Hungarian Defence Force

Hungarian Defence Forces Magyar Honvédség
Flag and emblem of the Hungarian Defence Forces
Founded	16 May 1848
Current form	15 March 1990
Service branches	Hungarian Ground Forces Hungarian Air Force
Headquarters	Budapest
Leadership
Commander-in-Chief	President János Áder
Minister of Defence	István Simicskó
Chief of staff	Colonel General Tibor Benkő
Manpower
Military age	18–40 years of age
Conscription	No (Suspended on 3 November 2004)
Available for military service	2,349,948 males, age 16–49 (2010 est.), 2,290,568 females, age 16–49 (2010 est.)
Fit for military service	1,902,639 males, age 16–49 (2010 est.), 1,897,378 females, age 16–49 (2010 est.)
Reaching military age annually	59,237 males (2010 est.), 55,533 females (2010 est.)
Active personnel	31,080
Reserve personnel	17,000 (2013)
Deployed personnel	Afghanistan - 100  Bosnia and Herzegovina - 160  Congo - 2  Cyprus - 77  Egypt - 26  Georgia - 8  Kosovo - 203  Lebanon - 4  Mali - 15  Somalia - 4  Western Sahara - 7
Expenditures
Budget	HUF350 billion ($1.21 billion; 2017)
Percent of GDP	0.94%
Industry
Foreign suppliers	Sweden  Russia  United States  China  France  Israel Former:  Soviet Union
Related articles
History	Military history of Hungary
Ranks	Military ranks of Hungary

Hungarian Defence Forces (Hungarian: Magyar Honvédség) is the national defence force of Hungary. The President holds the title of commander-in-chief of the nation's armed forces. The Ministry of Defence jointly with Chief of staff administers the armed forces, including the Hungarian Ground Force and the Hungarian Air Force. Since 2007, the Hungarian Armed Forces is under a unified command structure. The Ministry of Defence maintains the political and civil control over the army. A subordinate Joint Forces Command is coordinating and commanding the HDF corps. In 2016, the armed forces had 31.080 personnel on active duty, the operative reserve brought the total number of troops to fifty thousand. In 2017, military spending will be $1.21 billion, about 0.94% of the country's GDP, well below the NATO target of 2%. In 2012, the government adopted a resolution in which it pledged to increase defence spending to 1.4% of GDP by 2022.

Military service is voluntary, though conscription may occur in wartime. In a significant move for modernization, Hungary decided in 2001 to buy 14 JAS 39 Gripen fighter aircraft for about 800 million EUR. Hungarian National Cyber Security Center is re-organized in 2016 in order to become more efficient through cyber security.

In 2016, the Hungarian military has about 700 troops stationed in foreign countries as part of international peacekeeping forces, including 100 HDF troops in the NATO-led ISAF force in Afghanistan, 210 Hungarian soldiers in Kosovo under command of KFOR, and 160 troops in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Hungary sent 300 strong logistics unit to Iraq in order to help the US occupation with armed transport convoys, though public opinion opposed the country's participation in the war. One soldier was killed in action because of a roadside bomb in Iraq.