Major General Zoltán Schmidt
11:22 January 2, 2023Personal details
Date of birth: 30th June 1969
Place of birth: Paks, Hungary
Marital status: married, a father of one child
Education
2015 Defence Management Course (National University of Public Service, Budapest)
2011 General Staff Course (Miklós Zrínyi National Defence University)
2008 NATO Logistics Operational Planning Course (Oberammergau)
2006 NATO Defence Forces Course (Oberammergau)
2006 NATO Staff Officer Course (Oberammergau)
2004 NATO Logistics Course (Aachen)
2002 TÜV Rheinland Academy (Budapest), Quality Management System Referent
2002 Miklós Zrínyi National Defence University, military technology manager
1990 Máté Zalka Military Technical College, combat vehicle maintainer, combat vehicle technology specialization
Military career
2023 Deputy Chief of Defence for Management
2022 Head of office (deputy commander for management), Hungarian Defence Forces Command
2019–2022 Inspector General (logistics), Hungarian Defence Forces Command
2018 Acting Chief of Staff, HDF Joint Force Command
2017–2018 Deputy Chief of Staff Support, HDF Joint Force Command
2014–2017 Chief of Logistic Forces (deputy commander), HDF Joint Force Command
2013–2014 Acting Chief of Logistic Forces (deputy commander), HDF Joint Force Command
2010–2013 Chief of Logistics Operations Directorate, HDF Joint Force Command
2007–2010 Senior officer (deputy chief), Logistic Directorate, HDF Joint Force Command
2006 Senior officer, Force planning division, MoD Force Planning Department
2005–2006 Senior officer, Force planning division, Military Planning Directorate, General Staff
2003–2005 Senior officer for coordination, Logistic Planning Directorate, HDF Joint Logistic and Support Command
2001–2003 Senior officer for planning, Logistic Directorate, General Staff
1999–2001 Service chief for armored and motor vehicle technology, Logistic Directorate
1997–1999 Logistics chief (deputy commander for logistics), 1st Tank Battalion
1997 Company commander, logistic company, 1st Tank Battalion
1993–1997 Company commander, repair company, Logistic Battalion
1990–1993 Deputy company commander for armaments technology, 1st Tank Company, 1st Tank Battalion
1987 Student (Miklós Zrínyi National Defence University)
Decorations
Officer Service Medal, 3rd Class
Service Medal of Merit, Silver Grade
Service Medal of Merit, Gold Grade
Officer Service Medal, 2nd Class
Service Medal for Flood Protection
Service Medal of Merit Decorated with Laurel Wreath
Service Medal for Migration Crisis Management
Knight’s Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Hungary, Military Section
Language skills
English STANAG 3.3.3.3
Memberships
Hungarian Military Logistics Association, member
Hungarian Logistics Association, member of presidential board
Hungary is an active contributor to NATO’s efforts towards security
11:44 October 16, 2025
We trust that similarly to the Middle East, President Trump’s peace efforts will succeed in Ukraine, too. Creating peace is in Hungary’s fundamental national interest. NATO is a defence alliance aimed at maintaining peace, one of the main pillars of which is NATO’s credible deterrence posture. And the real basis of this deterrence posture is provided by committed and reliable allies such as Hungary – stated Defence Minister Kristóf Szalay-Bobrovniczky following the Meetings of NATO Ministers of Defence in Brussels on 15 October.
Kristóf Szalay-Bobrovniczky: The government’s aim is to establish a highly digitized force
15:01 October 15, 2025
The government’s aim is to ensure that Hungary has 21st-century quality, highly digitized armed forces, which take care of humans even more and mobilize technology in the interest of defence – stated Defence Minister Kristóf Szalay-Bobrovniczky at the designated event Space & Defense Day of Infotér Conference in Balatonfüred.
Attention from high above
11:41 October 15, 2025
The students of the 46th International Military Observers’ Course are spending the last week of their training. While at the HDF 86th Helicopter Wing in Szolnok, they took off aboard a H225M helicopter to practice aerial reconnaissance.
Soaring up together
11:37 October 15, 2025
During the Helicopter Tactics Instructors Course (HTIC) 2025, rotorcrafts of the participating nations took to the sky together for the first time. The composite air operation (COMAO) was carried out with the support of fighter aircraft and land forces.
The Hungarian Defence Forces Passed with Flying Colours
13:26 October 14, 2025
Hungary is not drifting but is working well-preparedly, thoughtfully and by a pre-defined strategy to defend our country and guarantee the security of the Hungarian people. Exercise Adaptive Hussars 2025 is an important element in armed forces development, underlined Defence Minister Kristóf Szalay-Bobrovniczky in his latest video posted on social media.
Transport on the battlefield
12:57 October 14, 2025
On the Distinguished Visitors’ (DV) Day of Exercise Safety Transport 2025, a company consisting of German, Czech and Hungarian platoons was operating in the framework of a complex logistic transport mission to demonstrate its capability of executing loading and transportation tasks on the battlefield. On 13 October, representatives of the three nations observed a display of the military logistic exercise on the Tatárszentgyörgy shooting range and training area of the Hungarian Defence Forces Joint Forces Training Centre.
Safe and precise transportation
13:08 October 13, 2025
During the logistic Exercise Safety Transport 2025, German, Czech and Hungarian platoons are moving at company level under a joint command. Besides training tasks, they are strengthening their transportation capabilities by meeting the requirements of the NATO-framed joint, whole-of-government, country defence Exercise Adaptive Hussars 2025.
Zoltán Kaszab takes over CSEL position at NATO Allied Command Operations
12:57 October 13, 2025
For the next three years, Chief Warrant Officer Zoltán Kaszab has assumed Command Senior Enlisted Leader (CSEL) position at NATO’s Allied Command Operations in Mons, Belgium. This is the first time that a Hungarian soldier has taken over the CSEL position at the NATO Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe (SHAPE).
The “Top Gun” of Helicopter Pilots at Pápa Again
12:48 October 13, 2025
Hungary is hosting the Helicopter Tactics Instructor Course (HTIC), under the professional guidance of the Multinational Helicopter Training Centre (MHTC), for the fifth time at the HDF 47th Air Base, Pápa.
ADHU 25: Special Operations Forces on the ground and in the air
10:53 October 13, 2025
The operation of the Special Operations Forces (SOF) battle group was based on a fictitious story. During it, the SOF operators launched air and ground assaults to recapture Mezőkövesd airport – which had fallen into enemy hands – at the cost of an intensive firefight. This was one of the most spectacular elements of the multinational SOF Exercise Black Swan 2025, which forms part of country defence Exercise Adaptive Hussars 2025. Defence Minister Kristóf Szalay-Bobrovniczky and General Dr. Gábor Böröndi, Chief of HDF Defence Staff also observed the operation on the spot.