The Romanian General Staff, officially the General Staff of Defence (Statul Major al Apărării) is the institution responsible for the leadership, organization and planning of the operations of the three branches of the Romanian Armed Forces: the Land Forces, the Naval Forces and the Air Force, subordinate to the Ministry of National Defense. It is led by the Chief of the Romanian General Staff, the professional head of the armed forces. It was established on 24 November 1859 as the General Staff and was renamed in 2018 under its current name.
History On 24 November 1859, the General Staff was established by order of Prince Alexandru Ioan Cuza. On 13 May 1865, the General Staff was temporarily dissolved, with its duties falling to Directorate I of the Ministry of War. In 1894, the General Staff ceases to be a department of the ministry and becomes a "special service" within it. On 28 April 1932, it was declared via law no. 125 that "The Army General Staff is the body through which the Ministry of National Defense directs, manages and controls the war preparation of the army." In July 1994, after the Romanian revolution, the Grand Staff received the name of the General Staff. In 2018, the General Staff becomes the General Staff of Defense.
Structure
Directorates
Personnel and Mobilisation Directorate Operations Directorate Logistics Directorate Strategic Planning Directorate Communications and Information Technology Directorate Training and Doctrine Directorate Infrastructure and Equipment Planning Directorate Medical Directorate
Service branches staffs
Land Forces Staff Air Forces Staff Naval Forces Staff
International Delegations
Military Delegation to NATO and the EU National Liaison Delegation at the Allied Command Transformation Delegation to the Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe
Commands
National Military Command Center Cyber-Defence Command Communications and Informatics Command Joint Forces Command Special Operations Forces Command Joint Logistics Command
Subordinate organizations
Military Technical Academy "Ferdinand I" National Defence University "Carol I" Defence Geospatial Information Agency Romanian National Military Archive National Military Museum "King Ferdinand" National Cataloguisation Bureau
Leaders FunctionRankNameChief of the General StaffGeneralGheorghiță VladDeputy Chief of the General StaffLieutenant GeneralDragos-Dumitru IacobDeputy Chief of General Staff for Operations and TrainingLieutenant GeneralJulian BerdilaDeputy Chief of Defence Staff for ResourcesMajor GeneralMircea GologanDeputy Chief of the General Staff for PlanningMajor GeneralAdrian BrînzaDirector of the Defense General StaffMajor GeneralValentin BrînzeiCommanding Officer of the Defense General StaffAdjutant Platoon LeaderFlorea SasHead of the Personnel and Mobilization DepartmentMajor GeneralJulian DaniliucHead of Operations Department - -Head of Logistics Department - -Head of the Strategic Planning Department - -Head of the Communications and Information Technology Department - -Head of the Training and Doctrine DirectorateBrigadier GeneralIlie-Marian DragomirHead of the Structures and Endowment Planning DepartmentBrigadier GeneralCornel Tonea-Bălan
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