Chief Warrant Officer Tamás Zsiros
13:28 August 13, 2025Personal details:
Date of birth: 30/07/1975
Place of birth: Miskolc
Marital status: married
Military career:
15/08/2025– Command Sergeant Major of the Hungarian Defence Forces
01/08/2023 – 15/08/2025 Commandant, NCO Leadership Center of Excellence, HDF NCO Academy, Szentendre, Hungary
30/09/2020 – 31/07/2023 Support Branch Chief/Deputy Commandant, NCO Leadership Center of Excellence HDF NCO Academy, Szentendre, Hungary
16/09/2013 – 29/09/2020 Command Sergeant Major, HDF Ludovika Battalion, Budapest, Hungary
08/07/2009 – 15/09/2013 Chief of Support Division, Deputy Chief of Staff, Personal Assistant, Headquarters NATO Rapid Deployable Corps – Italy (HQ NRDC-ITA), Solbiate Olona, Italy
01/06/2008 – 07/07/2009 Subordinate NCO, command organizations, ISR cell, HDF 34th László Bercsényi Special Operations Forces Battalion, Szolnok, Hungary
31/01/2005 – 01/06/2008 Senior Training Instructor NCO, Platoon Sergeant, HDF 34th László Bercsényi Special Operations Forces Battalion, Szolnok, Hungary
01/09/1999 – 30/01/2005 Team Leader, Long-Range Reconnaissance (LRR) Team, 1st Company, HDF 34th László Bercsényi Special Operations Forces Battalion, Szolnok, Hungary
12/7/1998 – 31/08/1999 Team Leader, Long-Range Reconnaissance (LRR) Team, 4th Company, HDF 34th László Bercsényi Special Operations Forces Battalion, Szolnok, Hungary
Foreign service experience:
2021–2022 Command Sergeant Major for COM KFOR, KFOR HQ, Pristina, Kosovo,
2014–2015 Deputy Commander, Chief of Staff, Personal Assistant, EUFOR HQ, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
2013 CJOC – C-IED Branch Liaison NCO, IJC, ISAF, Kabul, Afghanistan
2009–2013 Chief of Support Division, Deputy Chief of Staff, Personal Assistant, Headquarters NATO Rapid Deployable Corps-Italy (HQ NRDC-ITA), Solbiate Olona, Italy
2008–2009 Team Sergeant, Kabul International Airport Commander’s Close Protection Team, Kabul, Afghanistan
2007–2008 Senior Advisor/Chief Training Instructor, NATO Training Mission–Iraq (NTM-I) for training the Iraqi Guard and Security Battalion, Baghdad, Iraq
2004–2005 Platoon Sergeant, 1st Light Infantry Company, Kabul, Afghanistan
2001–2002 Team Leader, HDF Guard and Security Battalion, KFOR, Pristina, Kosovo
Courses:
04/2025 Conduct After Capture (CaC) Training and Instructor (CaCI) Course, HDF NCO Academy, Szentendre, Hungary
2021 NATO Command Senior Enlisted Leaders Course, NATO School, Oberammergau, Germany (NATO’s top-level CSEL course)
06/2018 Commandant Pre Command Course, US Army Sergeants Major Academy, El Paso, TX, USA (training and development course for leading the HDF NCO Academy)
03/2018 Master Resilience Training Course, The University of Pennsylvania, El Paso, TX, USA (course preparing for coping with and successfully reacting to everyday challenges and tasks of the military vocation and civilian life)
2017–2018 US Army Sergeants Major Course, US Army Sergeants Major Academy, El Paso, TX, USA (training course for command sergeant majors of the US Army)
2015–2016 Command Senior Enlisted Leaders (CSEL) Course, HDF NCO Academy, Szentendre, Hungary. “Primus Inter Pares” Award.
2008 SWAT Close Protection Training, International Training Centre, Budapest, Hungary
2007 US Army Special Forces Train the Trainer Course, Szolnok, Hungary
2007 HK MP5 Operator and Instructor Training, Szolnok, Hungary
2006 Special Forces Qualification Course, Szolnok, Hungary
2005 United States Marine Corps (USMC) Basic Amphibious Reconnaissance Course, Fort Story, Norfolk, VA, USA
2003 “Distinguished International Student” graduate at the Special Forces Qualification Course (SF Weapons Sergeant Training Program) of the US Army JFK Special Warfare Center and School, Fort Bragg, NC, USA
2000 Basic Military Free-Fall Training Course, Szolnok, Hungary (currently 177 parachute jumps)
1998 Long-Range Reconnaissance and Training Sergeant (Distinguished Graduate), Reconnaissance Program, HDF Military Vocational School and Student Hostel, Szentendre, Hungary
1997 Basic Parachuting Course, Szolnok, Hungary
University:
Security Policy Expert (ongoing; expected completion date: July 2026), Security and Defence Policy Program, International Studies, Milton Friedman University, Budapest, Hungary
Language Qualification:
English STANAG 3333
English Advanced “C”
Medals and Decorations:
Hungarian Outstanding Service Medal “Gold”
Hungarian Outstanding Service Medal “Silver”
Hungarian Outstanding Service Medal “Bronze”
Hungarian Distinguished Service Medal “Silver”
Long-Term Foreign Service Medal
Hungarian Peacekeeping Service Medal (7×)
Hungarian Migration Crisis Management Service Medal
Flood Control Service Medal (2×)
Hungarian Military Service Medal Grade II (after 20 years of service as NCO)
Hungarian Military Service Medal (after 10 years of service as NCO)
NATO Non-Article 5 Service Medal for KFOR CSM activity
2022 Italian Armed Forces Service Medal, Pristina, Kosovo
2022 Slovenian Armed Forces “Medal for International Cooperation Grade IV”, Pristina, Kosovo
2022 US Army Joint Service Achievement Medal
2018 US Army NCO Professional Development “Level 5” Medal
2018 US Army Meritorious Unit Commendation Medal
2016 “Primus Inter Pares” Award, CSEL Course, Szentendre, Hungary
2013 US Army Commendation Medal
2010 “NCO of the Year” Award, NATO NRDC-ITA, Solbiate Olona, Italy
2010 “NCO Quarter of the Year” Award, NATO NRDC-ITA, Solbiate Olona, Italy
2009 US Army Achievement Medal
2003 “Distinguished International Graduate”, US Army Special Forces Course, Fort Bragg, NC, USA
Ongoing coordination for regional security
10:37 December 22, 2021
Issues related to Headquarters Multinational Division – Centre (HQ MND-C) were discussed by Lieutenant General Ruszin-Szendi Romulusz, Commander of the Hungarian Defence Forces and Major General Denis Tretinjak, Commander of HQ MND-C on 21 December in Budapest.
Commander of the Hungarian Defence Forces received in UN peacekeeping mission in Lebanon
17:00 December 20, 2021
Major General Stefano Del Col, Commander of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL), received Lieutenant General Romulusz Ruszin-Sendi in Beirut. During his visit, the Commander of the Hungarian Defence Forces also met with the Hungarian soldiers serving in the UNIFIL mission.
Commander of the Hungarian Defence Forces visits soldiers serving in Mali
16:47 December 20, 2021
During his visit, Lieutenant General Romulusz Ruszin-Szendi, Commander of the Hungarian Defence Forces, consulted with the Commander-in-Chief of the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) and visited the base of the European Union Training Mission Mali in Bamako. The visit was attended by government commissioner responsible for defence development Gáspár Maróth as well.
Ambitious, not impossible – challenge, not obstacle
17:21 December 17, 2021
“We have taken tremendous steps this year to achieve in the near future initial and in 2023 full operational capabilities”, started Major General Denis Tretinjak, commander of the Headquarters Multinational Division – Centre (HQ MND-C), who, with Command Sergeant Major Mario Mateljic, Command Senior Enlisted Leader, addressed the personnel of the headquarters via Skype on 17 December in Székesfehérvár, in the barracks of Alba Régia.
Multinational charity and love locked in boxes
12:22 December 17, 2021
For the second time, the Headquarters Multinational Division - Centre became an active participant in the Christmas donation campaign of the Hungarian Baptist Aid. The boxes – assembled, decorated and filled with gifts by the soldiers – were handed over on 15 December by Major General Denis Tretinjak, commander, Brigadier General Ernő Péter Siposs, deputy commander and Chief Sergeant Major Mario Mateljic, command senior enlisted leader to Norbert Király, director of logistics in the relief organization’s logistic center in Pákozd.
János Áder visits Sarajevo
10:10 December 16, 2021
On Tuesday, 14 December President of Hungary János Áder paid a visit to Bosnia-Herzegovina. He personally said thanks to the soldiers of the HDF EUFOR Contingent who are spending the Christmas holiday season, too, in a foreign mission.
Our homeland owes the soldiers recognition and thanks
13:33 December 15, 2021
On Tuesday, 14 December President of Hungary János Áder paid a visit to the Force Headquarters of EUFOR Operation Althea in Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina. The head of state’s entourage included Defence Minister Dr. Tibor Benkő and Lieutenant General Dr. Romulusz Ruszin-Szendi, Commander, Hungarian Defence Forces, who also visited the Hungarian soldiers serving in a foreign mission during the holiday season.
Our homeland owes the soldiers recognition and thanks
13:20 December 15, 2021
On Tuesday, 14 December President of Hungary János Áder paid a visit to the Force Headquarters of EUFOR Operation Althea in Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina. The head of state’s entourage included Defence Minister Dr. Tibor Benkő and Lieutenant General Dr. Romulusz Ruszin-Szendi, Commander, Hungarian Defence Forces, who also visited the Hungarian soldiers serving in a foreign mission during the holiday season.
Tibor Benkő: Hungary is proud of its soldiers
14:25 December 14, 2021
On Monday, 13 December in Pristina, Kosovo, Defence Minister Tibor Benkő and Lieutenant General Romulusz Ruszin-Szendi PhD, Commander, Hungarian Defence Forces personally thanked the 26th rotation of the HDF KFOR Contingent (KFOR-26 HUNCON) for its work. Major General Ferenc Kajári, the commander of NATO’s largest and longest-running mission received the members of the delegation at the military base Camp Film City. After recognizing the work done by the personnel filling individual staff positions, the delegation greeted the members of the rotation in Camp Novo Selo.
Kosovo mission: in service of a peaceful Christmas
14:21 December 14, 2021
On Monday, 13 December, Defence Minister Tibor Benkő and Lieutenant General Romulusz Ruszin-Szendi PhD, Commander, Hungarian Defence Forces paid a visit to the Hungarian soldiers serving in Kosovo.