Chief of Army Staff of the Hungarian National Army

General Staff of the Armed Forces of Hungary Honvéd Vezérkar
Insignia of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Hungary
Active	1922–present
Country	Hungary
Allegiance	Defence Forces
Branch	Active duty
Type	Staff
Part of	Ministry of Defence
Garrison/HQ	Budapest
Commanders
Current Chief of General Staff	Colonel General Tibor Benkő
First Chief of General Staff	Lieutenant General Viktor Lorx

General Staff of the Armed Forces of Hungary (Hungarian: 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 Defence Force 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 Defence Staff of the Ministry of Defence. A subordinate Joint Forces Command is coordinating and commanding the HDF corps.

The Chief of General Staff heads the General Staff. The current Chief of the Staff is Colonel General Tibor Benkő.

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