Liberal Party
12		Géza Fejérváry (1833–1914)	18 June 1905	8 April 1906	Independent	Fejérváry SZP	14 (1905)
13		Aladár Zichy (1864–1937) 1st term	8 April 1906	17 January 1910	Catholic People's Party	Wekerle II F48P–OAP–KNP–PDP	15 (1906)
(10)		Károly Khuen-Héderváry (1849–1918) 3rd term	17 January 1910	22 April 1912	National Party of Work	Khuen-Héderváry II NMP	16 (1910)
14		László Lukács (1850–1932)	22 April 1912	10 June 1913	National Party of Work	Lukács NMP
15		István Burián (1851–1922)	10 June 1913	13 January 1915	Independent	I. Tisza II NMP
—		István Tisza (1861–1918) acting	13 January 1915	29 May 1915	National Party of Work
16		Ervin Roszner (1852–1928)	29 May 1915	15 June 1917	National Party of Work
17		Tivadar Batthyány (1859–1931) 1st term	15 June 1917	18 August 1917	F48P	Esterházy NMP–F48P–OAP–PDP–KNP
(13)		Aladár Zichy (1864–1937) 2nd term	18 August 1917	23 August 1917	Catholic People's Party
			23 August 1917	31 October 1918		Wekerle III NMP–F48P–OAP–PDP–KNP
—		István Rakovszky (1858–1931)	30 October 1918	31 October 1918	Catholic People's Party	Hadik not formed
(17)		Tivadar Batthyány (1859–1931) 2nd term	31 October 1918	1 November 1918	F48P–Károlyi	M. Károlyi F48P–Károlyi–PRP–MSZDP	MNT (—)
18		Mihály Károlyi (1875–1955)	1 November 1918	16 November 1918	F48P–Károlyi	M. Károlyi F48P–Károlyi–PRP–MSZDP

Ministers of foreign affairs (1918–1919)

Hungarian People's Republic (1918–1919)

Parties   F48P–Károlyi   Civic Radical Party (PRP)

No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office		Political party	Cabinet	Assembly (Election)
1		Mihály Károlyi (1875–1955)	16 November 1918	11 January 1919	F48P–Károlyi	M. Károlyi F48P–Károlyi–PRP–MSZDP	MNT (—)
—		Dénes Berinkey (1871–1944) acting	11 January 1919	24 January 1919	PRP	Berinkey F48P–Károlyi–PRP–MSZDP–OKGFP
2		Ferenc Harrer (1874–1969)	24 January 1919	21 March 1919	PRP

People's commissars of foreign affairs (1919)

Hungarian Soviet Republic (1919)

Parties   MSZP/SZKMMP

No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office		Political party	Cabinet	Assembly (Election)
1		Béla Kun (1886–1939) serving with József Pogány and Péter Ágoston from 3 April to 24 June 1919	21 March 1919	1 August 1919	MSZP	Central Executive Council MSZP/SZKMMP	TOGY (—)
(1)		József Pogány (1886–1938) serving with Béla Kun and Péter Ágoston	3 April 1919	24 June 1919	MSZP/SZKMMP
(1)		Péter Ágoston (1874–1925) serving with Béla Kun and József Pogány	3 April 1919	24 June 1919	MSZP/SZKMMP

Counter-revolutionary governments (1919)

Parties   Independent

No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office		Political party	Cabinet	Assembly (Election)
—		Gyula Bornemisza (1873–1925)	5 May 1919	31 May 1919	Independent	Arad	—
—		Pál Teleki (1879–1941)	31 May 1919	6 June 1919	Independent	Szeged I	—
			6 June 1919	12 July 1919		Szeged II
			12 July 1919	12 August 1919		Szeged III

Ministers of foreign affairs (1919–present)

Hungarian People's Republic (1919)

Parties   MSZDP

No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office		Political party	Cabinet	Assembly (Election)
1		Péter Ágoston (1874–1925)	1 August 1919	6 August 1919 (deposed)	MSZDP	Peidl MSZDP	—

Hungarian Republic (1919–1920)

Parties   Independent

No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office		Political party	Cabinet	Assembly (Election)
—		Gábor Tánczos (1872–1953) acting	7 August 1919	15 August 1919	Independent	Friedrich KNP/KNEP–OKGFP	—
1		Márton Lovászy (1864–1927)	15 August 1919	11 September 1919	Independent
2		József Somssich (1864–1941)	11 September 1919	24 November 1919	Independent
			24 November 1919	29 February 1920		Huszár KNEP–OKGFP–MSZDP–NDPP	—

Hungarian Kingdom (1920–1946)

Parties   KNEP   EP–NEP–MÉP   Independent

No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office		Political party	Cabinet	Assembly (Election)
1		József Somssich (1864–1941)	29 February 1920	15 March 1920	Independent	Huszár KNEP–OKGFP–MSZDP–NDPP	—
—		Sándor Simonyi-Semadam (1864–1946) acting	15 March 1920	19 April 1920	KNEP	Simonyi-Semadam KNEP–OKGFP	17 (1920)
2		Pál Teleki (1879–1941)	19 April 1920	19 July 1920	KNEP
—		Pál Teleki (1879–1941) acting	19 July 1920	22 September 1920		Teleki I KNEP–OKGFP
3		Imre Csáky (1882–1961)	22 September 1920	16 December 1920	Independent
—		Pál Teleki (1879–1941) acting	16 December 1920	17 January 1921	KNEP
4		Gusztáv Gratz (1875–1946)	17 January 1921	12 April 1921	Independent
—		Pál Teleki (1879–1941) acting	12 April 1921	14 April 1921	KNEP
5		Miklós Bánffy (1873–1950)	14 April 1921	19 December 1922	Independent	Bethlen (KNEP–OKGFP)→EP
							18 (1922)
—		Géza Daruváry (1866–1934) acting	19 December 1922	11 June 1923	Independent
6		Géza Daruváry (1866–1934)	11 June 1923	7 October 1924
—		István Bethlen (1874–1946) acting	7 October 1924	15 November 1924	EP
7		Tibor Scitovszky (1875–1959)	15 November 1924	17 March 1925	EP
—		Lajos Walko (1880–1954) acting for Tibor Scitovszky	5 March 1925	17 March 1925	EP
		Lajos Walko (1880–1954) acting	17 March 1925	15 October 1926
8		Lajos Walko (1880–1954) 1st term	15 October 1926	9 December 1930
							19 (1926)
9		Gyula Károlyi (1871–1947)	9 December 1930	24 August 1931	EP
							20 (1931)
(8)		Lajos Walko (1880–1954) 2nd term	24 August 1931	1 October 1932	EP	G. Károlyi EP–KGSZP
10		Endre Puky (1871–1941)	1 October 1932	9 January 1933	NEP	Gömbös NEP
—		Gyula Gömbös (1886–1936) acting	9 January 1933	4 February 1933	NEP
11		Kálmán Kánya (1869–1945)	4 February 1933	12 October 1936	NEP
							21 (1935)
			12 October 1936	14 May 1938	Independent	Darányi NEP
			14 May 1938	28 November 1938		Imrédy NEP
—		Béla Imrédy (1891–1946) acting	28 November 1938	10 December 1938	NEP
12		István Csáky (1894–1941)	10 December 1938	16 February 1939	NEP
			16 February 1939	27 January 1941 (died in office)	MÉP	Teleki II MÉP
							22 (1939)
—		Pál Teleki (1879–1941) acting for István Csáky	21 December 1940	27 January 1941	MÉP
		Pál Teleki (1879–1941) acting	27 January 1941	4 February 1941
13		László Bárdossy (1890–1946)	4 February 1941	3 April 1941	MÉP
			3 April 1941	7 March 1942		Bárdossy MÉP
—		Ferenc Keresztes-Fischer (1881–1948) acting	7 March 1942	9 March 1942	MÉP
—		Miklós Kállay (1887–1967) acting	9 March 1942	20 May 1942	MÉP	Kállay MÉP
14		Miklós Kállay (1887–1967)	20 May 1942	24 July 1943
15		Jenő Ghyczy (1893–1982)	24 July 1943	22 March 1944 (deposed)	Independent
16		Döme Sztójay (1883–1946)	22 March 1944	29 August 1944	Independent	Sztójay MÉP–MMP
17		Gusztáv Hennyey (1888–1977)	29 August 1944	16 October 1944 (deposed)	Independent	Lakatos MÉP

Government of National Unity (1944–1945)

Parties   Arrow Cross Party

No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office		Political party	Cabinet	Assembly (Election)
1		Gábor Kemény (1910–1946)	16 October 1944	28 March 1945	NYKP	Szálasi NYKP–MMP	—

Soviet-backed provisional governments (1944–1946)

Parties   FKGP

No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office		Political party	Cabinet	Assembly (Election)
1		János Gyöngyösi (1893–1951)	22 December 1944	15 November 1945	FKGP	Provisional National Government FKGP–MKP–MSZDP–NPP–PDP	INGY (1944)
			15 November 1945	1 February 1946		Tildy FKGP–MKP–MSZDP–NPP	23 (1945)

Hungarian Republic (1946–1949)

Parties   FKGP   MKP-MDP

No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office		Political party	Cabinet	Assembly (Election)
1		János Gyöngyösi (1893–1951)	1 February 1946	31 May 1947	FKGP	F. Nagy FKGP–MKP–MSZDP–NPP	23 (1945)
—		Ernő Mihályfi (1898–1972) acting	31 May 1947	24 September 1947	FKGP	Dinnyés MKP–FKGP–MSZDP–NPP
2		Erik Molnár (1894–1966) 1st term	24 September 1947	5 August 1948	MKP		24 (1947)
3		László Rajk (1909–1949)	5 August 1948	10 December 1948	MDP
			10 December 1948	11 June 1949		Dobi MDP–FKGP–NPP
4		Gyula Kállai (1910–1996)	11 June 1949	20 August 1949	MDP		25 (1949)

Hungarian People's Republic (1949–1989)

Parties   MDP-MSZMP   MSZP

No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office		Political party	Cabinet	Assembly (Election)
1		Gyula Kállai (1910–1996)	20 August 1949	12 May 1951	MDP	Dobi MDP	25 (1949)
2		Károly Kiss (1903–1983)	12 May 1951	14 August 1952	MDP
			14 August 1952	14 November 1952		Rákosi MDP
3		Erik Molnár (1894–1966) 2nd term	14 November 1952	4 July 1953	MDP
4		János Boldóczki (1912–1988)	4 July 1953	18 April 1955	MDP	I. Nagy I MDP	26 (1953)
			18 April 1955	30 July 1956		Hegedüs MDP
5		Imre Horváth (1901–1958) 1st term	30 July 1956	24 October 1956	MDP
			24 October 1956	2 November 1956		I. Nagy II MDP/MSZMP–FKGP
6		Imre Nagy (1896–1958)	2 November 1956	4 November 1956	MSZMP	I. Nagy III MSZMP–FKGP–MSZDP–PP
7		Imre Horváth (1901–1958) 2nd term	4 November 1956	28 January 1958	MSZMP	Kádár I MSZMP
			28 January 1958	2 February 1958 (died in office)		Münnich MSZMP
8		Endre Sík (1891–1978)	2 February 1958	13 September 1961	MSZMP
							27 (1958)
9		János Péter (1910–1999)	13 September 1961	30 June 1965	MSZMP	Kádár II MSZMP
							28 (1963)
			30 June 1965	14 April 1967		Kállai MSZMP
			14 April 1967	14 December 1973		Fock MSZMP	29 (1967)
							30 (1971)
10		Frigyes Puja (1921–2008)	14 December 1973	15 May 1975	MSZMP
			15 May 1975	8 July 1983		Lázár MSZMP
							31 (1975)
							32 (1980)
11		Péter Várkonyi (1931–2008)	8 July 1983	25 June 1987	MSZMP
							33 (1985)
			25 June 1987	24 November 1988		Grósz MSZMP
			24 November 1988	10 May 1989		Németh (MSZMP)→MSZP
12		Gyula Horn (1932–2013)	10 May 1989	7 October 1989	MSZMP
(12)			7 October 1989	23 October 1989	MSZP

Hungarian Republic / Hungary (1989–present)

Parties   MSZP   Fidesz   MDF   Independent

No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office		Political party	Cabinet	Assembly (Election)
—		Gyula Horn (1932–2013) provisional	23 October 1989	23 May 1990	MSZP	Németh MSZP	—
1		Géza Jeszenszky (born 1941)	23 May 1990	21 December 1993	MDF	Antall MDF–FKGP–KDNP	34 (1990)
			21 December 1993	15 July 1994		Boross MDF–EKGP–KDNP
2		László Kovács (born 1939) 1st term	15 July 1994	8 July 1998	MSZP	Horn MSZP–SZDSZ	35 (1994)
3		János Martonyi (born 1944) 1st term	8 July 1998	27 May 2002	Independent	Orbán I Fidesz–FKGP–MDF	36 (1998)
(2)		László Kovács (born 1939) 2nd term	27 May 2002	29 September 2004	MSZP	Medgyessy MSZP–SZDSZ	37 (2002)
			29 September 2004	1 November 2004		Gyurcsány I MSZP–SZDSZ
4		Ferenc Somogyi (1945–2021)	1 November 2004	9 June 2006	Independent
5		Kinga Göncz (born 1947)	9 June 2006	14 April 2009	Independent	Gyurcsány II MSZP–SZDSZ	38 (2006)
6		Péter Balázs (born 1941)	14 April 2009	29 May 2010	Independent	Bajnai MSZP
(3)		János Martonyi (born 1944) 2nd term	29 May 2010	6 June 2014	Fidesz	Orbán II Fidesz–KDNP	39 (2010)
7		Tibor Navracsics (born 1966)	6 June 2014	23 September 2014	Fidesz	Orbán III Fidesz–KDNP	40 (2014)
8		Péter Szijjártó (born 1978)	23 September 2014	18 May 2018	Fidesz
			18 May 2018	24 May 2022		Orbán IV Fidesz–KDNP	41 (2018)
			24 May 2022	Incumbent		Orbán V Fidesz–KDNP	42 (2022)

See also

• List of heads of state of Hungary
• List of prime ministers of Hungary
• Politics of Hungary

Cabinet ministers

• Minister of Agriculture (Hungary)
• Minister of Civilian Intelligence Services (Hungary)
• Minister of Croatian Affairs of Hungary
• Minister of Defence (Hungary)
• Minister of Education (Hungary)
• Minister of Finance (Hungary)
• Minister of the Interior (Hungary)
• Minister of Justice (Hungary)
• Minister of Public Works and Transport (Hungary)