Education
"Nicolae Bălcescu" Military Academy, Sibiu - 1977
National Defense University, Joint Section, Bucharest - 1987
Military Higher Instructors Course, Bucharest - 1991
Joint Postgraduate Course, Bucharest - 1993
North Atlantic Treaty Organization School, Germany - 1995
Microcomputer operation course, 1995
Advanced French Course, Canada - 1995
Doctor of Philosophy in Military Art and Science - 1996
Advanced English Course, United States of America - 1997
United States Army Command and General Staff College, United States of America - 1998
United Nations Senior management Seminar, New York and Oslo - 2004
North Atlantic Treaty Organization Defense College, Rome - 2005
Senior Executive Seminar at the George C. Marshall Center for Security Studies, Germany - 2006
International Defense Transformation Course at Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, California, United States of America - 2006
Doctor of Philosophy in political sciences - 2006
Associate university professor and Doctor of Philosophy coordinator at the National Defense University, Bucharest
Associate university professor at the "Lucian Blaga" University, Sibiu
He is author and co-author of 13 books related to military activity and also of 114 specialty articles