State · 1989 – present
Hungary
A state of 1989 – present — 37 years, still standing in Europe. It replaced Hungarian People's Republic. The atlas records 15 things within it — unrest and atrocity 2 · famine and plague 1 · natural disasters 1 · treaties 1 · people 10. Its line of rulers holds 11 people.
- Still standing: the span runs to the year of the build, 2026.
For the full story, the article on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0); this page holds what the record says of the state.
- Stood
- 37 years
- and still standing
- Rulers
- 11
- the President of Hungary
- Most ground
- 91,900 km²
- in 1996
- Within it
- 15
- recorded rows
- Symbols
- 45
- on record, with years
Where it sits in time
Five thousand years, 3000 BCE to 2026; the state in gold, what it replaced or followed and what replaced or followed it in grey.
Before and after
The states the record files it as replacing or following, and those that replaced or followed it - Wikidata's own statements, each read from this state's side.
Before it
- Hungarian People's Republic · replaces · 1949 – 1989
Rulers
The line of President of Hungary - the office this state names as its head of state.
| Ruler | Reign | Length | How it ended · source | To the ruler before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mátyás Szűrös | 1989 – 1990 | 1 year | not re-electedWikidata's end cause on the term | |
| Árpád Göncz | 1990 – 1990 | under a year | left office aliveread off the dates alone | |
| Árpád Göncz | 1995 – 2000 | 5 years | left office aliveread off the dates alone | |
| Ferenc Mádl | 2000 – 2005 | 5 years | left office aliveread off the dates alone | |
| László Sólyom | 2005 – 2010 | 5 years | left office aliveread off the dates alone | |
| Pál Schmitt | 2010 – 2012 | 2 years | resignedWikidata's end cause on the term | |
| László Kövér | 2012 – 2012 | under a year | ending not on record | |
| János Áder | 2012 – 2022 | 10 years | ending not on record | |
| Katalin Novák | 2022 – 2024 | 2 years | resignedWikidata's end cause on the term | |
| László Kövér | 2024 – 2024 | under a year | ending not on record | |
| Tamás Sulyok | 2024 – 2026 | 2 years | ended by a named eventWikidata's end cause on the term | |
| Ágnes Forsthoffer | 2026 – 2026 | under a year | ending not on record | |
| András Baka | 2026 – in office | in office since 2026 | still in office |
11 rulers, 11 with terms dated as terms, covering 1989 – 2026. Only 37 years of the line are dated - too short for a median. 0 of 12 handovers irregular - a killing, a deposition, a rival claimant, a rising or a coup beside it. The violent-handover count is withheld: power changed hands so often that any rising falls beside one (exposure 1.00, limit 0.6). A blank in the last column means no kin on record, which is coverage, never “unrelated”.
Heads of government
The line of Prime Minister of Hungary, drawn and never measured: a cabinet is not a reign.
| György Lázár | 1975 – 1987 |
| Károly Grósz | 1987 – 1988 |
| Miklós Németh | 1988 – 1990 |
| József Antall | 1990 – 1993 |
| Péter Boross | 1993 – 1994 |
| Gyula Horn | 1994 – 1998 |
| Viktor Orbán | 1998 – 2002 |
| Péter Medgyessy | 2002 – 2004 |
| Ferenc Gyurcsány | 2004 – 2009 |
| Gordon Bajnai | 2009 – 2010 |
| Viktor Orbán | 2010 – 2026 |
| Péter Magyar | 2026 – … |
Ground held, by year
km² inside its borders as the borders dataset draws them, measured on an equal-area grid; a step series, held between the years the dataset maps.
91,600 km² in 1994, 91,900 km² in 2024; at its largest 91,900 km² in 1999. Cliopatria, CC BY 4.0.
Flags and arms, in order
Each symbol with the years its own statement gives; the timeline flies the one of the year on screen.
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flag, undatedFlag of Hungary (1918–1919) · Public domain .svg/120px-Flag_of_Hungary_(895-1000).svg.png)
flag, 895 – 1000Flag of Hungary (895-1000) · CC0 
flag, 1000 – 1038Flag of Stephen I of Hungary · CC0 .svg/120px-Flag_of_Hungary_(11th-12th_century).svg.png)
flag, 1046 – 1172Flag of Hungary (11th-12th century) · Public domain .svg/120px-Flag_of_Hungary_(late_12th_century).svg.png)
flag, 1172 – 1196Flag of Hungary (late 12th century) · Public domain .svg/120px-Flag_of_Hungary_(13th_century).svg.png)
flag, 1196 – 1301Flag of Hungary (13th century) · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Oppashi .svg/120px-Flag_of_Hungary_(1301-1382).svg.png)
flag, 1301 – 1382Flag of Hungary (1301-1382) · Public domain 
flag, 1387 – 1437Flag of Sigismund of Hungary · Public domain 
flag, 1440 – 1444Flag of Vladislaus I of Hungary · Public domain 
flag, 1458 – 1490Flag of Matthias I of Hungary · Public domain 
flag, 1490 – 1516Flag of Vladislaus II of Hungary · Public domain 
flag, 1516 – 1526Flag of Louis II of Hungary · Public domain
33 more in the atlas.
What happened within it, by century
Every row the atlas hosts under this state, by the century it began in: wars and battles in red, risings, regime changes and massacres beside them, everything else in grey. A tall bar is a century the record is full for, which is partly a fact about Wikipedia.
1900 – 199911 rows
- János Áder · ruler · 1959 – present
- Katalin Novák · ruler · 1977 – present
- László Sólyom · ruler · 1942 – 2023
- Pál Schmitt · ruler · 1942 – present
- Tamás Sulyok · ruler · 1956 – present
- Budapest Memorandum · treaty · 1994
- Árpád Göncz · ruler · 1922 – 2015
- Ferenc Mádl · ruler · 1931 – 2011
and 3 more in the atlas.
2000 – 20994 rows · 2 risings, regime changes and massacres
- Ajka alumina plant accident · disaster · 2010
- COVID-19 pandemic in Hungary · plague · 2020
- 2006 protests in Hungary · unrest · 2006
- 2014 Hungarian Internet tax protests · unrest · 2014
Among all states
Each measure against the states that carry it, never against all of them: a bar is the share of those states below this one.
- How long it stood37 years
stood longer than 29% of 3,187 states with a recorded end or still standing.
- The most ground it held91,900 km²
held more ground at its peak than 44% of 1,465 states with a border in Cliopatria.
- Wars recorded per centurynone
had more wars on record per century than 44% of 3,187 states, counting the wars the atlas hosts under each.
- Rulers on record11
has more rulers on record than 83% of 1,968 states with a line of rulers.
What led to it, and what came of it
The investigation's own picture: 24 causes the record names and 0 results, the strongest six of each at their own years, joined to the state by the kind of claim - a recorded statement solid, the article's sentence dashed, a theory dash-dot.
Open the investigation: every row with its evidence, the conditions at the time, the theories condition by condition, and the succession analysed.
Open in the atlas
- On the timeline, 1979 – 2036, with everything that stood beside it.
- On the map in 1996, live: scrub the year and watch its borders move.
- Investigate it: what led to it, what came of it, and its succession analysed.
Wikidata Q28 (CC0) · borders Cliopatria, CC BY 4.0 · coast and rivers Natural Earth · symbols from Wikimedia Commons, each credited above · data built 2026-10-06 · Pastlas v2.9.1, by Oleh Voronko. The published atlas and its data are for non-commercial use.