List of Prime Ministers of Hungary by tenure
This list of Prime Ministers of Hungary lists each Prime Minister in order of term length. This is based on the difference between dates; if counted by number of calendar days all the figures would be one greater.
Kálmán Tisza, Viktor Orbán, György Lázár and István Bethlen are the only persons to have served as Prime Minister for more than 10 years. János Hadik served as Prime Minister for less than one day in 1918.Rank by time in office
Rank by
length
of terms | Prime Minister | Length by
time served | Administrations | Party
|
| 1 | Kálmán Tisza | 14 years, 144 days | 1 | Liberal Party |
| 2 | Viktor Orbán | | 2 | Fidesz |
| 3 | György Lázár | 12 years, 41 days | 1 | MSZMP |
| 4 | István Bethlen | 10 years, 132 days | 1 | Unity Party |
| 5 | Jenő Fock | 8 years, 31 days | 1 | MSZMP |
| 6 | Sándor Wekerle | 7 years, 48 days | 3 | Liberal Party |
| 7 | István Tisza | 5 years, 232 days | 2 | Liberal Party |
| 8 | János Kádár | 5 years, 10 days | 2 | MSZMP |
| 9 | Gyula Andrássy | 4 years, 270 days | 1 | Deák Party |
| 10 | Ferenc Gyurcsány | 4 years, 202 days | 1 | MSZP |
| 11 | Kálmán Széll | 4 years, 121 days | 1 | Liberal Party |
| 12 | Dezső Bánffy | 4 years, 43 days | 1 | Liberal Party |
| 13 | Gyula Gömbös | 4 years, 5 days | 1 | Party of National Unity |
| 14 | Gyula Horn | 3 years, 356 days | 1 | MSZP |
| 15 | István Dobi | 3 years, 348 days | 1 | MDP |
| 16 | Ferenc Münnich | 3 years, 228 days | 1 | MSZMP |
| 17 | József Antall | 3 years, 203 days | 1 | MDF |
| 18 | Pál Teleki | 2 years, 316 days | 2 | Party of National Unity |
| 19 | Gyula Szapáry | 2 years, 249 days | 1 | Liberal Party |
| 20 | Károly Khuen-Héderváry | 2 years, 225 days | 2 | Liberal Party |
| 21 | Péter Medgyessy | 2 years, 125 days | 1 | MSZP |
| 22 | Miklós Kállay | 2 years, 13 days | 1 | Party of Hungarian Life |
| 23 | Imre Nagy | 1 year, 299 days | 2 | MDP |
| 24 | Gyula Kállai | 1 year, 288 days | 1 | MSZMP |
| 25 | Kálmán Darányi | 1 year, 220 days | 1 | Party of National Unity |
| 26 | Lajos Dinnyés | 1 year, 193 days | 1 | FKGP |
| 27 | András Hegedüs | 1 year, 189 days | 1 | MDP |
| 28 | Miklós Németh | 1 year, 180 days | 1 | MSZMP |
| 29 | Károly Grósz | 1 year, 152 days | 1 | MSZMP |
| 30 | Ferenc Nagy | 1 year, 116 days | 1 | FKGP |
| 31 | József Szlávy | 1 year, 107 days | 1 | Deák Party |
| 32 | László Lukács | 1 year, 49 days | 1 | National Party of Work |
| 33 | Gordon Bajnai | 1 year, 45 days | 1 | MSZP |
| 34 | Gyula Károlyi | 1 year, 38 days | 1 | Unity Party |
| 35 | Menyhért Lónyay | 1 year, 20 days | 1 | Deák Party |
| 36 | István Bittó | 346 days | 1 | Deák Party |
| 37 | László Bárdossy | 338 days | 1 | Party of Hungarian Life |
| 38 | Béla Miklós | 328 days | 1 | Independent |
| 39 | Mátyás Rákosi | 324 days | 1 | MDP |
| 40 | Géza Fejérváry | 294 days | 1 | Independent |
| 41 | Béla Imrédy | 278 days | 1 | Party of National Unity |
| 42 | Béla Wenckheim | 232 days | 1 | Liberal Party |
| 43 | Péter Boross | 215 days | 1 | MDF |
| 44 | Lajos Kossuth | 211 days | 1 | Opposition Party |
| 45 | Lajos Batthyány | 199 days | 1 | Opposition Party |
| 46 | Ferenc Szálasi | 163 days | 1 | Arrow Cross Party |
| 47 | Döme Sztójay | 160 days | 1 | Independent |
| 48 | Sándor Garbai | 133 days | 1 | KMP |
| 49 | Sándor Simonyi-Semadam | 126 days | 1 | KNEP |
| 50 | Károly Huszár | 112 days | 1 | KNEP |
| 51 | István Friedrich | 109 days | 1 | KNEP |
| 52 | Bertalan Szemere | 101 days | 1 | Opposition Party |
| 53 | Zoltán Tildy | 78 days | 1 | FKGP |
| 54 | Mihály Károlyi | 72 days | 1 | Károlyi Party |
| 55 | Dénes Berinkey | 69 days | 1 | Károlyi Party |
| 56 | Móric Esterházy | 66 days | 1 | Independent |
| 57 | Géza Lakatos | 48 days | 1 | Independent |
| 58 | Gyula Peidl | 5 days | 1 | MSZDP |
| 59 | János Hadik | 17 hours | 1 | Constitution Party |
