Lieutenant General Razvan Ionescu has over two decades of experience in the Service. He graduated from the Faculty of Physics within the University of Bucharest and attended postgraduate courses at the Academy of Economic Studies with the specialization in geopolitics and geostrategy.

His academic background in the field of security studies was enreached by attending NATO Senior Executive Master at SNSPA and the Program on Terrorism and Security Studies (PTSS) organized by George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany.

Throughout his career in Intelligence, Lieutenant General Razvan Ionescu held various positions, both in the central and regional units of the Service, where he had large scale operational successes in partnership with the intelligence services of the Euro-Atlantic area, on issues regarding Transnational organized crime, respecting the international regimes regarding weapons proliferation systems, international financial flows, migration and terrorism.

He was employed in the SRI with the rank of lieutenant and graduated as valedictorian of his initiation clase. He was promoted to Major General on the 1st of December 2017 and previous to his appointment as First Deputy of Director of the Service, led a central unit with activity in combating cross-border threats. In his activity he had an exelent colaboration with both internal and external institutional partners.

Before being appointed Deputy Director of SRI, Lieutenant General Cristian Bizadea was the Chief of Staff to the SRI Director.

Since his enrollment into the Service, he held various positions within the Directorate General for Counter-espionage: deputy chief of the Directorate, head of the analysis, operations and planning departments. In this capacity, he participated in operations conducted in cooperation with SRI’s domestic and foreign partners.

He coordinated and contributed to a large part of the SRI’s institutional transformation processes. In 2013 he earned a PhD in Sociology at the Bucharest University, with the thesis entitled “Extended Middle East – A Demopolitical Perspective”.

As a lecturer, he taught intelligence analysis and risk assessment courses at the Bucharest University and “Mihai Viteazul” National Intelligence Academy.

He graduated from the Faculty of Law at the “Lucian Blaga” University of Sibiu and earned a Master’s Degree in Communication and Public Relations at the National University of Political Studies and Public Administration of Bucharest.

He speaks English fluently.

He was born in 1976, in Bucharest. He has one child.

Prior to his appointment as Deputy Director of SRI, until 2010, Lieutenant General Adrian Ciocîrlan held various leadership positions within the Directorate General for Counter-espionage. During 2010 - 2013, he was the head of SRI’s Bucharest Intelligence Directorate, while during 2013-2016 he was in charge of the Directorate General for the Protection of the Constitution.

He was promoted to the rank of Major General in 2020.

He participated in missions, actions, and complex operations carried out especially in the counter-espionage field, in cooperation with SRI’s foreign partners.

Adrian Ciocîrlan attended various intelligence and security studies programs conducted in the country and abroad.

In 1996 he graduated from the Faculty of Psychosociology within the “Mihai Viteazul” National Intelligence Academy.

He is fluent in English and French.

He was born on May 25^th, 1974 in Bucharest. He is divorced and has two children.

Before being appointed Deputy Director, Mr. Lieutenant General Gheorghe-Stancu Răducu was the Head of the Directorate of Logistics.

He was promoted to the rank of Major General in 2020.

On October, 20, 2009 he was appointed the Head of the Directorate of Logistics (having Lieutenant General as corresponding rank).

On July, 1, 2008, he became Deputy Head of the Directorate for Procurement and Asset Management.

Since 2002, due to his exceptional professional achievements, he was promoted to chief of bureau, and on May, 15, 2006, he became chief of sector.

In 1992, he was admitted to the university study program of the Technical Military Academy on the places assigned to SRI. At the end of the 3rd university year, he was granted the rank of Lieutenant, and on May, 25, 1998, he was admitted at the Romanian Intelligence Service and appointed at the Logistics Directorate.

He is fluent in English.

He was born on April 5, 1973 in Targu Secuiesc, Covasna County. He is married and has two children.