President of the Chamber of Deputies of Romania

The President of the Chamber of Deputies of Romania

Chamber of Deputies of Romania

The Chamber of Deputies is the lower house in Romania's bicameral parliament. It has 315 seats, to which deputies are elected by direct popular vote on a proportional representation basis to serve four-year terms...

is the deputy elected to preside over the meetings in the lower chamber of the Parliament of Romania. He (or she) is also the president of the Standing Bureau of the Chamber of Deputies, and the second person in the presidential line of succession, after the President of the Senate

President of the Senate of Romania

The President of the Senate of Romania is the senator elected to preside over the Senate meetings. He is also the president of the Standing Bureau of the Senate, and the second leader of the State.-Election:...

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Election

The President of the Chamber of Deputies is elected by secret ballot with the majority of votes of the deputies. If none of the candidates receives the absolute majority of votes, the first two compete again in a second ballot, and the one with most of the votes wins.

Role

• calls the Chamber of Deputies into ordinary or extraordinary session
• presides the Chamber's meetings
• represents the Chamber of Deputies in the relation with the President
  President of Romania
  The President of Romania is the head of state of Romania. The President is directly elected by a two-round system for a five-year term . An individual may serve two terms...
  
  , 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...
  
  , the Government
  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...
  
   and the Constitutional Court
  Constitutional Court of Romania
  The Constitutional Court of Romania is the institution which rules on whether the laws, decrees or other bills enacted by Romanian authorities are in conformity with the Constitution....
  
  
• represents the Chamber of Deputies in the foreign relations
• succeeds (ad interim
  Ad interim
  The Latin phrase ad interim literally means "in the time between" denotes the meaning of "in the meantime", "for an intervening time" or "temporarily" in the English language...
  
  ) the President of Romania if the President of the Senate
  President of the Senate of Romania
  The President of the Senate of Romania is the senator elected to preside over the Senate meetings. He is also the president of the Standing Bureau of the Senate, and the second leader of the State.-Election:...
  
   cannot do so. (He/she continues to be President of the Chamber of Deputies during the ad-interim presidency of the country and acts as President until a new president is elected.)

1862 - 1948

Between 1862 and 1948 the lower house was called Assembly of Deputies . In 1946, the Senate was abolished, and the Parliament became unicameral.

1948 - 1989

The Legislative was called Great National Assembly

Great National Assembly

The Great National Assembly was the legislature of the Romanian People's Republic and the Socialist Republic Romania. When Communism was overthrown in Romania in December 1989, the National Assembly was replaced by a bicameral parliament, made up of the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate.The Great...

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1990 - 1992

The Legislative became bicameral again, and the lower house was called again Assembly of Deputies , as part of the Constituent Assembly , elected together with the Senate to form both the Legislative body and the body elected to write the new Constitution. The Assembly was headed by an elected President.

1992 - present

After the Constitution

Constitution of Romania

The 1991 Constitution of Romania, adopted on 21 November 1991, voted in the referendum of 8 December 1991 and introduced on the same day, is the current fundamental law that establishes the structure of the government of Romania, the rights and obligations of the country's citizens, and its mode...

 was voted, the Assembly changed the name in Chamber of Deputies , headed by a President.

List of officeholders

The political stance of presidents of the lower house prior to the development of a modern party system is given by:

C (Conservative)	MC (Moderate Conservative)
RL (Radical Liberal)	ML (Moderate Liberal)

The political stance of presidents of the lower house after the development of a modern party system is given by:

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-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... (until 2008 PD; Democratic Party)
Mil. = Military	Ind. = Independent

Interim (acting) officeholders are denoted by italics. The Rule of the Chamber of Deputies states that at the first standing of the house, the meeting is headed by the eldest senator and helped by the youngest senator. Those bear the title of Interim President of the Senate, and, as their term is very short (one or two days) are not listed. The interim officeholders listed have hold the office in different circumstances and for a longer time.

#	Name	Portrait	Born-Died	Took office	Left office	Party
Assembly of Deputies 1862 - 1948
1	Metropolitan-primate Nifon Rusailă			24 January 1862	2 May 1864	Ind.
2	Alexandru Emanoil Florescu			29 December 1864	25 June 1865	C
3	Emanoil Costache Epureanu		1823 - 1880	12 December 1865	3 January 1866	C
4	Nicolae Catargiu			9 January 1866	12 February 1866	C
(3)	Emanoil Costache Epureanu		1823 - 1880	9 May 1866	6 July 1866	C
5	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:...		1823 - 1899	12 December 1866	1 November 1867	C
6	Anastasie Fătu			15 January 1868	15 November 1868	RL
7	Ion C. Brătianu		1821 - 1891	18 November 1868	29 January 1869	RL
8	Costache Negri Costache Negri Costache Negri was a Moldavian-born Romanian writer, politician and revolutionary....		1812 – 1876	8 May 1869	17 November 1869	ML
9	Grigore Balş			20 November 1869	1 May 1870	MC
10	Gheorghe Costa-Foru Gheorghe Costa-Foru Gheorghe Costa-Foru was a lawyer, university professor and Romanian politician who served as the Minister of Foreign Affairs.-Life and career:...		1820 - 1876	2 July 1870	3 February 1871	C
11	Nicolae Pǎcleanu			5 February 171	16 March 1871	RL
12	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....		1816 - 1897	26 May 1871	17 February 1876	C
13	Constantin N. Brăiloiu			18 February 1876	3 May 1876	C
14	Constantin A. Rosetti		1816 - 1885	25 June 1876	26 May 1878	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...
15	Gheorghe Vernescu			6 June 1878	15 November 1878	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...
(14)	Constantin A. Rosetti		1816 - 1885	17 November 1878	9 June 1881	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...
16	Dimitrie C. Brǎtianu			9 June 1881	21 October 1882	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...
17	Dimitrie Lecca			21 October 1882	5 March 1883	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...
(14)	Constantin A. Rosetti		1816 - 1885	16 May 1883	17 October 1883	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...
(17)	Dimitrie Lecca			19 October 1883	4 July 1888	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...
18	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:...		1823 - 1899	10 November 1888	14 January 1889	PC Conservative Party (Romania, 1880-1918) The Conservative Party was between 1880 and 1918 one of Romania's two most important parties, the other one being the Liberal Party...
19	Constantin Grǎdişteanu			19 January 1889	16 November 889	PC Conservative Party (Romania, 1880-1918) The Conservative Party was between 1880 and 1918 one of Romania's two most important parties, the other one being the Liberal Party...
20	Gheorghe Grigore Cantacuzino		1833 - 1913	16 November 1889	22 February 1891	PC Conservative Party (Romania, 1880-1918) The Conservative Party was between 1880 and 1918 one of Romania's two most important parties, the other one being the Liberal Party...
21	Gheorghe Rosnovanu			3 May 1881	11 December 1891	PC Conservative Party (Romania, 1880-1918) The Conservative Party was between 1880 and 1918 one of Romania's two most important parties, the other one being the Liberal Party...
22	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...		1833 - 1911	26 February 1892	24 October 1895	PC Conservative Party (Romania, 1880-1918) The Conservative Party was between 1880 and 1918 one of Romania's two most important parties, the other one being the Liberal Party...
23	Petre C. Aurelian			9 December 1895	21 November 1896	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...
24	Dimitrie Gianni			23 November 1896	21 April 1899	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...
25	Constantin Olǎnescu			13 June 1899	21 September 1900	PC Conservative Party (Romania, 1880-1918) The Conservative Party was between 1880 and 1918 one of Romania's two most important parties, the other one being the Liberal Party...
(20)	Gheorghe Grigore Cantacuzino		1833 - 1913	25 September 1900	14 February 1901	PC Conservative Party (Romania, 1880-1918) The Conservative Party was between 1880 and 1918 one of Romania's two most important parties, the other one being the Liberal Party...
26	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:...		1842 - 1926	24 March 1901	9 December 1904	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...
27	Ştefan Şendrea			9 December 1904	23 December 1904	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...
28	Grigore Trandafil			25 February 1905	23 February 1907	PC Conservative Party (Romania, 1880-1918) The Conservative Party was between 1880 and 1918 one of Romania's two most important parties, the other one being the Liberal Party...
29	Constantin Cantacuzino-Paşcanu			26 February 1907	26 April 1907	PC Conservative Party (Romania, 1880-1918) The Conservative Party was between 1880 and 1918 one of Romania's two most important parties, the other one being the Liberal Party...
(26)	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:...		1842 - 1926	8 June 1907	15 December 1909	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...
30	Basile M. Missir			15 December 1909	16 February 1910	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...
(26)	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:...		1842 - 1926	16 February 1910	10 January 1911	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...
(25)	Constantin Olǎnescu			8 March 1911	17 October 1912	PC Conservative Party (Romania, 1880-1918) The Conservative Party was between 1880 and 1918 one of Romania's two most important parties, the other one being the Liberal Party...
(29)	Constantin Cantacuzino-Paşcanu			1 December 1912	11 January 1914	PCD
(26)	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:...		1842 - 1926	21 February 1914	11 December 1916	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...
31	Vasile C. Morţun			11 December 1916	25 April 1918	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...
32	Constantin Meissner			5 June 1918	5 November 1918	PCP
33	Alexandru Vaida-Voevod Alexandru Vaida-Voevod Alexandru Vaida-Voevod or Vaida-Voievod was a Romanian politician who was a supporter and promoter of the union of Transylvania with the Romanian Old Kingdom; he later served three terms as a Prime Minister of Greater Romania.-Transylvanian politics:He was born to a Greek-Catholic family in the...		1872 - 1950	28 November 1919	1 December 1919	PNR 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...
34	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...		1871 - 1940	9 December 1919	26 March 1920	PND
35	Duliu Zamfirescu			30 June 1920	22 January 1922	PP
36	Mihail Orleanu			6 April 1922	27 March 1926	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...
37	Petre P. Negulescu			10 July 1926	5 June 1927	PP
38	Nicolae Sǎveanu			30 July 1927	10 November 1928	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...
39	Ştefan Cico Pop			23 December 1928	30 April 1931	PNŢ 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...
40	Dimitrie Pompeiu Dimitrie Pompeiu -Biography:After studying in Dorohoi and Bucharest, he went to France, where he studied mathematics at the University of Paris . He obtained a Ph.D. degree in mathematics in 1905 with a thesis, On the continuity of complex variable functions, written under the direction of Henri Poincaré...		1873 - 1954	20 June 1931	10 June 1932	PND
(39)	Stefan Cicio Pop			10 August 1932	18 November 1933	PNŢ 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...
(38)	Nicolae Sǎveanu			10 February 1934	19 November 1937	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...
(33)	Alexandru Vaida-Voevod Alexandru Vaida-Voevod Alexandru Vaida-Voevod or Vaida-Voievod was a Romanian politician who was a supporter and promoter of the union of Transylvania with the Romanian Old Kingdom; he later served three terms as a Prime Minister of Greater Romania.-Transylvanian politics:He was born to a Greek-Catholic family in the...		1872 - 1950	9 June 1939	5 September 1940	FRN 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... /PN
41	Mihail Sadoveanu Mihail Sadoveanu Mihail Sadoveanu was a Romanian novelist, short story writer, journalist and political figure, who twice served as acting republican head of state under the communist regime . One of the most prolific Romanian-language writers, he is remembered mostly for his historical and adventure novels, as...			5 December 1946	24 February 1948	BPD
Great National Assembly 1948 - 1989
42	Gheorghe Apostol Gheorghe Apostol Gheorghe Apostol was a Romanian politician, deputy Prime Minister of Romania and a former leader of the Communist Party, noted for his rivalry with Nicolae Ceauşescu.-Early life:...		1913 - 2010	7 April 1948	11 June 1948	PMR
43	Constantin Agiu			11 June 1948	27 December 1948	PMR
44	Constantin Pîrvulescu Constantin Pîrvulescu Constantin Pîrvulescu was a Romanian communist politician, one of the founders of the Romanian Communist Party , and, eventually, an active opponent of Communist Romania's leader Nicolae Ceauşescu...		1895 - 1992	27 December 1948	5 July 1949	PMR
45	Dumitru Petrescu			5 July 1949	28 December 1949	PMR
46	Alexandru Drǎghici			28 December 1949	26 January 1950	PMR
(45)	Dumitru Petrescu			26 January 1950	29 May 1950	PMR
47	Constantin Doncea			29 May 1950	6 September 1950	PMR
(42)	Gheorghe Apostol Gheorghe Apostol Gheorghe Apostol was a Romanian politician, deputy Prime Minister of Romania and a former leader of the Communist Party, noted for his rivalry with Nicolae Ceauşescu.-Early life:...		1913 - 2010	6 September 1950	5 April 1951	PMR
48	Ioan Vinţe		1910 - 1996	5 April 1951	26 March 1952	PMR
(42)	Gheorghe Apostol Gheorghe Apostol Gheorghe Apostol was a Romanian politician, deputy Prime Minister of Romania and a former leader of the Communist Party, noted for his rivalry with Nicolae Ceauşescu.-Early life:...		1913 - 2010	26 March 1952	6 June 1952	PMR
49	Gheorghe Stoica			2 June 1952	30 November 1952	PMR
(44)	Constantin Pîrvulescu Constantin Pîrvulescu Constantin Pîrvulescu was a Romanian communist politician, one of the founders of the Romanian Communist Party , and, eventually, an active opponent of Communist Romania's leader Nicolae Ceauşescu...		1895 - 1992	23 January 1953	5 March 1961	PMR
50	Ştefan Voitec Stefan Voitec Ştefan Voitec was a Romanian socialist and communist journalist, politician, and statesman of Communist Romania.-Biography:...		1900 - 1984	20 March 1961	28 March 1974	PMR/PCR
51	Miron Constantinescu Miron Constantinescu Miron Constantinescu was a Romanian communist politician, a leading member of the Romanian Communist Party , as well as a Marxist sociologist, historian, academic, and journalist...		1917 - 1974	28 March 1974	18 July 1974	PCR
52	Nicolae Giosan			26 July 1974	12 December 1989	PCR
Assembly of Deputies 1990 - 1992
53	Dan Marţian			19 June 1990	16 October 1992	FSN
Chamber of Deputies since 1992
54	Adrian Năstase Adrian Nastase Adrian Năstase is a Romanian politician who was the Prime Minister of Romania from December 2000 to December 2004.He competed as the Social Democratic Party candidate in the 2004 presidential election, but was defeated by centre-right Justice and Truth Alliance candidate Traian Băsescu.He was...		1950 -	28 October 1992	22 November 1996	FDSN Democratic National Salvation Front The Democratic National Salvation Front was a political party formed in Romania by Ion Iliescu and his supporters upon the breaking of the ruling National Salvation Front on April 7, 1992. The smaller wing led by Petre Roman continued using the brand FSN... /PDSR 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...
55	Ion Diaconescu Ion Diaconescu Ion Diaconescu was a Romanian anti-Communist activist and politician. He was imprisoned as a political prisoner for seventeen years from 1947 to 1964 during Romania's Communist era...		1917 - 2011	27 November 1996	30 November 2000	PNŢCD Christian-Democratic National Peasants' Party (Romania) The Christian-Democratic National Peasants' Party is a Romanian Christian-Democratic party...
56	Valer Dorneanu			December 15, 2000	November 30, 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...
(54)	Adrian Năstase Adrian Nastase Adrian Năstase is a Romanian politician who was the Prime Minister of Romania from December 2000 to December 2004.He competed as the Social Democratic Party candidate in the 2004 presidential election, but was defeated by centre-right Justice and Truth Alliance candidate Traian Băsescu.He was...		1950 -	December 19, 2004	March 16, 2006	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...
57	Bogdan Olteanu Bogdan Olteanu Bogdan Olteanu is a Romanian politician and lawyer. He was the president of the Chamber of Deputies between 2006 and 2008....		1971 -	20 March 2006	13 December 2008	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...
58	Roberta Anastase		1976 -	19 December 2008		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...