The Council of Ministers of the Hungarian People's Republic was the cabinet of

Hungary Hungary is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Spanning much of the Pannonian Basin, Carpathian Basin, it is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine to the northeast, Romania to the east and southeast, Serbia to the south, Croatia and ...

during the era of Communist rule. It was created in 1949, with the enactment of a new constitution that formally created the People's Republic of Hungary. Along with the state itself, it was abolished in 1989. The Council of Ministers consisted of the Chairman (

Prime Minister A prime minister or chief of cabinet is the head of the cabinet and the leader of the ministers in the executive branch of government, often in a parliamentary or semi-presidential system. A prime minister is not the head of state, but r ...

), deputy chairmen, ministers of state, head of ministries and the Chairman of the National Planning Board. The Parliament of Hungary, upon the recommendation of the Presidential Council of the Hungarian People's Republic, elected and relieved the chairman and ministers of their duties.

List of Chairmen

{, class="wikitable" !Name !Entered Office !Left Office , - , István Dobi , 20 August 1949 , 14 August 1952 , - , Mátyás Rákosi , 14 August 1952 , 4 July 1953 , - , Imre Nagy , 4 July 1953 , 18 April 1955 , - , András Hegedüs , 18 April 1955 , 24 October 1956 , - , Imre Nagy , 24 October 1956 , 4 November 1956 , - , János Kádár , 4 November 1956 , 28 January 1958 , - , Ferenc Münnich , 28 January 1958 , 13 September 1961 , - , János Kádár , 13 September 1961 , 30 June 1965 , - , Gyula Kállai , 30 June 1965 , 14 April 1967 , - , Jenő Fock , 14 April 1967 , 15 May 1975 , - , György Lázár , 15 May 1975 , 25 June 1987 , - , Károly Grósz , 25 June 1987 , 24 November 1988 , - , Miklós Németh , 24 November 1988 , 23 October 1989 Government of Hungary 1949 establishments in Hungary 1989 disestablishments in Hungary