General Staff Training Institute

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Colonel László BENDA

Head of Institute

General Staff Training Institute 

 Contact details

 Office: H-1083 Budapest, Ludovika tér 2.

 Phone: (+36)-1-432-9000/29-556

 E-mail: benda.laszlo@uni-nke.hu

Col. Laszlo BENDA was born in 1969. In 1987 he graduated from the Military High School “Janos Lenkei” where he completed his high school classical curriculum, and then joined to the Hungarian Military Academy “Lajos Kossuth”at Szentendre, from which he graduated as an Armor Officer with the rank of Second Lieutenant. Since then, Col. Laszlo BENDA earned a bachelor degree in “Operating Engineer”. During his 30 plus-year long career in the Hungarian Army, he held numerous commands, tank - platoon, -company and -battalion, attended several specialized courses in Hungary, in Austria and in Germany. In 2003-2006 he was studying at the General Staff Course of the Austrian Defence Academy, simultaneously to that at the Vienna University and earned a master degree in “Political Science”. From September 2006 to September 2007, he served at HDF, General Staff, Senior Desk Officer, and from 2007 to 2014 served by the 25. Infantry Brigade as a Chief G3, COS and as a Deputy Commander.  He was deployed two times of operational assignments in Afghanistan as a Chief CJ3 Regional Command North in 2008 and as a Force Protection Group Commander, Kabul International Airport North in 2012. As of 2009, he holds the rank of Colonel. Col. Laszlo BENDA is the Cooperative Security Department Director of the NATO School Oberammergau since 2020. Prior to this assignment, he served as the Commander of the 43. Signal and Command Support Regiment at Szekesfehervar, Hungary.

During his non-armed long-term foreign service, he served as head of department at the NATO school in Germany between 2020 and 2024, in addition to his duties as a NATO qualified instructor, he also served as course director.

Colonel László BENDA holds a STANAG 3.3.3.2. English and a higher level German “C” language exam supplemented with military material.

Colonel BENDA has received numerous awards, including the Gold Medal of Service Merit with a Laurel Wreath and is also the holder of the Presidential Commemorative Medal of the Republic.