Colonel Tibor CSIPSZER has been the director of Special Support and Recreational Directorate subordinated to HDF vitéz Szurmay Sándor Budapest Garrison Brigade since 2022. The Brigade is the largest military unit of the Hungarian Defence Forces and performs it’s duties in the capital of Hungary. It is responsible for a very wide range of tasks, including full-scale logistics support for the MoD and other military organizations in Budapest, preserving of military music traditions, performing high-level protocol and honour guard tasks, reestablishing hussar tradition as well as organization and performing of cultural and recreation duties at HDF-level, etc. Within the Brigade Special Support and Recreational Directorate has the responsibility of organising and controlling all the recreational tasks regarding all military and civilian personnel of MoD and HDF as well as providing catering support for the highest level of MoD and HDF.
Colonel Tibor Csipszer has taken part in the KFOR mission in Kosovo as Director of Staff in 2019. Colonel Csipszer' career covers special signal staff positions both in company and battalion level and after changing to the field of operation he served as Chief of G3 of the Budapest Garrison Brigade. Before having been promoted to be director of Special Support and Recreational Directorate, he had served as the deputy chief of Staff of the Brigade, which included assignmnets as acting chief of staff of the Brigade three times.
Colonel Csipszer graduated from Bólyai János Military Technical College as a signal officer in 1999. He got his MSC Degree in 2012 at the Miklós Zrínyi National Defence University. Colonel Csipszer graduated from the Military Senior Leader Course at the National Defence University in 2023.
He has received the following awards during his career:
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Service Medal, bronze, silver and gold
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Officer's medal for 10 and 20 years of service
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For Peacekeeping: Service Medal (Balkan)
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Service medal for flood protection
His language skills include an English STANAG 3333 language exam, as well as German intermediate level exams.
Colonel Csipszer is married, they have one child. His hobbies are sports (football, biking), reading books and, above all, participating in education of his 10-year-old girl.