Lieutenant General Teodor Frunzeti (born September 4, 1955, Bucharest) was the chief of the Romanian Land Forces Staff from 3 November 2006 to 17 March 2009.
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 City 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
Honours
National honours Romanian Royal Family: 52nd Knight of the Royal Decoration of the Cross of the Romanian Royal House Romanian Republic: Recipiennt of the Faithful Service Cross
Foreign honours : Officer of the Order of the Legion of Honour
Personal life Teodor Frunzeti is married and has one child.
References
External links General Frunzeti's biography on the Romanian Land Forces website