Lieutenant General Attila Géza Takács

12:14 June 6, 2023

Date of rank: 15. March 2020

Personal information:

Date of birth: 27. April 1968. Miskolc
Family Status: married, one child
Nationality: Hungarian

Studies:

2015 NATO Defense College
2008 NATO School (CREVAL)
2006-2007 Military Senior Leader course at the Zrínyi Miklós National Defense University
1997-1999 Zrínyi Miklós National Defense University
1992 COY Leader Course in Switzerland
1986-1989 Kossuth Lajos Military College in Szentendre - mechanized infantry faculty

Deployments:

2011-2013 Hungarian Defence Forces, National Military Representative, (Colonel) - MONS (Belgium)
2001-2002 HDF KFOR Guard and Security Battalion in Pristina commander (Lieutenant Colonel)

Military Career:

2023 – Deputy Chief of Defence Staff
2022 – 2023 Defence Attaché (Major General) London
2020 – 2022 Hungarian Defence Forces Command, Army Inspectorate, Inspector (Major General) - Budapest
2016 – 2019 Hungarian Defence Forces, Military Augmentation, Preparation and Training Command, Commander (Brigadier General) - Budapest
2013 – 2016 Hungarian Defence Forces, 5th Bocskai István Infantry Brigade, Commander (Brigadier General) - Debrecen
2010 – 2013 Hungarian Defence Forces, National Military Representative, SHAPE Deputy of National Military Representative (Colonel) - MONS (Belgium)
2008 – 2010 Hungarian Defence Forces Joint Force Command, Chief J3/J7, (Colonel) - Székesfehérvár
2005 – 2007 Hungarian Defence Forces 5th “Bocskai István” Light Infantry Brigade, Chief of Staff (Colonel) - Debrecen
2003 – 2005 Hungarian Defence Forces 5th “Bocskai István” Light Infantry Brigade, DCOS OPS (Lieutenant Colonel) – Debrecen
1999 – 2002 Hungarian Defence Forces 5th “Bocskai István” Mechanized Infantry Brigade Chief G-3 (Major) – Debrecen
1995 – 1997 Hungarian Defence Forces 5th “Bocskai István” Mechanized Infantry Brigade, Battalion Commander (Captain) – Debrecen
1990 – 1995 Mechanized Brigade, Company Commander (1st Lieutenant) – Mezőtúr, Debrecen
1989 – 1990 Mechanized Brigade, Platoon Leader (2nd Lieutenant) - Nagykanizsa

Medals and Decorations:

2020 “Ehrenkreuz der Bundeswehr” Gold grade
2019 “Legion of Merit” (USA)
2016 Order of Merit of the Hungarian Republic Knight’s Cross
2013 NATO Service Medal
2007 Service Decoration for Merit decorated with laurel wreath
2000-2004 Service Decoration for Merit Gold, Silver, Bronze grade
2002 Service Medal for Peacekeeping (KOSOVO)
1996, 2006, 2016 Officer’s Service Decoration (I. II. III)

Foreign languages:

English: STANAG 3333
German: Intermediate „A”

Innovation increases defence capability

09:51 June 2, 2023

Innovation has a key role in increasing defence capability and modernizing the Hungarian Defence Forces, said Brigadier General Imre Porkoláb, CEO, Defense Innovation Research Institute (VIKI) Nonprofit Ltd. at a capability demonstration organized by the VIKI in Budapest on 31 May.

Get well soon, Hungarian soldiers!

11:52 May 31, 2023

On 31 May, President of Hungary Katalin Novák personally thanked the Hungarian soldiers – who had been injured in Kosovo and are already recuperating in Hungary – for their standing their ground.

Heroic stand

11:39 May 31, 2023

“Once again, our soldiers have performed their duty heroically”, stated Defence Minister Kristóf Szalay-Bobrovniczky at Liszt Ferenc International Airport, Budapest on 30 May.

German armored troops at Tata

11:21 May 30, 2023

As part of the German–Hungarian land forces cooperation, Brigadier General Björn F. Schulz, Commander, Bundeswehr Panzertruppenschule (Armored Troops School) recently arrived in Hungary and paid a visit to the HDF 1st Armored Brigade in Tata on 24 May.

Hungarian troops are standing their ground in NATO’s Kosovo peacekeeping mission

11:17 May 30, 2023

Hungarian soldiers were also taking part in dispersing a crowd in Kosovo. In the afternoon of Monday, 29 May, the nominated soldiers of the Hungarian Defence Forces serving with NATO’s peacekeeping force were deployed at the town hall in Zvecan, Kosovo.

Military medical team leaves for Kosovo

11:14 May 30, 2023

In the evening of 29 May, an Airbus A319 aircraft of the Hungarian Defence Forces specifically converted for air ambulance operations took off from Kecskemét air base to provide medical care for the Hungarian soldiers who had been injured in the crowd riot control task ordered at Zvecan, Kosovo, and to return them home if necessary. Major General Ferenc Kajári, Deputy Chief, HDF General Staff also accompanies the military doctors on board.