Armorial of Romania

It exercises this right under the mandatory advice of the National Committee of Heraldry, Genealogy and Sigillography (Romanian: Comisia Națională de Heraldică, Genealogie și Sigilografie).

After the election of Alexandru Ioan Cuza as Domnitor of Wallachia and Moldavia, the heraldic symbols of the two countries were united to form the coat of arms of the new state.

Most of the Phanariotes used united symbols in their personal coat of arms to show that they held power in both countries.

In 1872, the heraldic symbols of Oltenia and the Black Sea coast were added to the Romanian coat of arms.

The coat of arms became more emblematically faithful to Communist symbolism: a landscape (depicting a rising sun, a tractor and an oil drill) surrounded by stocks of wheat tied together with a cloth in the colors of the national flag.

Two models, both inspired by the coat of arms of the Kingdom of Romania, were merged to achieve the final result.

In April 2016, deputies of the Judiciary Committee endorsed a bill voted previously by the Senate[1] that returns the crown on the head of the eagle and mandates the public authorities to replace the existing emblems and seals to those provided by law until 31 December 2018 (to mark the centenary of the Union of Transylvania with Romania on 1 December 1918).

[2] The bill was adopted by the Chamber of Deputies on 8 June 2016[3] and promulgated by President Klaus Iohannis on 11 July 2016.

These provinces were mostly geographical, not administrative, but from the end of the 15th century, because the Banate of Severin was partitioned between Wallachia and the Kingdom of Hungary, Oltenia was ruled by a ban.

The Upper Country (the northwestern part) was occupied by Austrians, who named the land Bucovina.

Today, the western part of Transnistria is in the Republic of Moldavia while the rest is in Ukraine, as is most of Bugeac (north of Bucovina) and Pocutia.

The coats of arms of the county seats are distinguished from those of the urban entities by the absence of a mural crown present in the latter.

Prior to this decision, the Inspectorates in the Ministry were permitted to use their own coats of arms at the national and local levels.

Since the 18th century, the symbol of the Romanian Army has been a golden crossed aquila, with red claws and beak, standing on Zeus's thunderbolt.