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.

Hungarian armed forces development contributes to strengthening European defence capabilities
13:38 November 16, 2022
Already under way since 2016, the large-scale development of the Hungarian armed forces actively contributes to the strengthening of European defence capabilities and the European defence industry, stated Defence Minister Kristóf Szalay-Bobrovniczky in Brussels on Tuesday, 15 November.

Pakistani military delegation received in the Ministry of Defence
11:22 November 11, 2022
On Thursday, 10 November Dr. Gáspár Maróth, MoD State Secretary for Defence Policy and Development signed an agreement on cooperation in the Ministry of Defence with Lieutenant General Hamood Uz Zaman Khan, Defence State Secretary of the Ministry of Defence of Pakistan.

In focus: Ukraine and the Balkans
11:09 November 11, 2022
On 8–9 November, Defence Policy Directors from the members states (Austria, the Czech Republic, Croatia, Hungary, Slovakia, Slovenia, and Poland in observer status) of the Central European Defence Cooperation (CEDC) met in Reichenau an der Rax, Austria. Hungary was represented at the event by MoD Deputy State Secretary for Defence Policy László Hajnik.

Start of the joint exercise
13:53 November 10, 2022
This year’s exercise of the Hungarian–Romanian Mixed Peacekeeping Battalion began with a ceremonial parade in the Hódmezővásárhely barracks on Tuesday, 8 November.

Visegrád Four countries hold military medicine conference in Budapest
19:37 November 9, 2022
Budapest is hosting the Visegrad Military Medicine Conference (VIMIMED), a military medical professional event taking place between 8–10 November. After two years, once again the leaders of the Slovak, Czech, Polish and Hungarian systems of military medicine have the opportunity to personally share their experiences at a common forum.

Hungarian Defence Forces’ tribute memorial journey to the Doberdo and Isonzo memorial places of the Great War
19:31 November 9, 2022
The Hungarian Defence Forces organized a tribute memorial journey to the Doberdo and Isonzo memorial places of the Great War on the occasion of All Souls’ Day, MoD Parliamentary State Secretary Deputy Defence Minister Tamás Vargha told MTI on Monday, 7 November.

Hungarian Defence Forces’ tribute memorial journey to the Doberdo and Isonzo memorial places of the Great War
19:28 November 9, 2022
The Hungarian Defence Forces organized a tribute memorial journey to the Doberdo and Isonzo memorial places of the Great War on the occasion of All Souls’ Day, MoD Parliamentary State Secretary Deputy Defence Minister Tamás Vargha told MTI on Monday, 7 November.

Exchanging views on cyber defence
16:00 October 26, 2022
On 24 October, a visit to the HDF Cyber and Information Operations Centre was made by a three-man delegation of the U.S. Joint Staff J7, accompanied by Brigadier General Prof. Dr. László Kovács, Cyber Defence Inspector at the Service Inspectorate of the Hungarian Defence Forces Command and Colonel Dr. Gábor Boldizsár, associate professor.

European Union Military Committee meets at Chiefs of Defence level in Brussels
13:12 October 26, 2022
At the meeting held in Brussels on 24 and 25 October, Hungary was represented by Lieutenant General Romulusz Ruszin-Szendi PhD, Commander, Hungarian Defence Forces

The Gidrán is the embodiment of Turkish–Hungarian defence industrial cooperation
13:03 October 26, 2022
Turkey and Hungary are building the Hungarian armed forces with a joint development – the Gidrán combat vehicle is the embodiment of Turkish–Hungarian defence industrial cooperation, stated Defence Minister Kristóf Szalay-Bobrovniczky on the second day of his visit to Turkey, on Tuesday, 25 October.