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 Tuzson Bence.
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.
Parties Opposition Party
No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Term of office | Political party | Cabinet |
Assembly (Election) | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 |
Parties Opposition Party
No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Term of office | Political party | Cabinet |
Assembly (Election) | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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.
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) | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 |
Parties Civic Radical Party (PRP) F48P–Károlyi
No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Term of office | Political party | Cabinet |
Assembly (Election) | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 |
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 |
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 |
— |
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 |
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 |
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 |
— |
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) |
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) |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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) |
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 |
Tuzson Bence
[1] (1972–) |
1 August 2023 | Incumbent | Independent |