Teodor Frunzeti

"General-locotenent" Teodor Frunzeti (b. September 4, 1955, Bucharest) is the current chief of the Romanian Land Forces Staff.

Education

*"Nicolae Bălcescu" Military Academy , Sibiu - 1977
*National Defense University, Joint Section, Bucharest - 1987
*Military Higher Education Instructors Course, Bucharest - 1991
*Joint Postgraduate Course, Bucharest - 1993
*NATO School, Germany - 1995
*Microcomputer operation course, 1995
*Advanced French Course, Canada - 1995
*PhD in Military Art and Science - 1996
*Advanced English Course, USA - 1997
*US Army Command and General Staff College, USA - 1998
*United Nations Senior management Seminar, New York and Oslo - 2004
*NATO Defense College, Rome - 2005
*Senior Executive Seminar at the George C. Marshall Center for Security Studies, Germany - 2006
*International Defense Transformation Course at Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, California, USA - 2006
*PhD in political sciences - 2006
*Associate university professor and PhD coordinator at the National Defense University, Bucharest
*Associate university professor at the "Lucian Blaga" University, Sibiu

He is author and co-author of 13 books related to military activity and also of 114 specialty articles.

Positions

*1977 - 1980 - platoon leader at the 1st Mechanized Regiment
*1980 - 1985 - instructor at the Patriotic Guards, Bucharest
*1985 - 1987 - student-officer of the National Defense University, Bucharest
*1987 - 1989 - chief of operations and deputy chief of staff at the 1st Mechanized Regiment
*1989 - 1990 - chief of staff at the 452nd Engineer Battalion
*1990 - staff officer at the Operations Division within the 1st Army Command
*1990 - 1998- lecturer and professor at the National Defense University
*1998 - 2000 - university professor, pro-rector and deputy commander of the Land Forces Military Academy, Sibiu
*2000 - 2002 - Chief of Defense Strategies Section at J5 Strategic Planning Directorate, General Staff
*2002 - 2003 - 33rd Mechanized Brigade commander and 10th Territorial Corps deputy commander
*2003 - 2004 - Chief of Training and Doctrine (and Army General Inspector) and Commander of the Land Forces Command
*2004 - 2006 - Commander of the "Marshal Alexandru Averescu" 2nd Joint Operational Command
* since November 3, 2006 - Chief of the Land Forces Staff

National awards

*"Faithful Service" National Cross
*"In the Service of the Armed Forces" Honorary Sign

Personal life

Teodor Frunzeti is married and has one child.

External links

* [http://www.en.forter.ro/index.php?leg=frunzeti General Frunzeti's biography on the Romanian Land Forces website]