Ministry

Ministerul Apărării Naționale

Defence policy, the armed forces and Romania's military security.

Leadership, as the ministry's site lists it

Who leads it now

Read from the ministry's leadership page on 1 Nov 2026. The names and posts are as printed there; a post with no name on the page is not here. The dates beside a name are the page's own; we only see who is listed at each reading, so whoever disappears from the page is shown below.

The minister

Ștefan-Radu OPREAMINISTRUL APĂRĂRII NAȚIONALE

Chief of the Defence Staff

Gheorghiță VLADȘeful Statului Major al Apărării

State secretaries

Eduard BachideSECRETAR DE STAT ȘI ȘEF AL DEPARTAMENTULUI PENTRU RELAȚIA CU PARLAMENTUL ȘI CALITATEA VIEȚII PERSONALULUI
Sorin-Dan MoldovanSECRETAR DE STAT ȘI ȘEF AL DEPARTAMENTULUI PENTRU POLITICA DE APĂRARE, PLANIFICARE ȘI RELAȚII INTERNAȚIONALE

The secretary general

Munteanu Codrin-DumitruSECRETAR GENERAL AL MINISTERULUI APĂRĂRII NAȚIONALE

No longer on the page (1)

Radu-Dinel MIRUȚĂMINISTRUL APĂRĂRII NAȚIONALE · last seen on 18 Oct 2026

How the institution changed

This portfolio has been held by different institutions. Policy continuity is shown separately from each ministry’s legal existence.

Ministerul Apărării NaționaleOfficial act

25 Nov 2021 — present

National defence

The state budget

The ministry's money

All ministries, by year

How much the ministry got from the state budget in each year and what share of that year's whole budget it is. These are the amounts of the budget voted for the year (the budget credits, from every source), not actual spending; "of GDP" relates them to the year's gross domestic product, so that years are comparable. The name is the one the budget gives that year.

State budget by year: Ministerul Apărării Naționale
Year	Amount	Of the budget	Of GDP
2025	42.8 bn lei	8.1%	2.23%
2024	39.5 bn lei	9.4%	2.25%
2023	38.8 bn lei	10.6%	2.44%
2022	25.9 bn lei	8.4%	1.87%
2021	22.7 bn lei	8.5%	1.92%
2020	23.7 bn lei	10.7%	2.23%
2019	20.6 bn lei	9.8%	1.94%
2018	18.2 bn lei	9.9%	1.91%
2017	16.3 bn lei	10.4%	1.92%
2016	11.2 bn lei	7.6%	1.49%
2015	7.36 bn lei	4.8%	1.03%
2014	6.87 bn lei	4.9%	1.03%

What the money goes to in 2025

The parts of the ministry's amount this year; the percentage is of the ministry's amount, not of the whole budget.

On what (type of spending)

Non-financial assets16.9 bn lei (39.5%)
Staff costs12.8 bn lei (30.0%)
Social assistance5.91 bn lei (13.8%)
Goods and services3.99 bn lei (9.3%)
Transfers between public administration units1.75 bn lei (4.1%)
Projects financed by the recovery plan's grants (PNRR)648 m lei (1.5%)
Other transfers621 m lei (1.5%)
Projects financed by the recovery plan's loans (PNRR)69 m lei (0.2%)
Other expenditure34 m lei (<0.1%)
Projects financed by post-accession non-reimbursable external funds9.8 m lei (<0.1%)
Projects financed by non-reimbursable external funds (2014–2020 framework)3.1 m lei (<0.1%)

For what (the field)

Defence29.5 bn lei (69.0%)
Social insurance and assistance5.8 bn lei (13.6%)
Health3.33 bn lei (7.8%)
Education2.45 bn lei (5.7%)
Public order and national security1.44 bn lei (3.4%)
Culture, recreation and religion195 m lei (0.5%)
Other general public services19 m lei (<0.1%)
Public authorities and external actions13 m lei (<0.1%)
Housing, public services and development5 m lei (<0.1%)
General economic, commercial and labour affairs3.3 m lei (<0.1%)

Where the money comes from

The state budget36.9 bn lei (86.3%)
Own revenue5.63 bn lei (13.2%)
External loans242 m lei (0.6%)

Ministerial history

28 periods · 23 people · 18 sat in Parliament while in office

The periods come from the President's decrees (appointment, dismissal, resignation, acting posts), and the title is the decree's: the same ministry has gone by different names over the years. Where today's ministry was several ministries (industry, commerce, tourism), their ministers appear side by side. A government whose naming decree is not in the catalog is not here.

20 Oct 2026— present

Ștefan-Radu OpreaCurrentSenator

Ministrul apărării naționale · Government Niculescu