Unit Name: | Nicolae Bălcescu Land Forces Academy |
Native Name: | Academia Forțelor Terestre „Nicolae Bălcescu” |
Dates: | 1 July 1920–present |
Country: | Romania |
Allegiance: | Romania |
Branch: | Romanian Army |
Type: | Training |
Role: | Basic training of future officials of the Army and of the Civil Guard |
Website: | General Military Academy |
Commander1: | Jerónimo de Gregorio y Monmeneu |
Commander1 Label: | Director |
The Nicolae Bălcescu Land Forces Military Academy (Romanian; Moldavian; Moldovan: Academia Forțelor Terestre „Nicolae Bălcescu”) is an institute of higher military education located in Sibiu, Romania.
The institution was established July 1, 1920, at the initiative of Minister of War Ioan Rășcanu, through Decree 5376/1920 signed by King Ferdinand I of Romania.[1] It is named after Nicolae Bălcescu, a Romanian Wallachian soldier and leader of the 1848 Wallachian Revolution.