The Council of Ministers of the Hungarian People's Republic () was the supreme executive and administrative organ of the Hungarian People's Republic, the communist state that governed Hungary from 1949 to 1989.
The Council of Ministers consisted of the Chairman (Prime Minister), deputy chairmen, ministers of state, head of ministries and the Chairman of the National Planning Board. The Parliament of Hungary, upon the recommendation of the Presidential Council of the Hungarian People's Republic, elected and relieved the chairman and ministers of their duties.
List of Chairmen
NameEntered officeLeft officeDurationIstván Dobi20 August 194914 August 1952Mátyás Rákosi14 August 19524 July 1953Imre Nagy4 July 195318 April 1955András Hegedüs18 April 195524 October 1956Imre Nagy24 October 19564 November 1956János Kádár4 November 195628 January 1958Ferenc Münnich28 January 195813 September 1961János Kádár13 September 196130 June 1965Gyula Kállai30 June 196514 April 1967Jenő Fock14 April 196715 May 1975György Lázár15 May 197525 June 1987Károly Grósz25 June 198724 November 1988Miklós Németh24 November 198823 October 1989
See also Presidential Council of the Hungarian People's Republic