General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Hungary

General Staff of the Armed Forces of Hungary (Honvéd Vezérkar) 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 (stand-by forces) and the other strategic echelon (reserve). 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 Defense Forces is under a unified command structure. The Ministry of Defence maintains the political and civil control over the army. The military leadership is exercised by the Defense Staff of the Ministry of Defense. 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 Colonel General Tibor Benkő.

Royal Army of Hungary

 * Lieutenant General Viktor Lorx (1922)
 * Cavalry General Kocsárd Janky (1922–1930)
 * Infantry General Vilmos Rőder (1930–1935)
 * Infantry General József Somkuthy (1935–1936)
 * Lieutenant General Jenő Rátz (1936–1938)
 * Lieutenant General Lajos Keresztes-Fischer (1938)
 * General Henrik Werth (1938–1941)
 * Colonel General Ferenc Szombathelyi (1941–1944)
 * Colonel General János Vörös (1944)
 * Colonel General Károly Beregfy (1944–1945)

People's Army of Hungary

 * Colonel General János Vörös (1945–1946)
 * Vacant (1946–1948)
 * Lieutenant General László Sólyom (1948–1950)
 * Lieutenant General István Bata (1950–1953)
 * Major General Béla Székely (1953–1954)
 * Major General Lajos Tóth (1954–1956)
 * Major General István Kovács (1956)
 * Major General László Hegyi (1956–1957)
 * Lieutenant General Ferenc Ugrai (1957–1963)
 * Lieutenant General Károly Csémi (1963–1973)
 * Colonel General István Oláh (1973–1984)
 * Lieutenant General József Pacsek (1984–1989)
 * Lieutenant General László Borsits (1989–1990)

Honvédség (since 1990)
The army is called Magyar Honvédség since end of communism in Hungary.
 * Lieutenant General László Borsits (1990–1991)
 * Colonel General János Deák (1991–1994)
 * Lieutenant General Sándor Németh (1994–1996)
 * Lieutenant General Ferenc Végh (1996–1999)
 * Colonel General Lajos Fodor (1999–2003)
 * Lieutenant General Zoltán Szenes (2003–2005)
 * Colonel General András Havril (2005–2009)
 * Colonel General László Tömböl (2009–2010)
 * Colonel General Tibor Benkő (2010– )