Chief of General Staff (Hungary)
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Chief of General Staff | |
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Honvéd Vezérkar főnöke | |
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since 27 April 2023 | |
Hungarian Defence Forces | |
Type | Chief of defence |
Member of | Hungarian Defence Forces Command |
Reports to | Minister of Defence |
Seat | Budapest |
Nominator | Minister of Defence |
Appointer | President of Hungary |
Precursor | Chief of the Austro-Hungarian General Staff |
Formation | 4 January 1922 |
First holder | Viktor Lorx |
Deputy | Deputy Chief of General Staff |
Website | Official website |
The Chief of General Staff (Hungarian: Honvéd Vezérkar főnöke; between 2019 and 2022: Commander of the Hungarian Defense Forces (Hungarian: a Magyar Honvédség Parancsnoka)) 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 Joint Forces Command were merged to create the Defence Forces Command.[3] On 1 January 2023 it was renamed to General Staff.
The current chief of general staff is Gábor Böröndi.[4]
List of officeholders
[edit]Royal Hungarian Army (1922−1945)
[edit]No. | Portrait | Chief of the General Staff | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Ref. |
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1 | Viktor Lorx (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)
[edit]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 | László Sólyom (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 | Béla Székely | Major general11 August 1953 | 22 November 1954 | 1 year, 103 days | – | |
5 | Lajos Tóth (1922–2012) | Major general22 November 1954 | October 1956 | 1 year, 10 months | – | |
6 | István Kovács (1911–2011) | Major generalOctober 1956 | November 1956 | 1 month | – | |
7 | László Hegyi | Major generalNovember 1956 | 1957 | 0–1 years | – | |
8 | Ferenc Ugrai (1922–2006) | Lieutenant general1957 | 1963 | 5–6 years | [5] | |
9 | Károly Csémi (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 | József Pacsek (1928–2009) | Lieutenant general6 December 1984 | 1 December 1989 | 4 years, 360 days | [8] | |
12 | László Borsits (born 1939) | Lieutenant general1 December 1989 | 1 March 1990 | 90 days | [9] |
Honvédség (1990−present)
[edit]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 | László Borsits (born 1939) | Lieutenant general1 March 1990 | 8 September 1991 | 1 year, 191 days | [11][12] | |
2 | János Deák | Colonel general9 September 1991 | 31 October 1994 | 3 years, 52 days | [13] | |
3 | Sándor Németh | Lieutenant general1 November 1994 | 5 June 1996 | 1 year, 217 days | [14] | |
4 | Ferenc Végh (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 | András Havril (born 1951) | Colonel general1 February 2005 | 15 January 2009 | 3 years, 349 days | [21][22] | |
8 | László Tömböl (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 | Romulusz Ruszin-Szendi (born 1973) | Lieutenant general3 June 2021 | 27 April 2023 | 1 year, 328 days | [26] | |
12 | Gábor Böröndi (born 1971) | Colonel general27 April 2023 | Incumbent | 1 year, 109 days | [27] |
See also
[edit]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.
- ^ Kęciek, Sebastian (2023-05-10). "Sebastian Kęciek nagykövet levele dr. Böröndi Gábor altábornagy, a Honvéd Vezérkar főnökéhez". Website of the Republic of Poland. Retrieved 2023-05-11.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Csémi, Károly: Visszaemlékezések 1956. Zrínyi Katonai Kiadó, Budapest, 1986.
- ^ Bölöny, József: Magyarország kormányai. 1848–1992. 4. bőv. és jav. kiad., Akadémiai Kiadó, Budapest, 1992. 360. p.
- ^ "Történelmi Tár - Pacsek József". Tortenelmitar.hu. Retrieved 2011-11-18.
- ^ "Ki micsoda? Egyéb vezetők (fegyveres erők, városvezetők, nagykövetek)". Allamszocializmus.lapunk.hu. Retrieved 2011-10-08.
- ^ A Magyar Honvédség megnevezést az 1990. évi XXI. törvény a honvédelemről szóló 1976. évi I. törvény módosításáról című jogszabály 2. § (2) bek. már említi. See law on 1000ev.hu Archived 2012-04-25 at the Wayback Machine.
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- ^ "Korom Ferenc átvette vezérkarfőnöki kinevezését". honvedelem.hu. Retrieved 2018-05-19.
- ^ "A köztársasági elnök kinevezte a Magyar Honvédség parancsnokát". honvedelem.hu (in Hungarian). 2 June 2021. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
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