The Minister of Justice of Hungary (Hungarian: Magyarország igazságügyi minisztere) is a member of the Hungarian cabinet and the head of the Ministry of Justice. As of 9 May 2026, the justice minister is Márta Görög.
The position was called People's Commissar of Justice (Hungarian: igazságügyi népbiztos) during the Hungarian Soviet Republic in 1919, Minister of Justice and Law Enforcement (Hungarian: igazságügyi és rendészeti miniszter) from 2006 to 2010 and Minister of Public Administration and Justice (Hungarian: közigazgatási és igazságügyi miniszter) between 2010 and 2014.
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Ministers of Justice (1848–1919)
Hungarian Kingdom (1848–1849)
Parties
Opposition Party
Hungarian State (1849)
Parties
Opposition Party
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 (1867–1918)
Parties
Deák Party/Liberal Party/National Party of Work
National Constitution Party
F48P/F48P–Károlyi
Civic Democratic Party (PDP)
Civic Radical Party (PRP)
Independent
Hungarian People's Republic (1918–1919)
Parties
Civic Radical Party (PRP)
F48P–Károlyi
People's Commissars of Justice (1919)
Hungarian Soviet Republic (1919)
Parties
MSZP/SZKMMP
Parties
Independent
Ministers of Justice (1919–2006)
Hungarian People's Republic (1919)
Parties
MSZDP
Hungarian Republic (1919–1920)
Parties
National Democratic Civil Party (NDPP)
Independent
Hungarian Kingdom (1920–1946)
Parties
National Democratic Civil Party (NDPP)
National Smallholders and Agricultural Labourers Party (OKGFP)
EP–NEP–MÉP
Independent
Parties
Arrow Cross Party
Parties
MSZDP
Hungarian Republic (1946–1949)
Parties
MSZDP
MDP
Hungarian People's Republic (1949–1989)
Parties
MDP-MSZMP
Hungarian Republic (1989–2006)
Parties
MSZP
MDF
Independent
Ministers of Justice and Law Enforcement (2006–2010)
Hungarian Republic (2006–2010)
Parties
Independent
Ministers of Public Administration and Justice (2010–2014)
Hungarian Republic / Hungary (2010–2014)
Parties
Fidesz
Ministers of Justice (2014–present)
Hungary (2014–present)
Parties
FIDESZ
Independent