List of heads of government of Romania
This is a list of the heads of government of the modern Romanian state, from the establishment of the United Principalities to the present day.
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Affiliations
The political stance of prime ministers prior to the development of a modern party system is given by:
C (Conservative) | MC (Moderate Conservative) |
RL (Radical Liberal) | ML (Moderate Liberal) |
The political stance of prime ministers after the development of a modern party system is given by:
PNL = National Liberal Party (historical)/(contemporary) | PC = Conservative Party |
PNR/PNȚ/PNȚCD = Romanian National Party/National Peasants' Party/Christian Democratic National Peasants' Party | PP = People's Party |
PCD = Conservative-Democratic Party | Ind. = Independent |
PND = Democratic Nationalist Party | PNC = National Christian Party |
FRN = National Renaissance Front (from 1940 PN; Party of the Nation) | FP = Ploughmen's Front |
PMR = Romanian Workers' Party (from 1965 PCR; Romanian Communist Party) | FSN/PDL = National Salvation Front/Democratic Liberal Party |
PDSR = Party of Social Democracy in Romania (from 2001 PSD; Social Democratic Party) | Mil. = Military |
PSDR = Romanian Social Democratic Party | |
Interim officeholders are denoted by italics.
List of officeholders
United Principalities (1859–1881)
From 1859 to 1862, the two principalities (Moldavia and Wallachia) had each its own Government, and a Cabinet, seated in Iași and Bucharest respectively. In 1862 Alexandru Ioan Cuza changed the Constitution and there appeared a single Government and Cabinet, seated in Bucharest.
No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Election | Term of office | Political party | Cabinet | ||
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Took office | Left office | Time in office | ||||||
Presidents of the Council of Ministers (1862–1881) | ||||||||
1 | Barbu Catargiu (1807–1862) |
? | 15 February 1862 | 8 June 1862 † | 113 days | Con. | Catargiu | |
— | Apostol Arsache (1789–1869) |
— | 8 June 1862 | 23 June 1862 | 15 days | Con. | ||
2 | Nicolae Crețulescu (1812–1900) |
— | 24 June 1862 | 11 October 1863 | 1 year, 109 days | Mod. Lib. | Crețulescu I | |
3 | Mihail Kogălniceanu (1817–1891) |
1864 | 11 October 1863 | 26 January 1865 | 1 year, 107 days | Mod. Lib. | Kogălniceanu | |
4 | Constantin Bosianu (1815–1882) |
— | 26 January 1865 | 14 June 1865 | 139 days | Mod. Lib. | Bosianu | |
(2) | Nicolae Crețulescu (1812–1900) |
— | 14 June 1865 | 11 February 1866 | 242 days | Mod. Lib. | Crețulescu II | |
5 | Ion Ghica (1816–1897) |
Apr.1866 | 11 February 1866 | 10 May 1866 | 88 days | Mod. Lib. | Ghica I | |
6 | Lascăr Catargiu (1823–1899) |
— | 11 May 1866 | 13 July 1866 | 63 days | Con. | Catargiu I | |
(5) | Ion Ghica (1816–1897) |
Nov.1866 | 15 July 1866 | 21 February 1867 | 221 days | Mod. Lib. | Ghica II | |
7 | Constantin A. Crețulescu (1809–1884) |
— | 1 March 1867 | 4 August 1867 | 156 days | Rad. Lib. | Crețulescu | |
8 | Ștefan Golescu (1809–1874) |
1867 | 26 November 1867 | 12 May 1868 | 168 days | Rad. Lib. | Golescu | |
9 | Nicolae Golescu (1810–1877) |
1868 | 1 May 1868 | 15 November 1868 | 198 days | Rad. Lib. | Golescu | |
10 | Dimitrie Ghica (1816–1897) |
— | 16 November 1868 | 27 January 1870 | 1 year, 72 days | Mod. Con. | Ghica | |
11 | Alexandru G. Golescu (1819–1881) |
1869 | 2 February 1870 | 18 April 1870 | 75 days | Mod. Lib. | Golescu | |
12 | Manolache Costache Epureanu (1823–1880) |
— | 20 April 1870 | 14 December 1870 | 238 days | Con. | Epureanu I | |
(5) | Ion Ghica (1816–1897) |
— | 18 December 1870 | 11 March 1871 | 83 days | Mod. Lib. | Ghica III | |
(6) | Lascăr Catargiu (1823–1899) |
— | 11 March 1871 | 30 March 1876 | 5 years, 19 days | Con. | Catargiu II | |
13 | Ion Emanuel Florescu (1819–1893) |
— | 4 April 1876 | 26 April 1876 | 22 days | Con. | Florescu I | |
(12) | Manolache Costache Epureanu (1823–1880) |
— | 6 May 1876 | 5 August 1876 | 91 days | PNL | Epureanu II | |
14 | Ion Brătianu (1821–1891) |
— | 5 August 1876 | 13 March 1881 | 4 years, 220 days | PNL | I. Brătianu I–II–III |
Kingdom of Romania (1881–1947)
No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Election | Term of office | Political party | Cabinet | ||
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Took office | Left office | Time in office | ||||||
Presidents of the Council of Ministers (1881–1947) | ||||||||
14 | Ion Brătianu (1821–1891) |
— | 13 March 1881 | 9 April 1881 | 27 days | PNL | I. Brătianu III | |
15 | Dimitrie Brătianu (1818–1892) |
— | 10 April 1881 | 8 June 1881 | 59 days | PNL | D. Brătianu | |
(14) | Ion Brătianu (1821–1891) |
— | 9 June 1881 | 20 March 1888 | 6 years, 285 days | PNL | I. Brătianu VI | |
16 | Theodor Rosetti (1837–1923) |
— | 23 March 1888 | 22 March 1889 | 364 days | PC | Rosetti I–II | |
(6) | Lascăr Catargiu (1823–1899) |
— | 29 March 1889 | 3 November 1889 | 219 days | PC | Catargiu III | |
17 | Gheorghe Manu (1833–1911) |
— | 5 November 1889 | 15 February 1891 | 1 year, 102 days | PC | Manu | |
(13) | Ion Emanuel Florescu (1819–1893) |
— | 2 March 1891 | 29 December 1891 | 302 days | PC | Florescu II | |
(6) | Lascăr Catargiu (1823–1899) |
1892 | 29 December 1891 | 15 October 1895 | 3 years, 290 days | PC | Catargiu IV | |
18 | Dimitrie Sturdza (1833–1914) |
— | 15 October 1895 | 2 December 1896 | 1 year, 48 days | PNL | Sturdza I | |
19 | Petre S. Aurelian (1833–1909) |
— | 2 December 1896 | 12 April 1897 | 131 days | PNL | Aurelian | |
(18) | Dimitrie Sturdza (1833–1914) |
— | 12 April 1897 | 23 April 1899 | 2 years, 11 days | PNL | Sturdza II | |
20 | Gheorghe Grigore Cantacuzino (1833–1913) |
— | 23 April 1899 | 19 July 1900 | 1 year, 87 days | PC | Cantacuzino I | |
21 | Petre P. Carp (1837–1919) |
— | 19 July 1900 | 13 February 1901 | 209 days | PC | Carp I | |
(18) | Dimitrie Sturdza (1833–1914) |
1901 | 27 February 1901 | 4 January 1906 | 4 years, 311 days | PNL | Sturdza III | |
(20) | Gheorghe Grigore Cantacuzino (1833–1913) |
— | 4 January 1906 | 24 March 1907 | 1 year, 79 days | PC | Cantacuzino II | |
(18) | Dimitrie Sturdza (1833–1914) |
1907 | 24 March 1907 | 9 January 1909 | 1 year, 291 days | PNL | Sturdza IV | |
22 | Ion I. C. Brătianu (1864–1927) |
— | 9 January 1909 | 28 December 1910 | 1 year, 353 days | PNL | I.I.C. Brătianu I–II | |
(21) | Petre P. Carp (1837–1919) |
1911 | 29 December 1910 | 28 March 1912 | 1 year, 90 days | PC | Carp II | |
23 | Titu Maiorescu (1840–1917) |
1912 | 28 March 1912 | 31 December 1913 | 1 year, 278 days | PC | Maiorescu I–II | |
(22) | Ion I. C. Brătianu[lower-alpha 1] (1864–1927) |
1914 | 4 January 1914 | 28 January 1918 | 4 years, 24 days | PNL | I.I.C. Brătianu III–IV | |
24 | Alexandru Averescu[lower-alpha 1] (1859–1938) |
— | 29 January 1918 | 4 March 1918 | 34 days | Mil. | Averescu I | |
25 | Alexandru Marghiloman[lower-alpha 1] (1854–1925) |
1918 | 5 March 1918 | 23 October 1918 | 232 days | PC | Marghiloman | |
26 | Constantin Coandă[lower-alpha 1] (1857–1932) |
— | 24 October 1918 | 29 November 1918 | 36 days | Mil. | Coandă | |
(22) | Ion I. C. Brătianu (1864–1927) |
— | 29 November 1918 | 26 September 1919 | 301 days | PNL | I.I.C. Brătianu V | |
27 | Artur Văitoianu (1864–1956) |
— | 27 September 1919 | 30 November 1919 | 64 days | Mil. | Văitoianu | |
28 | Alexandru Vaida-Voevod (1872–1950) |
1919 | 1 December 1919 | 12 March 1920 | 102 days | PNR | Vaida-Voevod I | |
(24) | Alexandru Averescu (1859–1938) |
1920 | 13 March 1920 | 16 December 1921 | 1 year, 278 days | PP | Averescu II | |
29 | Take Ionescu (1858–1922) |
— | 17 December 1921 | 19 January 1922 | 33 days | PCD | Ionescu | |
(22) | Ion I. C. Brătianu (1864–1927) |
1922 | 19 January 1922 | 29 March 1926 | 4 years, 69 days | PNL | I.I.C. Brătianu VI | |
(24) | Alexandru Averescu (1859–1938) |
1926 | 30 March 1926 | 4 June 1927 | 1 year, 66 days | PP | Averescu III | |
30 | Barbu Știrbey (1873–1946) |
— | 4 June 1927 | 20 June 1927 | 16 days | Ind. | Știrbey | |
(22) | Ion I. C. Brătianu (1864–1927) |
1927 | 21 June 1927 | 24 November 1927 | 156 days | PNL | I.I.C. Brătianu VII | |
31 | Vintilă Brătianu (1867–1930) |
— | 24 November 1927 | 9 November 1928 | 351 days | PNL | V. Brătianu | |
32 | Iuliu Maniu (1873–1953) |
1928 | 10 November 1928 | 6 June 1930 | 1 year, 208 days | PNȚ | Maniu I | |
33 | Gheorghe Mironescu (1874–1949) |
— | 7 June 1930 | 12 June 1930 | 5 days | PNȚ | Mironescu I | |
(32) | Iuliu Maniu (1873–1953) |
— | 13 June 1930 | 9 October 1930 | 118 days | PNȚ | Maniu II | |
(33) | Gheorghe Mironescu (1874–1949) |
— | 10 October 1930 | 17 April 1931 | 189 days | PNȚ | Mironescu II | |
34 | Nicolae Iorga (1871–1940) |
1931 | 18 April 1931 | 5 June 1932 | 1 year, 48 days | PND | Iorga | |
(28) | Alexandru Vaida-Voevod (1872–1950) |
1932 | 6 June 1932 | 19 October 1932 | 221 days | PNȚ | Vaida-Voevod II–III | |
(32) | Iuliu Maniu (1873–1953) |
— | 20 October 1932 | 13 January 1933 | 85 days | PNȚ | Maniu III | |
(28) | Alexandru Vaida-Voevod (1872–1950) |
— | 14 January 1933 | 13 November 1933 | 303 days | PNȚ | Vaida-Voevod IV | |
35 | Ion G. Duca (1879–1933) |
1933 | 14 November 1933 | 29 December 1933 † | 45 days | PNL | Duca | |
— | Constantin Angelescu (1870–1948) |
— | 29 December 1933 | 3 January 1934 | 5 days | PNL | Angelescu | |
36 | Gheorghe Tătărescu (1886–1957) |
— | 4 January 1934 | 28 December 1937 | 3 years, 358 days | PNL | Tătărescu I–II–III–IV | |
37 | Octavian Goga (1881–1938) |
1937 | 29 December 1937 | 10 February 1938 | 43 days | PNC | Goga | |
38 | Patriarch Miron Cristea (1868–1939) |
— | 11 February 1938 | 6 March 1939 † | 1 year, 23 days | Ind. | Cristea I–II–III | |
39 | Armand Călinescu (1893–1939) |
1939 | 7 March 1939 | 21 September 1939 † | 198 days | FRN | Călinescu | |
40 | Gheorghe Argeșanu (1883–1940) |
— | 21 September 1939 | 28 September 1939 | 7 days | Mil. | Argeșanu | |
41 | Constantin Argetoianu (1871–1955) |
— | 28 September 1939 | 23 November 1939 | 56 days | FRN | Argetoianu | |
(36) | Gheorghe Tătărescu (1886–1957) |
— | 24 November 1939 | 3 July 1940 | 222 days | FRN | Tătărescu V–VI | |
42 | Ion Gigurtu (1886–1959) |
— | 4 July 1940 | 4 September 1940 | 62 days | FRN | Gigurtu | |
43 | Ion Antonescu[lower-alpha 2] (1882–1946) |
— | 4 September 1940 | 23 August 1944 | 3 years, 354 days | Mil. | Antonescu I–II–III | |
44 | Constantin Sănătescu (1885–1947) |
— | 23 August 1944 | 5 December 1944 | 104 days | Mil. | Sănătescu I–II | |
45 | Nicolae Rădescu (1874–1953) |
— | 6 December 1944 | 28 February 1945 | 84 days | Mil. | Rădescu | |
46 | Petru Groza (1884–1958) |
— 1946 |
6 March 1945 | 29 December 1947 | 2 years, 298 days | FP | Groza I–II |
Romanian People's Republic/Socialist Republic of Romania (1947–1989)
No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Election | Term of office | Political party | Cabinet | ||
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Took office | Left office | Time in office | ||||||
Presidents of the Council of Ministers (informally Prime Ministers) (1947–1989) | ||||||||
46 | Petru Groza (1884–1958) |
— 1948 |
30 December 1947 | 2 June 1952 | 4 years, 155 days | FP | Groza III–IV | |
47 | Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej (1901–1965) |
— 1952 |
2 June 1952 | 4 October 1955 | 3 years, 124 days | PMR | Gheorghiu-Dej I–II | |
48 | Chivu Stoica (1908–1975) |
— 1957 |
4 October 1955 | 20 March 1961 | 5 years, 167 days | PMR | Stoica I–II | |
49 | Ion Gheorghe Maurer (1902–2000) |
1961 1965 1969 |
21 March 1961 | 27 February 1974 | 12 years, 343 days | PCR | Maurer I–II–III–VI–V | |
50 | Manea Mănescu (1916–2009) |
— 1975 |
27 February 1974 | 30 March 1979 | 5 years, 31 days | PCR | Mănescu I–II | |
51 | Ilie Verdeț (1925–2001) |
— 1980 |
30 March 1979 | 20 May 1982 | 3 years, 51 days | PCR | Verdeț I–II | |
52 | Constantin Dăscălescu (1923–2003) |
— 1985 |
21 May 1982 | 22 December 1989 | 7 years, 215 days | PCR | Dăscălescu I–II |
Romania (since 1989)
No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Election | Term of office | Political party | Cabinet | ||
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Took office | Left office | Time in office | ||||||
Prime Ministers (since 1989) | ||||||||
— | Council of the National Salvation Frontde facto | — | 22 December 1989 | 26 December 1989 | 4 days | FSN | Provisional | |
53 | Petre Roman[lower-alpha 3] (born 1946) |
— 1990 |
26 December 1989 | 16 October 1991 | 1 year, 294 days | FSN | Roman I–II–III | |
54 | Theodor Stolojan (born 1943) |
— | 16 October 1991 | 19 November 1992 | 1 year, 34 days | Ind. | Stolojan I | |
55 | Nicolae Văcăroiu (born 1943) |
1992 | 19 November 1992 | 11 December 1996 | 4 years, 22 days | PDSR | Văcăroiu | |
56 | Victor Ciorbea (born 1954) |
1996 | 12 December 1996 | 30 March 1998 | 1 year, 108 days | PNȚCD | Ciorbea | |
— | Gavril Dejeu (born 1932) |
— | 30 March 1998 | 17 April 1998 | 18 days | PNȚCD | ||
57 | Radu Vasile (1942–2013) |
— | 17 April 1998 | 13 December 1999 | 1 year, 240 days | PNȚCD | Vasile | |
— | Alexandru Athanasiu (born 1955) |
— | 13 December 1999 | 22 December 1999 | 9 days | PSDR | ||
58 | Mugur Isărescu (born 1949) |
— | 22 December 1999 | 28 December 2000 | 1 year, 6 days | Ind. | Isărescu | |
59 | Adrian Năstase (born 1950) |
2000 | 28 December 2000 | 21 December 2004 | 3 years, 359 days | PSD | Năstase | |
— | Eugen Bejinariu (born 1959) |
— | 21 December 2004 | 28 December 2004 | 7 days | PSD | ||
60 | Călin Popescu-Tăriceanu (born 1952) |
2004 | 29 December 2004 | 22 December 2008 | 3 years, 359 days | PNL | Tăriceanu I–II | |
61 | Emil Boc (born 1966) |
2008 | 22 December 2008 | 6 February 2012 | 3 years, 46 days | PDL | Boc I–II | |
— | Cătălin Predoiu (born 1968) |
— | 6 February 2012 | 9 February 2012 | 3 days | Ind. | Boc II | |
62 | Mihai Răzvan Ungureanu (born 1968) |
— | 9 February 2012 | 7 May 2012 | 88 days | Ind. | Ungureanu | |
63 | Victor Ponta (born 1972) |
— 2012 |
7 May 2012 | 22 June 2015 | 3 years, 46 days | PSD | Ponta I–II–III–IV | |
— | Gabriel Oprea (born 1961) |
— | 22 June 2015 | 9 July 2015 | 17 days | UNPR | Ponta IV | |
(63) | Victor Ponta (born 1972) |
— | 9 July 2015 | 29 July 2015 | 20 days | PSD | ||
— | Gabriel Oprea (born 1961) |
— | 29 July 2015 | 10 August 2015 | 12 days | UNPR | ||
(63) | Victor Ponta (born 1972) |
— | 10 August 2015 | 5 November 2015 | 87 days | PSD | ||
— | Sorin Cîmpeanu (born 1968) |
— | 5 November 2015 | 17 November 2015 | 12 days | ALDE | ||
64 | Dacian Cioloș (born 1969) |
— | 17 November 2015 | 4 January 2017 | 1 year, 48 days | Ind. | Cioloș | |
65 | Sorin Grindeanu (born 1973) |
2016 | 4 January 2017 | 29 June 2017 | 176 days | PSD | Grindeanu | |
66 | Mihai Tudose (born 1967) |
— | 29 June 2017 | 16 January 2018 | 201 days | PSD | Tudose | |
— | Mihai Fifor (born 1970) |
— | 16 January 2018 | 29 January 2018 | 13 days | PSD | ||
67 | Viorica Dăncilă (born 1963) |
— | 29 January 2018 | 4 November 2019 | 1 year, 279 days | PSD | Dăncilă | |
68 | Ludovic Orban (born 1963) |
— | 4 November 2019 | 14 March 2020 | 1 year, 33 days | PNL | Orban I | |
14 March 2020 | 7 December 2020 | Orban II | ||||||
— | Nicolae Ciucă (born 1967) |
— | 7 December 2020 | 23 December 2020 | 16 days | PNL | ||
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Florin Cîțu (born 1972) Acting |
2020 | 23 December 2020 | Incumbent | 47 days | PNL | Cîțu | ||
Romania used the Julian calendar prior to 1919, but all dates are given in the Gregorian calendar.
Timeline
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20th century
21st century
Notes
- Due to World War I, served in refuge at Iași, 3 December 1916 – 29 November 1918
- From 14 September 1940, styled Conducător
- Interim until 20 June 1990, following elections
References
See also
References
- Nicolae C. Nicolescu, Șefii de stat și de guvern ai României (1859–2003), Editura Meronia, Bucharest, 2003
- Stelian Neagoe, Istoria guvernelor României de la începuturi – 1859 până în zilele noastre – 1995, Editura Machiavelli, Bucharest, 1995
External links
- (in Romanian) Guvernele României
- Government site