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
Unified defence, a multitude of aspects
07:45 September 29, 2022
As part of a field study, Senior Course 141 of the NATO Defence College recently paid a visit to Budapest. The Course Members of NATO’s senior-level education were introduced to Hungary’s position on foreign and defence policy and received information about the Hungarian Defence Forces. Among others, the event was attended by Dr. Gáspár Maróth, MoD State Secretary for Defence Policy and Development and Lieutenant General Romulusz Ruszin-Szendi PhD, Commander, Hungarian Defence Forces.
Production of first Hungarian KC-390 military airlifter is ahead of schedule
14:40 September 28, 2022
Between 19–21 September, an expert-level military delegation paid a visit to the Embraer manufacturing facility in Gavião Peixoto, Brazil, headed by the Hungarian Defence Forces Command Force Planning Directorate (HDFC FPD) as the organization professionally responsible for the KC-390 Military Transport Aircraft Capability Development Program.
Kristóf Szalay-Bobrovniczky: We have a vested interest in peace being restored as soon as possible
14:33 September 28, 2022
We have a vested interest in peace being restored in Ukraine as soon as possible, and every effort must be made to prevent the escalation of the war and the involvement of the V4 countries, the European Union and NATO in it, stated Defence Minister Kristóf Szalay-Bobrovniczky after a meeting of V4 defence ministers in Banska Stiavnica (Selmecbánya), Slovakia on Tuesday, 27 September.
Kristóf Szalay-Bobrovniczky: Hungary is committed to continuing its armed forces development program
16:40 September 26, 2022
We are committed to continuing our ongoing armed forces development program, stated Defence Minister Kristóf Szalay-Bobrovniczky at a press conference held in Bratislava together with his Slovak counterpart, Defence Minister Jaroslav Nad after their bilateral meeting on Monday, 26 September.
Hungarian delegation at the autumn CLIMS conference
16:34 September 26, 2022
Headed by Tamás Zsiga, MoD Deputy Secretary for Human Resource Policy, a delegation of three represented Hungary at the 2022 autumn conference of the Liaison Committee of Social Military Organizations (CLIMS) held in Sofia, Bulgaria between 19–22 September.
BALTIC AIR POLICING – AN EXCELLENT EXAMPLE OF ALLIES’ COOPERATION
12:26 September 22, 2022
During his visit to Lithuania – on 21st September – Lieutenant General Romulusz Ruszin-Szendi, Commander of the Hungarian Defence Forces, also visited the Šiauliai Air Base, where since 1st August, the fighter pilots of the Hungarian Defence Forces have been protecting the airspaces of Lithuania Estonia and Latvia in the framework of the Baltic Air Policing (BAP) mission, for four months.
EUROPEAN UNION CYBER DEFENCE CONSULTATION IN BUDAPEST
12:16 September 22, 2022
Between 19th and 21st September a meeting of the governing body of the PESCO Cyber and Information Domain Coordination Centre (CIDCC), implemented within the framework of the PESCO program of the European Union, was held in Budapest, organised by the Cyber Inspectorate of the Hungarian Defence Forces Command. The event was opened by Gáspár Maróth, the Secretary of State for Defence Policy and Defence Development, Ministry of Defence.
COMMANDER OF THE HUNGARIAN DEFENCE FORCES VISITS LITHUANIA
14:43 September 21, 2022
On Monday, 19th September, Lieutenant General Romulusz Ruszin-Szendi, Commander of the Hungarian Defence Forces, made an official visit to Lithuania, where he was received with military honours by Lieutenant General Valdemaras Rupšys, Chief of General Staff of the Lithuanian Armed Forces, and Brigadier General Mindaugas Steponavičius, Chief of Staff of the Lithuanian Armed Forces, in Vilnius.
DEPUTY COMMANDER OF THE HUNGARIAN DEFENCE FORCES RECEIVES LITHUANIAN MILITARY ATTACHÉ
18:11 September 20, 2022
Colonel Vilmas Satas, the accredited military attaché of Lithuania to Hungary, paid an introductory visit to Lieutenant General Zsolt Sándor, Deputy Commander of the Hungarian Defence Forces, on Monday, 19th September.
COMMANDER OF THE HUNGARIAN DEFENCE FORCES PARTICIPATES IN CHIEF OF STAFF LEVEL CONFERENCE OF NATO MILITARY COMMITTEE
14:50 September 19, 2022
Between 16th and 18th September, a three-day NATO Military Committee Chief of Staff level conference took place in Tallinn, Estonia, at which Hungary was represented by the delegation of the Hungarian Defence Forces, headed by Lieutenant General Romulusz Ruszin-Szendi, Commander of the HDF.