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
Hungarian Defence Forces strengthen EUFOR airlift capabilities with new, modern H225M helicopter
13:50 August 12, 2024
Starting from this October, the Mi-17 helicopter declared by Hungary to EUFOR for airlift tasks will be replaced by one of the new Airbus H225M helicopters of the Hungarian Defence Forces – this was announced by MoD State Secretary for Defence Policy, Force Development and Defence Industry Zsolt Kutnyánszky in Camp Butmir, Sarajevo.
Hungarian Defence Forces also providing assistance in North Macedonia
11:31 August 2, 2024
“Each of the two helicopters can transport 2,500 liters of water to the area on a single sortie, but their most important property is not this, but rather their capability of extinguishing fires while hovering directly over the fireground – this was what Colonel Zsolt Simon, Vice-Commander, HDF 86th Helicopter Wing said about our helicopters offered for combating wildfire in North Macedonia at the departure of the H225M helicopter in Szolnok on 1 August.
In safety, on Hungarian soil
11:23 August 2, 2024
Due to the danger of a war escalating in the Middle East, the Hungarian Defence Forces have brought home 29 persons – Hungarian, Czech and Slovak citizens – by air from Lebanon – said Defence Minister Kristóf Szalay-Bobrovniczky.
Hungary sends helicopters to help contain forest fires
11:29 August 1, 2024
The Hungarian Defence Forces are sending two military helicopters to aid fire-stricken North Macedonia – announced Defence Minister Kristóf Szalay-Bobrovniczky.
Hungary becomes self-sufficient in 30mm ammunition
15:34 July 30, 2024
The munitions factory complex in Várpalota, which is to be expanded with further elements in the next few months, is a crown jewel of Hungarian arms industry, thanks to which Hungary becomes self-sufficient in 30mm ammo – this was what Defence Minister Kristóf Szalay-Bobrovniczky said at the opening ceremony of the medium-calibre munitions factory of the Várpalota Defence Industrial Complex on Monday, 29 July.
KFOR: On the road of new challenges and development
11:55 July 29, 2024
We have reached a new and important chapter in the history of the KFOR Tactical Reserve Battalion (KTRBN): starting from this September – after 2017 again –, the KTRBN will be placed on a multinational basis, being augmented with a Romanian maneuver company.
The energy of cheering gets transferred
10:59 July 29, 2024
“May the Hungarians be successful!” – this was what Defence Minister Kristóf Szalay-Bobrovniczky, who is staying at the Paris Olympics, was talking about in the Sunday evening news program of the Hungarian TV channel “M1 aktuális”.
Hungarian soldiers have assisted with preparations for the Olympics
10:52 July 29, 2024
Within the framework of international cooperation with 12 other countries, the soldiers and dogs of the Hungarian Defence Forces 1st EOD and Riverine Guard Regiment have assisted with the security preparations for the Olympics in support of the French forces – wrote Defence Minister Kristóf Szalay-Bobrovniczky on his social media page.
Faster, Higher, Stronger
11:39 July 26, 2024
After 100 years, in the coming weeks Paris will be hosting again the most prestigious sports event, the Olympic Games. Hungary is represented by, among others, 23 military athletes, and their goal is naturally related to the motto of the Games: faster, higher, stronger – which means that they may even improve on the results achieved at the 2020 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo.
Serbian–Hungarian exchange of lessons learned
11:33 July 26, 2024
A delegation of the Belgrade-based Guard of the Serbian Armed Forces has recently paid its first visit to the Hungarian Defence Forces vitéz Sándor Szurmay Budapest Garrison Brigade. The members of the delegation gained an insight primarily into the brigade’s diversified system of tasks, first and foremost into the everyday life of the 32nd Bodyguard Regiment.