Commander of the Navy (Romania)
Chief of the Romanian Naval Forces | |
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Şeful Statului Major al Forţelor Navale | |
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Reports to | Chief of the General Staff |
Residence | Chief of Staff of Romanian Naval Forces |
Seat | Bucharest |
Nominator | President of Romania through presidential decree, with Minister of National Defence recommendation |
Appointer | Minister of National Defence |
Formation | 22 October 1860 |
First holder | Colonel of the United Principalities Flotilla Nicolae Steriade |
Website | https://www.navy.ro/despre/conducere_en.php |
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.[1]
List of Commanders[edit]
United Principalities (1860–1881)[edit]
No. | Portrait | Name | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Ref. |
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1 | Nicolae Steriade | Colonel22 October 1860 | 27 December 1863 | 3 years, 66 days | [2] | |
2 | Constantin Petrescu | Colonel27 December 1863 | 11 February 1866 | 2 years, 46 days | – | |
3 | Scarlat Murguleț (1831–?) | Major17 March 1867 | 30 April 1867 | 44 days | [2] | |
4 | Anton Barbieri | Major17 March 1867 | 30 April 1867 | 44 days | [2] | |
5 | Emanoil Boteanu (1836–1897) | Major30 April 1867 | 1 January 1874 | 6 years, 246 days | [2] | |
6 | Nicolae Dimitrescu-Maican (1846–1902) | General1 January 1874 | 10 December 1874 | 343 days | [2] | |
7 | Ioan Murgescu (1846–1913) | Counter admiral10 December 1874 | 1 April 1877 | 2 years, 112 days | [2] | |
(6) | Nicolae Dimitrescu-Maican (1846–1902) | General1 April 1877 | 1 December 1877 | 244 days | [2] | |
(7) | Ioan Murgescu (1846–1913) | Counter admiral1 December 1877 | 8 April 1879 | 1 year, 128 days | [2] | |
(6) | Nicolae Dimitrescu-Maican (1846–1902) | General8 April 1879 | 14 March 1881 | 1 year, 340 days | [2] |
Kingdom of Romania (1881–1947)[edit]
No. | Portrait | Name | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Ref. |
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1 | Nicolae Dimitrescu-Maican (1846–1902) | General14 March 1881 | 10 May 1888 | 7 years, 57 days | [2] | |
2 | Ioan Murgescu (1846–1913) | Counter admiral10 May 1888 | 1 April 1901 | 12 years, 326 days | [2] | |
3 | Emanoil Koslinski (1853–1909) | Counter admiral1 April 1901 | 1 April 1909 † | 8 years, 0 days | [2] | |
4 | Eustațiu Sebastian (1856–1943) | Counter admiral1 April 1909 | 9 January 1917 | 7 years, 283 days | [2] | |
5 | Nicolae Negru | Commodore9 January 1917 | 1 June 1918 | 1 year, 143 days | [2] | |
6 | Constantin Bălescu (1864–1929) | Vice admiral1 June 1918 | 3 November 1920 | 2 years, 155 days | [2] | |
7 | Constantin Niculescu-Rizea | Counter admiral3 November 1920 | 30 October 1925 | 4 years, 361 days | [2] | |
8 | Vasile Scodrea (1872–1934) | Vice admiral30 October 1925 | 13 January 1934 | 8 years, 75 days | [2] | |
9 | Ioan Bălănescu | Vice admiral13 January 1934 | 2 November 1937 | 3 years, 293 days | [3] | |
10 | Petre Bărbuneanu (1881–1979) | Admiral2 November 1937 | 6 September 1940 | 2 years, 309 days | [3] | |
11 | Eugeniu Roșca (?–1950) | Vice admiral21 September 1940 | 16 June 1942 | 1 year, 268 days | [3] | |
12 | Ioan Georgescu (1891–1977) | Vice admiral16 June 1942 | 27 March 1945 | 2 years, 284 days | [3] | |
(10) | Petre Bărbuneanu (1881–1979) | Admiral27 March 1945 | 10 December 1946 | 1 year, 258 days | [3] | |
13 | Eugeniu Săvulescu | Commodore10 December 1946 | 30 December 1947 | 1 year, 20 days | [3] |
Socialist Republic of Romania (1947–1989)[edit]
No. | Portrait | Name | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Ref. |
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1 | Eugeniu Săvulescu | Commodore30 December 1947 | 1 November 1948 | 307 days | [3] | |
2 | Ioan Cristescu | Commodore15 December 1948 | 25 August 1949 | 253 days | [3] | |
3 | Emil Grecescu (1905–1981) | Vice admiral25 August 1949 | 20 September 1952 | 3 years, 26 days | [3] | |
4 | Florea Diaconu (1922–1980) | Counter admiral20 September 1952 | 13 April 1954 | 1 year, 205 days | [3] | |
5 | Mihail Nicolae (1920–?) | Counter admiral13 April 1954 | 18 March 1959 | 4 years, 339 days | [3] | |
(4) | Florea Diaconu (1922–1980) | Counter admiral30 March 1959 | 19 April 1961 | 2 years, 20 days | [3] | |
6 | Gheorghe Sandu (1921–2000) | Vice admiral19 April 1961 | 29 November 1963 | 2 years, 224 days | [3] | |
7 | Grigore Marteș (1914–1973) | Vice admiral29 November 1963 | 4 July 1973 | 9 years, 217 days | [3] | |
8 | Sebastian Ulmeanu (1929–1979) | Vice admiral13 December 1973 | 21 March 1979 | 5 years, 98 days | [3] | |
9 | Ioan Mușat (1929–1979) | Vice admiral21 March 1979 | 30 December 1989 | 10 years, 284 days | [4] |
Romania (1989–present)[edit]
No. | Portrait | Name | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Ref. |
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1 | Mihai Aron (1927–1994) | Admiral30 December 1989 | 12 April 1990 | 103 days | [4] | |
2 | Gheorghe Anghelescu (1934–2008) | Vice admiral26 April 1990 | 1 May 1997 | 7 years, 5 days | [4] | |
3 | Traian Atanasiu (born 1947) | Vice admiral1 May 1997 | 1 January 2002 | 4 years, 245 days | [4] | |
4 | Corneliu Rudencu (born 1947) | Admiral1 January 2002 | 31 March 2004 | 2 years, 90 days | [4] | |
5 | Gheorghe Marin (born 1952) | Admiral1 April 2004 | 13 September 2006 | 2 years, 165 days | [4] | |
6 | Dorin Dănilă (born 1953) | Counter admiral3 November 2006 | 1 July 2010 | 3 years, 240 days | – | |
7 | Aurel Popa (born 1954) | Vice admiral1 July 2010 | 20 December 2013 | 3 years, 172 days | [5] | |
8 | Alexandru Mîrșu | Counter admiral20 December 2013 | 24 November 2015 | 1 year, 338 days | [5] | |
9 | Daniel Căpăţînă | Counter admiral23 November 2015 | 1 July 2020 | 4 years, 221 days | [6] | |
10 | Mihai Panait (born 1968) | Counter admiral1 July 2020 | Incumbent | 3 years, 324 days | [1] |
References[edit]
- "Comandanții Marinei Militare Române". Marina Română (in Romanian). Vol. 4, no. 107. 2005. pp. 17–19. ISSN 1222-9423.
- Ionescu, Sinziana (19 December 2013). "Schimbare la conducerea Forţelor Navale Române. Viceamiralul Aurel Popa îi predă ştafeta contraamiralului Alexandru Mîrşu". adevarul.ro. Constanta. Retrieved 21 May 2020.
- Popescu, Alex (24 November 2015). "Comandamentul Flotei are un nou șef". Retrieved 21 May 2020.
- "Șeful Statului Major al Forțelor Navale". navy.ro (in Romanian). Retrieved 8 March 2021.