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.

Alliance military convoys passing through Hungary
11:09 January 20, 2025
On Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday (20-22 January 2025), a convoy of the British Army is passing through Hungary to participate in NATO Exercise Steadfast Dart 2025 in Romania.

Italian Army Testing Hungarian-Manufactured Lynx
10:53 January 16, 2025
The high-tech hardware rolled out from the factory in Zalaegerszeg and is now being tested by Italian soldiers. Like the Hungarian Defence Forces, the Italians are also modernising their army; for this, they have chosen one of the most state-of-the-art infantry fighting vehicles in the world, the Lynx, wrote Defence Minister Kristóf Szalay-Bobrovniczky on his social media page.

Two companies of recruits have started military basic training
09:52 January 16, 2025
Two companies of recruits have enlisted for basic training on two sites early this week, and the overwhelming majority of them are preparing for signing on as contract soldiers – announced Defence Minister Kristóf Szalay-Bobrovniczky on 15 January.

The Future is for the Youth
16:59 January 14, 2025
The Hungarian Defence Forces can offer an alternative to every life situation, declared Dr. Zsolt Kutnyánszky, MoD State Secretary for Armed Forces Development and Defence Policy at the 25th Educatio International Education Expo in Hall A, Hungexpo Budapest on 10 January.

Perseverance, steadfastness and courage characterized the Don heroes
13:22 January 14, 2025
Those Hungarian soldiers who served in the battles fought in the Don Bend showed courage while fighting” – said General Dr. Gábor Böröndi, Chief of HDF Defence Staff at a commemoration held on the occasion of the memorial day of the victims of the Don catastrophe in Szentháromság Square, Budapest on Sunday, 12 January.

Military Athlete Among the Bests of the Year!
12:40 January 14, 2025
We could cheer for four military athletes at the M4 – Athletes of the Year Gala, where eventually the épée national sports team including Lieutenant Gergely Siklósi became first in the team competition in individual sports.

“We cannot give up even a bit of sovereignty”
11:43 January 14, 2025
“Every nation bears the consequences of its actions – or of the lack of them and its drifting. For this reason, Hungary is obliged to realize and preserve its national self-determination” – said MoD Parliamentary State Secretary, Deputy Defence Minister Tamás Vargha during a commemoration held at the renovated Don Bend memorial chapel in the Military Memorial Park Pákozd on 12 January, the 82nd anniversary of the breakthrough at Uryv.

Hungary’s Security Starts Beyond the Borders
14:17 January 7, 2025
This compilation has been made from the most important events of the year left behind us. We browsed our archive for the most outstanding mission event of each month and chose the best photo taken there.

“Vigilant Guardians” – Interacting forces
12:31 January 7, 2025
The KFOR Tactical Reserve Battalion (KTRBN), which is composed of Hungarian and Romanian troops, and the Multinational Specialized Unit (MSU) recently carried out Crowd and Riot Control (CRC) tasks in the framework of a joint exercise in Kosovo. To maintain the fragile balance of security in the country, it is indispensable that the soldiers of the NATO-led Kosovo Force (KFOR) continuously conduct joint operations and a show of force in sensitive situations as a result of their cooperation.

The Havasi-Szabó Ocean-Rowing Pair Has Set Sail
12:07 January 7, 2025
Reservist Corporal Gergő Havasi has set sail in Tenerife to cross the Atlantic Ocean. With his partner, Norbert Ádám Szabó, they intend to break the world record in crossing the ocean by rowing.