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The Romanian Armed Forces have four ranks of general officer, in ascending order of rank: Brigadier General, Major General, Lieutenant General, General. In cases of exceptional military service, the President of Romania may award a general the rank of Mareșal, or Marshal of Romania, the highest military rank in the Romanian Armed Forces.
The Military ranks of Romania are the military insignia used by the Romanian Armed Forces. ... General: General-locotenent: General-maior: General de brigadă ...
Romania has taken part in the War in Afghanistan since July 2002, with Romanian contingent being increased from 962 to more than 1,500 troops in 2009. [ 35 ] [ 36 ] The armed forces also took part in the War in Iraq from 2003 to August 2009, in which the losses of the Romanian contingent amounted to 3 soldiers killed and at least 11 wounded.
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 ...
After King Michael's Coup of August 1944, Constantinescu-Claps received the Order of Michael the Brave, 3rd class, and was promoted to general (reserve) in September 1944. Once the Communist regime was established in Romania, he was arrested in September 1951, and incarcerated at Văcărești Prison. [1]
The current chief of the Romanian Air Force Staff is Lieutenant general Leonard-Gabriel Baraboi, who succeeded Lieutenant general Viorel Pană on 29 November 2023. [3] [5] The Romanian Air Force was first formed as the Military Aeronautics Service on 1 April 1913, transformed into the Romanian Air Corps in 1915.
Ion Mihai Pacepa (Romanian pronunciation: [iˈon miˈhaj paˈt͡ʃepa]; 28 October 1928 – 14 February 2021) was a Romanian lieutenant general in the Securitate, the secret police of the Socialist Republic of Romania, who defected to the United States in July 1978 following President Jimmy Carter's approval of his request for political asylum.
Chiefs of the General Staff of Romania (23 P) G. Romanian Gendarmerie generals (4 P) L. Romanian Land Forces generals (1 C, 166 P) S. Securitate generals (6 P) W.