Ținutul Suceava was one of the ten Romanian administrative regions (ținuturi) created on August 14, 1938, as a part of King Carol II's administrative reform.

After its northern part (the counties Cernăuți, Storojineț and Hotin, as well as parts of the counties Rădăuți and Dorohoi) was ceded to the USSR on June 28, 1940, Ținutul Suceava was restructured on September 16, 1940, when Baia county became a part of the region, and abolished only a few days later, on September 22, 1940.

Alexianu's mandate was marked by the suppression of ethnic minority and Jewish rights.

[3] The coat of arms consists of seven pallets, four of gules and three of azure, representing the former seven counties (județe) of Greater Romania which it included (of the total 71).

[4] The administrative reform of August 14, 1938 kept the existing 71 counties, but transferred most of their responsibilities to the new regions.