{{Short description|Collective head of state of Hungary in 1945–1946}} {{for|civilian advisory body in South Vietnam in 1964|High National Council (South Vietnam)}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = High National Council | image = | caption = | order = | office = Head of State of Hungary | status = {{small|Interim}} | monarch = ''Vacant'' | prime_minister = Béla Miklós | term_start = 26 January 1945 | term_end = 1 February 1946{{Clear}}'''Disputed with Ferenc Szálasi'''{{Clear}}to 28 March 1945 | predecessor = Ferenc Szálasi{{Clear}}{{small|as Leader of the Nation}} | successor = Zoltán Tildy{{Clear}}{{small|as President of the Republic}} }}
The '''High National Council''' ({{langx|hu|Nemzeti Főtanács}}) was the collective head of state of the Kingdom of Hungary from 1945 until 1946. {{Clear}}
==Members of the High National Council== '''Parties''' {{legend2|{{party color|Independent (politician)}}|Independent|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}} {{legend2|{{party color|Independent Smallholders, Agrarian Workers and Civic Party}}|FKGP|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}} {{legend2|{{party color|Hungarian Communist Party}}|MKP|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}
===First Council=== {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |- ! colspan=2|Picture ! Name<br>{{small|(Birth–Death)}} ! colspan=2|Term of Office ! Political Party ! Officeholder |- ! style="background-color:{{party color|Independent (politician)}};" | |80px |Béla Zsedényi<br><small>(1894–1955)</small> |26 January 1945 |29 November 1945 |''Independent'' |rowspan=2|Speaker |- !style="background-color:{{party color|Independent Smallholders, Agrarian Workers and Civic Party}};" | |80px |Ferenc Nagy<br><small>(1903–1979)</small> |29 November 1945 |7 December 1945 |FKGP |- ! style="background-color:{{party color|Independent (politician)}};" | |80px |Béla Miklós<br><small>(1890–1948)</small> |26 January 1945 |15 November 1945 |''Independent'' |rowspan=2|Prime Minister |- !style="background-color:{{party color|Independent Smallholders, Agrarian Workers and Civic Party}};" | |80px |Zoltán Tildy<br><small>(1889–1961)</small> |15 November 1945 |7 December 1945 |FKGP |- ! style="background-color:{{party color|Hungarian Communist Party}};" | |80px |Ernő Gerő<br><small>(1898–1980)</small> |26 January 1945 |11 May 1945 |MKP | |- ! style="background-color:{{party color|Hungarian Communist Party}};" | |80px |József Révai<br><small>(1898–1959)</small> |11 May 1945 |27 September 1945 |MKP | |- ! style="background-color:{{party color|Hungarian Communist Party}};" | |80px |Mátyás Rákosi<br><small>(1892–1971)</small> |27 September 1945 |7 December 1945 |MKP | |- |}
===Second Council=== {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |- ! colspan=2|Picture ! Name<br>{{small|(Birth–Death)}} ! colspan=2|Term of Office ! Political Party ! Officeholder |- |- !style="background-color:{{party color|Independent Smallholders, Agrarian Workers and Civic Party}};" | |80px |Ferenc Nagy<br><small>(1903–1979)</small> |7 December 1945 |1 February 1946 |FKGP |Speaker |- ! style="background-color:{{party color|Independent Smallholders, Agrarian Workers and Civic Party}};" | |80px |Zoltán Tildy<br><small>(1889–1961)</small> |7 December 1945 |1 February 1946 |FKGP |Prime Minister |- ! style="background-color:{{party color|Hungarian Communist Party}};" | |80px |László Rajk<br><small>(1909–1949)</small> |7 December 1945 |1 February 1946 |MKP | |- ! style="background-color:{{party color|Independent Smallholders, Agrarian Workers and Civic Party}};" | |80px |Béla Varga<br><small>(1903–1995)</small> |7 December 1945 |4 January 1946 |FKGP | |- ! style="background-color:{{party color|Independent Smallholders, Agrarian Workers and Civic Party}};" | |80px |Ferenc Szeder<br><small>(1881–1952)</small> |4 January 1946 |1 February 1946 |FKGP | |- |}
==See also== *List of heads of state of Hungary
==Sources== *[http://www.worldstatesmen.org/Hungary.htm World Statesmen - Hungary]
{{DEFAULTSORT:High National Council}} Category:Politics of Hungary