Tamás Vargha
21:15 May 24, 2022Personal details:
Date of birth: 2 February 1959
Marital status: married, a father of four
Education:
1987 Loránd Eötvös University of Sciences, English language and literature, secondary school teacher
Professional experience:
2004–2009 János Kodolányi College, Székesfehérvár
1993–1999 Attila József Secondary School, Székesfehérvár
1991–2008 Syntax Language School, Székesfehérvár
1987–1993 Pál Vasvári Secondary School, Székesfehérvár
Membership:
2010–2018 President, Fejér County Museum Association
1994 Founding member, Defence Forces and Society Friendship Circles
1991 Founding member, Hungarian War Grave Care Association
Political career:
2022– State Secretary of the Ministry of Defence, Deputy Defence Minister
2022– Member of Parliament, Fejér County Electorate No. 1 (Székesfehérvár)
2018–2022 Member of Parliament, Fejér County Electorate No. 1 (Székesfehérvár)
2018–2020 Government commissioner for the House of Árpád Program
2018 Vice-Chairman, National Security Committee of the Hungarian National Assembly
2018–2022 State Secretary for Civil Intelligence, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade
2016–2018 Ministerial commissioner for the tasks related to the arrangements for the House of Árpád Program and its implementation
2014–2018 Parliamentary State Secretary, Ministry of Defence, Deputy Defence Minister
2014–2018 Member of Parliament, Fejér County Electorate No. 1 (Székesfehérvár)
2012–2014 Parliamentary State Secretary, Ministry of Defence
2011–2012 Member of the Defence Committee of the Hungarian National Assembly
2010–2012 Chairman of Fejér County Public Assembly
2010–2012 Member of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Hungarian National Assembly
2010–2014 Member of Parliament, Fejér County Electorate No. 2
2008–2010 Counselor in cultural, public and international relations for Székesfehérvár Town with County Rights
2006–2010 Representative of “Upper Town Fecskepart” quarter in the Public Assembly of Székesfehérvár Town with County Rights
EU Professional Visit at the Unit of Modern Equipment
14:39 November 12, 2024
During similar visits, we try to learn as much about the organizational structure of the member states’ armed forces as we can and we also try to shed light on the possibilities for interoperability as this gives the essence of military cooperation, emphasized Italian Rear Admiral Alberto Rutteri, President of the EU Military Committee’s working group at their visit to the HDF 1st Armoured Brigade in Tata on 7 November.
Signing Italian-Hungarian Roadmap for Cooperation
13:47 November 12, 2024
László Hajnik, MoD Deputy State Secretary for Defence Policy participated in the Meeting of EU Defence Policy Directors in Brussels on 7 November 2024. The main agenda items of the meeting included the EU’s military support to Ukraine, the establishment of the EU’s rapid reaction capability and the strategic review of the Permanent Structured Cooperation (PESCO).
Meeting of Allied Personnel Policy Directors in Brussels
13:43 November 12, 2024
The informal meeting of Allied personnel policy directors was held in Brussels on 5 November 2024. At the meeting, Hungary was represented by Dr. János Czermann, MoD Deputy State Secretary for Strategy and HR Policy and Colonel Balázs Deme, Personnel Director, HDF General Staff Personnel Directorate.
Those Suffering Innocently Always Deserve Help
11:55 November 12, 2024
With the contribution of the Ministry of Defence, the Government of Hungary recently sent donations of critical importance through the Hungary Helps Program to its Lebanese partners so that they can take care of those who were forced to leave their homes due to the Middle East conflict.
One Month Course in the USA
11:36 November 12, 2024
Sergeant Gergő Molnár recently participated in a course specially designed for marine sergeants, which is required for their promotion. The soldier of the HDF NCO Academy successfully completed the Sergeant School Course in Camp Lejeune, North Carolina.
Military Attachés at the Armoured Brigade
12:06 November 8, 2024
On 6 November the Budapest Military Attaché Corps (BMAC) visited Tata, the garrison town of one of the most dynamically developing units of the Hungarian Defence Forces. The HDF 1st Armoured Brigade received its guests with Gidrán, PzH and Leopard on display, and introduced them to the unit’s simulation centre.
Hungary is an important and valuable member of NATO
10:35 November 8, 2024
Our common interest is to ensure that Europe is able to preserve its own defence and does not lose even more of its weight in world economy. It will not be up to us, Hungarians – wrote Defence Minister Kristóf Szalay-Bobrovniczky on his social media page.
“Enemies in Life, Siblings in Death”
12:17 November 7, 2024
“We are friends, and we must stay friends, as Italy and Hungary are connected with a thousand ties,” said Brigadier General József Koller, PhD, Hungary’s defence, military and air attaché to Rome, in Verona, where they commemorated the Hungarian soldiers fallen during World War I.
Hungary’s security increases with each new item of equipment
12:11 November 7, 2024
“The armed forces of Hungary are being built, and we are going on the road that will soon lead to the completely rearmed, modern, new Hungarian Defence Forces with renewed capabilities, whose personnel are brought to full strength as well” – emphasized Defence Minister Kristóf Szalay-Bobrovniczky at a press conference held on 5 November in the barracks of the Tata-based HDF 1st Armored Brigade to mark the reaching of an outstanding milestone in the Defence and Military Development Program, the completion of the Gidrán tactical combat vehicle fleet.
We continue to strengthen our strategic partnership with Serbia
11:41 November 7, 2024
Hungary has always stood by the enlargement of the European Union ad now, as the president of the Council of the EU, it also proclaims that after a yearslong wait, Serbia must access the European Union – emphasized Defence Minister Kristóf Szalay-Bobrovniczky on Wednesday in Belgrade, where he met with his Serbian official counterpart.