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
NATO Chiefs of Defence meet virtually for the first time in 2022
10:35 January 14, 2022
On 12–13 January, the Chiefs of Defence of NATO member countries meet in special circumstances during a video conference. At this year’s first official meeting of the NATO Military Committee, the advisory body of the Alliance, Hungary was represented by Lieutenant General Romulusz Ruszin-Szendi PhD, Commander, Hungarian Defence Forces.
The French EU presidency has started
10:23 January 14, 2022
On 12–13 January, defence ministers of the European Union met in Brest, France at an opening event of the French EU presidency to discuss threats to Europe and the further strengthening of European defence. Hungary was represented at the meeting by Defence Minister Tibor Benkő.
Hungarian–Egyptian defence cooperation may expand
09:39 January 7, 2022
On Thursday, 6 January Defence Minister Dr. Tibor Benkő received in his office H. E. Mohamed El Shinawy, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Arab Republic of Egypt in Budapest. At their meeting, besides discussing current security issues, the two sides reviewed the possible areas of defence cooperation between the two countries.
Responsibility and cooperation
19:55 December 23, 2021
Hungarian Minister of Defence Tibor Benkő and Lt. Gen. Romulusz Ruszin-Szendi, Commander of the Hungarian Defence Forces received Ukrainian Defence Minister Oleksii Reznikov and Lieutenant General Valerii Zaluzhnyi, Commander-in-Chief of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, at the Ministry of Defence in Budapest on Tuesday, 21st December.
Tibor Benkő Meets with Ukrainian Minister of Defence
19:45 December 23, 2021
Minister of Defence Tibor Benkő met with Minister of Defence of Ukraine Oleksii Reznikov, and Lieutenant General Valerii Zaluzhnyi, Commander-in-Chief of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, military honour at the Ministry of Defence, on Tuesday, 21st December. At the talks the security situation in the region, the crisis in eastern Ukraine, the possibilities of military cooperation, and the situation of the ethnic Hungarian minority in Transcarpathia were discussed among other things.
Tibor Benkő Meets with Ukrainian Minister of Defence
19:36 December 23, 2021
Minister of Defence Tibor Benkő met with Minister of Defence of Ukraine Oleksii Reznikov, and Lieutenant General Valerii Zaluzhnyi, Commander-in-Chief of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, military honour at the Ministry of Defence, on Tuesday, 21st December. At the talks the security situation in the region, the crisis in eastern Ukraine, the possibilities of military cooperation, and the situation of the ethnic Hungarian minority in Transcarpathia were discussed among other things.
Ongoing coordination for regional security
10:37 December 22, 2021
Issues related to Headquarters Multinational Division – Centre (HQ MND-C) were discussed by Lieutenant General Ruszin-Szendi Romulusz, Commander of the Hungarian Defence Forces and Major General Denis Tretinjak, Commander of HQ MND-C on 21 December in Budapest.
Commander of the Hungarian Defence Forces received in UN peacekeeping mission in Lebanon
17:00 December 20, 2021
Major General Stefano Del Col, Commander of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL), received Lieutenant General Romulusz Ruszin-Sendi in Beirut. During his visit, the Commander of the Hungarian Defence Forces also met with the Hungarian soldiers serving in the UNIFIL mission.
Commander of the Hungarian Defence Forces visits soldiers serving in Mali
16:47 December 20, 2021
During his visit, Lieutenant General Romulusz Ruszin-Szendi, Commander of the Hungarian Defence Forces, consulted with the Commander-in-Chief of the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) and visited the base of the European Union Training Mission Mali in Bamako. The visit was attended by government commissioner responsible for defence development Gáspár Maróth as well.
Ambitious, not impossible – challenge, not obstacle
17:21 December 17, 2021
“We have taken tremendous steps this year to achieve in the near future initial and in 2023 full operational capabilities”, started Major General Denis Tretinjak, commander of the Headquarters Multinational Division – Centre (HQ MND-C), who, with Command Sergeant Major Mario Mateljic, Command Senior Enlisted Leader, addressed the personnel of the headquarters via Skype on 17 December in Székesfehérvár, in the barracks of Alba Régia.