The Ministry of Defence is the central organ of state administration of the Republic of Hungary implementing dual root purpose and as a superior military authority is responsible for the control and military command of the Hungarian Defence Forces, besides its administrative duties in the branch of national defence. It is responsible for performing public administration duties connected to the country’s preparation for national defence, furthermore for performing duties connected to planning, organising and the fulfilment of national defence, preparing the national defence-related decisions of the National Assembly, the President of the Republic, the Government, the accomplishment of military diplomatic and other international tasks, managing, conducting and supervising organisations (institutions) of the Hungarian Defence Forces and those directly subordinated to the Minister of Defence according to the legal statutes, except for military services of national security. As the superior organ of command and control of the Hungarian Defence Forces it is responsible for planning and organising the country’s preparation for defence, as well as ensuring the continuous command of the Hungarian Defence Forces’s military organisations.