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
ADHU 25: Reservists in the Focus
13:51 September 26, 2025
The HDF 4th Territorial Defence Regiment is playing a significant role in the pre-planned, joint and whole-of-government defence exercise Adaptive Hussars 2025, held within NATO frameworks. Our photo selection shows what kind of tasks reservists received.
The Hungarian-Egyptian Joint Military Committee held its third meeting in Budapest
10:34 September 26, 2025
The future prospects of our defense relations and the mutual assessment of our successfully delivered military programmes over the past year constituted the main topics for discussion at the third meeting of the Hungarian-Egyptian Joint Military Committee (MJC) organized in Budapest on September 24-25. The Hungarian delegation at the committee meeting was led by Colonel István Hajnal, Head of the International Cooperation Department of the Ministry of Defense, whilst the Egyptian military delegation was led by Brigadier General Sameeh Yahia Hamed Khodier, Egyptian Co-Chair of the MJC.
Turkish Soldiers Join Exercise Adaptive Hussars 2025
13:39 September 25, 2025
Besides Hungarian servicemembers, other nations’ forces also participate in the pre-planned, joint and whole-of-government defence exercise Adaptive Hussars 2025, held within NATO frameworks.
ADHU 25: Preparedness on All Levels
12:57 September 25, 2025
The Hungarian Defence Forces prepared with a professional day and a rehearsal for the visitors’ day of Exercise Adaptive Hussars 2025. One of the most complex, largest-strength phases of the pre-planned, joint and whole-of-government country defence exercise was held at the HDF Central Training and Shooting Range, where land, air and special operations forces introduced joint, combined-arms combat, together with international allies. General Dr. Gábor Böröndi, Chief of the HDF Defence Staff, told us, in relation to task execution, that the Hungarian Defence Forces introduced their whole spectrum, from the tactical to the strategic level.
They Finished Second Place
11:28 September 25, 2025
The national parachute team of the Hungarian Defence Forces came in second at the 2025 Skydive World Cup Series in total. The sixth, and closing, competition was held in Locarno, Switzerland, with the participation of more than 200 parachutists from 22 countries.
The security of Central Europe is one and indivisible
15:07 September 23, 2025
The security of Central Europe is one and indivisible, so the only way for us is to join forces to be able to successfully tackle the challenges of the age – declared Defence Minister Kristóf Szalay-Bobrovniczky in Bratislava, following the Annual Meeting of the Central European Defence Cooperation (CEDC) Ministers together with the Ministers of the Western Balkans.
The Sky is the Limit – SHAPE National Military Representative Visits Ramstein
16:07 September 22, 2025
Major General Dr. László Sticz, Hungary’s National Military Representative to NATO Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe (SHAPE) recently had a discussion about special developments at Ramstein Air Base.
Survival at the Baltic Sea
16:01 September 22, 2025
An international sea survival exercise codenamed Baltic Bikini 2025 was recently held in the Baltics, Klaipėda Region, Lithuania. The exercise aimed at improving pilots’ and aircrew members’ survival skills in an aquatic environment. This year’s exercise was special because, besides Lithuanian, Latvian and Estonian participants, two Hungarian Gripen pilots also participated.
Joint Hungarian–North Macedonian SOF exercise
13:30 September 22, 2025
As part of the defence Exercise Adaptive Hussars 2025 organized within the framework of NATO, Hungarian Special Operations Forces (SOF) soldiers held a joint training program with the allied North Macedonian forces. The main objective of the one-week Cold Peak 2025 was to develop their rapid reaction capabilities – with regrouping in a foreign environment. Together with his counterpart, North Macedonian Chief of Defence Major General Saško Lafčiski, General Dr. Gábor Böröndi, Chief of HDF Defence Staff also observed the training in North Macedonia, which was conducted with the aim of assisting cooperation within NATO.
ADHU 25: The Hungarian Defence Forces are augmenting their most complex operation with reservists
12:25 September 22, 2025
“The largest-scale and most complex exercise of the Hungarian Defence Forces since the regime change has reached another milestone: on Monday, more than 1000 reservists are going to join the territorial defence regiments to undergo a kind of training that is organically connected with the operations of Exercise Adaptive Hussars 2025” – announced Brigadier General Dr. László Drót, Commander, Hungarian Defence Forces Territorial Defence and Military Augmentation Command.