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
Intensifying Hungarian-Portuguese cooperation
12:36 September 13, 2023
Mr László Hajnik, Deputy Secretary of State for Defence Policy at the Ministry of Defence of Hungary, paid a visit to Lisbon between 6th and 8th September – at the invitation of Major General Nuno Lemos Pires, National Defence Policy Director at the Ministry of Defence – in order to review the bilateral professional relations between Hungary and Portugal, as well as current issues related to NATO and the EU.
Rescue operation in the deep
12:30 September 13, 2023
“It has never been necessary to carry out a rescue operation at such a depth (1,040 meters, 3,400 feet) before”, said Ms Zsófia Zádor, a medical doctor of the Hungarian Cave Rescue Service (in the centre of the headline photo), who returned to the surface on Sunday, 10th September, after spending seven days in the Morca cave in southern Turkey. Most members of the rescue team arrived at the scene as fast as possible on board the Airbus A319 transport aircraft of the Hungarian Defence Forces.
They were bound by their oath
11:22 September 11, 2023
The courage and tough endurance of our soldiers of the past should be an example and a guideline in our world today," stated Minister of Defence Kristóf Szalay-Bobrovniczky at the inauguration ceremony of the Hungarian memorial erected at the Monte Grappa military memorial site in Italy. Speaker of the Hungarian Parliament László Kövér, and Parliamentary State Secretary Tamás Vargha, Deputy Minister of Defence, also took part in the commemoration.
Hódmezővásárhely troops take part in exercise near Arad
09:00 September 7, 2023
On Monday, 4 September the soldiers of the Hungarian–Romanian Mixed Peacekeeping Battalion started a one-week training program related to Exercise Wise Foresight on the shooting range and training ground near Arad, Romania.
New German defence attaché pays introductory call
08:55 September 7, 2023
On Tuesday, 5 September General Dr. Gábor Böröndi, Chief of the HDF General Staff received, on an introductory call, General Staff Lieutenant Colonel Daniel Passbach, the new defence attaché of the Federal Republic of Germany to take office in Hungary.
Rotation of Hungarian peacekeepers in Lebanon
11:38 September 6, 2023
The second Hungarian troop rotation of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) in 2023 is already on its way. Following the loading of equipment early in the morning in Petőfi barracks, Budapest, the soldiers boarded a plane taking off from Kecskemét to fly to the area of operations on 5 September.
Continuing Hungarian–American cooperation
11:34 September 6, 2023
On Tuesday, 5 September, on an introductory call, Major General Ferenc Kajári, Deputy Chief of the HDF General Staff received in his office Colonel Scott Christensen, the Chief of the Office of Defense Cooperation (OCD) of the United States of America.
Ministerial briefing for heads of mission
11:30 September 6, 2023
On Monday, 4 September, at a meeting held for heads of mission in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Defence Minister Kristóf Szalay-Bobrovniczky briefed the ambassadors representing Hungary on the new military hardware, the start of national defence education and the newly established army unit equipped with Lynx infantry fighting vehicles (Lynx Force).
New Canadian defence attaché pays introductory call
12:47 September 5, 2023
On Friday, 1 September Major General Ferenc Kajári, Deputy Chief of the HDF General Staff received Colonel Andre E. Salloum, the newly arrived Canadian defence attaché on an introductory call.
Kincsem Park has regained its former luster
12:26 September 5, 2023
Defence Minister Kristóf Szalay-Bobrovniczky presented the trophy of the Kincsem Stakes at the Kincsem+ TUTI International Horse and Greyhound Racing Festival and Food Truck Show in Kincsem Park, Budapest on Saturday, 2 September. On the day of flat races (gallop), which was attended by several military attachés as well, the guests were given an insight into not only equestrian sports but also the life of the Hungarian Defence Forces.