Brigadier General Zoltan Barany assumed the position of the Deputy Commander and Chief of Staff of the Joint Force Training Centre in Bydgoszcz, Poland, on 21 July 2022.

Military/ professional career
2025 Deputy Commander and Chief of Staff of the Joint Force Training Centre in Bydgoszcz, Poland
2024-2025 Officer in Command at Hungarian Defence Forces Force Modernization and Transformation Command
2023 Deputy Commander Hungarian Defence Forces Force Modernization and Transformation Command
2020-2023 Deputy Commander Hungarian Defence Forces Transformation Command
2019-2020 Officer in Command at Hungarian Defence Forces Modernization Institute
2018-2019 Chief Senior Advisor for Chief of Defence Office
2014-2018 Chief Service and Foreign Liaison Officer at United States Joint Staff and NATO Allied Command Transformation
2010-2014 Chief Operations and Training Land at Joint Force Command of the Hungarian Defence Forces
2009 Chief Land Forces Office at Joint Force Command of the Hungarian Defence Forces
2008 Chief of Staff duty at 5th Istvan Bocskai Infantry Brigade.
2007 MLF European Battlegroup, Chief Operations
2003-2007 Senior staff assignments at Multinational Land Force Udine, Italy
1989-2003 Regimental duty from platoon leader to battalion chief of staff

Deployments

2013-2014 Operation Enduring Freedom, Afghanistan, Commander, Hungarian Military Advisor Team.
2005 Operation Joint Guardian, Kosovo Multinational Brigade South-West, Chief of Inspectorate for Kosovo Protection Corps,
2003 Operation Joint Guardian, Kosovo, Multinational Brigade South-West, Chief of Inspectorate for Kosovo Protection Corps,.2008-2011 AAC (Ramstein – Germany)
2000 Operation Joint Guardian, KFOR, Kosovo, Hungarian Liaison Officer to KFOR

Education
2021 NATO Defence Academy, Rome, Italy, Ambassadors’ and Generals’ Course
2001-2002 Joint Services Command and Staff College, United Kingdom, Advanced Command and Staff Course
2001-2002 King’s College London, United Kingdom, Master of Art in Defence Studies,
1998 Canadian Forces Language School, NATO STANAG English Course, Canada
1997 Military Academy, Battalion Commander’s course
1986-1989 Military College, Bachelor Degree in Military Leadership

Hobbies
Travelling, hiking, swimming, and creative activities.
Brigadier General Barany is married to Andrea, has grown up daughter and son and three grandchildren