Teodor Frunzeti
Appearance
General-locotenent 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[1][2]
- Romanian Republic: Recipiennt of the Faithful Service Cross
Foreign honours
- France: Officer of the Order of the Legion of Honour[3]
Personal life
Teodor Frunzeti is married and has one child.