Commander of the Defence Forces (Hungary)
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Commander of the Defence Forces | |
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Magyar Honvédség parancsnoka | |
Incumbent since 3 June 2021 | |
Hungarian Defence Forces | |
Type | Chief of defence |
Member of | |
Reports to | Minister of Defence |
Seat | Budapest |
Nominator | Minister of Defence |
Appointer | President of Hungary |
Term length | 5 years |
Precursor | Chief of the Austro-Hungarian General Staff |
Formation | 4 January 1922 |
First holder | |
Deputy | Deputy commander of the Defence Forces |
Website | Official website |
The Commander of the Hungarian Defence Forces (Hungarian: Magyar Honvédség parancsnoka, lit. 'Hungarian Army Commander'; formerly Chief of General Staff (Hungarian: Honvéd Vezérkar főnöke)) is the highest-ranking military officer in the Hungarian Defence Forces and is responsible for maintaining control over the service branches.
He is responsible for development, organisation, and equipping, training and functioning of the first strategic echelon (stand-by forces) and the other strategic echelon (reserve).[1] The Defence Forces Command coordinates the tasks of the armed forces of the Republic of Hungary, develops recommendations for the planning, organisation and supervision of the Ministry's military duties, and for the development of combat capability.[2]
Since 2007, the Hungarian Defence Forces is under a unified command structure. The Ministry of Defence maintains the political and civilian control of the military.
On 1 January 2019, the General Staff and the [3]
were merged to create the .The current commander is [4]
.List of officeholders[]
Royal Hungarian Army (1922−1945)[]
No. | Portrait | Chief of the General Staff | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Ref. |
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1 | (1873–1922) | Lieutenant general4 January 1922 | 29 June 1922 † | 176 days | – | |
2 | Kocsárd Janky (1868–1954) | Cavalry general25 October 1922 | 26 May 1930 | 7 years, 331 days | – | |
3 | Vilmos Rőder (1881–1969) | Infantry general26 May 1930 | 16 January 1935 | 4 years, 235 days | – | |
4 | József Somkuthy (1883–1961) | Infantry general16 January 1935 | 5 September 1936 | 1 year, 233 days | – | |
5 | Jenő Rátz (1882–1949) | Lieutenant general5 September 1936 | 24 May 1938 | 1 year, 261 days | – | |
6 | Lajos Keresztes-Fischer (1884–1948) | Lieutenant general24 May 1938 | 29 September 1938 | 128 days | – | |
7 | Henrik Werth (1881–1952) | General29 September 1938 | 4 September 1941 | 2 years, 340 days | – | |
8 | Ferenc Szombathelyi (1887–1946) | Colonel general4 September 1941 | 19 April 1944 | 2 years, 228 days | – | |
9 | János Vörös (1891–1968) | Colonel general10 May 1944 | 16 October 1944 | 159 days | – | |
10 | Károly Beregfy (1888–1946) | Colonel general16 October 1944 | 30 April 1945 | 196 days | – |
Hungarian People's Army (1945−1990)[]
No. | Portrait | Chief of the General Staff | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Ref. |
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1 | János Vörös (1891–1968) | Colonel general15 November 1945 | 1 September 1946 | 290 days | – | |
Vacant 1946–1948 | ||||||
2 | (1908–1950) | Lieutenant general1948 | 20 May 1950 | 1–2 years | – | |
3 | István Bata (1910–1982) | Lieutenant general20 May 1950 | 10 August 1953 | 3 years, 82 days | – | |
4 | 11 August 1953 | 22 November 1954 | 1 year, 103 days | – | ||
5 | (born 1922) | Major general22 November 1954 | October 1956 | 1 year, 10 months | – | |
6 | István Kovács (1911–2011) | Major generalOctober 1956 | November 1956 | 1 month | – | |
7 | November 1956 | 1957 | 0–1 years | – | ||
8 | (1922–2006) | Lieutenant general1957 | 1963 | 5–6 years | [5] | |
9 | (1922–1992) | Lieutenant general1963 | 19 January 1973 | 9–10 years | [5][6] | |
10 | István Oláh (1926–1985) | Colonel general19 January 1973 | 6 December 1984 | 11 years, 322 days | [7] | |
11 | 6 December 1984 | 1 December 1989 | 4 years, 360 days | [8] | ||
12 | 1 December 1989 | 1 March 1990 | 90 days | [9] |
Honvédség (1990−present)[]
The army is called Magyar Honvédség since the end of communism in Hungary.[10]
No. | Portrait | Chief of the General Staff | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Ref. |
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1 | 1 March 1990 | 8 September 1991 | 1 year, 191 days | [11][12] | ||
2 | 9 September 1991 | 31 October 1994 | 3 years, 52 days | [13] | ||
3 | 1 November 1994 | 5 June 1996 | 1 year, 217 days | [14] | ||
4 | (born 1948) | Lieutenant general6 June 1996 | 31 July 1999 | 3 years, 56 days | [15][16] | |
5 | Lajos Fodor (born 1947) | Colonel general1 August 1999 | 28 February 2003 | 3 years, 211 days | [17][18] [19] | |
6 | Zoltán Szenes (born 1951) | Lieutenant general1 March 2003 | 31 January 2005 | 1 year, 336 days | [20] | |
7 | (born 1951) | Colonel general1 February 2005 | 15 January 2009 | 3 years, 349 days | [21][22] | |
8 | (born 1957) | Colonel general16 January 2009 | 5 June 2010 | 1 year, 140 days | [22][23] | |
9 | Tibor Benkő (born 1957) | Colonel general6 June 2010 | 16 May 2018 | 7 years, 344 days | [24] | |
10 | Ferenc Korom (born 1964) | Colonel general16 May 2018 | 1 June 2021 | 3 years, 16 days | [25] | |
11 | (born 1973) | Lieutenant general3 June 2021 | Incumbent | 293 days | [4] |
See also[]
References[]
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- ^ "Defence Staff". Kormany.hu. Archived from the original on 2011-09-14. Retrieved 2011-10-17.
- ^ "A Magyar Honvédség Parancsnoksága". honvedelem.hu (in Hungarian). 31 July 2020. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
- ^ a b "A köztársasági elnök kinevezte a Magyar Honvédség parancsnokát". honvedelem.hu (in Hungarian). 2 June 2021. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
- ^ a b Szabó, Miklós, M.: Adalékok a Magyar Néphadsereg 1961–1962. évi történetéhez. 1. rész. In: Új Honvédségi Szemle. LXI. évf., 2007/9. sz., 93. p.
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- ^ "Kinevezték az új vezérkari főnököt". Hírközpont.Magyarország.hu. Retrieved 2011-10-17.
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- ^ "Korom Ferenc átvette vezérkarfőnöki kinevezését". honvedelem.hu. Retrieved 2018-05-19.
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