People of the Revolution and the USSR
Government and administration
Hungary state institutions
Conservatism and Christian democracy
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- István Bethlen Bethlen István Transylvanian aristocrat who, as prime minister in 1921–1931, consolidated the Horthy regime with a restricted franchise and a League loan
- Pál Teleki Teleki Pál Geographer of the “Red map” who was twice prime minister and killed himself in 1941 as German troops crossed Hungary
- Ferenc Keresztes-Fischer Keresztes-Fischer Ferenc Conservative ally of Bethlen who as interior minister twice used the police to hold down radical movements of left and right
- Miklós Kállay Kállay Miklós Wartime prime minister who refused German deportation demands and sought a secret armistice with the Western Allies
- Géza Lakatos Lakatos Géza General who as prime minister in August–October 1944 halted the Jewish deportations and prepared an armistice until the Arrow Cross coup
- Viktor Mihály Orbán Orbán Viktor From anti-communist youth leader in 1989 to architect of 'illiberal democracy'