Ștefan Gușă

Ștefan Gușă (Gușe)
40th Chief of the Romanian General Staff
In office 25 September 1986 – 28 December 1989
President	Nicolae Ceaușescu Ion Iliescu
Preceded by	Vasile Milea
Succeeded by	Vasile Ionel
Personal details
Born	(1940-04-17)April 17, 1940 Spătaru, Kingdom of Romania
Died	March 28, 1994(1994-03-28) (aged 53) Bucharest, Romania
Resting place	Spătaru, Buzău County
Alma mater	Military Technical Academy
Profession	Military Officer
Website	www.fundatiagusa.ro
Military service
Branch/service	Romanian Land Forces
Years of service	1957–1994
Rank	Lieutenant general
Commands	6th "Horia, Cloșca and Crișan" Tank Division

Ștefan Gușă or Gușe (17 April 1940 – 28 March 1994) was a Romanian general who was the Chief of the General Staff of the Romanian Armed Forces between 1986 and 1989.

He was born in Spătaru, a village in Costești commune, Buzău County, and attended the Bogdan Petriceicu Hasdeu High School in the county capital, Buzău. In 1957 he enrolled in the military school for officers in Pitești. He graduated in 1960 first in his class and was promoted to lieutenant, advancing in rank to senior lieutenant in 1963 and captain in 1965. From 1966 he attended the Military Technical Academy in Bucharest, advancing to major in 1971, and graduating with an engineering degree in 1972. In September of that year, he was appointed commander of the 6th "Ion Buteanu" Tank Regiment, within the Romanian 3rd Army. Promoted to lieutenant colonel in 1974, he held this command until August 1976, when he was named chief of staff of the 6th "Horia, Cloșca and Crișan" Tank Division. After becoming colonel in 1979, he took command of the division in 1981, and advanced to major general in 1984. On September 25, 1986, Gușă was promoted to the position of First Deputy Minister of National Defense and Chief of the Romanian General Staff.

Gușă died in March 1994 of lung cancer at a military hospital in Bucharest. Streets in Bacău and Vaslui bear his name.

External links

• "Fundația General Ștefan Gușă". www.fundatiagusa.ro.
• "Ștefan Gușă". enciclopediaromaniei.ro. Retrieved 30 July 2022.