Minister of Education (Hungary)
The minister of Education of Hungary is a member of the Hungarian cabinet. The minister of education was Miklós Kásler until 2022 as minister of human capacities, when this task was given to the minister of interior Sándor Pintér.
Minister of education (1848)
Hungarian Kingdom">Kingdom of Hungary (1526–1867)">Hungarian Kingdom (1848)
'''Parties'''Ministers of religion and public education (1848–1919)
Hungarian Kingdom">Kingdom of Hungary (1526–1867)">Hungarian Kingdom (1848–1849)
Parties| # | Picture | Name | From | Until | Political party | Cabinet | Assembly |
| — | Lajos Batthyány acting | 12 September 1848 | 28 September 1848 | Opposition Party | Batthyány | 1 (1848) | |
| — | Károly Szász acting as Secretary of State | 28 September 1848 | 2 October 1848 | Independent | Batthyány | 1 (1848) | |
| — | Károly Szász acting as Secretary of State | 2 October 1848 | 14 April 1849 | Independent | Committee of National Defence | 1 (1848) |
Hungarian State">Hungarian State (1849)">Hungarian State (1849)
Parties| # | Picture | Name | From | Until | Political party | Cabinet | Assembly |
| — | Károly Szász acting as Secretary of State | 14 April 1849 | 2 May 1849 | Independent | Committee of National Defence | 1 (1848) | |
| 1 | Mihály Horváth | 2 May 1849 | 11 August 1849 | Independent | Szemere | 1 (1848) |
After the collapse of the Hungarian Revolution of 1848, the Hungarian Kingdom became an integral part of the Austrian Empire until 1867, when dual Austro-Hungarian Monarchy was created.
Hungarian Kingdom">Kingdom of Hungary (1867–1918)">Hungarian Kingdom (1867–1918)
Parties| # | Picture | Name | From | Until | Political party | Cabinet | Assembly |
| 1 | József Eötvös | 20 February 1867 | 2 February 1871 | Deák Party | Andrássy DP | 3 (1865) | |
| 1 | József Eötvös | 20 February 1867 | 2 February 1871 | Deák Party | Andrássy DP | 4 (1869) | |
| — | József Szlávy acting | 2 February 1871 | 10 February 1871 | Deák Party | Andrássy DP | 4 (1869) | |
| 2 | Tivadar Pauler | 10 February 1871 | 14 November 1871 | Deák Party | Andrássy DP | 4 (1869) | |
| 2 | Tivadar Pauler | 14 November 1871 | 4 September 1872 | Deák Party | Lónyay DP | 4 (1869) | |
| 2 | Tivadar Pauler | 14 November 1871 | 4 September 1872 | Deák Party | Lónyay DP | 5 (1872) | |
| 3 | Ágoston Trefort | 4 September 1872 | 4 December 1872 | Deák Party | Lónyay DP | 5 (1872) | |
| 3 | Ágoston Trefort | 4 December 1872 | 21 March 1874 | Deák Party | Szlávy DP | 5 (1872) | |
| 3 | Ágoston Trefort | 21 March 1874 | 2 March 1875 | Deák Party | Bittó DP–BK | 5 (1872) | |
| Ágoston Trefort | 2 March 1875 | 20 October 1875 | Liberal Party | Wenckheim SZP | 5 (1872) | ||
| Ágoston Trefort | 20 October 1875 | 22 August 1888 | Liberal Party | K. Tisza SZP | 6 (1875) | ||
| Ágoston Trefort | 20 October 1875 | 22 August 1888 | Liberal Party | K. Tisza SZP | 7 (1878) | ||
| Ágoston Trefort | 20 October 1875 | 22 August 1888 | Liberal Party | K. Tisza SZP | 8 (1881) | ||
| Ágoston Trefort | 20 October 1875 | 22 August 1888 | Liberal Party | K. Tisza SZP | 9 (1884) | ||
| Ágoston Trefort | 20 October 1875 | 22 August 1888 | Liberal Party | K. Tisza SZP | 10 (1887) | ||
| — | Gábor Baross acting | 23 August 1888 | 22 September 1888 | Liberal Party | K. Tisza SZP | 10 (1887) | |
| 4 | Albin Csáky | 22 September 1888 | 13 March 1890 | Liberal Party | K. Tisza SZP | 10 (1887) | |
| 4 | Albin Csáky | 13 March 1890 | 17 November 1892 | Liberal Party | Szapáry SZP | 11 (1892) | |
| 4 | Albin Csáky | 17 November 1892 | 10 June 1894 | Liberal Party | Wekerle I SZP | 11 (1892) | |
| 5 | Loránd Eötvös | 10 June 1894 | 15 January 1895 | Liberal Party | Wekerle I SZP | 11 (1892) | |
| 6 | Gyula Wlassics | 15 January 1895 | 26 February 1899 | Liberal Party | Bánffy SZP | 11 (1892) | |
| 6 | Gyula Wlassics | 15 January 1895 | 26 February 1899 | Liberal Party | Bánffy SZP | 12 (1896) | |
| 6 | Gyula Wlassics | 26 February 1899 | 27 June 1903 | Liberal Party | Széll SZP | 12 (1896) | |
| 6 | Gyula Wlassics | 26 February 1899 | 27 June 1903 | Liberal Party | Széll SZP | 13 (1901) | |
| 6 | Gyula Wlassics | 27 June 1903 | 3 November 1903 | Liberal Party | Khuen-Héderváry I SZP | 13 (1901) | |
| 7 | Albert Berzeviczy | 3 November 1903 | 18 June 1905 | Liberal Party | I. Tisza I SZP | 13 (1901) | |
| 8 | György Lukács | 18 June 1905 | 6 March 1906 | Independent | Fejérváry SZP | 14 (1905) | |
| 9 | Gyula Tost | 6 March 1906 | 8 April 1906 | Liberal Party | Fejérváry SZP | 14 (1905) | |
| 10 | Albert Apponyi 1st term | 8 April 1906 | 17 January 1910 | F48P | Wekerle II F48P–OAP–KNP–PDP | 15 (1906) | |
| — | Ferenc Székely acting | 17 January 1910 | 1 March 1910 | National Party of Work | Khuen-Héderváry II NMP | 15 (1906) | |
| 11 | János Zichy 1st term | 1 March 1910 | 22 April 1912 | National Party of Work | Khuen-Héderváry II NMP | 15 (1906) | |
| 11 | János Zichy 1st term | 1 March 1910 | 22 April 1912 | National Party of Work | Khuen-Héderváry II NMP | 16 (1910) | |
| 11 | János Zichy 1st term | 22 April 1912 | 26 February 1913 | National Party of Work | Lukács NMP | 16 (1910) | |
| 12 | Béla Jankovich | 26 February 1913 | 10 June 1913 | National Party of Work | Lukács NMP | 16 (1910) | |
| 12 | Béla Jankovich | 10 June 1913 | 15 June 1917 | National Party of Work | I. Tisza II NMP | 16 (1910) | |
| Albert Apponyi 2nd term | 15 June 1917 | 23 August 1917 | F48P | Esterházy NMP–F48P–OAP–PDP–KNP | 16 (1910) | ||
| Albert Apponyi 2nd term | 23 August 1917 | 8 May 1918 | F48P | Wekerle III NMP–F48P–OAP–PDP–KNP | 16 (1910) | ||
| János Zichy 2nd term | 8 May 1918 | 31 October 1918 | National Party of Work | Wekerle III NMP–F48P–OAP–PDP–KNP | 16 (1910) | ||
| — | Károly Huszár | 30 October 1918 | 31 October 1918 | Catholic People's Party | Hadik not formed | 16 (1910) | |
| 13 | Márton Lovászy | 31 October 1918 | 16 November 1918 | F48P–Károlyi | M. Károlyi F48P–Károlyi–PRP–MSZDP | MNT (—) |
Hungarian People's Republic">Hungarian Democratic Republic">Hungarian People's Republic (1918–1919)
'''Parties'''Minister of religion (1919)
Hungarian People's Republic">Hungarian Democratic Republic">Hungarian People's Republic (1919)
'''Parties'''Minister of public education (1919)
Hungarian People's Republic">Hungarian Democratic Republic">Hungarian People's Republic (1919)
'''Parties'''People's commissars of public education (1919)
[Hungarian Soviet Republic] (1919)
'''Parties'''Counter-revolutionary governments">White Terror (Hungary)">Counter-revolutionary governments (1919)
'''Parties'''Ministers of religion and public education (1919–1951)
Hungarian People's Republic">Hungarian Democratic Republic">Hungarian People's Republic (1919)
Parties| # | Picture | Name | From | Until | Political party | Cabinet | Assembly |
| 1 | Sándor Garbai | 1 August 1919 | 6 August 1919 | MSZDP | Peidl MSZDP | — |
Hungarian Republic">Hungarian Republic (1919–20)">Hungarian Republic (1919–1920)
Parties| # | Picture | Name | From | Until | Political party | Cabinet | Assembly |
| 1 | Sándor Imre | 7 August 1919 | 15 August 1919 | Independent | Friedrich KNP/KNEP–OKGFP | — | |
| 2 | Károly Huszár | 15 August 1919 | 24 November 1919 | KNP/KNEP | Friedrich KNP/KNEP–OKGFP | — | |
| 3 | István Haller | 24 November 1919 | 29 February 1920 | KNEP | Huszár KNEP–OKGFP–MSZDP–NDPP | — |
Hungarian Kingdom">Kingdom of Hungary (1920–1946)">Hungarian Kingdom (1920–1946)
Parties| # | Picture | Name | From | Until | Political party | Cabinet | Assembly |
| 1 | István Haller | 29 February 1920 | 15 March 1920 | OKGFP | Huszár KNEP–OKGFP–MSZDP–NDPP | — | |
| 1 | István Haller | 15 March 1920 | 19 July 1920 | OKGFP | Simonyi-Semadam KNEP–OKGFP | 17 (1920) | |
| 1 | István Haller | 19 July 1920 | 16 December 1920 | OKGFP | Teleki I KNEP–OKGFP | 17 (1920) | |
| 2 | József Vass | 16 December 1920 | 14 April 1921 | KNEP | Teleki I KNEP–OKGFP | 17 (1920) | |
| 2 | József Vass | 14 April 1921 | 2 February 1922 | KNEP | Bethlen →EP | 17 (1920) | |
| József Vass | 2 February 1922 | 16 June 1922 | EP | Bethlen →EP | 17 (1920) | ||
| 3 | Kunó Klebelsberg | 16 June 1922 | 24 August 1931 | EP | Bethlen →EP | 18 (1922) | |
| 3 | Kunó Klebelsberg | 16 June 1922 | 24 August 1931 | EP | Bethlen →EP | 19 (1926) | |
| 3 | Kunó Klebelsberg | 16 June 1922 | 24 August 1931 | EP | Bethlen →EP | 20 (1931) | |
| 4 | Sándor Ernszt | 24 August 1931 | 16 December 1931 | KGSZP | G. Károlyi EP–KGSZP | 20 (1931) | |
| 5 | Jenő Karafiáth | 16 December 1931 | 1 October 1932 | Conservative Party | G. Károlyi EP–KGSZP | 20 (1931) | |
| 6 | Bálint Hóman 1st term | 1 October 1932 | 6 October 1936 | NEP | Gömbös NEP | 20 (1931) | |
| 6 | Bálint Hóman 1st term | 1 October 1932 | 6 October 1936 | NEP | Gömbös NEP | 21 (1935) | |
| 6 | Bálint Hóman 1st term | 6 October 1936 | 14 May 1938 | NEP | Darányi NEP | 21 (1935) | |
| 7 | Pál Teleki | 14 May 1938 | 16 February 1939 | NEP | Imrédy NEP | 21 (1935) | |
| Bálint Hóman 2nd term | 16 February 1939 | 3 April 1941 | MÉP | Teleki II MÉP | 21 (1935) | ||
| Bálint Hóman 2nd term | 16 February 1939 | 3 April 1941 | MÉP | Teleki II MÉP | 22 (1939) | ||
| Bálint Hóman 2nd term | 3 April 1941 | 9 March 1942 | MÉP | Bárdossy MÉP | 22 (1939) | ||
| Bálint Hóman 2nd term | 9 March 1942 | 3 July 1942 | MÉP | Kállay MÉP | 22 (1939) | ||
| 8 | Jenő Szinyei Merse | 3 July 1942 | 22 March 1944 | NEP | Kállay MÉP | 22 (1939) | |
| 9 | István Antal | 22 March 1944 | 29 August 1944 | MÉP | Sztójay MÉP–MMP | 22 (1939) | |
| 10 | Iván Rakovszky | 29 August 1944 | 16 October 1944 | MÉP | Lakatos MÉP | 22 (1939) |
Government of National Unity">Government of National Unity (Hungary)">Government of National Unity (1944–1945)
Parties| # | Picture | Name | From | Until | Political party | Cabinet | Assembly |
| 1 | Ferenc Rajniss | 16 October 1944 | 7 March 1945 | MMP | Szálasi NYKP–MMP | — | |
| — | Ferenc Szálasi acting | 7 March 1945 | 28 March 1945 | NYKP | Szálasi NYKP–MMP | — |
Soviet-backed provisional governments">Soviet occupation of Hungary">Soviet-backed provisional governments (1944–1946)
Parties| # | Picture | Name | From | Until | Political party | Cabinet | Assembly |
| 1 | Géza Teleki | 22 December 1944 | 13 November 1945 | Independent | Provisional National Government FKGP–MKP–MSZDP–NPP–PDP | INGY (1944) | |
| 2 | Dezső Keresztury | 15 November 1945 | 1 February 1946 | NPP | Tildy FKGP–MKP–MSZDP–NPP | 23 (1945) |
Hungarian Republic">Hungarian Republic (1946–49)">Hungarian Republic (1946–1949)
'''Parties'''[Hungarian People's Republic] (1949–1951)
'''Parties'''Ministers of public education (1951–1953)
[Hungarian People's Republic] (1951–1953)
'''Parties'''Minister of higher education (1952–1953)
[Hungarian People's Republic] (1952–1953)
'''Parties'''Ministers of education (1953–1956)
[Hungarian People's Republic] (1953–1956)
'''Parties'''Ministers of popular culture (1949–1956)
Hungarian Republic">Hungarian Republic (1946–49)">Hungarian Republic (1949)
Parties| # | Picture | Name | From | Until | Political party | Cabinet | Assembly |
| 1 | József Révai | 11 June 1949 | 20 August 1949 | MDP | Dobi MDP–FKGP–NPP | 25 (1949) |
[Hungarian People's Republic] (1949–1956)
'''Parties'''Ministers of cultural affairs (1957–1974)
[Hungarian People's Republic] (1957–1974)
'''Parties'''Ministers of education (1974–1980)
[Hungarian People's Republic] (1974–1980)
'''Parties'''Ministers of culture (1974–1980)
[Hungarian People's Republic] (1974–1980)
'''Parties'''Ministers of cultural affairs (1980–1990)
[Hungarian People's Republic] (1980–1989)
Parties| # | Picture | Name | From | Until | Political party | Cabinet | Assembly |
| 1 | Imre Pozsgay | 27 June 1980 | 25 June 1982 | MSZMP | Lázár MSZMP | 32 (1980) | |
| 2 | Béla Köpeczi | 25 June 1982 | 25 June 1987 | MSZMP | Lázár MSZMP | 32 (1980) | |
| 2 | Béla Köpeczi | 25 June 1982 | 25 June 1987 | MSZMP | Lázár MSZMP | 33 (1985) | |
| 2 | Béla Köpeczi | 25 June 1987 | 29 June 1988 | MSZMP | Grósz MSZMP | 33 (1985) | |
| 3 | Tibor Czibere | 29 June 1988 | 24 November 1988 | Independent | Grósz MSZMP | 33 (1985) | |
| 3 | Tibor Czibere | 24 November 1988 | 10 May 1989 | Independent | Németh →MSZP | 33 (1985) | |
| 4 | Ferenc Glatz | 10 May 1989 | 23 October 1989 | MSZP | Németh →MSZP | 33 (1985) |