# Commander of the Navy (Romania)

The Commander of the Romanian Navy (Romanian: Comandant al Marinei Militare Române) is the chief commanding authority of the Romanian Navy. The position dates to the period of the United Principalities. The current Commander of the Romanian Navy, since 1 July 2020, is Mihai Panait.

## List of Commanders
### United Principalities (1860–1881)

| No. | Name | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Ref. |
| 1 | Steriade, NicolaeColonel Nicolae Steriade [ro] | 22 October 1860 | 27 December 1863 | 3 years, 66 days | |
| 2 | Petrescu, ConstantinColonel Constantin Petrescu [ro] | 27 December 1863 | 11 February 1866 | 2 years, 46 days | – |
| 3 | Murguleț, ScarlatMajor Scarlat Murguleț [ro] (1831–?) | 17 March 1867 | 30 April 1867 | 44 days | |
| 4 | Barbieri, AntonMajor Anton Barbieri [ro] | 17 March 1867 | 30 April 1867 | 44 days | |
| 5 | Boteanu, EmanoilMajor Emanoil Boteanu [ro] (1836–1897) | 30 April 1867 | 1 January 1874 | 6 years, 246 days | |
| 6 | Dimitrescu, NicolaeGeneral Nicolae Dimitrescu-Maican [ro] (1846–1902) | 1 January 1874 | 10 December 1874 | 343 days | |
| 7 | Murgescu, IoanCounter admiral Ioan Murgescu [ro] (1846–1913) | 10 December 1874 | 1 April 1877 | 2 years, 112 days | |
| (6) | Dimitrescu, NicolaeGeneral Nicolae Dimitrescu-Maican [ro] (1846–1902) | 1 April 1877 | 1 December 1877 | 244 days | |
| (7) | Murgescu, IoanCounter admiral Ioan Murgescu [ro] (1846–1913) | 1 December 1877 | 8 April 1879 | 1 year, 128 days | |
| (6) | Dimitrescu, NicolaeGeneral Nicolae Dimitrescu-Maican [ro] (1846–1902) | 8 April 1879 | 14 March 1881 | 1 year, 340 days | |

### Kingdom of Romania (1881–1947)

| No. | Name | Took office | Left office | Time in office |
| 1 | Dimitrescu, NicolaeGeneral Nicolae Dimitrescu-Maican [ro] (1846–1902) | 14 March 1881 | 10 May 1888 | 7 years, 57 days |
| 2 | Murgescu, IoanCounter admiral Ioan Murgescu [ro] (1846–1913) | 10 May 1888 | 1 April 1901 | 12 years, 326 days |
| 3 | Koslinski, EmanoilCounter admiral Emanoil Koslinski [ro] (1853–1909) | 1 April 1901 | 1 April 1909 † | 8 years, 0 days |
| 4 | Sebastian, EustațiuCounter admiral Eustațiu Sebastian (1856–1943) | 1 April 1909 | 9 January 1917 | 7 years, 283 days |
| 5 | Negru, NicolaeCommodore Nicolae Negru [ro] | 9 January 1917 | 1 June 1918 | 1 year, 143 days |
| 6 | Bălescu, ConstantinVice admiral Constantin Bălescu [ro] (1864–1929) | 1 June 1918 | 3 November 1920 | 2 years, 155 days |
| 7 | Niculescu, ConstantinCounter admiral Constantin Niculescu-Rizea [ro] | 3 November 1920 | 30 October 1925 | 4 years, 361 days |
| 8 | Scodrea, VasileVice admiral Vasile Scodrea [ro] (1872–1934) | 30 October 1925 | 13 January 1934 | 8 years, 75 days |
| 9 | Bălănescu, IoanVice admiral Ioan Bălănescu [ro] | 13 January 1934 | 2 November 1937 | 3 years, 293 days |
| 10 | Bărbuneanu, PetreAdmiral Petre Bărbuneanu [ro] (1881–1979) | 2 November 1937 | 6 September 1940 | 2 years, 309 days |
| 11 | Roșca, EugeniuVice admiral Eugeniu Roșca [ro] (?–1950) | 21 September 1940 | 16 June 1942 | 1 year, 268 days |
| 12 | Georgescu, IoanVice admiral Ioan Georgescu [ro] (1891–1977) | 16 June 1942 | 27 March 1945 | 2 years, 284 days |
| (10) | Bărbuneanu, PetreAdmiral Petre Bărbuneanu [ro] (1881–1979) | 27 March 1945 | 10 December 1946 | 1 year, 258 days |
| 13 | Săvulescu, EugeniuCommodore Eugeniu Săvulescu [ro] | 10 December 1946 | 30 December 1947 | 1 year, 20 days |

### Socialist Republic of Romania (1947–1989)

| No. | Name | Took office | Left office | Time in office |
| 1 | Săvulescu, EugeniuCommodore Eugeniu Săvulescu [ro] | 30 December 1947 | 1 November 1948 | 307 days |
| 2 | Cristescu, IoanCommodore Ioan Cristescu [ro] | 15 December 1948 | 25 August 1949 | 253 days |
| 3 | Grecescu, EmilVice admiral Emil Grecescu [ro] (1905–1981) | 25 August 1949 | 20 September 1952 | 3 years, 26 days |
| 4 | Diaconu, FloreaCounter admiral Florea Diaconu [ro] (1922–1980) | 20 September 1952 | 13 April 1954 | 1 year, 205 days |
| 5 | Nicolae, MihailCounter admiral Mihail Nicolae [ro] (1920–?) | 13 April 1954 | 18 March 1959 | 4 years, 339 days |
| (4) | Diaconu, FloreaCounter admiral Florea Diaconu [ro] (1922–1980) | 30 March 1959 | 19 April 1961 | 2 years, 20 days |
| 6 | Sandu, GheorgheVice admiral Gheorghe Sandu [ro] (1921–2000) | 19 April 1961 | 29 November 1963 | 2 years, 224 days |
| 7 | Marteș, GrigoreVice admiral Grigore Marteș [ro] (1914–1973) | 29 November 1963 | 4 July 1973 | 9 years, 217 days |
| 8 | Ulmeanu, SebastianVice admiral Sebastian Ulmeanu [ro] (1929–1979) | 13 December 1973 | 21 March 1979 | 5 years, 98 days |
| 9 | Mușat, IoanVice admiral Ioan Mușat [ro] (1929–1979) | 21 March 1979 | 30 December 1989 | 10 years, 284 days |

### Romania (1989–present)

| No. | Name | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Ref. |
| 1 | Aron, MihaiAdmiral Mihai Aron [ro] (1927–1994) | 30 December 1989 | 12 April 1990 | 103 days | |
| 2 | Anghelescu, GheorgheVice admiral Gheorghe Anghelescu [ro] (1934–2008) | 26 April 1990 | 1 May 1997 | 7 years, 5 days | |
| 3 | Atanasiu, TraianVice admiral Traian Atanasiu [ro] (born 1947) | 1 May 1997 | 1 January 2002 | 4 years, 245 days | |
| 4 | Rudencu, CorneliuAdmiral Corneliu Rudencu [ro] (born 1947) | 1 January 2002 | 31 March 2004 | 2 years, 90 days | |
| 5 | Marin, GheorgheAdmiral Gheorghe Marin [ro] (born 1952) | 1 April 2004 | 13 September 2006 | 2 years, 165 days | |
| 6 | Dănilă, DorinCounter admiral Dorin Dănilă (born 1953) | 3 November 2006 | 1 July 2010 | 3 years, 240 days | – |
| 7 | Popa, AurelVice admiral Aurel Popa [ro] (born 1954) | 1 July 2010 | 20 December 2013 | 3 years, 172 days | |
| 8 | Mîrșu, AlexandruCounter admiral Alexandru Mîrșu | 20 December 2013 | 24 November 2015 | 1 year, 338 days | |
| 9 | Mîrșu, AlexandruCounter admiral Daniel Căpăţînă | 23 November 2015 | 1 July 2020 | 4 years, 221 days | |
| 10 | Panait, MihaiCounter admiral Mihai Panait (born 1968) | 1 July 2020 | Incumbent | 4 years, 129 days | |