General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Hungary


General Staff of the Armed Forces of Hungary is a joint body organised within the Ministry of Defence.
It is responsible for development, organisation, and equipping, training and functioning of the first strategic echelon and the other strategic echelon. The General Staff coordinates the tasks of the armed forces of the Republic of Hungary, develops recommendations for the planning, organisation and supervision of the Ministry’s military duties, and for the development of combat capability.
Since 2007, the Hungarian Defence Forces is under a unified command structure. The Ministry of Defence maintains the political and civilian control of the military. The military leadership is exercised by the Defence Staff of the Ministry of Defence. A subordinate Joint Forces Command is coordinating and commanding the HDF corps.

Chief of General Staff

The Chief of General Staff heads the General Staff. The current Chief of the Staff is Lieutenant General Ferenc Korom.

Royal Hungarian Army (1922−1945)

Hungarian People's Army (1945−1990)

Honvédség (1990−present)

The army is called Magyar Honvédség since the end of communism in Hungary.