Dr. Árpád Vidoven
21:15 May 24, 2022Personal data:
Name: dr. Árpád Vidoven
Date of birth: 12.09.1974.
Marital status: married, with two children
Foreign language skills: English intermediate
Professional activities:
from 30 July 2019
Ministry of Defence, 7-11 Balaton u., Budapest, 1055 - Administrative State Secretary
2018-2019
Cabinet Office of the Prime Minister, 1 Színház u., Budapest 1014 - Administrative State Secretary
2013-2018
Prime Minister's Office 1-3 Kossuth tér, Budapest 1055 - Senior Political Advisor,
Administrative State Secretary since 15 June 2014
2013
Dr. Árpád Vidoven Law Office 27 Magyar u., Cegléd 2700, lawyer (legal profession suspended)
2002-2012
Gór-Nagy and Vidoven Law Office 27 Magyar u., Cegléd 2700, lawyer
1998-2002
Dr. István Gór-Nagy, lawyer, sole practitioner 27 Magyar u., Cegléd 2700, clerk
Public offices held:
1998-2006 Member of Parliament
1998-2006 Parliamentary notary
Positions held in business organizations:
Paks II Nuclear Power Plant Private Company Limited by Shares. Company registration number: 17-10-001282
Member of the Supervisory Board: 08.12-2014 - 03.08.2015
Member of the Board of Directors: since 03.08.2015
Imre Steindl Program Nonprofit Private Limited Company, Company registration number: 01-10-049150
Member of the Board of Directors: since 19.12.2016
MVM Energy Private Limited Liability Company, Company registration number: 01-10-041828
Member of the Supervisory Board: since 28.05.2021
MVM Services Private Limited Company, Company registration number: 01-10-048351
Member of the Supervisory Board: 03.08.2015 – 30.06.2021.
Serbian-Hungarian Cadet School Cooperation
10:32 November 21, 2024
At the invitation of the principal of the Károly Kratochvil Military Secondary School and Student Hostel, a three-member delegation from the cadet school in Belgrade recently arrived for a three-day visit to Hungary to learn about the Debrecen-based educational institution and explore the possibilities for tighter cooperation in the future.
We protect the Hungarian people’s security with all our strength
10:03 November 21, 2024
After the 20 November session of the Defence Council, Defence Minister Kristóf Szalay-Bobrovniczky gave a report in a video message on the situation created by the Russo-Ukrainian conflict. The minister said that “to prepare for all possibilities, I have ordered that the newly procured air surveillance and air defence assets and the capabilities built on them be fielded in the north-eastern part of Hungary”.
The Ukraine war can only be ended with diplomatic means
10:34 November 20, 2024
The only solution to end the Ukraine war is the diplomatic one, because the military solution does not work – stated Defence Minister Kristóf Szalay-Bobrovniczky in Brussels after a meeting of the Foreign Affairs Council attended by EU Defence Ministers on Tuesday, 19 November.
Moroccan-Hungarian Defence Policy Cooperation
15:04 November 19, 2024
László Hajnik, MoD Deputy State Secretary for Defence Policy, was on an official visit to Morocco between 11 and 13 November to open defence policy discussions and explore possible fields for military-to-military and defence industry cooperation. During the visit, he had a bilateral discussion with Saïfeddine Senouci, Director for Procurements and Financial Cooperation at the Ministry of Defence of Morocco, and Brigadier General Naoufal Raissouni, Head of the General Affairs Department at the National Administration of Defence.
NATO Logistics Course organized with international participation in Hungary
14:15 November 19, 2024
In the first week of November, the Faculty of Military Science and Officer Training at the Ludovika University of Public Service hosted a NATO logistic operations course.
No Hungarians injured in attack on Transcarpathia
14:09 November 19, 2024
“No Hungarians have been injured in the attack on Transcarpathia at dawn. We are continuously monitoring the situation, and have raised radar surveillance to a higher level. NATO and the national quick reaction alert (QRA) service are on standby. We continue calling for immediate ceasefire so we can guarantee the safety of all Hungarians” – this was what Defence Minister Kristóf Szalay-Bobrovniczky wrote on his social media page, reacting to the extraordinary events of 17 November.
The Defence Budget Still Guarantees Hungary’s Security and Armed Forces Development
14:01 November 19, 2024
Based on the information from the defence minister, next year’s budget, besides serving the new economic policy and the strengthening of the economy, still guarantees Hungary’s security and the continuing modernization of the Hungarian Defence Forces.
Szolnok SAR soldiers train Bosnian mountain rescuers
13:02 November 19, 2024
This October, the European Union Force (EUFOR) and the Konjic-based Prenj Mountain Rescue Service concluded an agreement on providing assistance to each other in special rescue operations. At the signing of the agreement, the multinational force was represented by Major General László Sticz PhD, Commander, EUFOR Operation Althea, while the Bosnian side by Almir Mahmutovic, the president of the executive board of the volunteer rescue organization.
NATO International Day in Sicily
13:24 November 13, 2024
The NATO Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Force (ISR Force) held an international day at the Naval Air Station Sigonella in Sicily.
Special Cooperation
11:13 November 13, 2024
The cooperation between the Army of North Macedonia and the Hungarian Defence Forces is being tightened, as it was said at the official meeting of Chiefs of Defence Major General Sashko Lafchiski and General Dr. Gábor Böröndi in the Balaton Street building of the Ministry of Defence, Budapest on Tuesday, 12 November.