Counter Terrorism Centre

For other uses, see Counterterrorism Center (disambiguation).
Counter Terrorism Centre
Terrorelhárítási Központ
Logo of the Counter Terrorism Centre
Logo of the Counter Terrorism Centre
AbbreviationTEK
Agency overview
FormedSeptember 1, 2010
Employees1300 (2022)[1]
Annual budget13.41 billion HUF[2] (61 million $) annually (2013)
Jurisdictional structure
Operations jurisdictionHungary
Operational structure
HeadquartersZách utca 4.
Budapest, Hungary
Elected officer responsible
Agency executive
  • Brigadier General János Hajdu, Director-General
Website
http://tek.gov.hu/
BTR-80 of the Counter Terrorism Centre

Counter Terrorism Centre (CTC) (Hungarian: Terrorelhárítási Központ, TEK) is a Hungarian government agency responsible for national and international counter terrorism including detection, prevention and interruption.[3][4][5] The agency has a police tactical unit to respond terrorist incidents and if requested by law enforcement agencies can provide tactical assistance.[4]

TEK provides personal protection including to the Prime Minister and the President and can also provide an escort for extraditions of dangerous persons to the Hungarian border and from abroad.[3] TEK is under the direct control of the Hungarian Ministry of Interior, headed by Sándor Pintér.[4]

TEK headquarters is located at Zách street (close to Hungária Boulevard), Pál Maléter Barracks, Kőbánya, Budapest, Hungary.[6]

  1. ^ "700 ezer forint felett a TEK-es bruttó átlagfizetés". 4 June 2022.
  2. ^ "2014 budget of Hungary compared with the 2013 budget, hirado.hu (Hungarian)". Archived from the original on 2013-12-16. Retrieved 2013-12-16.
  3. ^ a b "Counter-Terrorism Centre". Constitution Protection Office. Archived from the original on 21 December 2019. Retrieved 9 December 2019.
  4. ^ a b c "A TEK irányítása, tevékenysége". Counter Terrorism Centre (in Hungarian). Retrieved 9 December 2019.
  5. ^ "Rendőrség vagy titkosszolgálat?". Index.hu (in Hungarian). 21 April 2012. Retrieved 9 December 2019.
  6. ^ "Megalakult a Terrorelhárítási Központ" [The Counter-terrorist Center was founded] (in Hungarian). index.hu. 2010-09-01. Retrieved 5 March 2017.