Gábor Böröndi (born 6 April 1971) is a Hungarian

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. Böröndi was promoted to the position of the Deputy Chief of the General Staff by President János Áder, as a Lieutenant General on January 1 2019, and became Chief of the General Staff of Hungarian Defence Forces in April 2023. Polish ambassador addressed his remarks regarding the

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. On August 20 2023.

Katalin Novák Katalin Éva Novák (born 6 September 1977) is a Hungarian politician serving as the current president of Hungary, having been elected in the 2022 presidential election. Novák is the first woman to hold the presidency, as well as the youngest ...

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promoted him to

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Career

1992 – 1996 HDF 26th Mechanized Infantry Brigade "János Bottyán", Lenti 1996 – 1999 HDF 4th Mechanized Corps Command,

Székesfehérvár Székesfehérvár (; german: Stuhlweißenburg ), known colloquially as Fehérvár ("white castle"), is a city in central Hungary, and the country's ninth-largest city. It is the regional capital of Central Transdanubia, and the centre of Fejér ...

1999 – 2006

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2006 – 2013 HDF 5th Infantry Brigade "István Bocskai",

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2013 – 2017 HDF Forces Command, Székesfehérvár 2018 – 2019 Ministry of Defence, General Staff,

2019 – Deputy Chief of the General Staff 2021 – Military Representative of Hungary in

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2023 – Chief of the General Staff,

Awards and decorations

References

1971 births Living people Hungarian military personnel People from Kaposvár {{Hungary-mil-bio-stub