Teofil Oroian (born September 20, 1947) is a

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officer and

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Biography

He was born in Chimitelnic (today Cipăieni), in

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. He graduated from the Ștefan cel Mare Military High-School in

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in 1966 and from the Nicolae Bălcescu Military School of Active Officers in

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in 1969. In 1981 he graduated with degrees in History and Philosophy from the

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. In November 1996, he earned a Ph.D. degree in

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on military history. Oroian was an associate and assistant professor at the NCO Military Engineering School between 1977 and 1981 and at the

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between 1981 and 1994. Between 1994 and 2002 he was first officer, bureau chief and chief adjunct of Military Archivistic Service (today Military Service for Archives and Documentation). Since February 28, 2002 he is

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in reserve. He has published numerous studies and articles in history and military science journals. He has also authored several books and co-authored a short movie scenario.

Works

* PhD thesis, ''Acțiuni militare desfășurate de trupele române în Kuban și Crimeea, 1943–1944'', 1996 * ''Șefii Marelui Statului Major Român (1941–1945). Destine la răscruce'', Editura Militară, Bucharest, 1995 * Petre Otu, Teofil Oroian, and Emil Ion, ''Personalități ale gândirii militare românești'', vol. I-II, Editura Academiei de Înalte Studii Militare, Bucharest, 1997–2001. * ''Tentația libertății. Operațiunea "Sumava" (1968) – un simplu pretext'', Editura Militară, Bucharest, 1999 * ''Hitler – Antonescu. Caucazul și Crimeea'', Editura Paideia, Bucharest, 1999 * Colonel Petre Brătilă, Teofil Oroian, Dumitru Dobre, ''Personalități ale medicinei militare românești'', Editura Romcartexim, Bucharest, 1999. * ''Golgota Estului (iulie 1942 – martie 1944)'', Editura Fundației Culturale Române, Bucharest, 2000 * Teofil Oroian and Gheorghe Nicolescu, ''Șefii Statului Major General Român (1859–2000)'', Editura Europa Nova, Bucharest, 2001. * ''Comandanți ai Corpului 7 Armată'', Editura Modelism, Dej, 2001 * co-authored the scenario of the short movie ''Memoria Oștirii. Arhivele Militare Române'', Studioul Cinematografic al Armatei, 2001

References

*''Dosarele Istoriei'', 12(88)/2003, p. 23 1947 births Living people People from Mureș County University of Bucharest alumni Romanian military historians Academic staff of Carol I National Defence University Romanian Land Forces officers {{romania-historian-stub