- Ministry of National Defense (Romania)
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Ministry of National Defense 
Coat of arms of the Romanian Ministry of DefenseFirst: General Ion Emanoil Florescu
as Minister of War (Ministru de Război)Formation: 28 November 1858 Incumbent
since 23 December 2009
Gabriel Oprea
(UNPR)Website www.mapn.ro
The Ministry of National Defense (Romanian: Ministerul Apărării Naţionale) is one of the fifteen ministries of the Government of Romania.As of 23 December 2009[update] the Minister of Defense is Gabriel Oprea.
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Ministry
Military spending as a percentage of GDP.
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.
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 Minister of War
Ministru de Război1 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 7 Prince Ioan Grigore Ghicaii 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 12 Colonel Ioan Duca 16 November 1868 13 January 1869 13 General Gheorghe Manui 14 July 1869 17 December 1870 14 Colonel Pencovici Eustasie 18 December 1870 10 March 1871 15 General Christian Tell 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 8 January 1879 10 July 1879 21 Major Dimitrie Leccaii 11 July 1879 28 April 1880 Kingdom of Romania Minister of War
Ministru de Război22 Ion C. Brătianuii 1 August 1882 22 June 1884 PNL 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 26 General Constantin Barozzi 23 March 1888 11 November 1888 27 General Gheorghe Manuii 12 November 1888 4 November 1889 28 General Matei Vlădescu 5 November 1889 20 February 1891 29 General Iacob Lahovaryi 21 February 1891 21 February 1894 30 Lascăr Catargiu 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 Lahovaryii 11 April 1899 13 February 1901 35 D. A. Sturza 14 February 1901 21 December 1904 PNL 36 General Gheorghe Manuiii 22 December 1904 11 March 1906 37 General Alexandru Averescu 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. Brătianui 4 January 1914 14 August 1916 PNL 44 Vintilă Brătianui 15 August 1916 9 July 1917 PNL 45 Vintilă Brătianuii 9 July 1917 19 July 1917 PNL 46 General Constantin Iancovescu 20 July 1917 5 March 1918 47 General Constantin Harjeuii 6 March 1928 23 October 1918 48 General Eremia Grigorescu 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 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. Brătianuii 19 January 1922 19 April 1922 PNL 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 5 April 1930 13 April 1930 PNŢ 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 66 General Paul Anghelescuii 27 July 1934 8 August 1937 67 Aviation General Radu Irimescu 28 August 1937 4 September 1937 68 Division General Constantin Ilasievici 4 September 1937 27 December 1937 69 Division General Ion Antonescui 28 December 1937 30 March 1938 Mil 70 Division General Gheorghe Argeşanu 30 March 1938 13 October 1938 71 Division General Nicolae Ciupercă 13 October 1938 1 February 1939 72 Armand Călinescu 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 Antonescuii 6 September 1940 27 January 1941 Mil 76 General Iosif Iacobici 27 January 1941 22 September 1942 77 Division General Ion Antonescuiii 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 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 29 November 1946 27 December 1947 Mil. Communist Romania Minister of War
Ministru de Război84 Army General Emil Bodnăraş 27 December 1947 3 October 1955 Mil./PMR Minister of National Defense
Ministrul Apărării Naţionale85 Army General Leontin Sălăjan 3 October 1965 28 August 1966 Mil./PCR 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 16 December 1985 22 December 1989 Mil. Romania since 1989 Minister of National Defense
Ministrul Apărării Naţionale90 Army General Nicolae Militaru 22 December 1989 16 February 1990 Mil. 91 Army General Victor Stănculescu 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 94 Victor Babiuc 12 December 1996 11 February 1998 PD 95 Constantin Dudu Ionescu 12 February 1998 16 April 1998 PNŢCD 96 Victor Babiuc 16 April 1998 13 March 2000 PD 97 Sorin Frunzăverdei 13 March 2000 28 December 2000 Isărescu I PD 98 Ioan Mircea Paşcu 28 December 2000 28 December 2004 Năstase I PDSR/PSD 99 Teodor Atanasiu 28 December 2004 25 October 2006 Tăriceanu I PNL Minister of Defense
Ministrul Apărării100 Sorin Frunzăverdeii 25 October 2006 10 April 2007 Tăriceanu I PD 101 Teodor Meleşcanu 10 April 2007 22 December 2008 Tăriceanu II PNL Minister of National Defense
Ministrul Apărării Naţionale102 Mihai Stănişoară 22 December 2008 23 December 2009 Boc I PD-L 103 Gabriel Oprea 23 December 2009 Boc IV Indep. 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 PNŢ = 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)PNŢCD = Christian-Democratic National Peasants' Party PSDR = Romanian Social Democratic Party PD = Democratic Party PD-L = Democratic Liberal Party Mil. = Military Ind. = Independent See also
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