Lieutenant General Zoltán Mihócza
08:02 August 10, 2021Personal data:
Date of birth: 18 March 1962.
Place of birth: Budapest
Marital status: Married, with one child
Education:
1980 - 1986 Minsk Military Academy of Air Defense Missile Engineering, (Minsk, Belarus, USSR), certified radio engineer
1996 - 1997 Air Defense Gunner Advanced Officer Course (Fort Bliss, El Paso, Texas, USA).
2004 - 2005 US Air Force Command and Staff College (Montgomery, Alabama, USA)
Training Courses Attended:
1999 C-70 Chemical Defense Course, NATO School, Oberammergau, Germany
2000 I-32 Staff Officer Course, NATO School, Oberammergau, Germany
2001 C-29 MJLC Course, NATO School, Oberammergau, Germany
2002 NATO Logistics Course, Aachen, Germany
2007 Senior Leadership Course, George C. Marshall Center, Germany
2008 Defence Policy Course, Defence Academy, UK
2010 GFOAC Senior Leadership Course, NDC, Rome, Italy
Military career:
1986 - 1989 11/7th Air Defense Missile Division, Deputy Commander (Technical), Budapest
1989 - 1992 11th Danube Air Defense Missile Brigade, Maintenance Squadron Commander, Budapest
1992 - 1994 11th Danube Air Defense Missile Brigade, Chief of Maintenance, Budapest
1995 - 1996 11th Danube Air Defense Missile Brigade, Chief of Air Defense Missile Engineering, Budapest
1997 11th Danube Air Defense Missile Brigade, Chief of Military Engineering, Budapest
1998 HDF Meteorological Office, Chief Planning Officer, Budapest
1999 Defense Staff, Military Force Planning Directorate, Modernization Department, Research and Analysis Officer, Budapest
1999 - 2002 NATO Joint Forces Command, Group Headquarters J1/4, Logistics Planning Division, Senior Officer, Verona, Italy
2002 - 2003 MOD-DS, Force Planning Directorate, Modernization Division, Senior Officer in Charge, Budapest
2003 - 2004 MOD-DS, Secretary to the Chief of Integration, Budapest
2005 MOD-DS, Secretary to the Director of the Defense Staff, Budapest
2005 - 2006 MOD- DS, Military Planning General Directorate, NATO and Doctrinal Department, Head of Department, Budapest
2006 - 2010 MOD-DS, Operations and Training Division, Deputy Head of Division, Budapest
2010 - 2011 MOD-DS, Force Planning Directorate, Director, Budapest
2011 - 2013 HDF Office of the Military Representative, Military Representative, Brussels, Belgium
2013 - 2016 HDF Joint Forces Command, Acting Commander, Székesfehérvár
2015 - 2016 EUFOR, Chief of Staff, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
2016 - 2018 HDF Joint Forces Command, Chief of Staff, Székesfehérvár
2018 HDF Joint Forces Command, Acting Commander, Székesfehérvár
2019 - Headquarters of the Hungarian Defense Forces, Chief of Staff
Participation in operations:
2000 - 2001 KFOR HQ Pristina, Kosovo
2015 - 2016 EUFOR, Chief of Staff, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Honours:
1994 Officer Service Medal 3rd Class (10 years)
2001 NATO Kosovo Medal
2002 Service Medal for Peacekeeping
2003 Service Medal, bronze grade
2003 Officer's Service Medal 2nd Class (20 years)
2004 NATO Service Medal 2005 Service Medal gold grade
2008 Service Medal decorated with Laurel Wreath
2010 Officer's Service Medal 1st Class (30 years )
2013 NATO Service Medal
2015 Hungarian Cross of the Order of Merit, military section
2016 EU CSDP Service Medal
2017 Migration Crisis Management Service Badge
2018 US Air Force Command Staff College, International Hall of Fame Member
2019 Gyula Sipos Award of the City of Székesfehérvár
Language skills:
English: STANAG 6001 4.4.4.4
Russian: advanced level, military interpreter
One Month Course in the USA
11:36 November 12, 2024
Sergeant Gergő Molnár recently participated in a course specially designed for marine sergeants, which is required for their promotion. The soldier of the HDF NCO Academy successfully completed the Sergeant School Course in Camp Lejeune, North Carolina.
Military Attachés at the Armoured Brigade
12:06 November 8, 2024
On 6 November the Budapest Military Attaché Corps (BMAC) visited Tata, the garrison town of one of the most dynamically developing units of the Hungarian Defence Forces. The HDF 1st Armoured Brigade received its guests with Gidrán, PzH and Leopard on display, and introduced them to the unit’s simulation centre.
Hungary is an important and valuable member of NATO
10:35 November 8, 2024
Our common interest is to ensure that Europe is able to preserve its own defence and does not lose even more of its weight in world economy. It will not be up to us, Hungarians – wrote Defence Minister Kristóf Szalay-Bobrovniczky on his social media page.
“Enemies in Life, Siblings in Death”
12:17 November 7, 2024
“We are friends, and we must stay friends, as Italy and Hungary are connected with a thousand ties,” said Brigadier General József Koller, PhD, Hungary’s defence, military and air attaché to Rome, in Verona, where they commemorated the Hungarian soldiers fallen during World War I.
Hungary’s security increases with each new item of equipment
12:11 November 7, 2024
“The armed forces of Hungary are being built, and we are going on the road that will soon lead to the completely rearmed, modern, new Hungarian Defence Forces with renewed capabilities, whose personnel are brought to full strength as well” – emphasized Defence Minister Kristóf Szalay-Bobrovniczky at a press conference held on 5 November in the barracks of the Tata-based HDF 1st Armored Brigade to mark the reaching of an outstanding milestone in the Defence and Military Development Program, the completion of the Gidrán tactical combat vehicle fleet.
We continue to strengthen our strategic partnership with Serbia
11:41 November 7, 2024
Hungary has always stood by the enlargement of the European Union ad now, as the president of the Council of the EU, it also proclaims that after a yearslong wait, Serbia must access the European Union – emphasized Defence Minister Kristóf Szalay-Bobrovniczky on Wednesday in Belgrade, where he met with his Serbian official counterpart.
Hungarian reserve NCOs in international confederation
14:44 November 5, 2024
The territorial defence reserve system of the armed forces has reached another important milestone. The continuous recruitment and modernization will be complemented with international cooperation between NCOs in the future. On 31 October, the Hungarian Defence Forces joined the Inter-allied Confederation of Reserve Non-Commissioned Officers (CISOR).
Hungarian and Serbian generals play futsal in Szeged
14:36 November 5, 2024
For almost a decade now, we have regularly met in the Serbian-Hungarian generals’ futsal matches – said Colonel Attila Nagy, Head of MoD Property Assets and Housing Support in an interview to our website. We asked one of the organizers of the teams composed of senior military leaders during their match in Szeged on 31 October.
Military Engineers Return Home from Bosnia and Herzegovina
14:31 November 5, 2024
The Hungarian military engineer team offered to the Western Balkans country to help with the elimination of the damages caused by the flood and the landslides in the area recently finished its work. Hungary – besides other offers – provided military engineering support to Bosnia and Herzegovina via the EU Civil Protection Mechanism.
Austro-Hungarian Commemoration in Kosovo
11:12 November 5, 2024
On the occasion of All Saints’ Day, the Austrian and Hungarian KFOR contingents held a joint commemoration and wreath laying in the Austro-Hungarian military cemetery of the city of Peja, in the western part of Kosovo.