Ministry of National Defence of Romania
Encyclopedia
The Ministry of National Defense is one of the fifteen ministries of the Government of Romania
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 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
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
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...

Minister of War
Ministru de Război
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...

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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...

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
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8 January 1879 10 July 1879
21 Major Dimitrie Leccaii 11 July 1879 28 April 1880
Kingdom of Romania
Kingdom of Romania
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Minister of War
Ministru de Război
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...

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...

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...

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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...

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...

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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...

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...

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...

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...

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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...

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...

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...

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...

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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...

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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...

Minister of War
Ministru de Război
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...

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
Minister of National Defense
Ministrul Apărării Naţionale
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:...

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
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i
13 March 2000 28 December 2000 Isărescu I
Isarescu I Cabinet
1999–2000Coalition members: , , , , and...

PD
98 Ioan Mircea Paşcu
Ioan Mircea Pascu
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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...

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...

Minister of Defense
Ministrul Apărării
100 Sorin Frunzăverde
Sorin Frunzaverde
Sorin Frunzăverde is a Romanian politician, president of the Caras-Severin County Council, former Member of the European Parliament....

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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...

PD
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...

Minister of National Defense
Ministrul Apărării Naţionale
102 Mihai Stănişoară
Mihai Stănişoară
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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...

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...

23 December 2009 Boc IV Indep.


Romania used the Julian calendar
Julian calendar
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 until 1919, but all dates are given in the Gregorian calendar
Gregorian calendar
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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...

Mil. = Military Ind. = Independent

See also

  • Romanian Armed Forces
    Romanian Armed Forces
    The Land Forces, Air Force and Naval Forces of Romania are collectively known as the Romanian Armed Forces...

  • Direcţia Generală de Informaţii a Apărării
    Directia Generala de Informatii a Apararii
    Direcţia 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 Rapidă
    Detasamentul de Interventie Rapida
    Detaşamentul Special de Protecţie şi Intervenţie of the Romanian Ministry of Defense is an elite special operations unit of the Romanian military...


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