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.

Hungary does its share in NATO’s collective tasks
12:35 October 13, 2023
Hungary does its share in the collective tasks in accordance with its commitments, told the Ministry of Defence to Hungarian news agency MTI after the Meetings of NATO Ministers of Defence in Brussels.

Along the same values
09:42 October 13, 2023
For the first time in the history of the two nations, Georgia and Hungary held a joint cabinet meeting in the country lying on the border of Eastern Europe and Western Asia between 11-12 October. Headed by Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, the Hungarian delegation included Defence Minister Kristóf Szalay-Bobrovniczky as well.

“Preserving their memory is our collective duty and heritage”
09:37 October 13, 2023
On 11 October, altogether 85 German soldiers killed in action in the Second World War were placed to eternal rest in the German–Hungarian Military Cemetery and Peace Park of Budaörs. The ongoing cooperation between the Hungarian Ministry of Defence and the German War Graves Commission (Volksbund Deutsche Kriegsgräberfürsorge) – which has facilitated the reburial – already has a 30-year history.

Military Policemen on a hot trail – CSI Hungary
13:21 October 12, 2023
In late September, led by Captain Michaela Lang, a four-man training team of the Ulm-based Feldjägerregiment (“Field Hunter” Regiment) of the Bundeswehr held a military Crime Scene Investigation (CSI) course for nominated personnel of the HDF Military Police Regiment at the Püspöszilágy training base.

Anti-doping fight has an outstanding role in Hungary
13:17 October 12, 2023
The anti-doping monitoring group of the Council of Europe recently paid a visit to the Ministry of Defence State Secretariat for Sport, where its members were introduced to Hungary’s anti-doping activities in the framework of professional days. Speaking about the visit, Secretary of State for Sports Dr. Ádám Schmidt pointed out that our country plays an outstanding role in the anti-doping fight on an international scale as well.
Cross Landing 2023
13:45 October 10, 2023
The airmen of the HDF 86th Helicopter Wing recently participated in a Hungarian–Romanian air search and rescue exercise.

We need as many troops as possible to defend the homeland
10:00 October 10, 2023
“To defend the homeland, we need as many troops as possible, and a strong, modern military force as well. In these grave hours, Israel is setting an example in this regard”, said Defence Minister Kristóf Szalay-Bobrovniczky at the International Pro-Israel Summit organized by the Center for Fundamental Rights in Budapest on 9 October.

Hungarian Defence Forces aircraft bring home another 110 people from Israel
09:32 October 10, 2023
Carrying aboard110 people evacuated from Tel Aviv, the Airbus A319 transport aircraft of the Hungarian Defence Forces landed at Liszt Ferenc International Airport, Budapest a couple of minutes after 13:00 on 9 October.

Hungarian air force evacuates 325 people from Israel in governmental rescue operation
12:38 October 9, 2023
During the night, the Hungarian air force evacuated altogether 325 people – including 46 children – from Israel aboard three aircraft, in the framework of a governmental rescue operation, announced Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó on Monday, 9 October in Budapest.

NATO Air Traffic Management Advisors meet in Hungary
11:41 October 9, 2023
Drawing a great interest, the NATO Air Traffic Management CNS Advisory Group is holding its 2023 autumn meeting with the participation of air navigation experts from 22 nations in Budapest on 5-6 October. Having accepted our country’s offer, the group is meeting outside the Brussels headquarters of the North Atlantic Alliance for the first time in its history.