Ministry of National Defence (Romania)

Ministry of National Defense

Ministerul Apărării Naționale
Coat of arms of the Romanian Ministry of Defence
Headquarters of the ministry in central Bucharest
Agency overview
Formed	28 November 1858
Jurisdiction	Government of Romania
Headquarters	Strada Izvor 13–15, Sector 5, Bucharest 44°25′39.45″N 25°4′40″E
Minister responsible	Angel Tîlvăr
Child agency	Direcția Generală de Informații a Apărării Detașamentul de Intervenție Rapidă
Website	www.mapn.ro

The Ministry of National Defence (Romanian: Ministerul Apărării Naționale — MApN) is one of the eighteen ministries of the Government of Romania.

The current acting Minister of National Defence is Angel Tîlvăr.

Ministry

Military spending as a percentage of GDP.

The Ministry of National Defence is the specialized body of the central public administration submitted to the Government conducting the national defence 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 Defence is responsible to the Parliament, the Supreme Council of National Defence and the Government for implementation of provisions of the Constitution, laws in force, decisions of the Supreme Council of National Defence and of the Government, of international treaties ratified by Romania in fields of its activity.

Structure and function

The Ministry of National Defence is structured on central structures. MoND central structures subordinated to the minister of National Defence:

• Department of Euro-Atlantic Integration and Defence Policy

Coordinates the Euro-Atlantic integration process and the development of military international relations, is in charge of the defence policy enforcement, ensures the integrated defence planning and controls the research activity in its area of responsibility.

Department of Relations with the Parliament, Legislative Harmonization and Public Relations, Gabriel Leș

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 defence 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 Defence 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 Defence.

• Inspectorate of the Ministry of National Defence

The structure through which the minister of National Defence 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 Defence.

• General Secretariat

Controls the subordinated directorates and services established by order of minister of National Defence 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 Defence.

• 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 exposit verifications on patrimony administration and use of the public money according to the criteria of efficiency and economy.

The minister of National Defence 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 Defence only regarding the aspects established by common order of minister of National Defence, minister of Justice and General Prosecutor.

The Ministry of National Defence subordinates the service staffs, commands, directorates, education and research institutes, formations and other structures.

The Ministry of National Defence is led and represented by the minister of National Defence. The minister of National Defence in exercising the leadership is assisted by State Secretaries and chief of the General Staff.

At the Ministry of National Defence level exist: - College of Ministry of National Defence with consultative role; - Council of Defence Planning with deliberative role.

List of ministers

Flag of the Romanian minister of national defence

Minister title	No.	Name	Term start	Term end	Cabinet	Party
United Principalities
Minister of War Ministru de Război	1	Prince Ioan Grigore Ghicai	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
	(1)	Prince Ioan Grigore Ghicaii	11 May 1866	5 August 1866
	7	Colonel Nicolae Haralambie	6 August 1866	7 February 1867
	8	General Tobias Gherghely	8 February 1867	23 May 1867
	9	General Gheorghe Adrian	24 May 1867	11 August 1868
	10	Ion C. Brătianui	12 August 1868	15 November 1868		PNL
	11	Colonel Ioan Duca	16 November 1868	13 January 1869
	12	General Gheorghe Manui	14 July 1869	17 December 1870
	13	Colonel Pencovici Eustasie	18 December 1870	10 March 1871
	14	General Christian Tell	11 March 1871	13 March 1871
	(2)	General Ion Emanoil Florescuii	14 March 1871	26 April 1876
	15	General Gheorghe Slăniceanu	27 April 1876	1 April 1877
	16	General Alexandru Cernati	2 April 1877	19 August 1877
	(16)	General Alexandru Cernatii	19 March 1878	24 November 1878
	17	Colonel Nicolae Dabija	8 January 1879	10 July 1879
	(6)	Major Dimitrie Leccaii	11 July 1879	28 April 1880
Kingdom of Romania
Minister of War Ministru de Război	(10)	Ion C. Brătianuii	1 August 1882	22 June 1884		PNL
	18	General Ștefan Fălcoianu	23 June 1884	12 January 1886
	19	General Alexandru Anghelescu	21 February 1886	4 November 1887
	(10)	Ion C. Brătianuiii	5 November 1887	23 March 1888		PNL
	20	General Constantin Barozzi	23 March 1888	11 November 1888
	(12)	General Gheorghe Manuii	12 November 1888	4 November 1889
	22	General Matei Vlădescu	5 November 1889	20 February 1891
	23	General Iacob Lahovaryi	21 February 1891	21 February 1894
	24	Lascăr Catargiu	22 February 1894	11 June 1894		PC
	25	Constantin Poenaru	12 June 1894	3 October 1895
	26	Constantin I. Stoicescu	21 November 1896	24 November 1896
	27	General Anton Berindei	25 November 1896	10 April 1899
	(29)	General Iacob Lahovaryii	11 April 1899	13 February 1901
	30	D. A. Sturza	14 February 1901	21 December 1904		PNL
	(12)	General Gheorghe Manuiii	22 December 1904	11 March 1906
	31	General Alexandru Averescu	13 March 1906	3 March 1909
	32	Toma Stelian	4 March 1909	31 October 1909
	33	General Grigore C. Crăiniceanu	1 November 1909	28 December 1910
	34	Nicolae Filipescu	29 December 1910	27 March 1912
	35	General Ioan Argetoianu	29 March 1912	13 October 1912
	36	General Constantin Harjeui	14 October 1912	3 January 1914
	37	Ion I. C. Brătianui	4 January 1914	14 August 1916		PNL
	38	Vintilă Brătianui	15 August 1916	9 July 1917		PNL
	(38)	Vintilă Brătianuii	9 July 1917	19 July 1917		PNL
	39	General Constantin Iancovescu	20 July 1917	5 March 1918
	(36)	General Constantin Harjeuii	6 March 1918	23 October 1918
	40	General Eremia Grigorescu	24 October 1918	28 November 1918
	41	General Arthur Văitoianu	29 November 1918	26 September 1919
	42	General Ioan Rășcanui	27 September 1919	1 March 1920
	43	General Traian Moșoiu	2 March 1920	11 March 1920
	(42)	General Ioan Rășcanuii	12 March 1920	15 December 1921
	44	General Ștefan Holban	17 December 1921	18 January 1922
	(37)	Ion I. C. Brătianuii	19 January 1922	19 April 1922		PNL
	45	General Gheorghe Mărdărescu	20 April 1922	29 March 1926
	46	General Ludovic Mircescu	30 March 1926	3 June 1927
	47	General Paul Angelescui	4 June 1927	9 November 1928
	48	General Henri Cihoski	10 November 1928	4 April 1930
	49	Iuliu Maniu	5 April 1930	13 April 1930		PNȚ
	50	General Nicolae Condeescu	14 April 1930	18 April 1931
	51	General Amza C. Ștefănescu	19 April 1931	11 August 1932
	52	General Nicolae Samsonovici	11 August 1932	14 November 1933
	53	General Nicolae Uica	14 November 1933	1 June 1934
	54	Gheorghe Tătărescu	1 June 1934	26 July 1934		PNL
	(47)	General Paul Anghelescuii	27 July 1934	8 August 1937
	55	Aviation General Radu Irimescu	28 August 1937	4 September 1937
	56	Division General Constantin Ilasievici	4 September 1937	27 December 1937
	57	Division General Ion Antonescui	28 December 1937	30 March 1938		Mil.
	58	Division General Gheorghe Argeșanu	30 March 1938	13 October 1938
	59	Division General Nicolae Ciupercă	13 October 1938	1 February 1939
	60	Armand Călinescu	1 February 1939	21 September 1939
	61	Army Corps General Ioan Ilcuș	21 September 1939	4 July 1940
	62	General Constantin Nicolescu	4 July 1940	4 September 1940
	(57)	Division General Ion Antonescuii	4 September 1940	27 January 1941		Mil.
	63	General Iosif Iacobici	27 January 1941	22 September 1941
	(57)	Division General Ion Antonescuiii	22 September 1941	23 January 1942		Mil.
	64	General Constantin Pantazi	23 January 1942	23 August 1944		Mil.
	65	Army Corps General Ioan-Mihai Racoviță	24 August 1944	5 November 1944		Mil.
	66	Army Corps General Constantin Sănătescu	6 November 1944	6 December 1944		Mil.
	67	Army Corps General Ion Negulescu	7 December 1944	6 March 1945		Mil.
	68	Army Corps General Constantin Vasiliu-Rășcanu	7 March 1945	29 November 1946		Mil.
	69	Army Corps General Mihail Lascăr	29 November 1946	27 December 1947		Mil.
Romanian People's Republic / Socialist Republic of Romania
Minister of War Ministru de Război	70	Army General Emil Bodnăraș	27 December 1947	3 October 1955		Mil./PMR
Minister of National Defence Ministrul Apărării Naționale	71	Army General Leontin Sălăjan	3 October 1955	28 August 1966		Mil./PCR
	72	Army General Ioan Ioniță	29 October 1966	16 June 1976		Mil.
	73	Colonel General Ioan Coman	16 June 1976	29 March 1980		Mil.
	74	Colonel General Constantin Olteanu	29 March 1980	16 December 1985		Mil.
	75	Colonel General Vasile Milea	16 December 1985	22 December 1989		Mil.
Romania since 1989
Minister of National Defence Ministrul Apărării Naționale	76	Army General Nicolae Militaru	22 December 1989	16 February 1990		Mil.
	77	Army General Victor Stănculescu	16 February 1990	29 April 1991		Mil.
	78	Lieutenant General Niculae Spiroiu	30 April 1991	6 March 1994		Mil.
	79	Gheorghe Tinca	6 March 1994	12 December 1996	Văcăroiu Cabinet
	80	Victor Babiuc	12 December 1996	11 February 1998		PD
	81	Constantin Dudu Ionescu	12 February 1998	16 April 1998		PNȚCD
	82	Victor Babiuc	16 April 1998	13 March 2000		PD
	83	Sorin Frunzăverdei	13 March 2000	28 December 2000	Isărescu Cabinet	PD
	84	Ioan Mircea Pașcu	28 December 2000	28 December 2004	Năstase cabinet	PDSR/PSD
	85	Teodor Atanasiu	28 December 2004	25 October 2006	Tăriceanu I	PNL
Minister of Defence Ministrul Apărării	(83)	Sorin Frunzăverdeii	25 October 2006	10 April 2007		PD
	86	Teodor Meleșcanu	10 April 2007	22 December 2008	Tăriceanu II	PNL
Minister of National Defence Ministrul Apărării Naționale	87	Mihai Stănișoară	22 December 2008	23 December 2009	Boc I	PD-L
	88	Gabriel Oprea	23 December 2009	9 February 2012	Boc II	Indep./UNPR
			9 February 2012	7 May 2012	Ungureanu
	89	Corneliu Dobrițoiu	7 May 2012	20 December 2012	Ponta I	PNL
	90	Mircea Dușa	21 December 2012	17 November 2015	Ponta II/Ponta III/Ponta IV	PSD
	91	Mihnea Motoc	17 November 2015	4 January 2017	Cioloș	Independent
	92	Gabriel-Beniamin Leș	4 January 2017	29 June 2017	Grindeanu	PSD
	93	Adrian Țuțuianu	29 June 2017	5 September 2017	Tudose	PSD
	94	Mihai Fifor	12 September 2017	20 November 2018	Tudose/Dăncilă	PSD
	(92)	Gabriel-Beniamin Leș	20 November 2018	4 November 2019	Dăncilă	PSD
	95	Nicolae Ciucă	4 November 2019	25 November 2021	Orban I/Orban II	Independent
	96	Vasile Dîncu	25 November 2021	24 October 2022	Ciucă	PSD
	97	Angel Tîlvăr	1 November 2022	Incumbent	Ciucă/Ciolacu	PSD

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

The following party abbreviations are used:

PNL = National Liberal Party	PC = Conservative Party
PNR = Romanian National Party	PP = People's Party
PCD = Conservative-Democratic Party	PNȚ = National Peasants' Party
PND = Democratic Nationalist Party	PNC = National Christian Party
FRN = National Renaissance Front (from 1940 PN; Party of the Nation)	FP = Ploughmen's Front
PMR = Romanian Workers' Party (from 1965 PCR; Romanian Communist Party)	FSN = National Salvation Front
PDSR = Party of Social Democracy in Romania (from 2001 PSD; Social Democratic Party)	PNȚCD = Christian Democratic National Peasants' Party
PSDR = Romanian Social Democratic Party	PD = Democratic Party
	PD-L = Democratic Liberal Party
Mil. = Military	Ind. = Independent

See also

• Romanian Armed Forces
• Direcția Generală de Informații a Apărării
• Detașamentul de Intervenție Rapidă

External links

• Official site
• Ministry of National Defence on Facebook
• Official site of the Government of Romania
• MApN website