List of speakers of the House of Representatives (Hungary)

Speaker of House of Representatives
A képviselőház elnöke
Longest serving Tamás Péchy 13 April 1880 – 20 February 1892
House of Representatives
Type	Speaker
Member of	Diet of Hungary
Formation	10 July 1848
First holder	Dénes Pázmándy
Final holder	András Tasnádi Nagy
Abolished	29 March 1945

The Speaker of the House of Representatives (Hungarian: A képviselőház elnöke) was the presiding officer of the House of Representatives, the lower chamber of the Diet of Hungary.

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

List of officeholders

1848–1918

Parties   Opposition Party/Resolution Party/Independence Party   Deák Party/Liberal Party/National Party of Work

No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office		Political party
1		Dénes Pázmándy (1816–1856)	10 July 1848	9 January 1849	Opposition Party
2		Pál Almásy (1818–1882)	9 January 1849	2 July 1849	Opposition Party
–		László Palóczy (1783–1861) acting	9 January 1849	11 August 1849	Opposition Party
The National Assembly was disbanded (11 August 1849 – 17 April 1861)
3		Kálmán Ghyczy (1808–1888)	17 April 1861	22 August 1861	Resolution Party
The National Assembly was disbanded (22 August 1861 – 20 December 1865)
4		Károly Szentiványi (1802–1877)	20 December 1865	22 April 1869	Deák Party
5		Pál Somssich (1811–1888)	1 May 1869	3 September 1872	Deák Party
6		István Bittó (1822–1903)	10 September 1872	21 March 1874	Deák Party
7		Béla Perczel (1819–1888)	24 March 1874	3 March 1875	Deák Party
8		Kálmán Ghyczy (1808–1888)	5 March 1875	2 April 1879	Liberal Party
9		József Szlávy (1818–1900)	2 April 1879	12 April 1880	Liberal Party
10		Tamás Péchy (1828–1897)	13 April 1880	20 February 1892	Liberal Party
11		Dezső Bánffy (1843–1911)	25 February 1892	14 January 1895	Liberal Party
12		Dezső Szilágyi (1840–1901)	19 January 1895	9 December 1898	Liberal Party
–		József Madarász (1814–1915) acting	17 December 1898	2 March 1899	Independence Party
13		Dezső Perczel (1848–1913)	2 March 1899	26 October 1901	Liberal Party
14		Albert Apponyi (1846–1933)	31 October 1901	6 November 1903	Liberal Party
15		Dezső Perczel (1848–1913)	6 November 1903	17 February 1905	Liberal Party
16		Gyula Justh (1850–1917)	21 February 1905	12 November 1909	Independence Party
17		Sándor Gál (1868–1937)	13 November 1909	23 June 1910	Independence Party
18		Albert Berzeviczy (1853–1936)	30 June 1910	7 November 1911	National Party of Work
19		Lajos Návay (1870–1919)	9 November 1911	21 May 1912	National Party of Work
20		István Tisza (1861–1918)	22 May 1912	10 June 1913	National Party of Work
21		Pál Beőthy (1866–1921)	13 June 1913	28 June 1917	National Party of Work
22		Károly Szász (1865–1950)	3 July 1917	16 November 1918	National Party of Work

During the First Hungarian Republic the House of Representatives 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   EP–NEP–MÉP

No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office		Political party
23		Tibor Zsitvay (1884–1969)	31 January 1927	5 February 1929	EP
24		László Almásy (1869–1936)	7 February 1929	27 October 1932	EP
(24)			27 October 1932	29 April 1935	NEP
25		Sándor Sztranyavszky (1882–1942)	1 May 1935	17 May 1938	NEP
26		Gyula Kornis (1885–1958)	20 May 1938	1 December 1938	NEP
27		Kálmán Darányi (1886–1939)	5 December 1938	2 February 1939	NEP
(27)			2 February 1939	1 November 1939	MÉP
28		András Tasnádi Nagy (1882–1956)	1 November 1939	29 March 1945	MÉP

See also

• List of speakers of the House of Magnates
• List of speakers of the National Assembly (Hungary)

Sources

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

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