<page_title> List of Prime Ministers of Hungary </page_title> <section_title> Chairman of the Council of Ministers </section_title> <table> <cell> György Lázár (1924–2014) <col_header> Name (Birth–Death) </col_header> <row_header> 50 </row_header> </cell> <cell> 15 May 1975 <col_header> Term of Office </col_header> <row_header> 50 </row_header> </cell> <cell> 25 June 1987 <col_header> Term of Office </col_header> <row_header> 50 </row_header> </cell> <cell> Károly Grósz (1930–1996) <col_header> Name (Birth–Death) </col_header> <row_header> 51 </row_header> </cell> <cell> 25 June 1987 <col_header> Term of Office </col_header> <row_header> 51 </row_header> </cell> </table>
In 1987, Károly Grósz was appointed as Prime Minister of Hungary (Chairman of the Council of Ministers) to succeed György Lázár, who had filled the post for more than eleven years.