Portrait hall of the Speakers of the Hungarian Parliament

At the beginning of the formation of bourgeois Hungary, following the first parliamentary assembly in 1848, one of the most important positions in the Hungarian political system was the Speaker of the House, elected by the members of parliament. The Speaker of the House played an important role in the operation of the parliament, the process of lawmaking and the shaping of parliamentary public life. He represented the Parliament in relations with domestic state and social organizations, as well as international partners. Like any organization with a significant tradition, the Office of the Parliament also had portraits of its officials made until the end of World War II. The portrait gallery of the House of Representatives, the House of Lords and the House of Lords, formed from portraits, represented the Parliament in the Parliament building. The paintings that had been scattered during the era of state socialism have been searched for and collected in recent years, so the reconstruction of the portrait gallery of the House of Representatives' President was the first to take place in 2017. In our volume, the history of the Speaker's portrait gallery and the presentation of the Speaker's office are accompanied by biographies of the Speakers of the House of Representatives written by experts, and comprehensive studies present the activities of the Speaker in each era. The authors of the studies are Írisz Feitl, Margit Kerekes, Attila Horváth, András Cieger, Anna Dévényi, Mária Palasik, István Feitl, Péter Smuk and István Soltész. The volume was edited by Mátyás Gödölle.