Romanian Land Forces Romanian Naval Forces Romanian Air Force
Headquarters
Bucharest, Romania
Leadership
Supreme Commander
Klaus Iohannis
Minister of National Defence
Angel Tîlvăr
Chief of the General Staff
General Gheorghiță Vlad[1]
Personnel
Military age
18
Conscription
No (stopped on January 1st, 2007)[2]
Available for military service
11,077,504 (2021), age 18–49
Fit for military service
9,083,554 (2021), age 18–49
Reaching military age annually
227,089
Active personnel
81,300 (2024) [3]
Reserve personnel
55,000 (2023)[4]
Deployed personnel
429 (April 2022)[5]
Expenditures
Budget
$8.7 billion(2024) [6]
Percent of GDP
2.5% (2024) [7]
Industry
Domestic suppliers
ROMARM, Avioane Craiova, Industria Aeronautica Romana, Aerostar, Romaero
Foreign suppliers
Current: Austria France Germany Israel Italy Netherlands Norway Poland Portugal South Korea Spain Switzerland Turkey United Kingdom United States Former: Soviet Union China Czechoslovakia North Korea
Annual exports
€187,000,000 (2018)[8]
Related articles
History
Military history of Romania
Ranks
Romanian Armed Forces ranks and insignia
The Romanian Armed Forces (Romanian: Forțele Armate Române or Armata Română) are the military forces of Romania. It comprises the Land Forces, the Naval Forces and the Air Force. The current Commander-in-chief is Lieutenant General Gheorghiță Vlad who is managed by the Minister of National Defence while the president is the Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces during wartime.
As of 2023, the Armed Forces number 81,300 active personnel and 55,000 reserves. The Land Forces have a reported strength of 35,500, the Air Force 11,700, the Naval Forces 6,800, and Joint Forces 17,500, in 2023.[9] Total defence spending currently accounts for 2.44% of total national GDP, which represents approximately 8.48 billion US dollars.[10] The Armed Forces are built for territorial defence, with support to NATO and EU missions, and contributions to regional and global stability and security.[9]
Military service is voluntary in peacetime (since 2007), and compulsory in case of curfew, war, or national emergency.[11][12][13][14]
^"Șeful Statului Major al Apărării". defense.ro.
^"Romania Ends Conscription". Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. 8 April 2008.
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