Hungarian People's Army

Hungarian People's Army
Magyar Néphadsereg
Insignia of the Hungarian People's Army
Infantry flag of the Hungarian People's Army (1957–1990)
Founded	1 June 1951
Disbanded	14 March 1990
Service branches	Surface Forces Air Defence Forces
Headquarters	Budapest
Leadership
Chairman of the Presidential Council	Brunó Ferenc Straub (last)
Minister of Defence	Ferenc Kárpáti (last)
Chief of General Staff	László Borsits (last)
Personnel
Active personnel	100,000 (1989)
Deployed personnel	Czechoslovakia
Industry
Foreign suppliers	Soviet Union  Cuba  Vietnam
Related articles
History	Korean War Hungarian Revolution of 1956 Vietnam War Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia
Ranks	Ranks of the Hungarian People's Army

The Hungarian People's Army (Hungarian: Magyar Néphadsereg) or the HPA was the military of the Hungarian People's Republic and the armed branch of the Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party from 1951 to 1990. It only saw combat in a foreign country once during its existence, which was assisting the Soviet Union in crushing the Prague Spring. It maintained close ties to the Warsaw Pact along with other Eastern Bloc countries. It dissolved in 1989 and retained its current form through the Hungarian Defence Forces.