# Ministry of National Defence (Romania)

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

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

| Minister title | No. | Name | Term start | Term end | Cabinet | Party |
| United Principalities |||||||
| Minister of War Ministru de Război | 1 | Prince Ioan Grigore Ghica$^i$ | 19 July 1861 | 29 September 1862 | | |
| Minister of War Ministru de Război | 2 | General Ion Emanoil Florescu$^i$ | 30 August 1862 | 11 October 1863 | | |
| Minister of War Ministru de Război | 3 | General Alexandru Iacovache [ro] | 12 October 1863 | 11 April 1864 | | |
| Minister of War Ministru de Război | 4 | General Savel Manu [ro] | 12 April 1864 | 29 January 1866 | | |
| Minister of War Ministru de Război | 5 | Colonel Alexandru Solomon [ro] | 30 January 1866 | 10 February 1866 | | |
| Minister of War Ministru de Război | 6 | Maior Dimitrie Lecca$^i$ | 11 February 1866 | 10 May 1866 | | |
| Minister of War Ministru de Război | (1) | Prince Ioan Grigore Ghica$^{ii}$ | 11 May 1866 | 5 August 1866 | | |
| Minister of War Ministru de Război | 7 | Colonel Nicolae Haralambie | 6 August 1866 | 7 February 1867 | | |
| Minister of War Ministru de Război | 8 | General Tobias Gherghely [ro] | 8 February 1867 | 23 May 1867 | | |
| Minister of War Ministru de Război | 9 | General Gheorghe Adrian [ro] | 24 May 1867 | 11 August 1868 | | |
| Minister of War Ministru de Război | 10 | Ion C. Brătianu$^i$ | 12 August 1868 | 15 November 1868 | | PNL |
| Minister of War Ministru de Război | 11 | Colonel Ioan Duca | 16 November 1868 | 13 January 1869 | | |
| Minister of War Ministru de Război | 12 | General Gheorghe Manu$^i$ | 14 July 1869 | 17 December 1870 | | |
| Minister of War Ministru de Război | 13 | Colonel Pencovici Eustasie | 18 December 1870 | 10 March 1871 | | |
| Minister of War Ministru de Război | 14 | General Christian Tell | 11 March 1871 | 13 March 1871 | | |
| Minister of War Ministru de Război | (2) | General Ion Emanoil Florescu$^{ii}$ | 14 March 1871 | 26 April 1876 | | |
| Minister of War Ministru de Război | 15 | General Gheorghe Slăniceanu | 27 April 1876 | 1 April 1877 | | |
| Minister of War Ministru de Război | 16 | General Alexandru Cernat$^i$ | 2 April 1877 | 19 August 1877 | | |
| Minister of War Ministru de Război | (16) | General Alexandru Cernat$^{ii}$ | 19 March 1878 | 24 November 1878 | | |
| Minister of War Ministru de Război | 17 | Colonel Nicolae Dabija | 8 January 1879 | 10 July 1879 | | |
| Minister of War Ministru de Război | (6) | Major Dimitrie Lecca$^{ii}$ | 11 July 1879 | 28 April 1880 | | |
| Kingdom of Romania |||||||
| Minister of War Ministru de Război | (10) | Ion C. Brătianu$^{ii}$ | 1 August 1882 | 22 June 1884 | | PNL |
| Minister of War Ministru de Război | 18 | General Ștefan Fălcoianu | 23 June 1884 | 12 January 1886 | | |
| Minister of War Ministru de Război | 19 | General Alexandru Anghelescu | 21 February 1886 | 4 November 1887 | | |
| Minister of War Ministru de Război | (10) | Ion C. Brătianu$^{iii}$ | 5 November 1887 | 23 March 1888 | | PNL |
| Minister of War Ministru de Război | 20 | General Constantin Barozzi | 23 March 1888 | 11 November 1888 | | |
| Minister of War Ministru de Război | (12) | General Gheorghe Manu$^{ii}$ | 12 November 1888 | 4 November 1889 | | |
| Minister of War Ministru de Război | 22 | General Matei Vlădescu | 5 November 1889 | 20 February 1891 | | |
| Minister of War Ministru de Război | 23 | General Iacob Lahovary$^i$ | 21 February 1891 | 21 February 1894 | | |
| Minister of War Ministru de Război | 24 | Lascăr Catargiu | 22 February 1894 | 11 June 1894 | | PC |
| Minister of War Ministru de Război | 25 | Constantin Poenaru | 12 June 1894 | 3 October 1895 | | |
| Minister of War Ministru de Război | 26 | Constantin I. Stoicescu | 21 November 1896 | 24 November 1896 | | |
| Minister of War Ministru de Război | 27 | General Anton Berindei | 25 November 1896 | 10 April 1899 | | |
| Minister of War Ministru de Război | (29) | General Iacob Lahovary$^{ii}$ | 11 April 1899 | 13 February 1901 | | |
| Minister of War Ministru de Război | 30 | D. A. Sturza | 14 February 1901 | 21 December 1904 | | PNL |
| Minister of War Ministru de Război | (12) | General Gheorghe Manu$^{iii}$ | 22 December 1904 | 11 March 1906 | | |
| Minister of War Ministru de Război | 31 | General Alexandru Averescu | 13 March 1906 | 3 March 1909 | | |
| Minister of War Ministru de Război | 32 | Toma Stelian | 4 March 1909 | 31 October 1909 | | |
| Minister of War Ministru de Război | 33 | General Grigore C. Crăiniceanu | 1 November 1909 | 28 December 1910 | | |
| Minister of War Ministru de Război | 34 | Nicolae Filipescu | 29 December 1910 | 27 March 1912 | | |
| Minister of War Ministru de Război | 35 | General Ioan Argetoianu | 29 March 1912 | 13 October 1912 | | |
| Minister of War Ministru de Război | 36 | General Constantin Harjeu$^i$ | 14 October 1912 | 3 January 1914 | | |
| Minister of War Ministru de Război | 37 | Ion I. C. Brătianu$^i$ | 4 January 1914 | 14 August 1916 | | PNL |
| Minister of War Ministru de Război | 38 | Vintilă Brătianu$^i$ | 15 August 1916 | 9 July 1917 | | PNL |
| Minister of War Ministru de Război | (38) | Vintilă Brătianu$^{ii}$ | 9 July 1917 | 19 July 1917 | | PNL |
| Minister of War Ministru de Război | 39 | General Constantin Iancovescu | 20 July 1917 | 5 March 1918 | | |
| Minister of War Ministru de Război | (36) | General Constantin Harjeu$^{ii}$ | 6 March 1918 | 23 October 1918 | | |
| Minister of War Ministru de Război | 40 | General Eremia Grigorescu | 24 October 1918 | 28 November 1918 | | |
| Minister of War Ministru de Război | 41 | General Arthur Văitoianu | 29 November 1918 | 26 September 1919 | | |
| Minister of War Ministru de Război | 42 | General Ioan Rășcanu$^i$ | 27 September 1919 | 1 March 1920 | | |
| Minister of War Ministru de Război | 43 | General Traian Moșoiu | 2 March 1920 | 11 March 1920 | | |
| Minister of War Ministru de Război | (42) | General Ioan Rășcanu$^{ii}$ | 12 March 1920 | 15 December 1921 | | |
| Minister of War Ministru de Război | 44 | General Ștefan Holban | 17 December 1921 | 18 January 1922 | | |
| Minister of War Ministru de Război | (37) | Ion I. C. Brătianu$^{ii}$ | 19 January 1922 | 19 April 1922 | | PNL |
| Minister of War Ministru de Război | 45 | General Gheorghe Mărdărescu | 20 April 1922 | 29 March 1926 | | |
| Minister of War Ministru de Război | 46 | General Ludovic Mircescu | 30 March 1926 | 3 June 1927 | | |
| Minister of War Ministru de Război | 47 | General Paul Angelescu$^i$ | 4 June 1927 | 9 November 1928 | | |
| Minister of War Ministru de Război | 48 | General Henri Cihoski | 10 November 1928 | 4 April 1930 | | |
| Minister of War Ministru de Război | 49 | Iuliu Maniu | 5 April 1930 | 13 April 1930 | | PNȚ |
| Minister of War Ministru de Război | 50 | General Nicolae Condeescu | 14 April 1930 | 18 April 1931 | | |
| Minister of War Ministru de Război | 51 | General Amza C. Ștefănescu | 19 April 1931 | 11 August 1932 | | |
| Minister of War Ministru de Război | 52 | General Nicolae Samsonovici | 11 August 1932 | 14 November 1933 | | |
| Minister of War Ministru de Război | 53 | General Nicolae Uica | 14 November 1933 | 1 June 1934 | | |
| Minister of War Ministru de Război | 54 | Gheorghe Tătărescu | 1 June 1934 | 26 July 1934 | | PNL |
| Minister of War Ministru de Război | (47) | General Paul Anghelescu$^{ii}$ | 27 July 1934 | 8 August 1937 | | |
| Minister of War Ministru de Război | 55 | Aviation General Radu Irimescu | 28 August 1937 | 4 September 1937 | | |
| Minister of War Ministru de Război | 56 | Division General Constantin Ilasievici | 4 September 1937 | 27 December 1937 | | |
| Minister of War Ministru de Război | 57 | Division General Ion Antonescu$^i$ | 28 December 1937 | 30 March 1938 | | Mil. |
| Minister of War Ministru de Război | 58 | Division General Gheorghe Argeșanu | 30 March 1938 | 13 October 1938 | | |
| Minister of War Ministru de Război | 59 | Division General Nicolae Ciupercă | 13 October 1938 | 1 February 1939 | | |
| Minister of War Ministru de Război | 60 | Armand Călinescu | 1 February 1939 | 21 September 1939 | | |
| Minister of War Ministru de Război | 61 | Army Corps General Ioan Ilcuș | 21 September 1939 | 4 July 1940 | | |
| Minister of War Ministru de Război | 62 | General Constantin Nicolescu | 4 July 1940 | 4 September 1940 | | |
| Minister of War Ministru de Război | (57) | Division General Ion Antonescu$^{ii}$ | 4 September 1940 | 27 January 1941 | | Mil. |
| Minister of War Ministru de Război | 63 | General Iosif Iacobici | 27 January 1941 | 22 September 1941 | | |
| Minister of War Ministru de Război | (57) | Division General Ion Antonescu$^{iii}$ | 22 September 1941 | 23 January 1942 | | Mil. |
| Minister of War Ministru de Război | 64 | General Constantin Pantazi | 23 January 1942 | 23 August 1944 | | Mil. |
| Minister of War Ministru de Război | 65 | Army Corps General Ioan-Mihai Racoviță | 24 August 1944 | 5 November 1944 | | Mil. |
| Minister of War Ministru de Război | 66 | Army Corps General Constantin Sănătescu | 6 November 1944 | 6 December 1944 | | Mil. |
| Minister of War Ministru de Război | 67 | Army Corps General Ion Negulescu | 7 December 1944 | 6 March 1945 | | Mil. |
| Minister of War Ministru de Război | 68 | Army Corps General Constantin Vasiliu-Rășcanu | 7 March 1945 | 29 November 1946 | | Mil. |
| Minister of War Ministru de Război | 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 |
| Minister of National Defence Ministrul Apărării Naționale | 72 | Army General Ioan Ioniță | 29 October 1966 | 16 June 1976 | | Mil. |
| Minister of National Defence Ministrul Apărării Naționale | 73 | Colonel General Ioan Coman | 16 June 1976 | 29 March 1980 | | Mil. |
| Minister of National Defence Ministrul Apărării Naționale | 74 | Colonel General Constantin Olteanu | 29 March 1980 | 16 December 1985 | | Mil. |
| Minister of National Defence Ministrul Apărării Naționale | 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. |
| Minister of National Defence Ministrul Apărării Naționale | 77 | Army General Victor Stănculescu | 16 February 1990 | 29 April 1991 | | Mil. |
| Minister of National Defence Ministrul Apărării Naționale | 78 | Lieutenant General Niculae Spiroiu | 30 April 1991 | 6 March 1994 | | Mil. |
| Minister of National Defence Ministrul Apărării Naționale | 79 | Gheorghe Tinca | 6 March 1994 | 12 December 1996 | Văcăroiu Cabinet | |
| Minister of National Defence Ministrul Apărării Naționale | 80 | Victor Babiuc | 12 December 1996 | 11 February 1998 | | PD |
| Minister of National Defence Ministrul Apărării Naționale | 81 | Constantin Dudu Ionescu | 12 February 1998 | 16 April 1998 | | PNȚCD |
| Minister of National Defence Ministrul Apărării Naționale | 82 | Victor Babiuc | 16 April 1998 | 13 March 2000 | | PD |
| Minister of National Defence Ministrul Apărării Naționale | 83 | Sorin Frunzăverde$^i$ | 13 March 2000 | 28 December 2000 | Isărescu Cabinet | PD |
| Minister of National Defence Ministrul Apărării Naționale | 84 | Ioan Mircea Pașcu | 28 December 2000 | 28 December 2004 | Năstase cabinet | PDSR/PSD |
| Minister of National Defence Ministrul Apărării Naționale | 85 | Teodor Atanasiu | 28 December 2004 | 25 October 2006 | Tăriceanu I | PNL |
| Minister of Defence Ministrul Apărării | (83) | Sorin Frunzăverde$^{ii}$ | 25 October 2006 | 10 April 2007 | Tăriceanu I | PD |
| Minister of Defence Ministrul Apărării | 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 |
| Minister of National Defence Ministrul Apărării Naționale | 88 | Gabriel Oprea | 23 December 2009 | 9 February 2012 | Boc II | Indep./UNPR |
| Minister of National Defence Ministrul Apărării Naționale | 88 | Gabriel Oprea | 9 February 2012 | 7 May 2012 | Ungureanu | Indep./UNPR |
| Minister of National Defence Ministrul Apărării Naționale | 89 | Corneliu Dobrițoiu [ro] | 7 May 2012 | 20 December 2012 | Ponta I | PNL |
| Minister of National Defence Ministrul Apărării Naționale | 90 | Mircea Dușa | 21 December 2012 | 17 November 2015 | Ponta II/Ponta III/Ponta IV | PSD |
| Minister of National Defence Ministrul Apărării Naționale | 91 | Mihnea Motoc | 17 November 2015 | 4 January 2017 | Cioloș | Independent |
| Minister of National Defence Ministrul Apărării Naționale | 92 | Gabriel-Beniamin Leș [ro] | 4 January 2017 | 29 June 2017 | Grindeanu | PSD |
| Minister of National Defence Ministrul Apărării Naționale | 93 | Adrian Țuțuianu [ro] | 29 June 2017 | 5 September 2017 | Tudose | PSD |
| Minister of National Defence Ministrul Apărării Naționale | 94 | Mihai Fifor | 12 September 2017 | 20 November 2018 | Tudose/Dăncilă | PSD |
| Minister of National Defence Ministrul Apărării Naționale | (92) | Gabriel-Beniamin Leș [ro] | 20 November 2018 | 4 November 2019 | Dăncilă | PSD |
| Minister of National Defence Ministrul Apărării Naționale | 95 | Nicolae Ciucă | 4 November 2019 | 25 November 2021 | Orban I/Orban II | Independent |
| Minister of National Defence Ministrul Apărării Naționale | 96 | Vasile Dîncu | 25 November 2021 | 24 October 2022 | Ciucă | PSD |
| Minister of National Defence Ministrul Apărării Naționale | 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 |