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The Commander of the Hungarian Defence Forces ( hu, Magyar Honvédség parancsnoka, lit=Hungarian Army Commander; formerly Chief of General Staff ( hu, Honvéd Vezérkar főnöke)) is the highest-ranking military officer in the
Hungarian Defence Forces The Hungarian Defence Forces ( hu, Magyar Honvédség) is the national defence force of Hungary. Since 2007, the Hungarian Armed Forces is under a unified command structure. The Ministry of Defence maintains the political and civil control over ...
and is responsible for maintaining control over the service branches. He is responsible for development, organisation, and equipping, training and functioning of the first strategic echelon (stand-by forces) and the other strategic echelon (reserve). The Defence Forces Command 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 Civilian control of the military is a doctrine in military and political science that places ultimate responsibility for a country's strategic decision-making in the hands of the civilian political leadership, rather than professional militar ...
. On 1 January 2019, the General Staff and the were merged to create the Defence Forces Command. The current commander is .


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Royal Hungarian Army (1922−1945)


Hungarian People's Army (1945−1990)

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1946–1948 , -


Honvédség (1990−present)

The army is called ''Magyar Honvédség'' since the
end of communism in Hungary Communist rule in the People's Republic of Hungary came to an end in 1989 by a peaceful transition to a democratic system. After the Hungarian Revolution of 1956 was suppressed by Soviet forces, Hungary remained a communist country. As the S ...
.A ''Magyar Honvédség'' megnevezést az ''1990. évi XXI. törvény a honvédelemről szóló 1976. évi I. törvény módosításáról'' című jogszabály 2. § (2) bek. már említi. Se
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.


See also

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Minister of Defence (Hungary) The Minister of Defence of Hungary ( hu, Magyarország honvédelmi minisztere) is a member of the Hungarian cabinet and the head of the Ministry of Defence. The defence minister appoints the Commander of the Hungarian Defence Forces. The curre ...


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Hungary Hungary ( hu, Magyarország ) is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Spanning of the Carpathian Basin, it is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine to the northeast, Romania to the east and southeast, Serbia to the south, Croat ...