The Presidential Council of the Hungarian People's Republic was the

collective head of state A head of state is the public persona of a sovereign state.#Foakes, Foakes, pp. 110–11 "

he head of state He or HE may refer to: Language * He (letter), the fifth letter of the Semitic abjads * He (pronoun), a pronoun in Modern English * He (kana), one of the Japanese kana (へ in hiragana and ヘ in katakana) * Ge (Cyrillic), a Cyrillic letter cal ...

being an embodiment of the State itself or representative of its international persona." The name given to the office of head of sta ...

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

Communist era A communist era is a sustained period of national government by a single party following the philosophy of Marxism–Leninism. Many countries have experienced such a period of communist rule. Current communist states China The Chinese Communist ...

. It was created in 1949, following the enactment of a new constitution that year that officially created the

People's Republic of Hungary The Hungarian People's Republic (HPR) was a landlocked country in Central Europe from its formation on 20 August 1949 until the establishment of the current Republic of Hungary on 23 October 1989. It was a professed communist state, govern ...

. Originally vested with broad powers during the interim of parliamentary sessions, its jurisdiction was limited throughout the moderate liberalization witnessed during the Kadar era. Along with the state itself, it was abolished on 23 October 1989. The

Parliament of Hungary The National Assembly ( ) is the parliament of Hungary. The unicameral body consists of 199 (386 between 1990 and 2014) members elected to four-year terms. Election of members is done using a semi-proportional representation: a mixed-member m ...

, 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 The Council of Ministers of the Hungarian People's Republic was the cabinet of Hungary 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. Alo ...

of their duties.

List of chairmen of the Presidential Council

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List of vice-chairmen of the Presidential Council

Two vice presidents served simultaneously. They were deputy heads of state. {, , - style="vertical-align:top" , {, class="wikitable" ! Name ! Period , - , Károly Kiss , 1949–1951 , - , István Kovács , 1951–1952 , - , József Révai , 1953–1958 , - , Károly Kiss , 1958–1961 , - , György Marosán , 1961–1963 , - , Sándor Gáspár , 1963–1988 , - , István Sarlós , 1988–1989 , {, class="wikitable" ! Name ! Period , - , Dániel Nagy , 1949–1963 , - , Ödön Kisházi , 1963–1975 , - , Rezső Trautmann , 1975–1989

List of chairmen of the Presidential Council

List of vice-chairmen of the Presidential Council

See also