Army of the Socialist Republic of Romania

Army of the Romanian People's Republic (1948–1965)
Army of the Socialist Republic of Romania (1965–1989)
Army of the Romanian People's Republic (1948–1965); Army of the Socialist Republic of Romania (1965–1989)
Armata Republicii Populare Romîne (1948–1965); Armata Republicii Socialiste România (1965–1989)
	Ceremonial Flag (1966–1989)
Motto	Pentru Patria Noastră; ("For our Homeland")
Founded	1948
Disbanded	1989
Service branches	Romanian Land Forces; Romanian Naval Forces; Romanian Air Force;
Headquarters	Bucharest
Leadership
Supreme Commander-in-chief	Nicolae Ceaușescu (last)
Minister of Defence	Vasile Milea (last)
Chief of the General Staff	Ștefan Gușă (last)
Personnel
Conscription	16 months
Active personnel	210,000 in 1989; 270,000 at peak in 1984
Deployed personnel	Mozambique – 500; Angola – 600
Industry
Foreign suppliers	Soviet Union; Czechoslovakia; Cuba; Poland; East Germany; Democratic People's Republic of Korea; United States; United Kingdom; Israel; France; China
Annual exports	$1,000,000,000 (1982)
Related articles
History	Romanian anti-communist resistance movement; Mozambican Civil War; Angolan Civil War; Brașov rebellion; Romanian Revolution;
Ranks	Military ranks of the Socialist Republic of Romania

The Army of the Socialist Republic of Romania (Romanian: Armata Republicii Socialiste România), known as the Army of the Romanian People's Republic (Romanian: Armata Republicii Populare Romîne), until 1965 was the army of the Socialist Republic of Romania (Romanian People's Republic until 1965) from 1947 to 1989. Following the Romanian Revolution in 1989 it was renamed into the Romanian Armed Forces. It consisted of the Ground Forces, the Navy and the Air Force.

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