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The Ministry of Defence of Hungary (Hungarian: Magyarország honvédelmi minisztere) is a member of the Hungarian cabinet and the head of the Ministry of Defence. The defence minister appointed the Chief of Army Staff to the head of the Hungarian military (Magyar Honvédség). The current minister is Csaba Hende.
This position was called Minister of War during two short period of the Hungarian history: at the time of the Hungarian Revolution of 1848 and during a very short chaotic term (less than two years), when three political transformations took place.
This page is a list of Ministers of Defence of Hungary.
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Ministers of War, 1848-1849
Lázár Mészáros
Artúr Görgey
Lajos Aulich
Béla Szende
Géza Fejérváry
Sándor Szurmay
Gyula Gömbös
Imre SzekeresHungarian Revolution of 1848
Minister Began Ended Lajos Batthyány 7 April 1848 23 May 1848 Lázár Mészáros 23 May 1848 6 May 1849 Artúr Görgey 6 May 1849 5 July 1849 Lajos Aulich 14 July 1849 11 August 1849 Ministers of Defence, 1867-1918
Austria-Hungary
From 1867 to 1918 there was a Honvédministerium responsible for the military of the Hungarian half of Austria-Hungary and a Ministry of Defence for the military of the Austrian half, along with a Ministry of War with responsibility for Austria-Hungary as a whole.
Minister Began Ended Gyula Andrássy 17 February 1867 14 November 1871 Menyhért Lónyay 14 November 1871 4 December 1872 József Szlávy 4 December 1872 15 December 1872 Béla Szende 15 December 1872 18 August 1882 Gedeon Ráday 19 August 1882 26 December 1883 Béla Orczy 2 January 1884 28 October 1884 Géza Fejérváry 28 October 1884 27 June 1903 Dezső Kolossváry 27 June 1903 3 November 1903 Sándor Nyiri 3 November 1903 18 June 1905 Ferenc Bihar 18 June 1905 8 April 1906 Sándor Wekerle 8 April 1906 14 April 1906 Lajos Jekelfalussy 14 April 1906 16 January 1910 Samu Hazai 17 January 1910 19 February 1917 Sándor Szurmay 19 February 1917 31 October 1918 Ministers of War, 1918-1920
Hungarian Democratic Republic (1918-1919)
Minister Began Ended Béla Linder 31 October 1918 9 November 1918 Albert Bartha 9 November 1918 12 December 1918 Sándor Festetics 29 December 1918 18 January 1919 Vilmos Böhm 18 January 1919 21 March 1919 Hungarian Soviet Republic
Minister Began Ended József Haubrich 21 March 1919 24 June 1919 Vilmos Böhm 24 June 1919 31 July 1919 József Haubrich 1 August 1919 6 August 1919 Counter-revolutionary Government
Minister Began Ended Zoltán Szabó 5 May 1919 31 May 1919 Miklós Horthy 31 May 1919 12 July 1919 Ferenc Schnetzer 15 August 1919 24 September 1919 István Friedrich 24 November 1919 15 March 1920 Ministers of Defence, 1920-present
Regency
Minister Began Ended Károly Soós 15 March 1920 19 July 1920 István Sréter 19 July 1920 16 December 1920 Sándor Belitska 16 December 1920 28 June 1923 Károly Csáky 28 June 1923 10 October 1929 Gyula Gömbös 10 November 1929 2 September 1936 Miklós Kozma 14 May 1936 7 August 1936 József Somkuthy 2 September 1936 6 October 1936 Vilmos Rőder 12 October 1936 14 May 1938 Jenő Rátz 14 May 1938 15 November 1938 Károly Bartha 15 November 1938 24 September 1942 Vilmos Nagy 24 September 1942 12 June 1943 Lajos Csatay 12 June 1943 16 October 1944 Károly Beregfy 16 October 1944 27 March 1945 János Vörös 22 December 1944 15 November 1945 Jenő Tombor 15 November 1945 4 February 1946 Second Hungarian Republic
Minister Began Ended Jenő Tombor 4 February 1946 25 July 1946 Ferenc Nagy 9 August 1946 21 August 1946 Albert Bartha 21 August 1946 14 March 1947 Lajos Dinnyés 14 March 1947 24 September 1947 Péter Veres 24 September 1947 9 September 1948 People's Republic of Hungary
Minister Began Ended Mihály Farkas 9 September 1948 2 July 1953 István Bata 4 July 1953 26 October 1956 Károly Janza 26 October 1956 2 November 1956 Pál Maléter 2 November 1956 4 November 1956 Ferenc Münnich 12 November 1956 1 March 1957 Géza Révész 1 March 1957 17 May 1960 Lajos Czinege 17 May 1960 6 December 1984 István Oláh 6 December 1984 15 December 1985 Ferenc Kárpáti 30 December 1985 23 May 1990 Third Hungarian Republic
Minister Began Ended Lajos Für 23 May 1990 15 July 1994 György Keleti 15 July 1994 8 July 1998 János Szabó 8 July 1998 27 May 2002 Ferenc Juhász 27 May 2002 9 June 2006 Imre Szekeres 9 June 2006 29 May 2010 Csaba Hende 29 May 2010 Incumbent See also
- List of heads of state of Hungary
- List of Prime Ministers of Hungary
- List of Interior Ministers of Hungary
- List of Ministers of Foreign Affairs of Hungary
- List of Ministers of Finance of Hungary
- List of Ministers of Education of Hungary
- List of Ministers of Justice of Hungary
- List of Ministers of Agriculture of Hungary
- Politics of Hungary
Categories:- Hungary-related lists
- Defence ministers of Hungary
- Defence ministries
- Military of Hungary
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