Tibor Benkő (general officer)

Hungarian military officer The native form of this personal name is Benkő Tibor. This article uses Western name order when mentioning individuals.

Tibor Benkő

Born	(1955-10-16) 16 October 1955 (age 69) Nyíregyháza, Hungary
Allegiance	Hungary
Years of service	1975–2018
Rank	Colonel General
Commands	General Staff of the Armed Forces of Hungary
Battles / wars	Iraq War, War in Afghanistan
Awards	Commander's Cross with Star of the Hungarian Order of Merit Commander of the Legion of Merit
Other work	Minister of Defence of Hungary

Tibor Benkő (born 16 October 1955) is a Hungarian military officer and government official. He served as the Minister of Defence from 2018 to 2022. He previously was a four-star general in the Hungarian Defence Forces, serving as Chief of the Defence Staff from 6 June 2010 until 16 May 2018.

Following the 2018 parliamentary election, General Benkő was nominated by Prime Minister Viktor Orbán to serve as Minister of Defence, it was alleged that he would be both a soldier and a minister.

Personal life

General Benkő is married and has two daughters.

Awards and decorations

1st row	Hungarian Order of Merit Commander's Cross with Star on military ribbon	Hungarian Order of Merit Officer's Cross on military ribbon	Hungarian Order of Merit Knight's Cross military ribbon	Merit Medal for Service with Laurel Wreath
2nd row	Merit Medal for Service Gold Cross	Medal for Service to the Country (HPR) Silver Medal	Service Medals for Officers 1st class	Medal for Service to the Country (HPR) Bronze Medal
3rd row	Meritorious Service Medal HPR (1964) for 10 years service	Service Medal for Flood Protection	Service Medal for Flood Protection	Service Medals for Officers 2nd class
4th row	Service Medals for Officers 3rd class	Commander of the Legion of Merit (2012)	Legion of Honour Officier

References

"Benkő Tibort nevezték ki vezérkari főnöknek". HVG.hu. 7 June 2010. Retrieved 14 January 2013.
"A Kádár-kor óta nem volt ilyen miniszterünk". Index.hu. Retrieved 6 May 2018.
Official CV
""Legion of Merit" kitüntetést vehetett át dr. Benkő Tibor vezérezredes". honvedelem.hu. Retrieved 14 January 2013.
"Gen. Dr. Tibor Benkő Receives the Legion of Merit". kormany.hu. Retrieved 14 January 2013.

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Official CV

Military offices
Preceded byCol. Gen. László Tömböl	Chief of the General Staff 6 June 2010 – 16 May 2018	Succeeded byLt. Gen. Ferenc Korom
Political offices
Preceded byIstván Simicskó	Minister of Defence 2018–2022	Succeeded byKristóf Szalay-Bobrovniczky

v t e Ministers of Defence of Hungary since 1848
Revolution of 1848	Batthyány Mészáros Görgei Aulich
Kingdom of Hungary	Andrássy Lónyay Szlávy Szende Ráday Orczy Fejérváry Kolossváry Nyiri Bihar Pap Wekerle Jekelfalussy Hazai Szurmay
Transition period	Linder A. Bartha Festetics Böhm Haubrich Böhm (opposed by Z. Szabó Horthy Belitska) Schnetzer Friedrich
Regency	Soós Sréter Belitska Csáky Gömbös Kozma Somkuthy Rőder Rátz K. Bartha V. Nagy Csatay
Transition period	Beregfy Vörös Tombor F. Nagy A. Bartha Dinnyés Veres
Communist Hungary	Farkas Bata Janza Maléter Münnich Révész Czinege Oláh Kárpáti
Republic of Hungary	Für Keleti J. Szabó Juhász Szekeres Hende Simicskó Benkő Szalay-Bobrovniczky

v t e Fourth Orbán Government (2018–2022)
Viktor Orbán (Fidesz) Zsolt Semjén (KDNP) Mihály Varga (Fidesz) Sándor Pintér (Independent) Gergely Gulyás (Fidesz) Antal Rogán (Fidesz) Péter Szijjártó (Fidesz) Judit Varga (Fidesz) Miklós Kásler (Independent) László Palkovics (Independent) István Nagy (Fidesz) Tibor Benkő (Independent) János Süli (KDNP) Andrea Bártfai-Mager (Independent) Katalin Novák (Fidesz)

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