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.
Meeting of Chiefs of Defence in Qatar
14:49 February 22, 2024
General Dr. Gábor Böröndi, Chief of HDF General Staff recently paid a three-day visit to Qatar at the invitation of Lieutenant General Salem bin Hamad bin Mohammed bin Aqeel Al Nabit, Chief of Staff, Qatar Armed Forces. The aim of the bilateral meeting with the participation of professional delegations was to explore the fields of potential military cooperation between the two countries.
Many-sided Hungarian–Polish cooperation
14:45 February 22, 2024
On 21 February, the ministries of defence of Hungary and Poland signed a bilateral military cooperation plan in Budapest. The document was signed on the part of Hungary by Colonel Albert Gróf, Head of MoD Department for International Cooperation, while on the part of Poland by Colonel Mnitowski Sławomir, the military, air and defence attaché of the Republic of Poland.
Outstanding Hungarian performance in the conflict zone
13:17 February 21, 2024
Before completing their tour of duty abroad, the Hungarian and Polish soldiers serving with the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) received their peacekeeping medals in the framework of a medal parade ceremony.
CISM Day Run in Camp Butmir
12:15 February 21, 2024
The CISM International Day of Military Sports was celebrated in Camp Butmir All participants were welcomed by COM EUFOR Major General László Sticz, who also started the run. Hundreds of personnel from EUFOR and NATO walked or ran the route.
The development of the Hungarian armed forces is indispensable
12:12 February 19, 2024
“The Hungarian Defence Forces must be brought into such a condition that the country can defend itself if needed – therefore, “we cannot shun, we cannot duck out of the development of the armed forces”, stated Defence Minister Kristóf Szalay-Bobrovniczky in Budapest on 16 February.
Hungarian Defence Forces to provide training to help demining in Ukraine
12:02 February 16, 2024
On the margins of the Meeting of NATO Ministers of Defence in Brussels on 15 February, twenty countries of the organization – among them, Hungary – signed a letter of intent on the establishment of a Mine Action Coalition – announced Defence Minister Kristóf Szalay-Bobrovniczky on his social media page.
As a committed NATO member, Hungary continues developing its armed forces
11:28 February 16, 2024
NATO is made up of national forces, and that is why every member state has to develop its own forces; being committed to its NATO membership, Hungary is doing so indeed – stated Defence Minister Kristóf Szalay-Bobrovniczky after the Meeting of NATO Ministers of Defence in Brussels on 15 February.
French connection
11:40 February 15, 2024
Lieutenant Thibault Lemaire has arrived from the École Militaire Interarmes of the French Armed Forces for a field exercise to the HDF 30th Mechanized Infantry Brigade, where the already-serving non-commissioned officers and enlisted soldiers are trained to become officers.
PzH: More than 500 applicants
13:55 February 14, 2024
More than 500 young people have applied to serve in Tata in the framework of the recruitment campaign “Man to the hardware!”. The final personnel will be selected from among them, said Defence Minister Kristóf Szalay-Bobrovniczky in Tata on 13 February, the inprocessing day of the personnel applying to enlist into the 1st Self-Propelled Artillery Battalion of the Hungarian Defence Forces 1st Armored Brigade.
Test Flight with the First Hungarian KC-390 Military Transport Aircraft
12:42 February 9, 2024
The first Embraer KC-390 military transport aircraft of the Hungarian Defence Forces took off in Brazil on 8 February. According to the plans, the aircraft will be delivered to Hungary this year. By using this type of Brazilian aircraft that attracts increasing attention worldwide, the HDF are acquiring a new capability in the field of military air transport.