Dr. Ádám Schmidt
17:08 May 26, 2022PERSONAL DETAILS
- Place and date of birth: Budapest, 22/06/1980
- Marital status: married, a father of two
- Language skills: English – intermediate level
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITY, EXPERIENCES
- July 2021– member of the Board of Trustees, Foundation for the University of Physical Education
- 1 December 2020– chief advisor for sport affairs, Cabinet Office of the Prime Minister
- 2017–2019 external lecturer, Milton Friedman University
- 2015– owner and head attorney, Ádám Schmidt & Co. Law Office (attorneyship on hold)
- 2014–2022 member of the Supervisory Board, Hungarian Table Tennis Association
- 2011–2017 external lecturer, Hungarian University of Sports Science
- 2011–2014 sports lawyer, DLA Piper–Horváth and Co. Law Office
- 2011–2020 lawyer, Hungarian Basketball Federation
- 2009–2011 legal director, Hungarian Olympic Committee
- 2008–2009 trainee solicitor, Dr. Andrea Szűcs Law Office
- 2005–2008 trainee solicitor, Dr. Krasznai & Dr. Kollár Law Office
- 2004–2005 trainee solicitor, Dr. Tóth & Co. Law Office
- 2004 intern, New Atlantic Initiative
- 2003–2004 intern, Dr. Lívia Kulcsár & Co. Law Office
- 2000–2001 admissions tutor, educator (history), eFEB Adult Education Centre
EDUCATION, QUALIFICATIONS
- 2008 bar examinations successfully passed
- 1999–2004 Pázmány Péter Catholic University, Faculty of Law and Political Sciences

Those Suffering Innocently Always Deserve Help
11:55 November 12, 2024
With the contribution of the Ministry of Defence, the Government of Hungary recently sent donations of critical importance through the Hungary Helps Program to its Lebanese partners so that they can take care of those who were forced to leave their homes due to the Middle East conflict.

One Month Course in the USA
11:36 November 12, 2024
Sergeant Gergő Molnár recently participated in a course specially designed for marine sergeants, which is required for their promotion. The soldier of the HDF NCO Academy successfully completed the Sergeant School Course in Camp Lejeune, North Carolina.

Military Attachés at the Armoured Brigade
12:06 November 8, 2024
On 6 November the Budapest Military Attaché Corps (BMAC) visited Tata, the garrison town of one of the most dynamically developing units of the Hungarian Defence Forces. The HDF 1st Armoured Brigade received its guests with Gidrán, PzH and Leopard on display, and introduced them to the unit’s simulation centre.

Hungary is an important and valuable member of NATO
10:35 November 8, 2024
Our common interest is to ensure that Europe is able to preserve its own defence and does not lose even more of its weight in world economy. It will not be up to us, Hungarians – wrote Defence Minister Kristóf Szalay-Bobrovniczky on his social media page.

“Enemies in Life, Siblings in Death”
12:17 November 7, 2024
“We are friends, and we must stay friends, as Italy and Hungary are connected with a thousand ties,” said Brigadier General József Koller, PhD, Hungary’s defence, military and air attaché to Rome, in Verona, where they commemorated the Hungarian soldiers fallen during World War I.

Hungary’s security increases with each new item of equipment
12:11 November 7, 2024
“The armed forces of Hungary are being built, and we are going on the road that will soon lead to the completely rearmed, modern, new Hungarian Defence Forces with renewed capabilities, whose personnel are brought to full strength as well” – emphasized Defence Minister Kristóf Szalay-Bobrovniczky at a press conference held on 5 November in the barracks of the Tata-based HDF 1st Armored Brigade to mark the reaching of an outstanding milestone in the Defence and Military Development Program, the completion of the Gidrán tactical combat vehicle fleet.

We continue to strengthen our strategic partnership with Serbia
11:41 November 7, 2024
Hungary has always stood by the enlargement of the European Union ad now, as the president of the Council of the EU, it also proclaims that after a yearslong wait, Serbia must access the European Union – emphasized Defence Minister Kristóf Szalay-Bobrovniczky on Wednesday in Belgrade, where he met with his Serbian official counterpart.

Hungarian reserve NCOs in international confederation
14:44 November 5, 2024
The territorial defence reserve system of the armed forces has reached another important milestone. The continuous recruitment and modernization will be complemented with international cooperation between NCOs in the future. On 31 October, the Hungarian Defence Forces joined the Inter-allied Confederation of Reserve Non-Commissioned Officers (CISOR).

Hungarian and Serbian generals play futsal in Szeged
14:36 November 5, 2024
For almost a decade now, we have regularly met in the Serbian-Hungarian generals’ futsal matches – said Colonel Attila Nagy, Head of MoD Property Assets and Housing Support in an interview to our website. We asked one of the organizers of the teams composed of senior military leaders during their match in Szeged on 31 October.

Military Engineers Return Home from Bosnia and Herzegovina
14:31 November 5, 2024
The Hungarian military engineer team offered to the Western Balkans country to help with the elimination of the damages caused by the flood and the landslides in the area recently finished its work. Hungary – besides other offers – provided military engineering support to Bosnia and Herzegovina via the EU Civil Protection Mechanism.