List of Presidents of Romania

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This is a list of Presidents of Romania, since the office was created in 1974. For a list of all the heads of state of Romania, see List of heads of state of Romania.

List

T Nº	Nº	Picture	Name	Born-Died	Term of office	Position(s)
Socialist Republic of Romania 1965 - 1989
1	1		Nicolae Ceaușescu	1918–1989	28 March 1974 – 22 December 1989	President of the Socialist Republic of Romania Also President of the State Council (9 December 1967 – 22 December 1989) de facto leader of Communist Romania (22 March 1965 – 22 December 1989)
1989 Revolution and following events 1989–1992
—	—		Council of the National Salvation Front	—	22 December 1989 – 26 December 1989	Collective Head of State
	—		Ion Iliescu	1930–	26 December 1989 – 6 February 1990	President of Council of the National Salvation Front
					6 February 1990 – 20 June 1990	President of the Provisional National Unity Council
					20 June 1990 – 11 October 1992	President of Romania
1991 Constitution Since 1991
1	2		Ion Iliescu	1930–	11 October 1992 – 29 November 1996	President of Romania
2	3		Emil Constantinescu	1939–	29 November 1996 – 20 December 2000	President of Romania
3	(2)		Ion Iliescu	1930–	20 December 2000 – 20 December 2004	President of Romania
4	4		Traian Băsescu	1951–	20 December 2004 – 20 April 2007	Suspended in the period from 20 April 2007 until 23 May 2007.
	1'		Nicolae Văcăroiu	1943–	20 April 2007 – 23 May 2007	ad interim President of Romania as President of the Senate
	(4)		Traian Băsescu	1951–	23 May 2007 – 21 December 2009	Resumed the office of President of Romania after the Referendum
5					21 December 2009 – 10 July 2012	Reelected as President of Romania for a second term; Suspended for a second time from 6 July 2012 until 27 August 2012
	2'		Crin Antonescu	1959–	10 July 2012 – 27 August 2012	ad interim President of Romania as President of the Senate
	(4)		Traian Băsescu	1951–	27 August 2012 – present	Resumed the office of President of Romania after the Referendum was declared invalid due to insufficient turnout.

See also

• Domnitor
• King of the Romanians
• President of Romania

Footnotes and references

• Bulei, Ion, O istorie a românilor, Editura Meronia, Bucureşti, 2007, pg. 266-267