Lieutenant General Ferenc Kajári
14:33 May 9, 2023Lieutenant General Ferenc Kajári was born on 5th July 1967 in Budapest, Hungary. He is married to Veronika and has a daughter and a son.
Upon graduating from the military secondary school, he joined the Kossuth Lajos Military College of the Hungarian Defence Forces in 1985. He commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in 1988 with an armoured reconnaissance officer degree and a general engineer degree.
Between 1988 and 1996, Major General Kajári served in various Infantry Brigades and MI positions as a platoon leader, company commander, S2 staff officer and Brigade S2.
In 1996, he was assigned to the Hungarian Engineer Contingent of IFOR and served as an S2 and liaison officer in the staff. On completion of his deployment, his career continued at the Ministry of Defence, where he served in a number of positions, most notably as the Aide-de-Camp to the Deputy State Secretary for NATO Integration. In 1998 he was selected to deploy in one of the newly established Partnership for Peace staff positions, and was assigned to the Headquarters of SACLANT, where he served in the PfP staff element until Hungary’s NATO accession in 1999 when he repositioned to serve in the Education and Training Department until his return to Hungary in 2001.
From 2001 he was serving in different staff positions at the J2 Directorate of the Hungarian Defence Forces. In the same year he enrolled to the National Defence University, and in 2004 earned his Master’s degree in military leadership.
In 2004 he deployed to Darfur as an EU representative and Military Observer of the African Union Mission in the Sudan (AMIS), where by the second half of his tour he organised the S2 section in his sector and became the sector S2 chief. In 2007 he deployed to Afghanistan, where he served as the first Hungarian Chief CJ2, ACOS in RC-North of ISAF.
Between 2014 and 2015 he attended the General Staff Course of the National University of Public Service, where he earned the “ZRÍNYI Award” of the class of 2015.
In 2016 he was appointed as the director of the Military National Security Service Intelligence Directorate. In 2017 he was promoted to Brigadier General, and in 2021 to Major General, and in 2023 to Lieutenant General.
2021 marks his most noted tour as he was selected and deployed to the position of Commander of the NATO mission KFOR until the hand-over in 2022 when he continued his service as the director of the Military National Security Service Intelligence Directorate until his promotion to which took up to his new assignment to Deputy Chief of Defence Staff on 8th May 2023
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KRISTÓF SZALAY-BOBROVNICZKY: THE PRESENCE OF HUNGARIAN SOLDIERS IN THE BALKANS IS OF NATIONAL INTEREST
16:07 September 14, 2022
From the point of view of the Hungarian national interest, the fact that there are Hungarian service members in the Balkans is of particular importance, this is what Minister of Defence Kristóf Szalay-Bobrovniczky, visiting the KFOR mission (Kosovo peacekeeping forces) in Kosovo, told the public media on Tuesday, 13th September.
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The Security of the Western Balkans is of Particular Importance to Hungary
16:05 September 14, 2022
The security of the Western Balkans is of particular importance for Hungary, and the Hungarian soldiers participating in the KFOR mission also significantly contribute to this, stated Minister of Defence Kristóf Szalay-Bobrovniczky in Kosovo on Monday, 12th September.
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The Security of the Western Balkans is of Particular Importance to Hungary
15:56 September 14, 2022
The security of the Western Balkans is of particular importance for Hungary, and the Hungarian soldiers participating in the KFOR mission also significantly contribute to this, stated Minister of Defence Kristóf Szalay-Bobrovniczky in Kosovo on Monday, 12th September.
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Duty, reliability, commitment
16:47 September 1, 2022
Since 15 October 2021, NATO’s largest and longest-running mission has had a Hungarian commander. We conversed with KFOR Commander Major General Ferenc Kajári about the last ten months and the challenges to the mission.
Only a European Union with strong defence capabilities can cope with security challenges, and Hungary is ready to play a defence role
10:20 August 31, 2022
Hungary supports the creation of a more active European Union, which can provide a quick and effective response to the security challenges of the next period, said Defence Minister Kristóf Szalay-Bobrovniczky at an informal meeting of EU Defence Ministers in Prague. He pointed out that Hungary can significantly contribute to the strengthening of Europe’s defence technological and industrial base, and is carrying out one of the largest military development projects in Eastern Europe.
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Another interception above the Baltic Sea
10:15 August 31, 2022
The fighter jets of the Hungarian Defence Forces participating in the Baltic Air Policing mission have been scrambled again. This time, they were put in alert status due to two Su-35 fighters escorting an An-72 transport aircraft, en route from Saint-Petersburg to Kaliningrad.
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KFOR Commander Meets with Local Officials Across Kosovo
15:47 August 29, 2022
In the course of the week, the Commander of the NATO-led mission KFOR, Major General Ferenc KAJÁRI, met with Mr. Albin KURTI from the Institutions in Kosovo, Mr. Goran RAKIĆ, head of the Serbian List party, and the Mayors of the four northern municipalities of Kosovo.
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Hungarian skydiving successes in Austria
11:57 August 29, 2022
The Parachute World Cup Series Austria – Thalgau 2022 is over. The national parachute team of the Hungarian Defence Forces has finished the competition with excellent results.
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The importance of stories
16:15 August 15, 2022
“Nándor Gion has shown us that all men, all nations live in their stories. And we must tell these stories further”. This was stated at a ceremony held in the Nándor Gion Memorial House at Szenttamás (Srbobran), Serbia on Sunday, 14 August.
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The importance of stories
11:53 August 15, 2022
“Nándor Gion has shown us that all men, all nations live in their stories. And we must tell these stories further”. This was stated at a ceremony held in the Nándor Gion Memorial House at Szenttamás (Srbobran), Serbia on Sunday, 14 August.