List of speakers of the House of Magnates

Speaker of House of Magnates
A Mágnások Házának elnöke
Longest serving
György Mailáth junior
22 March 1867 – 29 March 1883
House of Magnates
TypeSpeaker
Member ofDiet of Hungary
Formation25 June 1848
First holderGyörgy Mailáth senior
Final holderJenő Rátz
Abolished28 March 1945

The Speaker of the House of Magnates (Hungarian: A Mágnások Házának elnöke) was the presiding officer of the House of Magnates, the upper chamber of the Diet of Hungary.

The House of Magnates was initially established during the Hungarian Revolution of 1848, and existed with interruptions between 1848 and 1918.

List of officeholders

1848–1918

Parties   KP   EP   DP/SZP/NMP   OAP   Independent

No. Portrait Name
(Birth–Death)
Term of office Political party
1 György Mailáth senior
(1786–1861)
25 June 1848 31 December 1848 KP
2 Zsigmond Perényi
(1783–1849)
1 January 1849 11 August 1849 EP
The National Assembly was disbanded (11 August 1849 – 6 April 1861)
3 György Apponyi
(1808–1899)
6 April 1861 22 August 1861 KP
The National Assembly was disbanded (22 August 1861 – 9 December 1865)
4 Pál Sennyey
(1822–1888)
9 December 1865 22 March 1867 DP
5 György Mailáth junior
(1818–1883)
22 March 1867 29 March 1883 KP
6 László Szőgyény-Marich
(1806–1893)
25 May 1883 7 December 1884 SZP
(4) Pál Sennyey
(1822–1888)
16 December 1884 3 January 1888 Independent
7 Miklós Vay
(1802–1894)
17 January 1888 13 May 1894
8 József Szlávy
(1818–1900)
16 September 1894 3 October 1896 SZP
9 Vilmos Tóth
(1832–1898)
22 November 1896 14 June 1898
10 Tibor Károlyi
(1843–1904)
17 June 1898 2 October 1900
11 Albin Csáky
(1841–1912)
2 October 1900 19 February 1906
12 Aurél Dessewffy
(1846–1928)
17 May 1906 10 February 1910 Independent
(11) Albin Csáky
(1841–1912)
18 June 1910 21 September 1912 NMP
13 Samu Jósika
(1848–1923)
21 September 1912 19 June 1917
14 Endre Hadik-Barkóczy
(1862–1931)
19 June 1917 22 June 1918 OAP
15 Gyula Wlassics
(1852–1937)
22 June 1918 16 November 1918

During the First Hungarian Republic the House of Magnates was replaced by the National Council. During the Hungarian Soviet Republic it was replaced by the National Assembly of Soviets. During the Kingdom of Hungary it was replaced by a unicameral National Assembly between 1920 and 1927. It was re-established between 1927 and 1945.

1927–1945

Parties   MÉP   Independent

No. Portrait Name
(Birth–Death)
Term of office Political party
(15) Gyula Wlassics
(1852–1937)
31 January 1927 8 March 1935 Independent
16 Bertalan Széchényi
(1866–1943)
1 May 1935 3 June 1943
17 Zsigmond Perényi
(1870–1946)
23 October 1943 3 November 1944 MÉP
18 Jenő Rátz
(1882–1952)
8 November 1944 28 March 1945

See also

Sources

  • [1] Official website of the National Assembly of Hungary (in Hungarian)