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, 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.
Ministers of justice (1848–1919)
Hungarian Kingdom (1848–1849)
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 | |
Hungarian State (1849)
Parties Opposition Party
| No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) | Term of office | Political party | Cabinet | Assembly (Election) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | .svg.png.webp) | 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)
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 | .jpg.webp) | 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)
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 | ||
People's commissars of justice (1919)
Hungarian Soviet Republic (1919)
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 | ||
Counter-revolutionary governments (1919)
Parties Independent
| No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) | Term of office | Political party | Cabinet | Assembly (Election) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | .svg.png.webp) | 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)
Hungarian People's Republic (1919)
Parties MSZDP
| No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) | Term of office | Political party | Cabinet | Assembly (Election) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | .jpg.webp) | Ernő Garami (1876–1935) | 1 August 1919 | 6 August 1919 (deposed) | MSZDP | Peidl MSZDP | — | 
Hungarian Republic (1919–1920)
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 | .svg.png.webp) | 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)
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 | .jpg.webp) | 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 | .svg.png.webp) | 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 | .jpg.webp) | István Antal (1896–1975) | 22 March 1944 | 29 August 1944 | MÉP | Sztójay MÉP–MMP | |
| 13 | .svg.png.webp) | Gábor Vladár (1881–1972) | 29 August 1944 | 16 October 1944 (deposed) | Independent | Lakatos MÉP | |
Government of National Unity (1944–1945)
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)
Parties MSZDP
| No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) | Term of office | Political party | Cabinet | Assembly (Election) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | .svg.png.webp) | Ágoston Valentiny (1888–1958) | 22 December 1944 | 21 July 1945 | MSZDP | Provisional National Government FKGP–MKP–MSZDP–NPP–PDP | INGY (1944) | 
| 2 | .svg.png.webp) | 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)
| No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) | Term of office | Political party | Cabinet | Assembly (Election) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | .svg.png.webp) | 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)
| No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) | Term of office | Political party | Cabinet | Assembly (Election) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | .svg.png.webp) | 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 | .svg.png.webp) | Gyula Décsi (1919–1990) | 17 July 1950 | 2 February 1953 | MDP | ||
| 4 | .svg.png.webp) | 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 | .svg.png.webp) | 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 | .svg.png.webp) | 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)
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 | .jpg.webp) | 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)
Hungarian Republic (2006–2010)
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)
Hungarian Republic / Hungary (2010–2014)
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)
Hungary (2014–present)
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 | ||
See also
- 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
- ↑ "Tuzson Bence lesz az új igazságügyi miniszter". 24.hu (in Hungarian). 2023-06-28. Retrieved 2023-06-28.