List of heads of state of Romania

This list present all heads of state of Romania.The current president is Nicușor Dan,took in 26 May 2025.

United Principalities (1859-1881)

Prince Reign House
Portrait Name
(Birth-Death)		 Reign start Reign end Duration
Alexandru Ioan Cuza
(1820-1873)		 24 January 1859 22 February 1866
(Abdicated)		 7 years, 29 days Cuza
Princely Lieutenancy 22 February 1866 20 April 1866 57 days -
Carol I
(1839-1914)		 20 April 1866 15 March 1881 14 years, 329 days Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen

Kingdom of Romania (1881-1947)

King Reign House
Portrait Name
(Birth-Death)		 Reign start Reign end Duration
Carol I
(1839-1914)		 15 March 1881 10 October 1914 33 years, 209 days Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen
Ferdinand I
(1865-1927)		 10 October 1914 20 July 1927 12 years, 283 days
Mihai I
(1921-2017)		 20 July 1927 8 June 1930
(Deposed)		 2 years, 323 days
Regency Council 20 July 1927 8 June 1930 2 years, 323 days None
Carol II
(1893-1953)		 8 June 1930 6 September 1940
(Abdicated)		 10 years, 90 days Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen
Mihai I
(1921-2017)[1]		 6 September 1940 30 December 1947
(Abdicated)		 7 years, 115 days
Ion Antonescu
(1882-1946)
(Military Dictatorship)		 6 September 1940 23 August 1944
(Deposed)		 3 years, 352 days None

Romanian People's Republic/Socialist Republic of Romania (1947-1989)

President Term of office Election Party
Portrait Name
(Birth-Death)		 Took office Left office Time office
Constantin Ion Parhon
(1874-1969)		 30 December 1947 12 June 1952 4 years, 165 days 1947
1948		 PMR
Petru Groza
(1884-1958)		 12 June 1952 7 January 1958
(Died)		 5 years, 209 days 1952 PP
Mihail Sadoveanu
(1880-1961)		 7 January 1958 11 January 1958 4 days - PMR
Anton Moisescu
(1913-2002)		 7 January 1958 11 January 1958 4 days - PMR
Ion Gheorghe Maurer
(1902-2000)		 11 January 1958 21 March 1961 3 years, 69 days 1958 PMR
Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej
(1901-1965)		 21 March 1961 19 March 1965
(Died)		 3 years, 363 days 1961
Ion Gheorghe Maurer
(1902-2000)		 19 March 1965 24 March 1965 5 days - PMR
Stefan_Voitec1 Ștefan Voitec
(1900-1984)		 19 March 1965 24 March 1965 5 days - PMR
Avram Bunaciu
(1909-1983)		 19 March 1965 24 March 1965 5 days - PMR
Chivu_Stoica_1957 Chivu Stoica
(1908-1975)		 24 March 1965 9 December 1967 2 years, 260 days 1965 PCR
Nicolae Ceaușescu
(1918-1989)		 9 December 1967 22 December 1989
(Deposed)		 22 years, 13 days 1967
1974
1980
1985

General-Secretary of PMR/PCR

General-Secretary Term of office Party Position(s)
Portrait Name
(Birth-Death)		 Took office Left office Time office
Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej
(1901-1965)		 16 October 1945 19 April 1954 8 years, 185 days PMR General-Secretary of the PMR
Gheorghe Apostol
(1913-2010)		 19 April 1954 30 September 1955 1 year, 164 days Minister of Agriculture
Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej
(1901-1965)		 30 September 1955 19 March 1965
(Died)		 9 years, 170 days General-Secretary of the PMR
Nicolae Ceaușescu
(1918-1989)		 22 March 1965 22 December 1989
(Deposed)		 24 years, 303 days PCR President of the Romania

Romania (1989-present)

Portrait Name
(Birth–Death)		 Term of office Party Election
Took office Left office Duration
Ion Iliescu
(1930-2025)		 22 December 1989 20 May 1990 6 years, 343 days National Salvation Front[2] -
20 May 1990 11 October 1992 1990
11 October 1992 29 November 1996 1992
Emil Constantinescu
(born 1939)		 29 November 1996 20 December 2000 4 years, 21 days PNȚCD 1996
Ion Iliescu
(1930-2025)		 20 December 2000 20 December 2004 4 years, 0 days PSD 2000
Traian Băsescu
(born 1951)[3]		 20 December 2004 21 December 2009 10 years, 1 day PDL 2004
21 December 2009 21 December 2014 2009
Nicolae Văcăroiu
(born 1943)		 20 April 2007 23 May 2007 33 days PSD -
Crin Antonescu
(born 1959)		 10 July 2012 27 August 2012 48 days PNL -
Klaus Iohannis
(born 1959)[4]		 21 December 2014 21 December 2019 10 years, 53 days PNL 2014
21 December 2019 21 December 2024 2019
21 December 2024 12 February 2025
(Resigned)		 2024
Ilie Bolojan
(born 1969)[5]		 12 February 2025 26 May 2025 103 days PNL -
Nicușor Dan
(born 1969)		 26 May 2025 Incumbent 1 year, 34 days Independent 2025[6]

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