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
Type	Speaker
Member of	Diet of Hungary
Formation	25 June 1848
First holder	György Mailáth senior
Final holder	Jenő Rátz
Abolished	28 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   Conservative Party   Opposition Party   Deák Party/Liberal Party/National Party of Work   National Constitution Party

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

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

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

See also

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

Sources

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