predecessor birth_place profession party birth_date order term_start image article_title name
imre szekeres 13px szombathely , hungary politician hungarian democratic forum , fidesz 05 february 1960 minister of defence of hungary 29 may 2010 hende-csaba portrait.jpg csaba hende
 csaba hende
csaba hende

csaba hende -lrb- born 5 february 1960 -rrb- is a hungarian politician who has been minister of defence of hungary since 29 may 2010 .
hende was born in szombathely in 1960 .
in 1983 he graduated in law at the eötvös loránd university in budapest , then practiced as a lawyer in his hometown of szombathely .
beginning in 1988 , he belonged to the hungarian democratic forum -lrb- mdf -rrb- .
in 1991 he joined the government as parliamentary secretary of state of the defence ministry .
during the rule of socialist-liberal cabinet -lrb- 1994-1998 -rrb- he returned to practice law in szombathely .
in the first government of viktor orbán he served as secretary of state in the ministry of justice .
at the beginning of the 21st century , he held high functions in the mdf party -lrb- including vice-president -rrb- , but in 2004 he joined fidesz .
in 2006 and 2010 he was re-elected to the national assembly on behalf of fidesz in vas county .
hende was appointed minister of defence in 2010 .
his first measure as minister was the replacement of the chief of general staff of the armed forces general -lrb- of-9 -rrb- lászló tömböl and more high-rank military officers .
the hungarian socialist party criticized the decision as incomprehensible .
hende justified his step with the fact that many tax evasions and maladministration happened in the army under the previous government .
he said that he would restore the honour and prestige of the magyar honvédség .
