title: Dan Ghica-Radu
text: # Dan Ghica-Radu
  
  Lieutenant-general Dan Ghica-Radu (born September 13, 1955 in Topoloveni, Argeș County) was the chief of the Romanian Land Forces Staff from 17 March 2009 to 16 January 2011.
  
  ## Education
  
  * "Dimitrie Cantemir" Military Highschool, Breaza – 1974
  * Nicolae Bălcescu Land Forces Academy, Sibiu – 1977
  * Academy of High Military Studies, Faculty of tanks – 1987
  * National Defense College – 2002
  * NATO Defense College, Rome – 2005
  
  ## Commands
  
  * 1998-2000: 1st Division's Intelligence office chief
  * 2000-03: Chief of Operations office of Land Forces staff
  * 2003-04: Commander of 282nd Mechanized Brigade
  * 2004-06: Director of Land Forces staff
  * 2006-07: Deputy Chief of Operations within Multinational force in Iraq general staff
  * 2008-09: Commander of Marshal Alexandru Averescu Joint Operational Command
  
  ## Personal life
  
  Dan Ghica-Radu is married and has three children.
  
  