Constitutional Court of Romania

Emblem of the Constitutional Court of Romania

The Constitutional Court of Romania ( Romanian Curtea Constituțională a României ) is the highest court in Romania .

The court was created in 1948. It is located in the Romanian capital Bucharest in the Parliament Palace .

Nine judges are appointed for nine years each. A third of the judges are elected by the President , a third of the judges are elected by the Chamber of Deputies and a further third by the Romanian Senate . The powers of the Constitutional Court derive from the Romanian constitution .

Constitutional Court Presidents:

• 1992-1995 Vasile Gionea
• 1995-1998 Ioan Muraru
• 1998-2001 Lucian Mihai
• 2001-2004 Nicolae Popa
• 2004-2010 Ioan Vida
• 2010–2016 Augustin Zegrean
• since 2016 Valer Dorneanu

Web links

• Website of the Constitutional Court of Romania

Individual evidence

1. ↑ FOŞTII JUDECĂTORI
2. ↑ Judecătorul Valer Dorneanu, președinte al CCR (fișă biografică) ( Memento of the original dated December 23, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 

See also

• Romania's political system
• History of Romania # Post-Communist Era
• State crisis in Romania in 2012

Coordinates: 44 ° 25 ′ 35 ″  N , 26 ° 5 ′ 18.7 ″  E