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.
Unified defence, a multitude of aspects
07:45 September 29, 2022
As part of a field study, Senior Course 141 of the NATO Defence College recently paid a visit to Budapest. The Course Members of NATO’s senior-level education were introduced to Hungary’s position on foreign and defence policy and received information about the Hungarian Defence Forces. Among others, the event was attended by Dr. Gáspár Maróth, MoD State Secretary for Defence Policy and Development and Lieutenant General Romulusz Ruszin-Szendi PhD, Commander, Hungarian Defence Forces.
Production of first Hungarian KC-390 military airlifter is ahead of schedule
14:40 September 28, 2022
Between 19–21 September, an expert-level military delegation paid a visit to the Embraer manufacturing facility in Gavião Peixoto, Brazil, headed by the Hungarian Defence Forces Command Force Planning Directorate (HDFC FPD) as the organization professionally responsible for the KC-390 Military Transport Aircraft Capability Development Program.
Kristóf Szalay-Bobrovniczky: We have a vested interest in peace being restored as soon as possible
14:33 September 28, 2022
We have a vested interest in peace being restored in Ukraine as soon as possible, and every effort must be made to prevent the escalation of the war and the involvement of the V4 countries, the European Union and NATO in it, stated Defence Minister Kristóf Szalay-Bobrovniczky after a meeting of V4 defence ministers in Banska Stiavnica (Selmecbánya), Slovakia on Tuesday, 27 September.
Kristóf Szalay-Bobrovniczky: Hungary is committed to continuing its armed forces development program
16:40 September 26, 2022
We are committed to continuing our ongoing armed forces development program, stated Defence Minister Kristóf Szalay-Bobrovniczky at a press conference held in Bratislava together with his Slovak counterpart, Defence Minister Jaroslav Nad after their bilateral meeting on Monday, 26 September.
Hungarian delegation at the autumn CLIMS conference
16:34 September 26, 2022
Headed by Tamás Zsiga, MoD Deputy Secretary for Human Resource Policy, a delegation of three represented Hungary at the 2022 autumn conference of the Liaison Committee of Social Military Organizations (CLIMS) held in Sofia, Bulgaria between 19–22 September.
BALTIC AIR POLICING – AN EXCELLENT EXAMPLE OF ALLIES’ COOPERATION
12:26 September 22, 2022
During his visit to Lithuania – on 21st September – Lieutenant General Romulusz Ruszin-Szendi, Commander of the Hungarian Defence Forces, also visited the Šiauliai Air Base, where since 1st August, the fighter pilots of the Hungarian Defence Forces have been protecting the airspaces of Lithuania Estonia and Latvia in the framework of the Baltic Air Policing (BAP) mission, for four months.
EUROPEAN UNION CYBER DEFENCE CONSULTATION IN BUDAPEST
12:16 September 22, 2022
Between 19th and 21st September a meeting of the governing body of the PESCO Cyber and Information Domain Coordination Centre (CIDCC), implemented within the framework of the PESCO program of the European Union, was held in Budapest, organised by the Cyber Inspectorate of the Hungarian Defence Forces Command. The event was opened by Gáspár Maróth, the Secretary of State for Defence Policy and Defence Development, Ministry of Defence.
COMMANDER OF THE HUNGARIAN DEFENCE FORCES VISITS LITHUANIA
14:43 September 21, 2022
On Monday, 19th September, Lieutenant General Romulusz Ruszin-Szendi, Commander of the Hungarian Defence Forces, made an official visit to Lithuania, where he was received with military honours by Lieutenant General Valdemaras Rupšys, Chief of General Staff of the Lithuanian Armed Forces, and Brigadier General Mindaugas Steponavičius, Chief of Staff of the Lithuanian Armed Forces, in Vilnius.
DEPUTY COMMANDER OF THE HUNGARIAN DEFENCE FORCES RECEIVES LITHUANIAN MILITARY ATTACHÉ
18:11 September 20, 2022
Colonel Vilmas Satas, the accredited military attaché of Lithuania to Hungary, paid an introductory visit to Lieutenant General Zsolt Sándor, Deputy Commander of the Hungarian Defence Forces, on Monday, 19th September.
COMMANDER OF THE HUNGARIAN DEFENCE FORCES PARTICIPATES IN CHIEF OF STAFF LEVEL CONFERENCE OF NATO MILITARY COMMITTEE
14:50 September 19, 2022
Between 16th and 18th September, a three-day NATO Military Committee Chief of Staff level conference took place in Tallinn, Estonia, at which Hungary was represented by the delegation of the Hungarian Defence Forces, headed by Lieutenant General Romulusz Ruszin-Szendi, Commander of the HDF.