The Speaker of the House of Magnates () 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
Portrait Name Term of office Political party Took office Left office Tenure 1 György Mailáth senior 25 June 1848 31 December 1848 KP 2 Zsigmond Perényi 1 January 1849 11 August 1849 EP The National Assembly was disbanded (11 August 1849 – 6 April 1861) 3 György Apponyi 6 April 1861 22 August 1861 KP The National Assembly was disbanded (22 August 1861 – 9 December 1865) 4 Pál Sennyey 9 December 1865 22 March 1867 DP 5 György Mailáth junior 22 March 1867 29 March 1883 KP 6 László Szőgyény-Marich 25 May 1883 7 December 1884 SZP (4) Pál Sennyey 16 December 1884 3 January 1888 Independent 7 Miklós Vay 17 January 1888 13 May 1894 8 József Szlávy 16 September 1894 3 October 1896 SZP 9 Vilmos Tóth 22 November 1896 14 June 1898 10 Tibor Károlyi 17 June 1898 2 October 1900 11 Albin Csáky 2 October 1900 19 February 1906 12 Aurél Dessewffy 17 May 1906 10 February 1910 Independent (11) Albin Csáky 18 June 1910 21 September 1912 NMP 13 Sámuel Jósika 21 September 1912 19 June 1917 14 Endre Hadik-Barkóczy 19 June 1917 22 June 1918 OAP 15 Gyula Wlassics 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
Portrait Name Term of office Political party Took office Left office Tenure (15) Gyula Wlassics 31 January 1927 8 March 1935 Independent 16 Bertalan Széchényi 1 May 1935 3 June 1943 17 Zsigmond Perényi 23 October 1943 3 November 1944 MÉP 18 Jenő Rátz 8 November 1944 28 March 1945
Timeline
See also List of speakers of the House of Representatives (Hungary) List of speakers of the National Assembly (Hungary)
Sources Official website of the National Assembly of Hungary