List of Hungarian rulers

Michael Károlyi (Károlyi Mihály) Proclamation of the Hungarian Republic 16 Nov 1918 16 Nov 1918

Michael Károlyi the Communists under Béla Kun 1919 1919

Alexander Garbai the Czechs had invaded Hungary from the north and the Romanians had invaded from the south 1919 1920

Miklós Horthy de Nagybánya (Nagybányai Vitéz Horthy Miklós) Austria, proclaimed the country a monarchy, and named Horthy as regent, in place of a king. 1920 1944

Béla Zsedényi In March 1944 German troops occupied the country and with Horthy’s consent, installed a puppet regime. In early October 1944 Soviet armies invaded Hungary. Horthy was deposed by the Germans a few days later. On January 20, 1945, representatives of a Soviet-sponsored provisional government signed an armistice with the Allied nations, and on February 13 Budapest fell to Soviet troops. 1944 1946

Zoltán Tildy Third Hungarian Republic . President. 1946 1948

Communist Árpád Szakasits President 1948 1949

Communist Árpád Szakasits the Hungarian People’s Republic.Communist policies. Chairmen of the Presidential Council 1949 1950

Communist Sándor Rónai 1950 1952

Socialist István Dobi 1952 1956

Socialist István Dobi Hungarian Revolt of 1956.

Communist (regime dictator) János Kádár Prime Minister 1956 1967 (in power until 1988)

Socialist Pál Losonczi 1967 1987

Socialist Károly Németh 1987 1988

Socialist Bruno Ferenc Straub Karoly Grósz replaced Kádár as head of the Communist Party. 1988 1989

Socialist Mátyás Szűrös President of the Republic. Prime Minister Károly Grósz changed the country’s name from the People’s Republic of Hungary to the Republic of Hungary 1989 1990

Democrats Árpád Göncz President 1990 2000

Democrats Ferenc Mádl 2000 -