Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Hungarian Foreign Ministers  from 7 April 1848 to Our Days

Count Pál Esterházy, Minister besides the King (Foreign Minister)
(07.04.1848. – 09.09.1848.)

Ferenc Pulszky, State Secretary, Minister besides the King (Foreign Minister)
(09.09.1848. – 08.05.1849.)

Count Kázmér Batthyány, Foreign Minister (Minister of Agriculture, Industry and Trade as well, countersigns for the absent Minister of Defence)
(08.05.1849. – 16.07.1849.)

Count Friedrich Ferdinand von Beust Common Austro-Hungarian Foreign Minister
(24.12. 1867. – 14.11.1871.)

Count Gyula Andrássy, Common Austro-Hungarian Foreign Minister
(14.11.1871. – 02.10.1879.)

Baron Heinrich Haymerle, Common Austro-Hungarian Foreign Minister
(02.10.1879. – 10.10.1881.)

Count Gustav Sigismond Kalnoky, Common Austro-Hungarian Foreign Minister
(20.11.1881. – 02.05.1895.)

Count Agenor Goluchowski, Common Austro-Hungarian Foreign Minister
(16.05.1895. – 24.10.1906.)

Baron - from 1908  - Count Alois Lexa von Aehrenthal,  Common Austro-Hungarian Foreign Minister
(24.10.1906. – 17.02.1912.)

Count Leopold Berchtold, Common Austro-Hungarian Foreign Minister
(17.02.1912. - 13.01.1915.)

Baron István Burián von Rajecz, Common Austro-Hungarian Foreign Minister
(13.01.1915. – 22.12.1916.)

Count Ottokar Czernin von und zu Chudenitz, Common Austro-Hungarian Foreign Minister
(22.12.1916. – 16.04.1918.)

Baron István Burián von Rajecz, Common Austro-Hungarian Foreign Minister
(16.04.1918. – 24.10.1918.)

Count Gyula Andrássy Jr., Common Austro-Hungarian Foreign Minister
(24.10.1918. – 02.11.1918.)

Baron Ludwig von Flotow, regarded as Common Austro-Hungarian Foreign Minister from the Austrian part, active between:
(02.11.1918. –11.11.1918.)

Count Mihály Károlyi, as Prime Minister, ad interim charged with foreign affairs
(31.10.1918. – 05.11.1918.)

  • as actual Foreign Minister (05.11.1918. – 11.01.1919.)
  • as Interim President, charged with foreign affairs (11.01.1919. – 19.01.1919.)

Dénes Berinkey, Prime Minister,  Foreign Minister ad interim
(19.01.1919. – 24.01.1919.)

Ferenc Harrer, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, the leader of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
(24.01.1919. – 21.03.1919.)

Béla Kun, People's Commissioner for Foreign Affairs
(21.03.1919. – 03.04.1919.)

Béla Kun, People's Commissioner for Foreign Affairs

Péter Ágoston, People's Commissioner for Foreign Affairs

József Pogány, People's Commissioner  for Foreign Affairs
(03.04.1919. – 24.06.1919.)

Béla Kun, People's Commissioner for Foreign Affairs
(24.06.1919. – 01.08.1919.)

Péter Ágoston, Foreign Minister (also Minister of Justice between 02-07.08.)
(01.08.1919. – 06.08.1919.)

Gábor Tánczos, Major General, in charge of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
(07.08.1919. – 15.08.1919.)

Márton Lovászy, Foreign Minister
(15.08.1919. – 11.09.1919.)

Count József Somssich, Foreign Minister
(11.09.1919. – 24.11.1919.)

Count József Somssich, Foreign Minister
(24.11.1919. – 15.03.1920.)

Sándor Simonyi-Semadam, Prime Minister, in charge of Foreign Affairs
(15.03.1920. – 19.04.1920.)

Count Dr. Pál Teleki, Foreign Minister
(19.04.1920. – 19.07.1920.)

Count Dr. Pál Teleki, Prime Minister, in charge of Foreign Affairs
(19.07.1920. – 22.09.1920.)

Count Imre Csáky, Foreign Minister
(22.09.1920. – 16.12.1920.)

Count Dr. Pál Teleki, Prime Minister, in charge of Foreign Affairs
(16.12.1920. – 17.01.1921.)

Gusztáv Gratz, Foreign Minister
(17.01.1921. – 12.04.1921.)

Count Dr. Pál Teleki, Prime Minister, in charge of Foreign Affairs
(12.04.1921. – 14.04.1921.)

Count Miklós Bánffy, Foreign Minister
(14.04.1921. – 19.12.1922.)

Géza  Daruváry, Minister of Justice, in charge of Foreign Affairs
(19.12.1922. – 11.06.1923.)

Géza Daruváry, Foreign Minister
(11.06.1923. – 07.10.1924.)

Count István Bethlen, Prime Minister, in charge of Foreign Affairs
(07.10.1924. – 15.11.1924.)

Tibor Scitovszky, Foreign Minister
(15.11.1924. – 05.03.1925.)

Lajos Walkó, Minister of Trade, in charge of Foreign Affairs during Minister Scitovszky’s sick-leave
(05.03.1925. – 17.03.1925.)

Lajos Walkó, Minister of Trade, in charge of Foreign Affairs
(17.03.1925. – 15.10.1926.)

Lajos Walkó, Foreign Minister
(15.10.1926. – 09.12.1930.)

Count Gyula Károlyi, Foreign Minister
(09.12.1930. – 24.08.1931.)

Lajos   Walkó Foreign Minister
(24.08.1931. – 01.10.1932.)

Endre Puky Foreign Minister
(01.10.1932. – 07.01.1933.)

Gyula Gömbös Prime Minister, in charge of Foreign Affairs
(07.01.1933. – 04.02.1933.)

Kálmán Kánya Foreign Minister
(04.02.1933. – 28.11.1938.)

Béla Imrédy Prime Minister, in charge of Foreign Affairs
(28.11.1938. – 10.12.1938.)

Count István Csáky Foreign Minister
(10.12.1938. – 27.01.1941.)

Count Dr. Pál Teleki , in charge of Foreign Affairs during Minister Csáky’s sick-leave
(21.12.1940. – 27.01.1941.)

Count Dr. Pál Teleki, Prime Minister, in charge of Foreign Affairs
(27.01.1941. – 04.02.1941.)

László Bárdossy, Foreign Minister
(04.02.1941. – 03.04.1941.)

László Bárdossy, Prime Minister, in charge of Foreign Affairs
(03.04.1941. – 07.03.1942.)

Keresztes-Fischer Ferenc, Minister of the Interior, in charge of Foreign Affairs
(07.03.1942. – 09.03.1942.)

Miklós Kállay, Prime Minister, in charge of Foreign Affairs
(09.03.1942. – 20.05.1942.)

Kállay Miklós, Prime Minister and Foreign Minister
(20.05.1942. – 24.07.1943.)

Jeno Ghyczy, Foreign Minister
(24.07.1943. – 22.03.1944.)

Döme Sztójay, Prime Minister and Foreign Minister
(22.03.1944. – 29.08.1944.)

Gusztáv Hennyey, Foreign Minister
(29.08.1944. – 16.10.1944.)

Baron Gábor Kemény, Foreign Minister
(16.10.1944. – 28.03.1945.)

János Gyöngyösi, Foreign Minister of the Provisional National Government
(22.12.1944. – 15.11.1945.)

János Gyöngyösi, Foreign Minister
(15.11.1945. – 31.05.1947.)

János Gyöngyösi , Interim Foreign Minister
(31.05.1947.)

Erno Mihályfi, Information Minister, in charge of Foreign Affairs
(31.05.1947. – 04.09.1947.)

Erno Mihályfi , Interim Information Minister, in charge of Foreign Affairs
(04.09.1947. – 24.09.1947.)

Dr. Erik Molnár, Foreign Minister
(24.09.1947. – 05.08.1948.)

László Rajk, Foreign Minister
(05.08.1948. – 10.12.1948.)

László Rajk , Interim Foreign Minister
(10.12.1948.)

László Rajk, Foreign Minister
(10.12.1948. – 20.05.1949.)

László Rajk , Interim Foreign Minister
(20.05.1949. – 11.06.1949.)

Dr. Gyula Kállai, Foreign Minister
(11.06.1949. – 12.05.1951.)

Károly Kiss, Foreign Minister
(12.05.1951. – 12.11.1952.)

Dr. Erik Molnár, Foreign Minister
(12.11.1952. – 04.07.1953.)

János Boldóczki, Foreign Minister
(04.07.1953. – 30.07.1956.)

Dr. Imre Horváth, Foreign Minister
(30.07.1956. – 30.10.1956.)

Imre Nagy, Prime Minister and Foreign Minister
(01.11.1956. – 04.11.1956.)

Dr. Imre Horváth, member of the Hungarian Revolutionary Workers’ and Peasants’ Government, de facto Foreign Minister
(04.11.1956. – 12.11.1956.)

Dr. Imre Horváth, member of the Hungarian Revolutionary Workers’ and Peasants’ Government, in charge of Foreign Affairs
(12.11.1956. – 09.05.1957.)

Dr. Imre Horváth, Foreign Minister
(09.05.1957. – 03.02.1958.)

Endre Sík, Foreign Minister
(15.02.1958. – 13.09.1961.)

Dr. János Péter, Foreign Minister
(13.09.1961. – 14.12.1973.)

Frigyes Puja, Foreign Minister
(14.12.1973. – 08.07.1983.)

Dr. Péter Várkonyi, Foreign Minister
(08.07.1983. – 10.05.1989.)

Gyula Horn, Foreign Minister
(10.05.1989. – 23.05.1990.)

Dr. Géza Jeszenszky, Foreign Minister
(23.05.1990. – 15.07.1994.)

László Kovács, Foreign Minister
(15.07.1994. – 08.07.1998.)

Dr. János Martonyi, Foreign Minister
(08.07.1998. – 27.05.2002.)

László Kovács, Foreign Minister
(27.05.2002. – 30.09.2004.)

Dr. Ferenc Somogyi Foreign Minister
(01.11.2004. - 08.06.2006.)

Dr. Kinga Göncz Foreign Minister
(09.06.2006. - 14.04.2009.)
 
Dr. Péter Balázs Foreign Minister
(16.04.2009. - 14.05.2010.)

Dr. János Martonyi Foreign Minister
(29.05.2010. - )