The Ministry of Administration and Interior of Romania

Romania

Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeastern Europe, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian arch, bordering on the Black Sea...

is one of the fifteen ministries of the Government of Romania

Government of Romania

The Government of Romania forms one half of the country's executive branch . It is headed by the Prime-Minister, and consists of the Ministries, various subordinated institutions and agencies, and the 42 Prefectures...

.

From 23 August 1944 to 18 March 1975 the minister held the title of Minister of Internal Affairs, between 2004 and 2007, held the title of Minister of Administration and Interior, and since April 2007, Minister of Interior and Administrative Reform. In December 2008, the Boc government

Boc I Cabinet

The first Boc Cabinet of the Government of Romania was composed of 20 ministers, listed below. It was sworn in on 22 December 2008, the same day it received the vote of confidence from the Parliament of Romania. It was a grand coalition government, formed by the PD-L and the PSD...

 changed the name back to Ministry of Administration and Interior.

Until 2006, the ministry was housed near Lipscani

Lipscani

Lipscani is a street and a district of Bucharest, Romania, which in the Middle Ages was the most important commercial center of Bucharest and the whole Wallachia...

 in Palatul Vama Poştei, built between 1914 and 1926 according to the architect Statie Ciortan's plans. In 2006 the ministry moved into the former building of the Senate

Senate of Romania

The Senate of Romania is the upper house in the bicameral Parliament of Romania. It has 137 seats , to which members are elected by direct popular vote, using Mixed member proportional representation in 42 electoral districts , to serve four-year terms.-Former location:After the Romanian...

 in the Revolution Square

Revolution Square, Bucharest

Revolution Square is a square in central Bucharest, on Calea Victoriei. Known as Piaţa Palatului until 1989, it was later renamed after the 1989 Romanian Revolution....

. This was the same building from which Nicolae Ceaușescu

Nicolae Ceausescu

Nicolae Ceaușescu was a Romanian Communist politician. He was General Secretary of the Romanian Communist Party from 1965 to 1989, and as such was the country's second and last Communist leader...

 tried to make his last speech, and from its roof he fled by helicopter the next day.

Subordinated structures

• Romanian Police
  Romanian Police
  The Romanian Police is the national police force and main civil law enforcement agency in Romania. It is subordinated to the Ministry of Interior and Administrative Reform.-Duties:The Romanian Police are responsible for:...
  
  
• Romanian Inspectorate for Emergency Situations
  Romanian Inspectorate for Emergency Situations
  The Romanian General Inspectorate for Emergency Situations is a structure of the Ministry of Interior and Administrative Reform created on December 15, 2004, by merging the Civil Defense Command with the General Inspectorate of the Military Firefighters Corps .-External links:*...
  
  
• Romanian Border Police
  Romanian Border Police
  The Romanian Border Police is the structure of the Romanian Ministry of Administration and Interior responsible for the border security and passport control at border crossing points, airports and ports.-Ranks:...
  
  
• Romanian Gendarmerie
  Jandarmeria Româna
  Jandarmeria Română is the military branch of the two Romanian police forces .The gendarmerie is subordinated to the Ministry of Interior and Administrative Reform and does not have responsibility for policing the Romanian Armed Forces...
  
  
• Romanian National Archives
• General Directorate for Intelligence and Internal Security
  Directia Generala de Informatii si Protectie Interna
  Direcţia Generală de Informaţii şi Protecţie Internă is the criminal intelligence agency of the Romanian Ministry of Interior and Administrative Reform....
  
  
• Anti-Corruption General Directorate
  Directia Generala Anticoruptie
  Direcţia Generală Anticorupţie is an agency subordinated to the Romanian Ministry of Interior and Administrative Reform, tasked with preventing and investigating the corruption offenses, the criminal acts and misconduct among the personnel of the Ministry.-History:The Anti-Corruption General...
  
  
• Grupul Special de Protecţie şi Intervenţie
  Grupul Special de Protectie si Interventie
  Grupul Special de Protecţie şi Intervenţie was an organization under the control of the Romanian Ministry of Interior and Administrative Reform...
  
  
• Special Aviation Unit
  Special Aviation Unit
  The Special Aviation Unit is Romanian Ministry of Interior's air component. The unit was initially established in 1947, but restructured in 1978. It has its overall headquarters at Aurel Vlaicu International Airport and operates three territorial flights in Cluj-Napoca, Iaşi and Tulcea...
  
  

List of former ministers

This is a list of Interior minister

Interior minister

An interior ministry is a government ministry typically responsible for policing, national security, and immigration matters. The ministry is often headed by a minister of the interior or minister of home affairs...

s from the creation of the Romania

Romania

Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeastern Europe, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian arch, bordering on the Black Sea...

n state (1862) to the present day.

No.	Name	Term start	Term end	Cabinet	Party
Principality of Romania Danubian Principalities Danubian Principalities was a conventional name given to the Principalities of Moldavia and Wallachia, which emerged in the early 14th century. The term was coined in the Habsburg Monarchy after the Treaty of Küçük Kaynarca in order to designate an area on the lower Danube with a common...
1	Barbu Catargiu Barbu Catargiu Barbu Catargiu was a conservative Romanian journalist and politician. He was the first Prime Minister of Romania in 1862 until he was assassinated on 20 June that year...	22 January 1862	8 June 1862
2	Apostol Arsache Apostol Arsache Apostol Arsache or Apostolos Arsakis was a Greek-Romanian politician and philanthropist, born in Northern Epirus. In the Cabinet of Barbu Catargiu , he served as Minister of Foreign Affairs and following Catargiu's assassination on 20 June, Arsache briefly served as interim Prime Minister of...	8 June 1862	24 June 1862
3	Nicolae Kretzulescu	24 June 1862	11 October 1863
4	Mihail Kogălniceanu Mihail Kogalniceanu Mihail Kogălniceanu was a Moldavian-born Romanian liberal statesman, lawyer, historian and publicist; he became Prime Minister of Romania October 11, 1863, after the 1859 union of the Danubian Principalities under Domnitor Alexander John Cuza, and later served as Foreign Minister under Carol I. He...	11 October 1863	26 January 1865
5	Constantin Bosianu Constantin Bosianu Constantin Bosianu was a Romanian jurist and politician, honorary member of the Romanian Academy, Prime Minister of Romania from 26 January to 14 June 1865. He was the first dean of the Bucharest Faculty of Law....	26 January 1865	14 June 1865
6	General Ioan E. Florescu	14 June 1865	30 January 1866
7	Nicolae Kretzulescu	30 January	11 February 1866
8	Prince Dimitrie Ghica Dimitrie Ghica Dimitrie Ghica or Ghika was a Romanian politician. A prominent member of the Conservative Party, he served as Prime Minister between 1868 and 1870....	11 February 1866	10 May 1866
9	Lascăr Catargiu Lascar Catargiu Lascăr Catargiu was a Romanian conservative statesman born in Moldavia. He belonged to an ancient Wallachian family, one of whose members had been banished in the 17th century by Prince Matei Basarab, and had settled in Moldavia.-Biography:...	11 May 1866	13 July 1866
10	Ion Ghica Ion Ghica Ion Ghica was a Romanian revolutionary, mathematician, diplomat and twice Prime Minister of Romania . He was a full member of the Romanian Academy and its president for four times...	15 July 1866	21 February 1867
11	Ion C. Brătianu	1 March 1867	4 August 1867
12	Ştefan Golescu Stefan Golescu Ştefan Golescu was a Wallachian Romanian politician who served as the Minister of Foreign Affairs for two terms from March 1, 1867 to August 5, 1867 and from November 13, 1867 to April 30, 1868, and as Prime Minister of Romania between November 26, 1867 and May 12, 1868.-Biography:Born in a boyar...	17 August 1867	13 November 1867
13	Ion C. Brătianu	13 November 1867	29 April 1868
14	Ion C. Brătianu	1 May 1868	12 August 1868
15	Anton I. Arion Anton I. Arion Anton I. Arion was a Romanian politician who served as the Minister of Interior from August 12, 1868 until November 16, 1868.-External links:* famouswhy.ro...	12 August 1868	16 November 1868
16	Mihail Kogălniceanu Mihail Kogalniceanu Mihail Kogălniceanu was a Moldavian-born Romanian liberal statesman, lawyer, historian and publicist; he became Prime Minister of Romania October 11, 1863, after the 1859 union of the Danubian Principalities under Domnitor Alexander John Cuza, and later served as Foreign Minister under Carol I. He...	16 November 1868	24 January 1870
17	Prince Dimitrie Ghica Dimitrie Ghica Dimitrie Ghica or Ghika was a Romanian politician. A prominent member of the Conservative Party, he served as Prime Minister between 1868 and 1870....	24 January 1870	27 January 1870
18	Alexandru G. Golescu Alexandru G. Golescu Alexandru G. Golescu was a Romanian politician who served as a Prime Minister of Romania in 1870 .-Early life:...	2 February 1870	30 March 1870
19	Emanoil Costache Epureanu	20 April 1870	14 December 1870
20	Ion Ghica Ion Ghica Ion Ghica was a Romanian revolutionary, mathematician, diplomat and twice Prime Minister of Romania . He was a full member of the Romanian Academy and its president for four times...	18 December 1870	11 March 1871
21	Lascăr Catargiu Lascar Catargiu Lascăr Catargiu was a Romanian conservative statesman born in Moldavia. He belonged to an ancient Wallachian family, one of whose members had been banished in the 17th century by Prince Matei Basarab, and had settled in Moldavia.-Biography:...	11 March 1871	31 March 1876
22	George Vernescu	27 April 1876	27 January 1877
23	Ion C. Brătianu	27 January 1877	26 May 1878
24	Constantin A. Rosetti	26 May 1878	17 November 1878
25	Mihail Kogălniceanu Mihail Kogalniceanu Mihail Kogălniceanu was a Moldavian-born Romanian liberal statesman, lawyer, historian and publicist; he became Prime Minister of Romania October 11, 1863, after the 1859 union of the Danubian Principalities under Domnitor Alexander John Cuza, and later served as Foreign Minister under Carol I. He...	17 November 1878	25 November 1878
26	Ion C. Brătianu	25 November 1878	5 July 1879
27	Mihail Kogălniceanu Mihail Kogalniceanu Mihail Kogălniceanu was a Moldavian-born Romanian liberal statesman, lawyer, historian and publicist; he became Prime Minister of Romania October 11, 1863, after the 1859 union of the Danubian Principalities under Domnitor Alexander John Cuza, and later served as Foreign Minister under Carol I. He...	11 July 1879	17 April 1880
28	Ion C. Brătianu	17 April 1880	15 July 1880
29	Anastase Stolojan	15 July 1880	20 July 1880
30	Alexandru Teriachiu Alexandru Teriachiu Alexandru Teriachiu was a Romanian politician who served as the Minister of Foreign Affairs.-Life and career:Teriachiu was born in 1829 in Tecuci, Principality of Moldavia. He studied in Paris and was active in Romanian student organization at the university...	20 July 1880	1 March 1881
31	Alexandru Teriachiu Alexandru Teriachiu Alexandru Teriachiu was a Romanian politician who served as the Minister of Foreign Affairs.-Life and career:Teriachiu was born in 1829 in Tecuci, Principality of Moldavia. He studied in Paris and was active in Romanian student organization at the university...	1 March 1881	5 April 1881
32	Eugeniu Stătescu Eugeniu Stătescu Eugeniu Stătescu was a Romanian politician who served as the Minister of Internal Affairs from April 10, 1881 until June 8, 1881 and as Minister of Foreign Affairs from June 9, 1881 until July 30, 1881 during the existence of United Principalities...	10 April 1881	8 June 1881
33	Constantin A. Rosetti	9 June 1881	25 January 1882
34	Ion C. Brătianu	25 January 1882	1 August 1882
35	Gheorghe Chiţu	1 August 1882	23 June 1884
36	Ion C. Brătianu	23 June 1884	29 April 1887
37	General Radu Mihai	29 April 1887	1 March 1888
38	Constantin Nacu	1 March 1888	20 March 1888
39	Theodor C. Rosetti	23 March 1888	12 November 1888
40	Prince Alexandru Ştirbey	12 November 1888	26 March 1889
41	Lascăr Catargiu Lascar Catargiu Lascăr Catargiu was a Romanian conservative statesman born in Moldavia. He belonged to an ancient Wallachian family, one of whose members had been banished in the 17th century by Prince Matei Basarab, and had settled in Moldavia.-Biography:...	29 March 1889	3 November 1889
42	General Gheorghe Manu Gheorghe Manu Gheorghe Manu was a Romanian Army general, artillery inspector and statesman.After he finished his high school studies in Romania, he went to Prussia in 1847 to study in the German military academies and in 1853, with the approval of the Romanian government, he joined the Prussian Army as a...	5 November 1889	15 February 1891
43	Lascăr Catargiu Lascar Catargiu Lascăr Catargiu was a Romanian conservative statesman born in Moldavia. He belonged to an ancient Wallachian family, one of whose members had been banished in the 17th century by Prince Matei Basarab, and had settled in Moldavia.-Biography:...	21 February 1891	3 October 1895
44	Nicolae Fleva Nicolae Fleva Nicolae Fleva was a Wallachian-born Romanian politician, political journalist and lawyer. Known especially for his involvement in political incidents, and for a stated patriotism bordering on demagogy, he tested all political formulas that Romania's two-party system would allow...	4 October 1895	15 January 1896
45	Dimitrie Sturdza Dimitrie Sturdza Dimitrie Sturdza was a Romanian statesman of the late 19th century, and president of the Romanian Academy between 1882 and 1884.-Biography:Born in Iaşi, Moldavia, and educated there at the Academia Mihăileană, he continued his studies in Germany, took part in the political movements of the time,...	15 January 1896	3 February 1896
46	Anastase Stolojan	3 February 1896	21 November 1896
47	Vasile Lascăr	21 November 1896	26 March 1897
48	Mihail Pherekyde Mihail Pherekyde Mihail Pherekyde was a Romanian politician and diplomat who served as the Minister of Foreign Affairs and two terms as the Minister of Internal Affairs of Kingdom of Romania-Life and political career:...	31 March 1897	30 March 1899
49	Gheorghe G. Cantacuzino	11 April 1899	9 January 1900
50	General Gheorghe Manu Gheorghe Manu Gheorghe Manu was a Romanian Army general, artillery inspector and statesman.After he finished his high school studies in Romania, he went to Prussia in 1847 to study in the German military academies and in 1853, with the approval of the Romanian government, he joined the Prussian Army as a...	9 January 1900	7 July 1900
51	Constantin Olănescu	7 July 1900	13 February 1901
52	Petre S. Aurelian Petre S. Aurelian Petre S. Aurelian was a Romanian politician who served as a Prime Minister of Romania between 2 December 1896 and 12 April 1897....	14 February 1901	18 July 1902
53	Gheorghe Pallade	18 July 1902	22 November 1902
54	Vasile Lascăr	22 November 1902	13 December 1904
55	Spiru Haret Spiru Haret Spiru C. Haret was a Romanian mathematician, astronomer and politician. He made a fundamental contribution to the n-body problem in celestial mechanics by proving that using a third degree approximation for the disturbing forces implies instability of the major axes of the orbits, and by...	13 December 1904	20 December 1904
56	Gheorghe G. Cantacuzino	22 December 1904	12 March 1907
57	Ion I. C. Brătianu Ion I. C. Bratianu Ion I. C. Brătianu was a Romanian politician, leader of the National Liberal Party , the Prime Minister of Romania for five terms, and Foreign Minister on several occasions; he was the eldest son of statesman and PNL leader Ion Brătianu, the brother of Vintilă and Dinu Brătianu, and the father of...	12 March 1907	15 December 1909
58	Mihail Pherekyde Mihail Pherekyde Mihail Pherekyde was a Romanian politician and diplomat who served as the Minister of Foreign Affairs and two terms as the Minister of Internal Affairs of Kingdom of Romania-Life and political career:...	15 December 1909	6 February 1910
	Ion I. C. Brătianu Ion I. C. Bratianu Ion I. C. Brătianu was a Romanian politician, leader of the National Liberal Party , the Prime Minister of Romania for five terms, and Foreign Minister on several occasions; he was the eldest son of statesman and PNL leader Ion Brătianu, the brother of Vintilă and Dinu Brătianu, and the father of...	6 February 1910	28 December 1910
59	Alexandru Marghiloman Alexandru Marghiloman Alexandru Marghiloman was a Romanian conservative statesman who served for a short time in 1918 as Prime Minister of Romania, and had a decisive role during World War I.-Early career:...	29 December 1910	28 March 1912
60	Constantin C. Arion Constantin C. Arion Constantin C. Arion was a Romanian politician who served as the Minister of Religion and Public Instruction from December 29, 1910 until March 28, 1921, as Minister of Administration and Interior of Romania from March 28, 1912 until October 14, 1912 and as Minister of Foreign Affairs of Romania...	28 March 1912	14 October 1912
61	Take Ionescu Take Ionescu Take or Tache Ionescu was a Romanian centrist politician, journalist, lawyer and diplomat, who also enjoyed reputation as a short story author. Starting his political career as a radical member of the National Liberal Party , he joined the Conservative Party in 1891, and became noted as a social...	14 October 1912	31 December 1913
62	Vasile G. Morţun	4 January 1914	11 December 1916
63	Alexandru Constantinescu	11 December 1916	26 January 1918
64	Constantin Sărăţeanu	29 January 1918	27 February 1918
65	Alexandru Marghiloman Alexandru Marghiloman Alexandru Marghiloman was a Romanian conservative statesman who served for a short time in 1918 as Prime Minister of Romania, and had a decisive role during World War I.-Early career:...	5 March 1918	24 October 1918
66	General Artur Văitoianu Artur Vaitoianu Artur or Arthur Văitoianu was a Romanian general who served as a Prime Minister of Romania for about two months in 1919...	24 October 1918	29 November 1918
67	George G. Mârzescu	29 November 1918	12 September 1919
68	General Arthur Văitoianu	27 September 1919	28 November 1919
69	General Alexandru Averescu Alexandru Averescu Alexandru Averescu was a Romanian marshal and populist politician. A Romanian Armed Forces Commander during World War I, he served as Prime Minister of three separate cabinets . He first rose to prominence during the peasant's revolt of 1907, which he helped repress in violence...	1 December 1919	13 December 1919
70	Aurel Vlad	16 December 1919	27 December 1919
71	Dr. Nicolae Lupu	27 December 1919	13 March 1920
72	General Alexandru Averescu Alexandru Averescu Alexandru Averescu was a Romanian marshal and populist politician. A Romanian Armed Forces Commander during World War I, he served as Prime Minister of three separate cabinets . He first rose to prominence during the peasant's revolt of 1907, which he helped repress in violence...	13 March 1920	13 June 1920
73	Constantin Argetoianu Constantin Argetoianu Constantin Argetoianu was a Romanian politician, one of the best-known personalities of interwar Greater Romania, who served as the Prime Minister between September 28 and November 23, 1939. His memoirs, Memorii. Pentru cei de mâine. Amintiri din vremea celor de ieri Constantin Argetoianu...	13 June 1920	13 December 1921
74	Ion Cămărăşescu	17 December 1921	17 January 1922
75	General Artur Văitoianu Artur Vaitoianu Artur or Arthur Văitoianu was a Romanian general who served as a Prime Minister of Romania for about two months in 1919...	19 January 1922	30 October 1923
76	Ion I. C. Brătianu Ion I. C. Bratianu Ion I. C. Brătianu was a Romanian politician, leader of the National Liberal Party , the Prime Minister of Romania for five terms, and Foreign Minister on several occasions; he was the eldest son of statesman and PNL leader Ion Brătianu, the brother of Vintilă and Dinu Brătianu, and the father of...	30 October 1923	27 March 1926
77	Octavian Goga Octavian Goga Octavian Goga was a Romanian politician, poet, playwright, journalist, and translator.-Life:Born in Răşinari, nearby Sibiu, he was an active member in the Romanian nationalistic movement in Transylvania and of its leading group, the Romanian National Party in Austria-Hungary. Before World War I,...	30 March 1926	4 June 1927
78	Prince Barbu Ştirbey Barbu Stirbey Prince Barbu Ştirbey was briefly Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Romania in 1927. He was the son of Prince Alexandru Ştirbey and his wife Maria Ghika-Comăneşti, and grandson of another Barbu Dimitrie Ştirbey , who was Prince of Wallachia and died in 1869.He married Princess Nadèje Bibescu about...	4 June 1927	20 June 1927
79	Ion G. Duca Ion G. Duca Ion Gheorghe Duca was prime minister of Romania from November 14 to December 30, 1933, when he was assassinated for his efforts to suppress the fascist Iron Guard movement.-Life and political career:...	21 June 1927	3 November 1928
80	Alexandru Vaida-Voievod	10 November 1928	7 June 1930
81	Mihai Popovici	7 June 1930	8 June 1930
82	Alexandru Vaida-Voievod	13 June 1930	8 October 1930
83	Ion Mihalache Ion Mihalache Ion Mihalache was a Romanian agrarian politician, the founder and leader of the Peasants' Party and a main figure of its successor, the National Peasants' Party .-Early life:...	10 October 1930	4 April 1931
84	Nicolae Iorga Nicolae Iorga Nicolae Iorga was a Romanian historian, politician, literary critic, memoirist, poet and playwright. Co-founder of the Democratic Nationalist Party , he served as a member of Parliament, President of the Deputies' Assembly and Senate, cabinet minister and briefly as Prime Minister...	18 April 1931	7 May 1931
	Constantin Argetoianu Constantin Argetoianu Constantin Argetoianu was a Romanian politician, one of the best-known personalities of interwar Greater Romania, who served as the Prime Minister between September 28 and November 23, 1939. His memoirs, Memorii. Pentru cei de mâine. Amintiri din vremea celor de ieri Constantin Argetoianu...	7 May 1931	31 May 1932
85	Alexandru Vaida-Voievod	6 June 1932	10 August 1932
86	Ion Mihalache Ion Mihalache Ion Mihalache was a Romanian agrarian politician, the founder and leader of the Peasants' Party and a main figure of its successor, the National Peasants' Party .-Early life:...	11 August 1932	17 October 1932
87	Ion Mihalache Ion Mihalache Ion Mihalache was a Romanian agrarian politician, the founder and leader of the Peasants' Party and a main figure of its successor, the National Peasants' Party .-Early life:...	20 October 1932	8 January 1933
88	George G. Mironescu	14 January 1933	9 November 1933
89	Ion Inculeţ Ion Inculet Ion C. Inculeț was a Bessarabian politician and the president of the Moldavian Democratic Republic. Also, he was a minister in Romania.-Early career:...	14 November 1933	3 January 1934
90	Ion Inculeţ Ion Inculet Ion C. Inculeț was a Bessarabian politician and the president of the Moldavian Democratic Republic. Also, he was a minister in Romania.-Early career:...	5 January 1934	29 August 1936
91	Dumitru Iuca	29 August 1936	23 February 1937
92	Gheorghe Tătărescu Gheorghe Tatarescu Gheorghe I. Tătărescu was a Romanian politician who served twice as Prime Minister of Romania , three times as Minister of Foreign Affairs , and once as Minister of War...	23 February 1937	14 November 1937
93	Richard Franasovici	17 November 1937	28 December 1937
94	Armand Călinescu Armand Calinescu Armand Călinescu was a Romanian economist and politician, who served as Prime Minister between March 1939 and the time of his death.-Early life:...	28 December 1937	21 September 1939
95	General Gabriel Marinescu	21 September 1939	28 September 1939
96	Nicolae Ottescu	28 September 1939	23 November 1939
97	Gheorghe Tătărescu Gheorghe Tatarescu Gheorghe I. Tătărescu was a Romanian politician who served twice as Prime Minister of Romania , three times as Minister of Foreign Affairs , and once as Minister of War...	24 November 1939	30 November 1939
98	Mihail Ghelmegeanu	30 November 1939	4 July 1940
99	General David Popescu David Popescu (Brigadier-General) David Popescu was the brigadier general of the 11th Infantry Division of the Romanian Armed Forces from January 1 1940 to August 31 1941. Before this, he served briefly as the Minister of Internal Affairs from July 4, 1940 to September 4, 1940. He was arrested and held in custody in 1950 and...	4 July 1940	14 September 1940
100	General Constantin Petrovicescu Constantin Petrovicescu Constantin Petrovicescu was a Romanian soldier and politician, who served as Interior Minister from September 14, 1940 to January 21, 1941 during the National Legionary State. A sympathizer and secret member of the fascist Iron Guard movement, he was also the royal commissioner involved in the...	14 September 1940	20 January 1941
101	General Dumitru I. Popescu	21 January 1941	23 August 1944
102	General Aurel Aldea Aurel Aldea Aurel Aldea was a Romanian general and anti-communist resistance leader.-Biography :Born in Slatina in 1887, he served briefly as Minister of the Interior in the Constantin Sănătescu government of Romania....	23 August 1944	4 November 1944
103	Nicolae Penescu	4 November 1944	6 December 1944
104	Constantin Sănătescu Constantin Sanatescu Constantin Sănătescu was a Romanian statesman who served as the first Prime Minister of Romania after the August 23, 1944 coup, through which Romania left the Axis Powers and joined the Allies....	6 December 1944	14 December 1944
105	General Nicolae Rădescu Nicolae Radescu Nicolae Rădescu was a Romanian army officer and political figure. He was the last pre-communist rule Prime Minister of Romania, serving from December 7, 1944 to March 1, 1945....	14 December 1944	28 February 1945
106	Teohari Georgescu Teohari Georgescu Teohari Georgescu was a high-ranking member of the Romanian Communist Party.-Life:Born in Bacău, he was the third of seven children of Constantin and Aneta Georgescu. Georgescu, whose formal education ended after the fourth grade, began his career as an assistant in his father's store...	6 March 1945	30 December 1947
107	Teohari Georgescu Teohari Georgescu Teohari Georgescu was a high-ranking member of the Romanian Communist Party.-Life:Born in Bacău, he was the third of seven children of Constantin and Aneta Georgescu. Georgescu, whose formal education ended after the fourth grade, began his career as an assistant in his father's store...	30 December 1947	28 May 1952
108	Alexandru Drăghici	28 May 1952	20 September 1952
109	Pavel Ştefan	20 September 1952	19 March 1957
110	Alexandru Drăghici	19 March 1957	27 July 1965
111	Cornel Onescu	27 July 1965	24 April 1972
112	Ion Stănescu	24 April 1972	17 March 1973
113	Emil Bobu	17 March 1973	18 March 1975
114	Teodor Coman	18 March 1975	5 September 1978
115	George Homoştean	5 September 1978	5 October 1987
116	Tudor Postelnicu Tudor Postelnicu Tudor Postelnicu is a former Romanian Communist politician, who served as Interior Minister from October 1987 until the 1989 Revolution.-Biography:...	5 October 1987	22 December 1989
117	General Mihai Chiţac Mihai Chiţac Mihai Chiţac was a Romanian general and Interior Minister from 1989 to 1990 during the waning days of the Communist era...	29 December 1989	16 June 1990
118	Doru Viorel Ursu Doru Viorel Ursu Doru Viorel Ursu is a Romanian politician and lawyer. A member of the National Salvation Front , he was Minister of the Interior in the Petre Roman cabinets, carrying his mandate between the Mineriads of 1990 and 1991.-Biography:...	16 June 1990	26 September 1991
119	Victor Babiuc Victor Babiuc Victor Babiuc is a Romanian jurist and politician. A former member of the Democratic Party and of the National Liberal Party , he was a member of the Romanian Chamber of Deputies for Bucharest in 1990 and from 1992 to 1996, and for Braşov County from 1996 to 2004. In the Petre Roman cabinet, he...	17 October 1991	9 November 1992
120	George Ioan Dănescu	19 November 1992	6 March 1994
121	Doru Ioan Tărăcilă	6 March 1994	11 December 1996	Văcăroiu I Vacaroiu I Cabinet Nicolae Văcăroiu's cabinet 1992–1996Coalition members: , , and Prime Minister:*Nicolae VăcăroiuMinisters of State:*Mişu Negriţoiu/Mircea Coşea*Dan Mircea Popescu*Teodor Meleşcanu*Florin GeorgescuMinisters:...	PDSR
122	Gavril Dejeu Gavril Dejeu Gavril Dejeu is a Romanian politician who served as Minister of Interior in Victor Ciorbea's cabinet. He was also ad interim Prime Minister of Romania from 30 March to 17 April 1998....	12 December 1996	21 January 1999
123	Constantin Dudu Ionescu	21 January 1999	28 December 2000
124	Ioan Rus	28 December 2000	15 June 2004		PDSR/PSD Social Democratic Party (Romania) The Social Democratic Party is the major social-democratic political party in Romania. It was formed in 1992, after the post-communist National Salvation Front broke apart. It adopted its present name after a merger with a minor social-democratic party in 2001. Since its formation, it has always...
125	Marian Săniuţă	15 June 2004	28 December 2004		PSD Social Democratic Party (Romania) The Social Democratic Party is the major social-democratic political party in Romania. It was formed in 1992, after the post-communist National Salvation Front broke apart. It adopted its present name after a merger with a minor social-democratic party in 2001. Since its formation, it has always...
126	Vasile Blaga Vasile Blaga Vasile Blaga is a Romanian politician and the current Speaker of the Upper Chamber of the Romanian Parliament, the Senate, and a former Minister of Regional Development and Housing and twice former Minister of Administration and Internal Affairs.... i	29 December 2004	4 April 2007	Tăriceanu I Tariceanu I Cabinet The first Tăriceanu Cabinet was the cabinet of the government of Romania led by Călin Popescu-Tăriceanu between December 29, 2004 and April 5, 2007...	PD
127	Cristian David Cristian David Cristian David is a Romanian politician. A member of the National Liberal Party , he has been a member of the Romanian Senate for Vaslui County since 2004...	5 April 2007	22 December 2008	Tăriceanu II	PNL National Liberal Party (Romania) The National Liberal Party , abbreviated to PNL, is a centre-right liberal party in Romania. It is the third-largest party in the Romanian Parliament, with 53 seats in the Chamber of Deputies and 22 in the Senate: behind the centre-right Democratic Liberal Party and the centre-left Social...
128	Gabriel Oprea Gabriel Oprea Gabriel Oprea is a Romanian soldier and politician. A member of the National Union for the Progress of Romania and a former member of the Social Democratic Party , he has been a member of the Romanian Chamber of Deputies for Ilfov County since 2004...	22 December 2008	13 January 2009	Boc I Boc I Cabinet The first Boc Cabinet of the Government of Romania was composed of 20 ministers, listed below. It was sworn in on 22 December 2008, the same day it received the vote of confidence from the Parliament of Romania. It was a grand coalition government, formed by the PD-L and the PSD...	PSD Social Democratic Party (Romania) The Social Democratic Party is the major social-democratic political party in Romania. It was formed in 1992, after the post-communist National Salvation Front broke apart. It adopted its present name after a merger with a minor social-democratic party in 2001. Since its formation, it has always...
	Dan Nica Dan Nica Dan Nica is a Romanian engineer and politician. A member of the Social Democratic Party , he has been a member of the Romanian Chamber of Deputies for Galaţi County since 1996... i	13 January 2009	20 January 2009	Boc I Boc I Cabinet The first Boc Cabinet of the Government of Romania was composed of 20 ministers, listed below. It was sworn in on 22 December 2008, the same day it received the vote of confidence from the Parliament of Romania. It was a grand coalition government, formed by the PD-L and the PSD...	PSD Social Democratic Party (Romania) The Social Democratic Party is the major social-democratic political party in Romania. It was formed in 1992, after the post-communist National Salvation Front broke apart. It adopted its present name after a merger with a minor social-democratic party in 2001. Since its formation, it has always...
130	Liviu Dragnea Liviu Dragnea Liviu Nicolae Dragnea is a Romanian engineer and politician. A member of the Social Democratic Party and former member of the Democratic Party , he was Minister of Administration and Interior in the Emil Boc cabinet in January-February 2009.-Biography:Dragnea was born in Gratia, Teleorman County,...	20 January 2009	2 February 2009	Boc I Boc I Cabinet The first Boc Cabinet of the Government of Romania was composed of 20 ministers, listed below. It was sworn in on 22 December 2008, the same day it received the vote of confidence from the Parliament of Romania. It was a grand coalition government, formed by the PD-L and the PSD...	PSD Social Democratic Party (Romania) The Social Democratic Party is the major social-democratic political party in Romania. It was formed in 1992, after the post-communist National Salvation Front broke apart. It adopted its present name after a merger with a minor social-democratic party in 2001. Since its formation, it has always...
131	Dan Nica Dan Nica Dan Nica is a Romanian engineer and politician. A member of the Social Democratic Party , he has been a member of the Romanian Chamber of Deputies for Galaţi County since 1996... ii	2 February 2009	1 October 2009	Boc I Boc I Cabinet The first Boc Cabinet of the Government of Romania was composed of 20 ministers, listed below. It was sworn in on 22 December 2008, the same day it received the vote of confidence from the Parliament of Romania. It was a grand coalition government, formed by the PD-L and the PSD...	PSD Social Democratic Party (Romania) The Social Democratic Party is the major social-democratic political party in Romania. It was formed in 1992, after the post-communist National Salvation Front broke apart. It adopted its present name after a merger with a minor social-democratic party in 2001. Since its formation, it has always...
	Vasile Blaga Vasile Blaga Vasile Blaga is a Romanian politician and the current Speaker of the Upper Chamber of the Romanian Parliament, the Senate, and a former Minister of Regional Development and Housing and twice former Minister of Administration and Internal Affairs.... ii	1 October 2009	27 November 2009	Boc I	PD-L Democratic Liberal Party (Romania) The Democratic Liberal Party is a populist, centre-right party in Romania. It was formed on 15 December 2007, when the Democratic Party merged with the Liberal Democratic Party. From 2004 to 2007, the Democratic Party was part of the governing Justice and Truth Alliance...
132	Vasile Blaga Vasile Blaga Vasile Blaga is a Romanian politician and the current Speaker of the Upper Chamber of the Romanian Parliament, the Senate, and a former Minister of Regional Development and Housing and twice former Minister of Administration and Internal Affairs.... iii	23 December 2009	27 September 2010	Boc IV	PD-L Democratic Liberal Party (Romania) The Democratic Liberal Party is a populist, centre-right party in Romania. It was formed on 15 December 2007, when the Democratic Party merged with the Liberal Democratic Party. From 2004 to 2007, the Democratic Party was part of the governing Justice and Truth Alliance...
133	Traian Igaş	27 September 2010	present	Boc IV	PD-L Democratic Liberal Party (Romania) The Democratic Liberal Party is a populist, centre-right party in Romania. It was formed on 15 December 2007, when the Democratic Party merged with the Liberal Democratic Party. From 2004 to 2007, the Democratic Party was part of the governing Justice and Truth Alliance...

Romania used the Julian calendar

Julian calendar

The Julian calendar began in 45 BC as a reform of the Roman calendar by Julius Caesar. It was chosen after consultation with the astronomer Sosigenes of Alexandria and was probably designed to approximate the tropical year .The Julian calendar has a regular year of 365 days divided into 12 months...

 until 1919, but all dates are given in the Gregorian calendar

Gregorian calendar

The Gregorian calendar, also known as the Western calendar, or Christian calendar, is the internationally accepted civil calendar. It was introduced by Pope Gregory XIII, after whom the calendar was named, by a decree signed on 24 February 1582, a papal bull known by its opening words Inter...

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The following party abbreviations are used:

PNL = National Liberal Party National Liberal Party (Romania) The National Liberal Party , abbreviated to PNL, is a centre-right liberal party in Romania. It is the third-largest party in the Romanian Parliament, with 53 seats in the Chamber of Deputies and 22 in the Senate: behind the centre-right Democratic Liberal Party and the centre-left Social...	PC = Conservative Party
PNR = Romanian National Party Romanian National Party The Romanian National Party , initially known as the Romanian National Party in Transylvania and Banat , was a political party which was initially designed to offer ethnic representation to Romanians in the Kingdom of Hungary, the Transleithanian half of Austria-Hungary, and especially to those in...	PP = People's Party
PCD = Conservative-Democratic Party	PNŢ = National Peasants' Party National Peasants' Party The National Peasants' Party was a Romanian political party, formed in 1926 through the fusion of the Romanian National Party from Transylvania and the Peasants' Party . It was in power between 1928 and 1933, with brief interruptions...
PND = Democratic Nationalist Party	PNC = National Christian Party National Christian Party The National Christian Party was a Romanian political party, the product of a union between Octavian Goga's National Agrarian Party and A. C. Cuza's National-Christian Defense League; a prominent member of the party was the philosopher Nichifor Crainic...
FRN = National Renaissance Front National Renaissance Front The National Renaissance Front was a fascist Romanian political party created by King Carol II in 1938 as the single monopoly party of government following his decision to ban all other political parties and suspend the 1923 Constitution, and the passing of the 1938 Constitution of Romania... (from 1940 PN; Party of the Nation)	FP = Ploughmen's Front Ploughmen's Front The Ploughmen's Front was a Romanian left-wing agrarian-inspired political organisation of ploughmen, founded at Deva in 1933 and led by Petru Groza. At its peak in 1946, the Front had over 1 million members.-History:...
PMR = Romanian Workers' Party Romanian Communist Party The Romanian Communist Party was a communist political party in Romania. Successor to the Bolshevik wing of the Socialist Party of Romania, it gave ideological endorsement to communist revolution and the disestablishment of Greater Romania. The PCR was a minor and illegal grouping for much of the... (from 1965 PCR; Romanian Communist Party)	FSN = National Salvation Front
PDSR = Party of Social Democracy in Romania Social Democratic Party (Romania) The Social Democratic Party is the major social-democratic political party in Romania. It was formed in 1992, after the post-communist National Salvation Front broke apart. It adopted its present name after a merger with a minor social-democratic party in 2001. Since its formation, it has always... (from 2001 PSD; Social Democratic Party)	PNŢCD = Christian-Democratic National Peasants' Party Christian-Democratic National Peasants' Party (Romania) The Christian-Democratic National Peasants' Party is a Romanian Christian-Democratic party...
PSDR = Romanian Social Democratic Party Romanian Social Democratic Party (defunct) The Romanian Social Democratic Party was a social-democratic political party in Romania. It published the magazine România Muncitoare, and later Socialismul, Lumea Nouă, and Libertatea.-Early party:...	PD = Democratic Party
PD-L = Democratic Liberal Party Democratic Liberal Party (Romania) The Democratic Liberal Party is a populist, centre-right party in Romania. It was formed on 15 December 2007, when the Democratic Party merged with the Liberal Democratic Party. From 2004 to 2007, the Democratic Party was part of the governing Justice and Truth Alliance...
Mil. = Military	Ind. = Independent

Additionally, the political stance of prime ministers prior to the development of a modern party system is given by C (Conservative), MC (Moderate Conservative), RL (Radical Liberal) and ML (Moderate Liberal). Interim officeholders are denoted by italics. For those who held office multiple times, their rank of service is given by a Roman numeral.

External links

Official site of the Ministry of Administration and Interior Official site of the Government of Romania