Romanian Armed Forces

Romanian Armed Forces
Forțele Armate Române (Romanian)
The coat of arms of the Romanian General Staff
Founded	12 November 1859
Current form	11 April 2000
Service branches	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]
Expenditure
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[8]  Spain  Switzerland  Turkey  United Kingdom  United States Former:  Soviet Union  China  Czechoslovakia  North Korea
Annual exports	€187,000,000 (2018)[9]
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.^[10] Total defence spending currently accounts for 2.44% of total national GDP, which represents approximately 8.48 billion US dollars.^[11] The Armed Forces are built for territorial defence, with support to NATO and EU missions, and contributions to regional and global stability and security.^[10]

Military service is voluntary in peacetime (since 2007), and compulsory in case of curfew, war, or national emergency.^{[12][13][14][15]}