Ministry of National Defence of Romania
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The Ministry of National Defense is one of the fifteen ministries of the Government of Romania
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the Minister of Defense is Gabriel Oprea
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The Ministry of National Defense is the specialized body of the central public administration submitted to the Government conducting the national defense activity according to the stipulations of law and to the strategy of national security, with a view to safeguarding national sovereignty, state independence and unity, territorial integrity and constitutional democracy.
The Ministry of National Defense is responsible to the Parliament
, the Supreme Council of National Defense
and the Government
for implementation of provisions of the Constitution
, laws in force, decisions of the Supreme Council of National Defense
and of the Government
, of international treaties ratified by Romania
in fields of its activity.
MoND central structures subordinated to the minister of National Defense:
Coordinates the Euro-Atlantic integration process and the development of military international relations, is in charge of the defense policy enforcement, ensures the integrated defense planning and controls the research activity in its area of responsibility.
Department of Relations with the Parliament,
Legislative Harmonization and Public Relations
Ensures the relations with the Parliament, other public authorities and NGOs, coordinates the legislative activity, presents the drafts of laws in the Parliament, coordinates the process of harmonization with defense stipulations of the NATO and UE members, coordinates the public relations and the research activity in its area of responsibility.
Is in charge with military acquisitions and coordinates the research in its area of responsibility.
Ensures the military management of the Armed Forces, is in charge with the combat capacity of the Armed Forces, fulfills the programs of Euro-Atlantic integration and political-military cooperation for its own structures and controls the research activity in its area of responsibility.
The General Staff is headed by the chief of the General Staff, named by the President of Romania at the suggestion of the minister of National Defense and the Prime Minister's approval.
The chief of the General Staff is the highest military rank in the Armed Forces.
A Committee of chiefs of staffs with deliberative role is established at the General Staff level.
Its organization and function are established by the rule approved by order of the minister of National Defense.
The structure through which the minister of National Defense exercises the control and evaluates the activities developed in the Armed Forces.
The Inspectorate organizes and controls the environment and labor protection, technical and metrological overwatch.
The Inspectorate is managed by the general inspector designated by order of minister of National Defense.
Controls the subordinated directorates and services established by order of minister of National Defense and ensures the secretariat, administrative and protocol works at the minister level.
The General Secretariat is headed by the general secretary, a civil servant, nominalized by order of minister of National Defense.
The specialized structure for gathering, processing, confirming, stocking (filing) and evaluating the internal and external military and non military risks and threats affecting the national security; also in charge of developing the intelligence security concept , the cryptographic activity and ensuring the geographic data required by the Armed Forces.
Defence Intelligence General Directorate is headed by a general director appointed by the decision of the Prime Minister at the recommendation of the Minister of National Defence.
The specialised structure in elaborating the politics, strategies and rules in professionalised human resources management.
The MoND specialized structure ensuring the fulfillment of economic, financial-accounting activities of the minister as the chief accountant.
The specialized structure of endogenous and expost verifications on patrimony administration and use of the public money according to the criteria of efficiency and economy.
The minister of National Defense also has in his subordination:
- counselors of minister;
- diplomatic counselor;
- minister's cabinet;
- control body of the minister.
- The Military Courts Directorate and the Military Prosecutor's Section are subordinated to the minister of National Defense only regarding the aspects established by common order of minister of National Defense, minister of Justice and General Prosecutor.
The Ministry of National Defense subordinates the service staffs, commands, directorates, education and research institutes, formations and other structures.
The Ministry of National Defense is led and represented by the minister of National Defense. The minister of National Defense in exercising the leadership is assisted by State Secretaries and chief of the General Staff.
At the Ministry of National Defense level exist:
- College of Ministry of National Defense with consultative role;
- Council of Defense Planning with deliberative role.
Romania used the Julian calendar
until 1919, but all dates are given in the Gregorian calendar
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The following party abbreviations are used:
Government of Romania
The Government of Romania forms one half of the country's executive branch . It is headed by the Prime-Minister, and consists of the Ministries, various subordinated institutions and agencies, and the 42 Prefectures...
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the Minister of Defense is Gabriel Oprea
Gabriel Oprea
Gabriel Oprea is a Romanian soldier and politician. A member of the National Union for the Progress of Romania and a former member of the Social Democratic Party , he has been a member of the Romanian Chamber of Deputies for Ilfov County since 2004...
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Ministry
The Ministry of National Defense is responsible to the Parliament
Parliament of Romania
The Parliament of Romania is made up of two chambers:*The Chamber of Deputies*The SenatePrior to the modifications of the Constitution in 2003, the two houses had identical attributes. A text of a law had to be approved by both houses...
, the Supreme Council of National Defense
Supreme Council of National Defense (Romania)
The Supreme Council of National Defense is the autonomous administrative authority in Romania, invested by the Constitution with the task of organizing coordinating, in a unitary fashion, the activities related to the defense of the country and national security.-Control:The activity of the...
and the Government
Government of Romania
The Government of Romania forms one half of the country's executive branch . It is headed by the Prime-Minister, and consists of the Ministries, various subordinated institutions and agencies, and the 42 Prefectures...
for implementation of provisions of the Constitution
Constitution of Romania
The 1991 Constitution of Romania, adopted on 21 November 1991, voted in the referendum of 8 December 1991 and introduced on the same day, is the current fundamental law that establishes the structure of the government of Romania, the rights and obligations of the country's citizens, and its mode...
, laws in force, decisions of the Supreme Council of National Defense
Supreme Council of National Defense (Romania)
The Supreme Council of National Defense is the autonomous administrative authority in Romania, invested by the Constitution with the task of organizing coordinating, in a unitary fashion, the activities related to the defense of the country and national security.-Control:The activity of the...
and of the Government
Government of Romania
The Government of Romania forms one half of the country's executive branch . It is headed by the Prime-Minister, and consists of the Ministries, various subordinated institutions and agencies, and the 42 Prefectures...
, of international treaties ratified by Romania
Romania
Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeastern Europe, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian arch, bordering on the Black Sea...
in fields of its activity.
Structure and function
The Ministry of National Defense is structured on central structures.MoND central structures subordinated to the minister of National Defense:
- Department of Euro-Atlantic Integration and Defense Policy
Coordinates the Euro-Atlantic integration process and the development of military international relations, is in charge of the defense policy enforcement, ensures the integrated defense planning and controls the research activity in its area of responsibility.
Department of Relations with the Parliament,
Legislative Harmonization and Public Relations
Ensures the relations with the Parliament, other public authorities and NGOs, coordinates the legislative activity, presents the drafts of laws in the Parliament, coordinates the process of harmonization with defense stipulations of the NATO and UE members, coordinates the public relations and the research activity in its area of responsibility.
- Armaments Department
Is in charge with military acquisitions and coordinates the research in its area of responsibility.
- General Staff
Ensures the military management of the Armed Forces, is in charge with the combat capacity of the Armed Forces, fulfills the programs of Euro-Atlantic integration and political-military cooperation for its own structures and controls the research activity in its area of responsibility.
The General Staff is headed by the chief of the General Staff, named by the President of Romania at the suggestion of the minister of National Defense and the Prime Minister's approval.
The chief of the General Staff is the highest military rank in the Armed Forces.
A Committee of chiefs of staffs with deliberative role is established at the General Staff level.
Its organization and function are established by the rule approved by order of the minister of National Defense.
- Inspectorate of the Ministry of National Defense
The structure through which the minister of National Defense exercises the control and evaluates the activities developed in the Armed Forces.
The Inspectorate organizes and controls the environment and labor protection, technical and metrological overwatch.
The Inspectorate is managed by the general inspector designated by order of minister of National Defense.
- General Secretariat
Controls the subordinated directorates and services established by order of minister of National Defense and ensures the secretariat, administrative and protocol works at the minister level.
The General Secretariat is headed by the general secretary, a civil servant, nominalized by order of minister of National Defense.
- Defence Intelligence General Directorate
The specialized structure for gathering, processing, confirming, stocking (filing) and evaluating the internal and external military and non military risks and threats affecting the national security; also in charge of developing the intelligence security concept , the cryptographic activity and ensuring the geographic data required by the Armed Forces.
Defence Intelligence General Directorate is headed by a general director appointed by the decision of the Prime Minister at the recommendation of the Minister of National Defence.
- Human Resources Management Directorate
The specialised structure in elaborating the politics, strategies and rules in professionalised human resources management.
- Financial-Accounting Directorate
The MoND specialized structure ensuring the fulfillment of economic, financial-accounting activities of the minister as the chief accountant.
- Internal Audit Directorate
The specialized structure of endogenous and expost verifications on patrimony administration and use of the public money according to the criteria of efficiency and economy.
The minister of National Defense also has in his subordination:
- counselors of minister;
- diplomatic counselor;
- minister's cabinet;
- control body of the minister.
- The Military Courts Directorate and the Military Prosecutor's Section are subordinated to the minister of National Defense only regarding the aspects established by common order of minister of National Defense, minister of Justice and General Prosecutor.
The Ministry of National Defense subordinates the service staffs, commands, directorates, education and research institutes, formations and other structures.
The Ministry of National Defense is led and represented by the minister of National Defense. The minister of National Defense in exercising the leadership is assisted by State Secretaries and chief of the General Staff.
At the Ministry of National Defense level exist:
- College of Ministry of National Defense with consultative role;
- Council of Defense Planning with deliberative role.
List of Ministers
| Minister Title | No. | Name | Term start | Term end | Cabinet | Party | ||
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| United Principalities United Principalities The United Principalities of Moldavia and Wallachia, also known as the Romanian Principalities, was the official name of Romania following the 1859 election of Alexandru Ioan Cuza as prince or domnitor of both territories... |
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1 | Prince Ioan Grigore Ghica Ioan Grigore Ghica Prince Ioan Grigore Ghica was a Romanian politician who served as the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Principality of Romania from October 17, 1865 until February 10, 1866 and as the Ministry of National Defense of Principality of Romania in two terms from July 19, 1861 until September 29, 1862 and... i |
19 July 1861 | 29 September 1862 | ||||
| 2 | General Ion Emanoil Florescui | 30 August 1862 | 11 October 1863 | |||||
| 3 | General Alexandru Iacovache | 12 October 1863 | 11 April 1864 | |||||
| 4 | General Savel Manu | 12 April 1864 | 29 January 1866 | |||||
| 5 | Colonel Alexandru Solomon | 30 January 1866 | 10 February 1866 | |||||
| 6 | Maior Dimitrie Leccai | 11 February 1866 | 10 May 1866 | |||||
| 7 | Prince Ioan Grigore Ghica Ioan Grigore Ghica Prince Ioan Grigore Ghica was a Romanian politician who served as the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Principality of Romania from October 17, 1865 until February 10, 1866 and as the Ministry of National Defense of Principality of Romania in two terms from July 19, 1861 until September 29, 1862 and... ii |
11 May 1866 | 5 August 1866 | |||||
| 8 | Colonel Nicolae Haralambie | 6 August 1866 | 7 February 1867 | |||||
| 9 | General Tobias Gherghely | 8 February 1867 | 23 May 1867 | |||||
| 10 | General Gheorghe Adrian | 24 May 1867 | 11 August 1868 | |||||
| 11 | Ion C. Brătianui | 12 August 1868 | 15 November 1868 | PNL National Liberal Party (Romania) The National Liberal Party , abbreviated to PNL, is a centre-right liberal party in Romania. It is the third-largest party in the Romanian Parliament, with 53 seats in the Chamber of Deputies and 22 in the Senate: behind the centre-right Democratic Liberal Party and the centre-left Social... |
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| 12 | Colonel Ioan Duca | 16 November 1868 | 13 January 1869 | |||||
| 13 | General Gheorghe Manu Gheorghe Manu Gheorghe Manu was a Romanian Army general, artillery inspector and statesman.After he finished his high school studies in Romania, he went to Prussia in 1847 to study in the German military academies and in 1853, with the approval of the Romanian government, he joined the Prussian Army as a... i |
14 July 1869 | 17 December 1870 | |||||
| 14 | Colonel Pencovici Eustasie | 18 December 1870 | 10 March 1871 | |||||
| 15 | General Christian Tell Christian Tell Christian Tell was a Transylvanian-born Wallachian and Romanian politician.-Early life:Born in Braşov, Tell studied at Gheorghe Lazăr's school, and then at the Saint Sava Academy in Bucharest, and became close to Ion Heliade Rădulescu's version of Radicalism... |
11 March 1871 | 13 March 1871 | |||||
| 16 | General Ion Emanoil Florescuii | 14 March 1871 | 26 April 1876 | |||||
| 17 | General Gheorghe Slăniceanu | 27 April 1876 | 1 April 1877 | |||||
| 18 | General Alexandru Cernati | 2 April 1877 | 19 August 1877 | |||||
| 19 | General Alexandru Cernatii | 19 March 1878 | 24 November 1878 | |||||
| 20 | Colonel Nicolae Dabija Nicolae Dabija Nicolae Dabija is a Moldovan politician. He is the president of the Democratic Forum of Romanians in Moldova.- Biography :He served as member of the Parliament of Moldova. Nicolae Dabija is editor in chief of Literatura şi Arta.... |
8 January 1879 | 10 July 1879 | |||||
| 21 | Major Dimitrie Leccaii | 11 July 1879 | 28 April 1880 | |||||
| Kingdom of Romania Kingdom of Romania The Kingdom of Romania was the Romanian state based on a form of parliamentary monarchy between 13 March 1881 and 30 December 1947, specified by the first three Constitutions of Romania... |
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22 | Ion C. Brătianuii | 1 August 1882 | 22 June 1884 | PNL National Liberal Party (Romania) The National Liberal Party , abbreviated to PNL, is a centre-right liberal party in Romania. It is the third-largest party in the Romanian Parliament, with 53 seats in the Chamber of Deputies and 22 in the Senate: behind the centre-right Democratic Liberal Party and the centre-left Social... |
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| 23 | General Ştefan Fălcoianu | 23 July 1884 | 12 January 1886 | |||||
| 24 | General Alexandru Anghelescu | 21 February 1886 | 4 November 1887 | |||||
| 25 | Ion C. Brătianuiii | 5 November 1887 | 23 March 1888 | PNL National Liberal Party (Romania) The National Liberal Party , abbreviated to PNL, is a centre-right liberal party in Romania. It is the third-largest party in the Romanian Parliament, with 53 seats in the Chamber of Deputies and 22 in the Senate: behind the centre-right Democratic Liberal Party and the centre-left Social... |
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| 26 | General Constantin Barozzi | 23 March 1888 | 11 November 1888 | |||||
| 27 | General Gheorghe Manu Gheorghe Manu Gheorghe Manu was a Romanian Army general, artillery inspector and statesman.After he finished his high school studies in Romania, he went to Prussia in 1847 to study in the German military academies and in 1853, with the approval of the Romanian government, he joined the Prussian Army as a... ii |
12 November 1888 | 4 November 1889 | |||||
| 28 | General Matei Vlădescu | 5 November 1889 | 20 February 1891 | |||||
| 29 | General Iacob Lahovary Iacob Lahovary Iacob Lahovary was a member of the Romanian aristocracy, a general, politician and diplomat who served as the Minister of War and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Kingdom of Romania.-Life and political career:... i |
21 February 1891 | 21 February 1894 | |||||
| 30 | Lascăr Catargiu Lascar Catargiu Lascăr Catargiu was a Romanian conservative statesman born in Moldavia. He belonged to an ancient Wallachian family, one of whose members had been banished in the 17th century by Prince Matei Basarab, and had settled in Moldavia.-Biography:... |
22 February 1894 | 11 June 1894 | PC | ||||
| 31 | Constantin Poenaru | 12 June 1894 | 3 October 1895 | |||||
| 32 | Constantin I. Stoicescu | 21 November 1896 | 24 November 1896 | |||||
| 33 | General Anton Berindei | 25 November 1896 | 10 April 1899 | |||||
| 34 | General Iacob Lahovary Iacob Lahovary Iacob Lahovary was a member of the Romanian aristocracy, a general, politician and diplomat who served as the Minister of War and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Kingdom of Romania.-Life and political career:... ii |
11 April 1899 | 13 February 1901 | |||||
| 35 | D. A. Sturza Dimitrie Sturdza Dimitrie Sturdza was a Romanian statesman of the late 19th century, and president of the Romanian Academy between 1882 and 1884.-Biography:Born in Iaşi, Moldavia, and educated there at the Academia Mihăileană, he continued his studies in Germany, took part in the political movements of the time,... |
14 February 1901 | 21 December 1904 | PNL National Liberal Party (Romania) The National Liberal Party , abbreviated to PNL, is a centre-right liberal party in Romania. It is the third-largest party in the Romanian Parliament, with 53 seats in the Chamber of Deputies and 22 in the Senate: behind the centre-right Democratic Liberal Party and the centre-left Social... |
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| 36 | General Gheorghe Manu Gheorghe Manu Gheorghe Manu was a Romanian Army general, artillery inspector and statesman.After he finished his high school studies in Romania, he went to Prussia in 1847 to study in the German military academies and in 1853, with the approval of the Romanian government, he joined the Prussian Army as a... iii |
22 December 1904 | 11 March 1906 | |||||
| 37 | General Alexandru Averescu Alexandru Averescu Alexandru Averescu was a Romanian marshal and populist politician. A Romanian Armed Forces Commander during World War I, he served as Prime Minister of three separate cabinets . He first rose to prominence during the peasant's revolt of 1907, which he helped repress in violence... |
13 March 1906 | 3 March 1909 | |||||
| 38 | Toma Stelian | 4 March 1909 | 31 October 1909 | |||||
| 39 | General Grigore Crăiniceanu | 1 November 1909 | 28 December 1910 | |||||
| 40 | Nicolae Filipescu | 29 December 1910 | 27 March 1912 | |||||
| 41 | General Ioan Argetoianu | 29 March 1912 | 13 October 1912 | |||||
| 42 | General Constantin Harjeui | 14 October 1912 | 3 January 1914 | |||||
| 43 | Ion I. C. Brătianu Ion I. C. Bratianu Ion I. C. Brătianu was a Romanian politician, leader of the National Liberal Party , the Prime Minister of Romania for five terms, and Foreign Minister on several occasions; he was the eldest son of statesman and PNL leader Ion Brătianu, the brother of Vintilă and Dinu Brătianu, and the father of... i |
4 January 1914 | 14 August 1916 | PNL National Liberal Party (Romania) The National Liberal Party , abbreviated to PNL, is a centre-right liberal party in Romania. It is the third-largest party in the Romanian Parliament, with 53 seats in the Chamber of Deputies and 22 in the Senate: behind the centre-right Democratic Liberal Party and the centre-left Social... |
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| 44 | Vintilă Brătianu Vintila Bratianu Vintilă Brătianu was a Romanian politician who served as Prime Minister of Romania between 24 November 1927 and 2 November 1928.Vintilă and his brothers Ion and Dinu were the leaders of the National Liberal Party of Romania... i |
15 August 1916 | 9 July 1917 | PNL National Liberal Party (Romania) The National Liberal Party , abbreviated to PNL, is a centre-right liberal party in Romania. It is the third-largest party in the Romanian Parliament, with 53 seats in the Chamber of Deputies and 22 in the Senate: behind the centre-right Democratic Liberal Party and the centre-left Social... |
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| 45 | Vintilă Brătianu Vintila Bratianu Vintilă Brătianu was a Romanian politician who served as Prime Minister of Romania between 24 November 1927 and 2 November 1928.Vintilă and his brothers Ion and Dinu were the leaders of the National Liberal Party of Romania... ii |
9 July 1917 | 19 July 1917 | PNL National Liberal Party (Romania) The National Liberal Party , abbreviated to PNL, is a centre-right liberal party in Romania. It is the third-largest party in the Romanian Parliament, with 53 seats in the Chamber of Deputies and 22 in the Senate: behind the centre-right Democratic Liberal Party and the centre-left Social... |
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| 46 | General Constantin Iancovescu | 20 July 1917 | 5 March 1918 | |||||
| 47 | General Constantin Harjeuii | 6 March 1928 | 23 October 1918 | |||||
| 48 | General Eremia Grigorescu Eremia Grigorescu Eremia Grigorescu was a Romanian artillery General during World War I, and Minister of War in the Constantin Coandă cabinet .... |
24 October 1918 | 28 November 1918 | |||||
| 49 | General Arthur Văitoianu | 29 November 1918 | 26 September 1919 | |||||
| 50 | General Ioan Răşcanui | 27 September 1919 | 1 March 1920 | |||||
| 51 | General Traian Moşoiu Traian Moşoiu Traian Moşoiu was a Romanian General during World War I, Minister of War in the Alexandru Vaida-Voevod cabinet , Minister of Communications and of Industry and Commerce in the Ion I. C... |
2 March 1920 | 11 March 1920 | |||||
| 52 | General Ioan Răşcanuii | 12 March 1920 | 15 December 1921 | |||||
| 53 | General Ştefan Holban | 17 December 1921 | 18 January 1922 | |||||
| 54 | Ion I. C. Brătianu Ion I. C. Bratianu Ion I. C. Brătianu was a Romanian politician, leader of the National Liberal Party , the Prime Minister of Romania for five terms, and Foreign Minister on several occasions; he was the eldest son of statesman and PNL leader Ion Brătianu, the brother of Vintilă and Dinu Brătianu, and the father of... ii |
19 January 1922 | 19 April 1922 | PNL National Liberal Party (Romania) The National Liberal Party , abbreviated to PNL, is a centre-right liberal party in Romania. It is the third-largest party in the Romanian Parliament, with 53 seats in the Chamber of Deputies and 22 in the Senate: behind the centre-right Democratic Liberal Party and the centre-left Social... |
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| 55 | General Gheorghe Mărdărescu | 20 April 1922 | 29 March 1926 | |||||
| 56 | General Ludovic Mircescu | 30 March 12926 | 3 June 1927 | |||||
| 57 | General Paul Angelescui | 4 June 1927 | 9 November 1928 | |||||
| 58 | General Henry Cihoschi | 10 November 1928 | 4 April 1930 | |||||
| 59 | Iuliu Maniu Iuliu Maniu Iuliu Maniu was an Austro-Hungarian-born Romanian politician. A leader of the National Party of Transylvania and Banat before and after World War I, he served as Prime Minister of Romania for three terms during 1928–1933, and, with Ion Mihalache, co-founded the National Peasants'... |
5 April 1930 | 13 April 1930 | PNŢ National Peasants' Party The National Peasants' Party was a Romanian political party, formed in 1926 through the fusion of the Romanian National Party from Transylvania and the Peasants' Party . It was in power between 1928 and 1933, with brief interruptions... |
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| 60 | General Nicolae Condeescu | 14 April 1930 | 18 April 1931 | |||||
| 61 | General Amza C. Ştefănescu | 19 April 1931 | 11 August 1932 | |||||
| 62 | General Nicolae Samsonovici | 11 August 1932 | 14 November 1933 | |||||
| 63 | General Nicolae Uica | 14 November 1933 | 1 June 1934 | |||||
| 65 | Gherorghe Tătărescu | 1 June 1934 | 26 July 1934 | PNL National Liberal Party (Romania) The National Liberal Party , abbreviated to PNL, is a centre-right liberal party in Romania. It is the third-largest party in the Romanian Parliament, with 53 seats in the Chamber of Deputies and 22 in the Senate: behind the centre-right Democratic Liberal Party and the centre-left Social... |
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| 66 | General Paul Anghelescuii | 27 July 1934 | 8 August 1937 | |||||
| 67 | Aviation General Radu Irimescu Radu Irimescu Radu Irimescu was a Romanian businessman, politician, and diplomat.The son of an admiral, Irimescu joined the Romanian Navy and, being first in his class, was sent to Germany, as a pre-World War I Romanian-German convention provided... |
28 August 1937 | 4 September 1937 | |||||
| 68 | Division General Constantin Ilasievici | 4 September 1937 | 27 December 1937 | |||||
| 69 | Division General Ion Antonescu Ion Antonescu Ion Victor Antonescu was a Romanian soldier, authoritarian politician and convicted war criminal. The Prime Minister and Conducător during most of World War II, he presided over two successive wartime dictatorships... i |
28 December 1937 | 30 March 1938 | Mil | ||||
| 70 | Division General Gheorghe Argeşanu Gheorghe Argesanu Gheorghe Argeşanu was a Romanian cavalry general and politician who served as a Prime Minister of Romania for about a week in 1939 .-Biography:... |
30 March 1938 | 13 October 1938 | |||||
| 71 | Division General Nicolae Ciupercă Nicolae Ciuperca Nicolae Ciupercă was a Romanian General during World War II. He served as Minister of Defence in 1938, and General Officer Commanding 4th Army, Odessa in 1941. He retired in 1941, but was captured and put in prison in 1948. On May 25th, 1950, he died in Jilava prison. -References:... |
13 October 1938 | 1 February 1939 | |||||
| 72 | Armand Călinescu Armand Calinescu Armand Călinescu was a Romanian economist and politician, who served as Prime Minister between March 1939 and the time of his death.-Early life:... |
1 February 1939 | 21 September 1939 | |||||
| 73 | Army Corps General Ioan Ilcuşu | 21 September 1939 | 4 July 1940 | |||||
| 74 | General Constantin nicolaescu | 4 July 1940 | 6 September 1940 | |||||
| 75 | Division General Ion Antonescu Ion Antonescu Ion Victor Antonescu was a Romanian soldier, authoritarian politician and convicted war criminal. The Prime Minister and Conducător during most of World War II, he presided over two successive wartime dictatorships... ii |
6 September 1940 | 27 January 1941 | Mil | ||||
| 76 | General Iosif Iacobici | 27 January 1941 | 22 September 1942 | |||||
| 77 | Division General Ion Antonescu Ion Antonescu Ion Victor Antonescu was a Romanian soldier, authoritarian politician and convicted war criminal. The Prime Minister and Conducător during most of World War II, he presided over two successive wartime dictatorships... iii |
22 September 1941 | 23 January 1942 | Mil. | ||||
| 78 | General Constantin Pantazi | 23 January 1942 | 23 August 1944 | Mil. | ||||
| 79 | Army Corps General Ioan-Mihai Racoviţă | 24 August 1944 | 5 November 1944 | Mil. | ||||
| 80 | Army Corps General Constantin Sănătescu Constantin Sanatescu Constantin Sănătescu was a Romanian statesman who served as the first Prime Minister of Romania after the August 23, 1944 coup, through which Romania left the Axis Powers and joined the Allies.... |
6 November 1944 | 6 December 1944 | Mil. | ||||
| 81 | Army Corps General Ion Negulescu | 7 December 1944 | 6 March 1945 | Mil. | ||||
| 82 | Army Corps General Vasile-Constantin Vasiliu-Rascanu | 7 March 1945 | 29 November 1946 | Mil. | ||||
| 83 | Army Corps General Mihail Lascăr Mihail Lascar Mihail Lascăr was a Romanian General during World War II, and Minister of Defense from 1946 to 1947.After graduating from the Infantry Officer School in 1910 with the rank of 2nd lieutenant, he fought in the Second Balkan War and in World War I, being promoted to major... |
29 November 1946 | 27 December 1947 | Mil. | ||||
| Communist Romania Communist Romania Communist Romania was the period in Romanian history when that country was a Soviet-aligned communist state in the Eastern Bloc, with the dominant role of Romanian Communist Party enshrined in its successive constitutions... |
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84 | Army General Emil Bodnăraş Emil Bodnaras Emil Bodnăraş was an influential Romanian Communist politician, an army officer, and a Soviet agent... |
27 December 1947 | 3 October 1955 | Mil./PMR | |||
| Minister of National Defense Ministrul Apărării Naţionale |
85 | Army General Leontin Sălăjan | 3 October 1965 | 28 August 1966 | Mil./PCR Romanian Communist Party The Romanian Communist Party was a communist political party in Romania. Successor to the Bolshevik wing of the Socialist Party of Romania, it gave ideological endorsement to communist revolution and the disestablishment of Greater Romania. The PCR was a minor and illegal grouping for much of the... |
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| 86 | Army General Ioan Ioniţă | 29 October 1966 | 16 June 1976 | Mil. | ||||
| 87 | Colonel General Ioan Coman | 16 June 1976 | 29 March 1980 | Mil. | ||||
| 88 | Colonel General Constantin Olteanu | 29 March 1980 | 16 December 1985 | Mil. | ||||
| 89 | Colonel General Vasile Milea Vasile Milea Vasile Milea was Nicolae Ceauşescu's minister of defense during the Romanian Revolution of 1989 and was involved in the reprisal phase of the revolution that took 162 lives.... |
16 December 1985 | 22 December 1989 | Mil. | ||||
| Romania Romania Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeastern Europe, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian arch, bordering on the Black Sea... since 1989 |
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90 | Army General Nicolae Militaru | 22 December 1989 | 16 February 1990 | Mil. | |||
| 91 | Army General Victor Stănculescu Victor Stănculescu Victor Atanasie Stănculescu was a Romanian general during the Communist era. He played a central role in the overthrow of the dictatorship by refusing to carry out the orders of Romanian dictator Ceauşescu during the Romanian Revolution of 1989... |
16 February 1990 | 29 April 1991 | Mil. | ||||
| 92 | Lieutenant General Niculae Spiroiu | 30 April 1991 | 6 March 1994 | Mil. | ||||
| 93 | Gheorghe Tinca | 6 March 1994 | 12 December 1996 | Văcăroiu I Vacaroiu I Cabinet Nicolae Văcăroiu's cabinet 1992–1996Coalition members: , , and Prime Minister:*Nicolae VăcăroiuMinisters of State:*Mişu Negriţoiu/Mircea Coşea*Dan Mircea Popescu*Teodor Meleşcanu*Florin GeorgescuMinisters:... |
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| 94 | Victor Babiuc Victor Babiuc Victor Babiuc is a Romanian jurist and politician. A former member of the Democratic Party and of the National Liberal Party , he was a member of the Romanian Chamber of Deputies for Bucharest in 1990 and from 1992 to 1996, and for Braşov County from 1996 to 2004. In the Petre Roman cabinet, he... |
12 December 1996 | 11 February 1998 | PD | ||||
| 95 | Constantin Dudu Ionescu | 12 February 1998 | 16 April 1998 | PNŢCD | ||||
| 96 | Victor Babiuc Victor Babiuc Victor Babiuc is a Romanian jurist and politician. A former member of the Democratic Party and of the National Liberal Party , he was a member of the Romanian Chamber of Deputies for Bucharest in 1990 and from 1992 to 1996, and for Braşov County from 1996 to 2004. In the Petre Roman cabinet, he... |
16 April 1998 | 13 March 2000 | PD | ||||
| 97 | Sorin Frunzăverde Sorin Frunzaverde Sorin Frunzăverde is a Romanian politician, president of the Caras-Severin County Council, former Member of the European Parliament.... i |
13 March 2000 | 28 December 2000 | Isărescu I Isarescu I Cabinet 1999–2000Coalition members: , , , , and... |
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| 98 | Ioan Mircea Paşcu Ioan Mircea Pascu "Ioan Pascu" redirects here. For the actor, see Ioan Gyuri PascuIoan Mircea Pașcu is a Romanian politician, a Member of the European Parliament and a former Minister of Defense in the Adrian Năstase cabinet... |
28 December 2000 | 28 December 2004 | Năstase I Nastase I Cabinet 2000 – December 29, 2004Coalition members: , , and Prime Minister:*Adrian Năstase/Eugen BejinariuMinisters of State:*Alexandru Athanasiu*Ioan Rus*Marian Săniuţă*Dan Ioan Popescu*Ioan TalpeşMinisters:... |
PDSR/PSD Social Democratic Party (Romania) The Social Democratic Party is the major social-democratic political party in Romania. It was formed in 1992, after the post-communist National Salvation Front broke apart. It adopted its present name after a merger with a minor social-democratic party in 2001. Since its formation, it has always... |
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| 99 | Teodor Atanasiu Teodor Atanasiu Teodor Atanasiu is a Romanian engineer and politician. A member of the National Liberal Party , he was Minister of National Defence in the Călin Popescu-Tăriceanu cabinet from December 2004 to October 2006... |
28 December 2004 | 25 October 2006 | Tăriceanu I Tariceanu I Cabinet The first Tăriceanu Cabinet was the cabinet of the government of Romania led by Călin Popescu-Tăriceanu between December 29, 2004 and April 5, 2007... |
PNL National Liberal Party (Romania) The National Liberal Party , abbreviated to PNL, is a centre-right liberal party in Romania. It is the third-largest party in the Romanian Parliament, with 53 seats in the Chamber of Deputies and 22 in the Senate: behind the centre-right Democratic Liberal Party and the centre-left Social... |
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100 | Sorin Frunzăverde Sorin Frunzaverde Sorin Frunzăverde is a Romanian politician, president of the Caras-Severin County Council, former Member of the European Parliament.... ii |
25 October 2006 | 10 April 2007 | Tăriceanu I Tariceanu I Cabinet The first Tăriceanu Cabinet was the cabinet of the government of Romania led by Călin Popescu-Tăriceanu between December 29, 2004 and April 5, 2007... |
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| 101 | Teodor Meleşcanu Teodor Melescanu Teodor Viorel Meleşcanu is a Romanian politician, diplomat and jurist. Currently serving as senator for the National Liberal Party , he was Minister of Defense between 2007 and 2008, and Minister of Foreign Affairs between 1992 and 1996... |
10 April 2007 | 22 December 2008 | Tăriceanu II | PNL National Liberal Party (Romania) The National Liberal Party , abbreviated to PNL, is a centre-right liberal party in Romania. It is the third-largest party in the Romanian Parliament, with 53 seats in the Chamber of Deputies and 22 in the Senate: behind the centre-right Democratic Liberal Party and the centre-left Social... |
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102 | Mihai Stănişoară Mihai Stănişoară Mihai Stănişoară is a Romanian engineer and politician. A member of the Democratic Liberal Party , he was a member of the Romanian Chamber of Deputies for Mehedinţi County from 2000 until March 2007, and has sat in the Romanian Senate since December 2008, representing the same county... |
22 December 2008 | 23 December 2009 | Boc I | PD-L Democratic Liberal Party (Romania) The Democratic Liberal Party is a populist, centre-right party in Romania. It was formed on 15 December 2007, when the Democratic Party merged with the Liberal Democratic Party. From 2004 to 2007, the Democratic Party was part of the governing Justice and Truth Alliance... |
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| 103 | Gabriel Oprea Gabriel Oprea Gabriel Oprea is a Romanian soldier and politician. A member of the National Union for the Progress of Romania and a former member of the Social Democratic Party , he has been a member of the Romanian Chamber of Deputies for Ilfov County since 2004... |
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Romania used the Julian calendar
Julian calendar
The Julian calendar began in 45 BC as a reform of the Roman calendar by Julius Caesar. It was chosen after consultation with the astronomer Sosigenes of Alexandria and was probably designed to approximate the tropical year .The Julian calendar has a regular year of 365 days divided into 12 months...
until 1919, but all dates are given in the Gregorian calendar
Gregorian calendar
The Gregorian calendar, also known as the Western calendar, or Christian calendar, is the internationally accepted civil calendar. It was introduced by Pope Gregory XIII, after whom the calendar was named, by a decree signed on 24 February 1582, a papal bull known by its opening words Inter...
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The following party abbreviations are used:
| PNL = National Liberal Party National Liberal Party (Romania) The National Liberal Party , abbreviated to PNL, is a centre-right liberal party in Romania. It is the third-largest party in the Romanian Parliament, with 53 seats in the Chamber of Deputies and 22 in the Senate: behind the centre-right Democratic Liberal Party and the centre-left Social... |
PC = Conservative Party |
| PNR = Romanian National Party Romanian National Party The Romanian National Party , initially known as the Romanian National Party in Transylvania and Banat , was a political party which was initially designed to offer ethnic representation to Romanians in the Kingdom of Hungary, the Transleithanian half of Austria-Hungary, and especially to those in... |
PP = People's Party |
| PCD = Conservative-Democratic Party | PNŢ = National Peasants' Party National Peasants' Party The National Peasants' Party was a Romanian political party, formed in 1926 through the fusion of the Romanian National Party from Transylvania and the Peasants' Party . It was in power between 1928 and 1933, with brief interruptions... |
| PND = Democratic Nationalist Party | PNC = National Christian Party National Christian Party The National Christian Party was a Romanian political party, the product of a union between Octavian Goga's National Agrarian Party and A. C. Cuza's National-Christian Defense League; a prominent member of the party was the philosopher Nichifor Crainic... |
| FRN = National Renaissance Front National Renaissance Front The National Renaissance Front was a fascist Romanian political party created by King Carol II in 1938 as the single monopoly party of government following his decision to ban all other political parties and suspend the 1923 Constitution, and the passing of the 1938 Constitution of Romania... (from 1940 PN; Party of the Nation) |
FP = Ploughmen's Front Ploughmen's Front The Ploughmen's Front was a Romanian left-wing agrarian-inspired political organisation of ploughmen, founded at Deva in 1933 and led by Petru Groza. At its peak in 1946, the Front had over 1 million members.-History:... |
| PMR = Romanian Workers' Party Romanian Communist Party The Romanian Communist Party was a communist political party in Romania. Successor to the Bolshevik wing of the Socialist Party of Romania, it gave ideological endorsement to communist revolution and the disestablishment of Greater Romania. The PCR was a minor and illegal grouping for much of the... (from 1965 PCR; Romanian Communist Party) |
FSN = National Salvation Front |
| PDSR = Party of Social Democracy in Romania Social Democratic Party (Romania) The Social Democratic Party is the major social-democratic political party in Romania. It was formed in 1992, after the post-communist National Salvation Front broke apart. It adopted its present name after a merger with a minor social-democratic party in 2001. Since its formation, it has always... (from 2001 PSD; Social Democratic Party) |
PNŢCD = Christian-Democratic National Peasants' Party Christian-Democratic National Peasants' Party (Romania) The Christian-Democratic National Peasants' Party is a Romanian Christian-Democratic party... |
| PSDR = Romanian Social Democratic Party Romanian Social Democratic Party (defunct) The Romanian Social Democratic Party was a social-democratic political party in Romania. It published the magazine România Muncitoare, and later Socialismul, Lumea Nouă, and Libertatea.-Early party:... |
PD = Democratic Party |
| PD-L = Democratic Liberal Party Democratic Liberal Party (Romania) The Democratic Liberal Party is a populist, centre-right party in Romania. It was formed on 15 December 2007, when the Democratic Party merged with the Liberal Democratic Party. From 2004 to 2007, the Democratic Party was part of the governing Justice and Truth Alliance... |
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| Mil. = Military | Ind. = Independent |
See also
- Romanian Armed ForcesRomanian Armed ForcesThe Land Forces, Air Force and Naval Forces of Romania are collectively known as the Romanian Armed Forces...
- Direcţia Generală de Informaţii a ApărăriiDirectia Generala de Informatii a AparariiDirecţia Generală de Informaţii a Apărării is Romania's military intelligence agency, subordinated to the Ministry of National Defense.DGIA is organized into 2 directorates:...
- Detaşamentul de Intervenţie RapidăDetasamentul de Interventie RapidaDetaşamentul Special de Protecţie şi Intervenţie of the Romanian Ministry of Defense is an elite special operations unit of the Romanian military...