Dr. habil Gyarmati István

Ambassador Gyarmati is currently, among others, President of the International Centre for Development and Democratic Transition.

He was chairman of the UN Secretary General’s Advisory Board on Disarmament Matters, a member of the Board of the International Institute of Strategic Studies and the NATO Defense College Foundation, etc.

He has a distinguished career in the Hungarian diplomatic service as Head of the Hungarian Delegation to the OSCE, Chair of the Task Force of The Hungarian OSCE Presidency, Director General for Security Policy, etc. He also served as Head of OSCE Missions to Georgia and Chechnya, Undersecretary of Defense for Policy, Senior Vice President of the EastWest Institute, and Head of the OSCE/ODIHR Election Monitoring Mission in Moldova.

Amb. Gyarmati holds an MBA, a doctorate in Political Science, and a Ph.D. of Strategic Studies. He is the author of numerous publications on security and defense policy, European security, conflict management, and Hungarian defense policy.

• Nemzetközi kapcsolatok
• Biztonságpolitika
• Válságkezelés
• Katonapolitika
• Nemzetközi szervezetek

• Biztonságpolitika
• Demokrácia
• Hadtudomány

• NATO Defense College Foundation Advisory Board
• International Centre for Development and Democratic Transition,
  President
• Belgrade Fund for Political Excellence, Chair, Advisory Board, etc.