List of heads of state of Romania

This is a list consisting of all the heads of state of modern and contemporary Romania, from the establishment of the United Principalities in 1859 to the present day.

The incumbent head of state, as of, is President Klaus Iohannis, a former longtime leader of the Democratic Forum of Germans in Romania (FDGR/DFDR) for 12 years between 2001 and 2013 and, briefly, of the National Liberal Party (PNL) in 2014 as well.

In addition, Iohannis is the first Romanian president to stem from an ethnic minority of the country, as he is a Transylvanian Saxon, therefore part of the very small German minority still left in Romania. His second term will normally end in December 2024 and cannot be renewed, therefore being his last.

United Principalities (1859–1881)
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Kingdom of Romania (1881–1947)
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Romanian People's Republic/Socialist Republic of Romania (1947–1989)

 * Title
 * 1947–1948: President of the Provisional Presidium of the Republic
 * 1948–1961: President of the Presidium of the Great National Assembly
 * 1961–1974: President of the State Council
 * 1974–1989: President of Romania

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 * Status

Contemporary Romania (1989–present)
The Constitution of Romania prohibits the President to be a member of any political 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 (i.e. acting) presidents, for whom such a restriction is not explicitly stipulated in the law.


 * Title
 * 1989–1989: Council of the National Salvation Front (collective)
 * 1989–1990: President of the Council of the National Salvation Front
 * 1990   : President of the Provisional National Unity Council
 * 1990–present: President of Romania

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 * Status

Footnotes and references

 * Bulei, Ion, O istorie a românilor, Editura Meronia, București, 2007, pg. 266–267