President János Áder has appointed Major General Romulusz Ruszin-Szendi commander of the Hungarian army.
Ruszin-Szendi’s appointment is for the period between June 3, 2021 and May 31, 2026. Ruszin-Szendi was born in Miskolc on May 5, 1973 and started his army career in 1995. He served in foreign missions in Iraq and Afghanistan and has been working at the defense ministry since 2019.
As previously reported, Ferenc Korom recently stepped down from his duties as commander of the Hungarian armed forces. His term was to have expired on May 15 in 2023. The defense ministry told MTI that it was Korom who had asked Defense Minister Tibor Benkő to allow him to step down, citing the full and successful completion of tasks assigned to him in 2018.