List of speakers of the House of Magnates
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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.
| Speaker of House of Magnates | |
|---|---|
| A Mágnások Házának elnöke | |
| 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 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 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Took office | Left office | Tenure | |||||
| 1 | György Mailáth senior (1786–1861) |
25 June 1848 | 31 December 1848 | 189 days | KP | ||
| 2 | Zsigmond Perényi (1783–1849) |
1 January 1849 | 11 August 1849 | 222 days | EP | ||
| The National Assembly was disbanded (11 August 1849 – 6 April 1861) | |||||||
| 3 | György Apponyi (1808–1899) |
6 April 1861 | 22 August 1861 | 138 days | KP | ||
| The National Assembly was disbanded (22 August 1861 – 9 December 1865) | |||||||
| 4 | Pál Sennyey (1822–1888) |
9 December 1865 | 22 March 1867 | 1 year, 103 days | DP | ||
| 5 | György Mailáth junior (1818–1883) |
22 March 1867 | 29 March 1883 | 16 years, 7 days | KP | ||
| 6 | László Szőgyény-Marich (1806–1893) |
25 May 1883 | 7 December 1884 | 1 year, 196 days | SZP | ||
| (4) | Pál Sennyey (1822–1888) |
16 December 1884 | 3 January 1888 | 3 years, 18 days | Independent | ||
| 7 | Miklós Vay (1802–1894) |
17 January 1888 | 13 May 1894 | 6 years, 116 days | |||
| 8 | József Szlávy (1818–1900) |
16 September 1894 | 3 October 1896 | 2 years, 17 days | SZP | ||
| 9 | Vilmos Tóth (1832–1898) |
22 November 1896 | 14 June 1898 | 1 year, 204 days | |||
| 10 | Tibor Károlyi (1843–1904) |
17 June 1898 | 2 October 1900 | 2 years, 107 days | |||
| 11 | Albin Csáky (1841–1912) |
2 October 1900 | 19 February 1906 | 5 years, 140 days | |||
| 12 | Aurél Dessewffy (1846–1928) |
17 May 1906 | 10 February 1910 | 3 years, 269 days | Independent | ||
| (11) | Albin Csáky (1841–1912) |
18 June 1910 | 21 September 1912 | 2 years, 95 days | NMP | ||
| 13 | Sámuel Jósika (1848–1923) |
21 September 1912 | 19 June 1917 | 4 years, 271 days | |||
| 14 | Endre Hadik-Barkóczy (1862–1931) |
19 June 1917 | 22 June 1918 | 1 year, 3 days | OAP | ||
| 15 | Gyula Wlassics (1852–1937) |
22 June 1918 | 16 November 1918 | 147 days | |||
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 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Took office | Left office | Tenure | |||||
| (15) | Gyula Wlassics (1852–1937) |
31 January 1927 | 8 March 1935 | 8 years, 36 days | Independent | ||
| 16 | Bertalan Széchényi (1866–1943) |
1 May 1935 | 3 June 1943 | 8 years, 33 days | |||
| 17 | Zsigmond Perényi (1870–1946) |
23 October 1943 | 3 November 1944 | 1 year, 11 days | MÉP | ||
| 18 | Jenő Rátz (1882–1952) |
8 November 1944 | 28 March 1945 | 140 days | |||
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