List of heads of state of Romania


This is a list of the heads of state of the modern Romanian state, from the establishment of the United Principalities to the present day.

[United Principalities] (1859–1881)

House of Cuza (1859–1866)

Princely Lieutenancy (1866)

House of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen">Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen">House of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen (1866–1881)

[Kingdom of Romania] (1881–1947)

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Romanian People's Republic/Socialist Republic of Romania">Socialist Republic of Romania">Romanian People's Republic/Socialist Republic of Romania (1947–1989)

Chairman of the State Council

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General Secretary of the Romanian Workers' Party/Romanian Communist Party">Romanian Communist Party">Romanian Workers' Party/Romanian Communist Party

[History of [Romania since 1989|Romania since 1989]]

The Constitution of Romania prohibits the President to be a member of any party while in office. The parties listed below represent the political affiliation before the 1991 Constitution was adopted and the party affiliation of the ad interim Presidents, for whom such a restriction is not explicitly stipulated in the law.
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Living former heads of state

There are three living former Romanian Presidents:

Timeline


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from: 05/02/1862 till: 22/02/1866 color:prince text:"Alexandru Ioan Cuza"
from: 20/04/1866 till: 15/03/1881 color:prince text:"Carol I"
from: 15/03/1881 till: 10/10/1914 color:king text:"Carol I"
from: 10/10/1914 till: 20/07/1927 color:king text:"Ferdinand I"
from: 20/07/1927 till: 08/06/1930 color:king text:"Mihai I"
from: 08/06/1930 till: 06/09/1940 color:king text:"Carol II"
from: 06/09/1940 till: 30/12/1947 color:king text:"Mihai I"
from: 30/12/1947 till: 12/06/1952 color:psc text:"Constantin Ion Parhon"
from: 12/06/1952 till: 07/01/1958 color:psc text:"Petru Groza"
from: 11/01/1958 till: 21/03/1961 color:psc text:"Ion Gheorghe Maurer"
from: 21/03/1961 till: 19/03/1965 color:psc text:"Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej"
from: 24/03/1965 till: 09/12/1967 color:psc text:"Chivu Stoica"
from: 09/12/1967 till: 28/03/1974 color:psc text:"Nicolae Ceauşescu"
from: 28/03/1974 till: 22/12/1989 color:president text:"Nicolae Ceauşescu"
from: 26/12/1989 till: 29/11/1996 color:president text:"Ion Iliescu"
from: 29/11/1996 till: 20/12/2000 color:president text:"Emil Constantinescu"
from: 20/12/2000 till: 20/12/2004 color:president text:"Ion Iliescu"
from: 20/12/2004 till: 21/12/2014 color:president text:"Traian Băsescu"
from: 19/04/2007 till: 23/05/2007 color:interim text:"Nicolae Văcăroiu"
from: 10/07/2012 till: 27/08/2012 color:interim text:"Crin Antonescu"
from: 21/12/2014 till: 05/07/2020 color:president text:"Klaus Iohannis"

Footnotes and references