Skip to: Site menu | Main content





 

LEADERSHIP OF THE MILITARY INTELLIGENCE OFFICE

 



Curriculum Vitae
  MG András Tóth
    Director General, MIO

 

Personal data:
Full name:                      András Tóth                          
Rank:                            Major General                       
Date of birth:                 01.10.1956
Place of birth:                 Celldömölk (Hungary)
Marital status:                 Married (Mária), daughters (Andrea, Bea)
Languages:                    English, Italian and Russian

Military education and qualifications:
1974 – 1980                  Military Topography Academy (Leningrad, Russia)
2002 – 2005                  Doctoral candidate at the PhD School of Military Sciences of the
                                    Zrínyi Miklós National Defence University, Budapest

Military career:
1980 – 1981                  Commander, Phototopography Group, Mapping Battalion,
                                    HDF (Szolnok)
1982 – 1983                  Head of Laboratory, Astrogeodetical Observatory, HDF (Szentendre) 
1983 – 1989                  Desk Officer, General Staff, 2nd Directorate (Budapest)
1993 – 1994                  Desk Officer, General Staff, 2nd Directorate (Budapest)
1994 – 1997                  Head of Division (MIO, Budapest)
1997 – 2001                  Deputy Head of Department (MIO, Budapest)      
2001 – 2003                  Deputy Director, Directorate of Collection (MIO, Budapest)
2003 – 2007                  Director, Directorate of Collection (MIO, Budapest)
2007 – 2010                  Deputy Director General (MIO, Budapest)
2010. 06.05 –                Director General (MIO, Budapest)

Foreign Services:
1989 – 1993                  Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Hungarian Embassy, Rome

Promotions:
1980                             First Lieutenant
1985                             Captain
1991                             Major
1996                             Lieutenant Colonel
1998                             Colonel
2007                             Brigadier General
2008                             Major General

Decorations:
1987                             Bronze medal for the Service of the Homeland 
1992                             Officer’s Medal 3rd Class for 10 years of Service 
1997                             Officer’s Medal 1st Class 
2000                             Officer’s Medal 2nd Class for 25 years of Service 
2005                             Officer’s Medal 1st Class for 30 years of Service 
2007                             Gold Cross of Merit of the Republic of Hungary

Academic activities:

Member of the Academic Committee of the MIO
Chairman of the Intelligence Review's Editorial Board

Courses, Seminars:

Participated at numerous courses and seminars  

Hobby:

Sports
Chairman of the Count András Hadik Sport Club
Chairman of BHSE Athletics Sport Club



Curriculum Vitae
  Colonel József Négyesi
      Deputy Director General, MIO

Personal data:
Full name:                       József Négyesi                                                         
Rank:                             Colonel                                                         
Date of birth:                  14. 11. 1960.
Place of birth:                  Szolnok (Hungary)
Marital status:                  Married (Erika), daughters (Adrienn, Kinga)
Languages:                     German, Serbian, Croatian and English

Military education and qualifications:
1979 – 1983                   Military Technical Academy (Budapest)
1987 – 1990                   War College (Zrinyi Miklós National Defense University, Budapest)
2005 – 2007                   University of Pécs, BA – Balkan expert
 
Military career:
1983 – 1985                   Chief of Vehicle Branch, 20th SIGNAL Battalion (Gyöngyös)
1985 – 1987                   Leader of Maintenance Subdivision, 85th Support Battalion (Gyöngyös)
1990 – 1997                   Desk Officer (MIO, Budapest)
2001 – 2003                   Chief of Subdivision (MIO, Budapest)
2003 – 2005                   Head of Division (MIO, Budapest)
2005 – 2007                   Deputy Head of Coordination & Liaison Dept. (MIO, Budapest)
2007 – 2010.05.31          Director, Directorate of Collection (MIO, Budapest)
2010.06.01 –                  Deputy Director General (MIO, Budapest)

Foreign Services:
1997 – 2001                   Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Hungarian Embassy, Sarajevo

Promotions:
1983                              Lieutenant
1985                              First Lieutenant
1990                              Captain
1994                              Major
2000                              Lieutenant Colonel
2007                              Colonel

Decorations:

1993                              Officer’s Medal 3rd Class for 10 years of Service 
1996                              Service Medal 2nd Class 
2001                              Service Medal 1st Class 
2002                              Officer’s Medal 2nd Class for 20 years of Service 
2007                              Service Medal of Merit – Gold Class
2009                              Officer’s Medal 1st Class for 30 years of Service