List of heads of state of Romania

This is a list of the heads of state of Romania since the proclamation of the Romanian state on December 24, 1861.

List of incumbents

Fürstentum Romania ( 1859 -1881)
No.	image	Surname	Function / title	Start of office	End of office	House	Remarks
1		Alexandru Ioan I. Cuza	Prince	December 24, 1861	February 11, 1866	Cuza	Start of office on the day of the proclamation of Romania, but still under Ottoman rule. He was overthrown by a military coup on February 22, 1866, and by the date of the change in power he was already in exile .
-		Lascăr Catargiu	"Locotenență Domnească"	February 11, 1866	May 10, 1866	-	ad interim
		Nicolae Golescu
		col. Nicolae Haralambie
2		Karl I. , (Carol I.)	Prince	May 10, 1866	March 25, 1881	Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen	Military coup, followed by a referendum
Kingdom of Romania (1881-1947)
No.	image	Surname	Function / title	Start of office	End of office	House	Remarks
1		Karl I. , (Carol I.)	king	March 26, 1881	October 10, 1914	Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen
2		Ferdinand I.	king	October 10, 1914	July 20, 1927	Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen
3		Michael I. (Mihai I.)	king	July 20, 1927	June 8, 1930	Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen
4th		Charles II	king	June 8, 1930	September 6, 1940	Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen
(3)		Michael I. (Mihai I.)	king	September 6, 1940	December 30, 1947	Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen
Communist Romania (1947-1989)
No.	image	Surname	Function / title	Start of office	End of office	Political party	Remarks
-		Constantin Ion Parhon	President of the Provisional Presidium of the Romanian People's Republic	December 31, 1947	April 13, 1948	PCR / PMR
1			President of the Presidium of the National Assembly	April 13, 1948	June 2, 1952
2		Petru Groza	President of the Presidium of the National Assembly	June 2, 1952	January 7, 1958 (deceased in office)	FP (1952–1953) non-party (1953–1958)
-		Mihail Sadoveanu	Acting President of the Presidium of the National Assembly	January 7, 1958	January 11, 1958	PMR
-		Anton Moisescu				PMR
3		Ion Gheorghe Mason	President of the Presidium of the National Assembly	January 11, 1958	March 21, 1961	PMR
1		Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej	Chairman of the Council of State	March 21, 1961	March 19, 1965 (deceased in office)	PMR
-		Ion Gheorghe Mason	Acting Chairwoman of the Council of State	March 19, 1965	March 24, 1965	PMR
-		Ștefan Voitec				PMR
-		Avram Bunaciu				PMR
2		Chivu Stoica	Chairman of the Council of State	March 24, 1965	December 9, 1967	PMR / PCR
3		Nicolae Ceaușescu	Chairman of the Council of State	December 9, 1967	December 25, 1989 (discontinued)	PCR	Sentenced to death and executed after the revolution
1			president	March 28, 1974	December 25, 1989 (discontinued)
Romania (since 1989)
No.	image	Surname	Function / title	Start of office	End of office	Political party	Remarks
2		Ion Iliescu	president	December 25, 1989	April 7, 1992	FSN	initially in office, confirmed by elections from May 20, 1990
				April 7, 1992	October 11, 1992	FDSN
				October 11, 1992	November 29, 1996	independent
3		Emil Constantinescu	president	November 29, 1996	December 20, 2000	independent
(2)		Ion Iliescu	president	December 20, 2000	December 20, 2004	independent
4th		Traian Băsescu	president	December 20, 2004	April 20, 2007 (suspended)	independent	He was suspended on April 19, 2007, but in the referendum on May 19, 2007 about his removal, 74.5% were in favor of Băsescu remaining at the head of the state.
-		Nicolae Văcăroiu	Interim President (as President of the Senate )	April 20, 2007	May 23, 2007	Psd
(4)		Traian Băsescu	president	May 23, 2007 (reinstated)	July 10, 2012 (suspended)	independent	On July 6, 2012, there was another suspension by the parliament, but the referendum on his remaining in office on July 29, 2012 failed due to insufficient turnout.
-		Crin Antonescu	Interim President (as President of the Senate )	July 10, 2012	August 27, 2012	PNL
(4)		Traian Băsescu	president	August 27, 2012 (reinstated)	December 21, 2014	independent
5		Klaus Johannis	president	December 21, 2014	officiating	independent

See also

• History of romania
• List of rulers of Moldova
• List of rulers of Wallachia
• List of Prime Ministers of Romania
• President of Romania

Web links

• List of Heads of State and Government of Romania World Statesmen.org (English)
• Official website of the President of Romania (Romanian)
• The Royal Family (in Romanian)
• The Romanian Succession Law of 1923 ( Memento of February 23, 2002 in the Internet Archive ) (in English)