General Dr. Gábor Böröndi
16:43 May 2, 2023G e n e r a l G á b o r B Ö R Ö N D I P h D .
Chief of Defence Staff - Hungarian Defence Forces
Born in Kaposvár on 6th April 1971, General Gábor Böröndi PhD. is married with three children. Having graduated at Kossuth Lajos Military Academy in 1992, as a mechanized infantry officer, he was posted to the 26th Mechanized Infantry Brigade in Lenti, where he served as the Platoon Leader, Company Commander and Battalion Executive Officer in consecutive order. In 1996, on leaving Lenti to his new position at the 4th Mechanized Division Command, located in Székesfehérvár, he began his studies at the Faculty of Law at the University of Miskolc and graduated in 2001.
Beginning in 1997, he was deployed to the UNFICYP HQ as OPS officer for a one-year period. His career continued at the Ministry of Defence (Budapest) between 1999 and 2006. During this phase, he was promoted to Major, then Lieutenant Colonel and finally Colonel reaching the position of Head of Department of Defence Planning through the position of the Head Secretariat of State Secretary. He served his second tour in 2002 when deployed to SFOR MSU as LNO. In 2003, he was selected to deploy as the first Hungarian soldier in Afghanistan to ISAF HQ as J-3 OPS officer. For a brief time, by utilizing his own experiences gained abroad, he led the PSO Department of the Operations Command Centre of the Hungarian Defence Forces.
In 2007, he was assigned to be the Deputy Commander of the 5th Bocskai István Infantry Brigade, located in Debrecen. The same year, he started his 2nd tour in Afghanistan at the ISAF HQ as HUN NMR. In 2009, he took over the Commander position of the 5th Bocskai István Light Infantry Brigade. He was appointed to be the Chief of Land Forces (Deputy Commander) of the Joint Force Command of the Hungarian Defence Forces in 2013. In 2017, he completed his studies at the National War College of National Defence University in Washington, USA. From 2018 as Major General, he served as the Chief J-3, (Deputy Chief of Defence for Operations) General Staff of the Hungarian Defence Forces until his appointment to Deputy Commander of the Hungarian Defence Forces (DCHOD) with the rank of Lieutenant General, in 2019.
In the summer of 2021, he was appointed to the Military Representative of Hungary to the NATO and EU, which took up to his new assignment to Hungarian Chief of Defence Staff on 4th May 2023. On the recommendation of the Minister of Defence he was promoted to the rank of General on 20th August 2023. Between 2017-2021, he was responsible for developing the Digital Soldier Program while he was the Military Supervisor of the Zrínyi Defence and Military Development Program.
General Böröndi’s national and international decorations and awards, among numerous, including the Order of Merit of the Hungarian Republic Knight’s Cross, the Order of Merit of France and the Legion of Merit of The United States of America.
German delegation at the Commander of the Hungarian Defence Forces
16:30 September 14, 2021
Chief of the German Army Lieutenant General Alfons Mais has arrived in Hungary at the invitation of Major General Attila Takács, Land Forces Inspector of the Hungarian Defence Forces Command. On Tuesday, 14 September in Budapest, Lieutenant General Dr. Romulusz Ruszin-Szendi, Commander of the Hungarian Defence Forces received the guest on a courtesy call in his office.
Gripen flies at Börgönd Air Show as well
17:03 September 13, 2021
H145 helicopter, Zlin 242 trainer, Mi-17 helicopter, Gripen fighter aircraft as well as military recruiters and paratroopers represented the Hungarian Defence Forces at the Börgönd Air Show on Sunday, 12 September.
Young and ageless comrades together
16:57 September 13, 2021
The most fortunate turn of events for a retired soldiers is when he can pass down his experiences to his grandchildren in a historical environment. The National Alliance of Comradeship Associations (NACA) organized the Little Comrades’ Meeting for the first time in the Pákozd Military Memorial Park on Saturday, 11 September. Also in attendance at the event was Lieutenant-General Romulusz Ruszin-Szendi, Commander of the Hungarian Defence Forces.
Dead Soldiers are no longer enemies
16:38 September 13, 2021
On Friday, 10 September the mortal remains of 22 Soviet soldiers fallen in Hungary were laid to eternal rest in the Fiumei Road Cemetery, Budapest. Speaking at the ceremony organized by the Embassy of the Russian Federation, Colonel Dr. József András Balogh, Cabinet Chief of the Ministry of Defence called attention to the importance of the war grave care work being done by the two countries.
Plant in the making
16:17 September 13, 2021
The frame structure of a Rheinmetall Hungary Zrt. combat vehicle plant has been completed in Zalaegerszeg. The topping out ceremony held on 10 September was attended, among others, by Defence Minister Tibor Benkő, Minister for Innovation and Technology László Palkovics, Government Commissioner for Defence Development Gáspár Maróth and Commander of the Hungarian Defence Forces Lieutenant-General Romulusz Ruszin-Szendi.
Hungarian-Serbian joint government meeting in Budapest
12:48 September 9, 2021
On 7 September Prime Minister Viktor Orbán received Prime Minister of Serbia Ana Brnabić and her governmental delegation paying an official visit to Hungary in the framework of the sixth Hungarian–Serbian joint government session in Budapest. At the two-day government meeting, Defence Minister Dr. Tibor Benkő held official bilateral discussions with his Serbian counterpart, Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister Dr. Nebojša Stefanović, and also with Minister of Labor, Employment, Veteran and Social Policy Darija Kisić Tepavčević.
Hungarian NFIU: five years – excellent performance
12:37 September 9, 2021
NATO Force Integration Units (NFIUs) will have a greater role in the Alliance in the future – this was stated at a ceremonial staff assembly organized on the occasion of the fifth birthday of NFIU Hungary in Székesfehérvár on Wednesday, 8 September.
Air Show in a week!
13:35 August 20, 2021
In eight days, on the last weekend of August, the International Air Show and Military Display can start in good order in Kecskemét, Major General Zsolt Sándor, Deputy Commander of the Hungarian Defence Forces announced at a press conference held at the Ministry of Defense in Budapest on Thursday, 19th August.
Western Balkans: Protection in All Fields
19:29 August 9, 2021
On Wednesday, 7 July Minister of Defence Tibor Benkő visited the Hungarian soldiers serving with the EUFOR and KFOR missions. The minister handed over AstraZeneca vaccines, the Hungarian government’s donation in Sarajevo and in Camp Novo Selo, near Pristina.
Strengthened support for UNFICYP
19:01 July 21, 2021
On 19 July, a technical agreement on logistic support for the service members of UNFICYP in Cyprus was signed at a Hungarian–British defence policy meeting held in the MoD Institute and Museum of Military History.