Commander of the Navy (Romania)
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 .
List of Commanders
United Principalities (1860–1881)
No.
Portrait
Name
Took office
Left office
Time in office
Ref.
1 Steriade, Nicolae ColonelNicolae Steriade [ro ] 22 October 1860 27 December 1863 3 years, 66 days
2 Petrescu, Constantin ColonelConstantin Petrescu [ro ] 27 December 1863 11 February 1866 2 years, 46 days–
3 Murguleț, Scarlat MajorScarlat Murguleț [ro ] (1831–?) 17 March 1867 30 April 1867 44 days
4 Barbieri, Anton MajorAnton Barbieri [ro ] 17 March 1867 30 April 1867 44 days
5 Boteanu, Emanoil MajorEmanoil Boteanu [ro ] (1836–1897) 30 April 1867 1 January 1874 6 years, 246 days
6 Dimitrescu, Nicolae GeneralNicolae Dimitrescu-Maican [ro ] (1846–1902) 1 January 1874 10 December 1874 343 days
7 Murgescu, Ioan Counter admiralIoan Murgescu [ro ] (1846–1913) 10 December 1874 1 April 1877 2 years, 112 days
(6) Dimitrescu, Nicolae GeneralNicolae Dimitrescu-Maican [ro ] (1846–1902) 1 April 1877 1 December 1877 244 days
(7) Murgescu, Ioan Counter admiralIoan Murgescu [ro ] (1846–1913) 1 December 1877 8 April 1879 1 year, 128 days
(6) Dimitrescu, Nicolae GeneralNicolae Dimitrescu-Maican [ro ] (1846–1902) 8 April 1879 14 March 1881 1 year, 340 days
Kingdom of Romania (1881–1947)
No.
Portrait
Name
Took office
Left office
Time in office
Ref.
1 Dimitrescu, Nicolae GeneralNicolae Dimitrescu-Maican [ro ] (1846–1902) 14 March 1881 10 May 1888 7 years, 57 days
2 Murgescu, Ioan Counter admiralIoan Murgescu [ro ] (1846–1913) 10 May 1888 1 April 1901 12 years, 326 days
3 Koslinski, Emanoil Counter admiralEmanoil Koslinski [ro ] (1853–1909) 1 April 1901 1 April 1909 † 8 years, 0 days
4 Sebastian, Eustațiu Counter admiralEustațiu Sebastian (1856–1943) 1 April 1909 9 January 1917 7 years, 283 days
5 Negru, Nicolae CommodoreNicolae Negru [ro ] 9 January 1917 1 June 1918 1 year, 143 days
6 Bălescu, Constantin Vice admiralConstantin Bălescu [ro ] (1864–1929) 1 June 1918 3 November 1920 2 years, 155 days
7 Niculescu, Constantin Counter admiralConstantin Niculescu-Rizea [ro ] 3 November 1920 30 October 1925 4 years, 361 days
8 Scodrea, Vasile Vice admiralVasile Scodrea [ro ] (1872–1934) 30 October 1925 13 January 1934 8 years, 75 days
9 Bălănescu, Ioan Vice admiralIoan Bălănescu [ro ] 13 January 1934 2 November 1937 3 years, 293 days
10 Bărbuneanu, Petre AdmiralPetre Bărbuneanu [ro ] (1881–1979) 2 November 1937 6 September 1940 2 years, 309 days
11 Roșca, Eugeniu Vice admiralEugeniu Roșca [ro ] (?–1950) 21 September 1940 16 June 1942 1 year, 268 days
12 Georgescu, Ioan Vice admiralIoan Georgescu [ro ] (1891–1977) 16 June 1942 27 March 1945 2 years, 284 days
(10) Bărbuneanu, Petre AdmiralPetre Bărbuneanu [ro ] (1881–1979) 27 March 1945 10 December 1946 1 year, 258 days
13 Săvulescu, Eugeniu CommodoreEugeniu Săvulescu [ro ] 10 December 1946 30 December 1947 1 year, 20 days
Socialist Republic of Romania (1947–1989)
No.
Portrait
Name
Took office
Left office
Time in office
Ref.
1 Săvulescu, Eugeniu CommodoreEugeniu Săvulescu [ro ] 30 December 1947 1 November 1948 307 days
2 Cristescu, Ioan CommodoreIoan Cristescu [ro ] 15 December 1948 25 August 1949 253 days
3 Grecescu, Emil Vice admiralEmil Grecescu [ro ] (1905–1981) 25 August 1949 20 September 1952 3 years, 26 days
4 Diaconu, Florea Counter admiralFlorea Diaconu [ro ] (1922–1980) 20 September 1952 13 April 1954 1 year, 205 days
5 Nicolae, Mihail Counter admiralMihail Nicolae [ro ] (1920–?) 13 April 1954 18 March 1959 4 years, 339 days
(4) Diaconu, Florea Counter admiralFlorea Diaconu [ro ] (1922–1980) 30 March 1959 19 April 1961 2 years, 20 days
6 Sandu, Gheorghe Vice admiralGheorghe Sandu [ro ] (1921–2000) 19 April 1961 29 November 1963 2 years, 224 days
7 Marteș, Grigore Vice admiralGrigore Marteș [ro ] (1914–1973) 29 November 1963 4 July 1973 9 years, 217 days
8 Ulmeanu, Sebastian Vice admiralSebastian Ulmeanu [ro ] (1929–1979) 13 December 1973 21 March 1979 5 years, 98 days
9 Mușat, Ioan Vice admiralIoan Mușat [ro ] (1929–1979) 21 March 1979 30 December 1989 10 years, 284 days
Romania (1989–present)
No.
Portrait
Name
Took office
Left office
Time in office
Ref.
1 Aron, Mihai AdmiralMihai Aron [ro ] (1927–1994) 30 December 1989 12 April 1990 103 days
2 Anghelescu, Gheorghe Vice admiralGheorghe Anghelescu [ro ] (1934–2008) 26 April 1990 1 May 1997 7 years, 5 days
3 Atanasiu, Traian Vice admiralTraian Atanasiu [ro ] (born 1947) 1 May 1997 1 January 2002 4 years, 245 days
4 Rudencu, Corneliu AdmiralCorneliu Rudencu [ro ] (born 1947) 1 January 2002 31 March 2004 2 years, 90 days
5 Marin, Gheorghe AdmiralGheorghe Marin [ro ] (born 1952) 1 April 2004 13 September 2006 2 years, 165 days
6 Dănilă, Dorin Counter admiralDorin Dănilă (born 1953) 3 November 2006 1 July 2010 3 years, 240 days–
7 Popa, Aurel Vice admiralAurel Popa [ro ] (born 1954) 1 July 2010 20 December 2013 3 years, 172 days
8 Mîrșu, Alexandru Counter admiralAlexandru Mîrșu 20 December 2013 24 November 2015 1 year, 338 days
9 Mîrșu, Alexandru Counter admiralDaniel Căpăţînă 23 November 2015 1 July 2020 4 years, 221 days
10 Panait, Mihai Counter admiralMihai Panait (born 1968) 1 July 2020 Incumbent 4 years, 160 days
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