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King Name From To Louis II👑 Monarch 1516 1526 Vladislaus II👑 Monarch 1490 1516 Matthias Corvinus👑 Monarch 1458 1490 Ladislaus V the Posthumous👑 Monarch 1453 1458 Vladislaus I👑 Monarch 1440 1446 Albert👑 Monarch 1437 1440 Sigismund👑 Monarch 1387 1437 Louis I the Great👑 Monarch 1342 1382 Charles I👑 Monarch 1308 1342 Otto👑 Monarch 1305 1308 Wenceslaus👑 Monarch 1301 1305 Andrew III👑 Monarch 1290 1301 Ladislaus IV the Cuman👑 Monarch 1272 1290 Stephen V👑 Monarch 1270 1272 Béla IV👑 Monarch 1235 1270 Andrew II👑 Monarch 1205 1235 Ladislaus III👑 Monarch 1204 1205 Emeric👑 Monarch 1196 1204 Béla III👑 Monarch 1172 1196 Stephen III👑 Monarch 1162 1172 Géza II👑 Monarch 1141 1162 Béla II the Blind👑 Monarch 1131 1141 Stephen II👑 Monarch 1116 1131 Coloman👑 Monarch 1095 1116 Ladislaus I (Saint Ladislaus)👑 Monarch 1077 1095 Géza I👑 Monarch 1074 1077 Solomon👑 Monarch 1063 1074 Béla I👑 Monarch 1060 1063 Andrew I👑 Monarch 1046 1060 Peter Orseolo👑 Monarch 1044 1046 Samuel Aba👑 Monarch 1041 1044 Peter Orseolo👑 Monarch 1038 1041 Stephen I (Saint Stephen)👑 Monarch 1000 1038
Queen Name From To Mary👑 Monarch 1382 1387
Regent Name From To John Hunyadi 1446 1453
Monarch Name From To Karl I (Karl IV)👑 Monarch 1916 1918 Franz Joseph I👑 Monarch 1848 1916 Ferdinand I👑 Monarch 1835 1848 Francis I👑 Monarch 1792 1835 Leopold II👑 Monarch 1790 1792 Joseph II👑 Monarch 1780 1790 Maria Theresa👑 Monarch 1740 1780 Charles VI👑 Monarch 1711 1740 Joseph I👑 Monarch 1705 1711 Leopold I👑 Monarch 1657 1705 Ferdinand III👑 Monarch 1637 1657 Ferdinand II👑 Monarch 1619 1637 Matthias👑 Monarch 1612 1619 Rudolf II👑 Monarch 1576 1612 Maximilian II👑 Monarch 1564 1576 Ferdinand I👑 Monarch 1526 1564
President (Regent, head of state) Name From To Miklós Horthy⚠ Flagged 1920 1944
President (Leader of the Nation, head of state) Name From To Ferenc Szálasi⚠ Flagged 1944 1945
General Secretary Name From To Károly Grósz 1988 1989 János Kádár⚠ Flagged 1956 1988 Ernő Gerő 1956 1956 Mátyás Rákosi⚠ Flagged 1945 1956
Prime Minister Name From To Péter Magyar 2026 present Viktor Orbán 2010 2026 Gordon Bajnai 2009 2010 Ferenc Gyurcsány 2004 2009 Péter Medgyessy 2002 2004 Viktor Orbán 1998 2002 Gyula Horn 1994 1998 Péter Boross 1993 1994 József Antall 1990 1993
President Name From To Tamás Sulyok 2024 present Katalin Novák 2022 2024 János Áder 2012 2022 Pál Schmitt 2010 2012 László Sólyom 2005 2010 Ferenc Mádl 2000 2005 Árpád Göncz 1990 2000
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