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. As of 1 August 2023[update], the justice minister is Bence Tuzson.
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.
Ministers of justice (1848–1919)
[edit]Hungarian Kingdom (1848–1849)
[edit]Parties Opposition Party
No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) | Term of office | 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)
[edit]Parties Opposition Party
No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) | Term of office | 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)
[edit]Parties Deák Party/Liberal Party/National Party of Work National Constitution Party F48P/F48P–Károlyi Civic Democratic Party (PDP) Civic Radical Party (PRP) Independent
No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) | Term of office | 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)
[edit]Parties Civic Radical Party (PRP) F48P–Károlyi
No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) | Term of office | 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)
[edit]Hungarian Soviet Republic (1919)
[edit]Parties MSZP/SZKMMP
No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) | Term of office | 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 |
Parties Independent
No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) | Term of office | 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)
[edit]Hungarian People's Republic (1919)
[edit]Parties MSZDP
No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) | Term of office | Political party | Cabinet | Assembly (Election) | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Ernő Garami (1876–1935) | 1 August 1919 | 6 August 1919 (deposed) | MSZDP | Peidl MSZDP | — |
Hungarian Republic (1919–1920)
[edit]Parties National Democratic Civil Party (NDPP) Independent
No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) | Term of office | 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)
[edit]Parties National Democratic Civil Party (NDPP) National Smallholders and Agricultural Labourers Party (OKGFP) EP–NEP–MÉP Independent
No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) | Term of office | 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)
[edit]Parties Arrow Cross Party
No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) | Term of office | Political party | Cabinet | Assembly (Election) | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | László Budinszky (1895–1946) | 16 October 1944 | 28 March 1945 | NYKP | Szálasi NYKP–MMP | — |
Soviet-backed provisional governments (1944–1946)
[edit]Parties MSZDP
No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) | Term of office | 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)
[edit]No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) | Term of office | Political party | Cabinet | Assembly (Election) | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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)
[edit]No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) | Term of office | Political party | Cabinet | Assembly (Election) | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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)
[edit]Parties MSZP MDF Independent
No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) | Term of office | Political party | Cabinet | Assembly (Election) | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
— | Kálmán Kulcsár (1928–2010) provisional | 23 October 1989 | 23 May 1990 | Independent | Németh MSZP | — | |
1 | István Balsai (1947–2020) | 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)
[edit]Hungarian Republic (2006–2010)
[edit]Parties Independent
No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) | Term of office | 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 (1949–2022) | 14 December 2009 | 29 May 2010 | Independent |
Ministers of public administration and justice (2010–2014)
[edit]Hungarian Republic / Hungary (2010–2014)
[edit]Parties Fidesz
No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) | Term of office | Political party | Cabinet | Assembly (Election) | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Tibor Navracsics (1966–) | 29 May 2010 | 6 June 2014 | Fidesz | Orbán II Fidesz–KDNP | 39 (2010) |
Ministers of justice (2014–present)
[edit]Parties Independent
No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) | Term of office | Political party | Cabinet | Assembly (Election) | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | László Trócsányi (1956–) | 6 June 2014 | 18 May 2018 | Independent | Orbán III Fidesz–KDNP | 40 (2014) | |
18 May 2018 | 30 June 2019 | Orbán IV Fidesz–KDNP | 41 (2018) | ||||
2 | Judit Varga (1980–) | 12 July 2019 | 24 May 2022 | Fidesz | |||
24 May 2022 | 31 August 2023 | Orbán V Fidesz–KDNP | 42 (2022) | ||||
3 | Bence Tuzson[1] (1972–) | 1 August 2023 | Incumbent | Independent |
See also
[edit]- 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 Foreign Affairs (Hungary)
- Minister of the Interior (Hungary)
- Minister of Public Works and Transport (Hungary)
References
[edit]- ^ "Tuzson Bence lesz az új igazságügyi miniszter". 24.hu (in Hungarian). 2023-06-28. Retrieved 2023-06-28.