Presidential Council of the Hungarian People's Republic


The Presidential Council of the Hungarian People's Republic was the collective presidency of Hungary during the Communist era. It was created in 1949, following the enactment of a new constitution that year that officially created the People's Republic of Hungary. Along with the state itself, it was abolished on 23 October 1989.
The Parliament of Hungary, upon the recommendation of the Presidential Council, elected and relieved the chairman and ministers of the Council of Ministers of the Hungarian People's Republic of their duties.

List of chairmen of the Presidential Council

NameEntered OfficeLeft Office
Árpád Szakasits23 August 194926 April 1950
Sándor Rónai26 April 195014 August 1952
István Dobi14 August 195214 April 1967
Pál Losonczi14 April 196725 June 1987
Károly Németh25 June 198729 June 1988
Brunó Ferenc Straub29 June 198823 October 1989