Brigadier General Zoltán Bárány

Brigadier General Zoltán Bárány was born on 9 January 1968. He assumed the position of the Deputy Commander and Chief of Staff of the NATO Joint Force Training Centre in Bydgoszcz, Poland, on 21 July 2025.

Military/ professional career

2025                 Deputy Commander and Chief of Staff of the Joint Force Training Centre in Bydgoszcz, Poland

2025                 Hungarian Defence Forces Force Modernization and Transformation Command, Commander

2024                 Hungarian Defence Forces Force Modernization and Transformation Command, Acting Commander

2023                 Hungarian Defence Forces Force Modernization and      Transformation Command, Deputy Commander

2020-2023        Hungarian Defence Forces Transformation Command, Deputy Commander

2019-2020         Hungarian Defence Forces Modernisation Institute, Acting Commander

2018-2019         Hungarian Defence Forces Command Chief Senior Advisor, Chief of Defence Office

2014-2018         NATO ACT and US Joint Staff, Service Chief and Foreign Liaison Officer

2010-2014         Joint Force Command of the Hungarian Defence Forces, Chief Operations and Training of Land Forces

2009                 Joint Force Command of the Hungarian Defence Forces, Chief Land Forces Office

2008                 5^th Istvan Bocskai Infantry Brigade, Deputy Chief of Staff, acting Chief of Staff

2007                 MLF European Battlegroup, Chief G3 Operations

2003-2007        Multinational Land Force Udine, Italy, Deputy Chief G3 Operations.

1999-2003         5^th Istvan Bocskai Infantry Brigade, Chief of Staff Tank Battalion

1990-1999         5^th Istvan Bocskai Infantry Brigade, Platoon and Squadron commander positions

1989                 33^rd Mechanised Infantry Brigade, Tank Platoon commander

Deployments

2013-2014        Operation Enduring Freedom, Afghanistan, Commander, Hungarian Military Advisor Team

2005                 Operation Joint Guardian, Kosovo Multinational Brigade South-West, Chief of Inspectorate for Kosovo Protection Corps

2003                 Operation Joint Guardian, Kosovo, Multinational Brigade South-West, Chief of Inspectorate for Kosovo Protection Corps

2000                 Operation Joint Guardian, KFOR, Kosovo, Hungarian Liaison Officer to KFOR

Education

2021                 NATO Defence Academy, Rome, Italy, Ambassadors’ and Generals’ Course

2001-2002         Joint Services Command and Staff College, United Kingdom, Advanced Command and Staff Course

2001-2002        King’s College London, United Kingdom, Master of Art in Defence Studies,

1998                 Canadian Forces Language School NATO STANAG English Course, Canada

1997                 Military Academy Battalion Commander’s course

1986-1989         Military College Bachelor Degree in Military Leadership

Hobbies          

Travelling, hiking, swimming, and creative activities.

General Bárány is married to Andrea, has a grown up daughter, a son and three grandchildren.

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