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

#	Picture	Name	Born-Died	Term of office	Position(s)
Socialist Republic Romania 1965 - 1989
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
1992 Constitution Since 1992
2		Ion Iliescu	1930–	11 October 1992 - 29 November 1996	President of Romania
3		Emil Constantinescu	1939–	29 November 1996 - 20 December 2000	President of Romania
(2)		Ion Iliescu	1930–	20 December 2000 - 20 December 2004	President of Romania
4		Traian Băsescu	1951–	20 December 2004 - 20 April 2007	Suspended in the period from 20 April 2007 until 23 May 2007.
—		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
				21 December 2009 - Present	Reelected as President of Romania for a second term

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