List of presidents of Romania


The President of Romania serves as the head of state of Romania. The office was created by the Communist leader Nicolae Ceaușescu in 1974 and has developed into its modern form after the Romanian Revolution and the adoption of the 1991 constitution. The current president of Romania is Klaus Iohannis, who has been serving since 21 December, 2014.

List

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Socialist Republic of Romania (1965–1989)

Interim State (1989–1990)

Republic of Romania (1990–present)

Notes:
1 Emil Constantinescu was the candidate of the Christian Democratic National Peasants' Party whose candidacy was supported as part of the larger right-leaning Romanian Democratic Convention in both 1992 and 1996;


2 Traian Băsescu was the presidential candidate of the Democratic Party whose candidacy was supported as part of the larger right-leaning Justice and Truth Alliance in 2004, alongside the National Liberal Party. In 2009 his re-election was supported only by the Democratic Liberal Party along with a certain faction of the Christian Democratic National Peasants' Party.

Acting presidents (1990–present)

Footnotes and references

  • Bulei, Ion, O istorie a românilor, Editura Meronia, Bucureşti, 2007, pg. 266-267