Daniel Petrescu
Daniel Petrescu (born January 26, 1971 in Piteşti ) is a Romanian officer with the rank of lieutenant general . Since December 2019 he has been the military commander of the Armata Română , the armed forces of his home country.
Life
Daniel Petrescu was born in 1971 in Piteşti, the county seat of Argeş County .
Military career
Daniel Petrescu graduated from the Romanian Military Institute for Infantry in 1992. After his training he served in various positions in the 2nd Infantry Battalion, most recently between 2004 and 2008 as its commander. During this employment he completed several missions abroad (including KFOR , MONUA and ISAF ). In 2008 he moved to the General Staff. Until 2016 he was involved in various positions in the planning of Romanian missions abroad.
From August 2016 to April 2016 he was in command of the 2nd Romanian Brigade. Between 2017 and 2019 he was in command of the Multinational South-East Division, the successor to the 1st Romanian Division. From August 2019 to December 2019 he was Deputy Commander of the Romanian Armed Forces until, at the end of the year, he was appointed as its commander as the successor to Nicolae Ciucă .
Private
The general is married. He and his wife have two children.
Awards
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Officer of the Romanian Order of Faithful Service (military version) |
Web links
- Biography of Daniel Petrescu on the NATO website, accessed April 12, 2020.
- Biography of Daniel Petrescu on the website of the Romanian Ministry of Defense, accessed on April 12, 2020.
Bardhyl Kollçaku ( Albania ) | Michel Hofman ( Belgium ) | Emil Eftimov ( Bulgaria ) | Bjørn I. Bisserup ( Denmark ) | Eberhard Zorn ( Germany ) | Martin Herem ( Estonia ) | François Lecointre ( France ) | Konstantinos Floros ( Greece ) | - ( Iceland ) 1 | Enzo Vecciarelli ( Italy ) | Jonathan Vance ( Canada ) | Robert Hranj ( Croatia ) | Leonīds Kalniņš ( Latvia ) | Valdemaras Rupšys ( Lithuania ) | Alain Duschène ( Luxembourg ) | Dragutin Dakić ( Montenegro ) | Rob Bauer ( Netherlands ) | Vasko Gjurchinovski ( North Macedonia ) | Eirik Johan Kristoffersen ( Norway ) | Rajmund Andrzejczak ( Poland ) | António Silva Ribeiro ( Portugal ) | Daniel Petrescu ( Romania ) | Daniel Zmeko ( Slovakia ) | Robert Glavaš ( Slovenia ) | Miguel Ángel Villarroya ( Spain ) | Aleš Opata ( Czech Republic ) | Yaşar Guler ( Turkey ) | Ferenc Korom ( Hungary ) | Mark A. Milley 2 ( United States ) | Nick Carter ( United Kingdom )
1 does not officially maintain its own armed forces
2 outside the chain of command (actual authority with the commanders of the Unified Combatant Commands )
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|---|---|
| SURNAME | Petrescu, Daniel |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Romanian lieutenant general |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 26, 1971 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Pitesti |