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Politics of Romania


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This is a list consisting of all theheads of government of modern and contemporaryRomania (i.e.prime ministers, both infull constitutional powers andacting orad interim), since the formal unification of thePrincipalities of Moldavia and Wallachia in 1862 to the present day.

The incumbent prime minister of Romania, as of 26 October 2025, isIlie Bolojan, the current leader of theNational Liberal Party (PNL), who has been serving since 23 June 2025. TheBolojan cabinet is composed of the PNL, theSocial Democratic Party (PSD), theSave Romania Union (USR) and theDemocratic Alliance of Hungarians in Romania (UDMR).

Affiliations

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The political stance of Romanian prime ministers prior to the development of a modern party system is given by the following affiliations in the table below:

C (Conservative)	MC (Moderate Conservative)
RL (Radical Liberal)	ML (Moderate Liberal)

The political stance of Romanian prime ministers after the development of a modern party system is given by the following affiliations in the table below:

PNL =National Liberal Party (historical)/(contemporary)	PC =Conservative Party
PNR =Romanian National Party	PP =People's Party
PNȚ/PNȚCD =National Peasants' Party/Christian Democratic National Peasants' Party	PCD =Conservative-Democratic Party
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 =National Salvation Front
PDSR =Party of Social Democracy in Romania (from 2001 PSD; Social Democratic Party)	PSDR =Romanian Social Democratic Party
PDL =Democratic Liberal Party	UNPR =National Union for the Progress of Romania
ALDE =Alliance of Liberals and Democrats
Mil. =Military	Ind. =Independent

Ad interim/acting officeholders are denoted byitalics.

List of officeholders

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United Principalities (1859–1881)

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From 1859 to 1862, the two Romanian principalities (more specificallyMoldavia andWallachia) had their own government each, and a cabinet, seated inIași andBucharest respectively. In 1862, PrinceAlexandru Ioan Cuza changed theConstitution and from then on there has been a single unified central government, permanently seated in Bucharest, the capital ofRomania.

No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Election	Term of office			Political party	Cabinet	Domnitor (Reign)
No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Election	Took office	Left office	Time in office	Political party	Cabinet	Domnitor (Reign)
Presidents of the Council of Ministers (1862–1881)
1		Barbu Catargiu (1807–1862)	?	22 January 1862	8 June 1862 †	137 days	Con.	Catargiu	Alexandru Ioan Cuza (1859–1866)
—		Apostol Arsache (1789–1869) acting prime minister	—	8 June 1862	23 June 1862	15 days	Con.	Catargiu
2		Nicolae Kretzulescu (1812–1900)	—	24 June 1862	11 October 1863	1 year, 109 days	Mod. Lib.	N. Kretzulescu 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 Kretzulescu (1812–1900)	—	14 June 1865	11 February 1866	242 days	Mod. Lib.	N. Kretzulescu II
5		Ion Ghica (1816–1897)	Apr.1866	11 February 1866	10 May 1866	88 days	Mod. Lib.	Ghica I
5		Ion Ghica (1816–1897)	Apr.1866	11 February 1866	10 May 1866	88 days	Mod. Lib.	Ghica I	Carol I (1866–1914)
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. Kretzulescu (1809–1884)	—	1 March 1867	5 August 1867	157 days	Rad. Lib.	C.A. Kretzulescu
8		Ștefan Golescu (1809–1874)	1867	17 August 1867	29 April 1868	256 days	Rad. Lib.	Golescu
9		Nicolae Golescu (1810–1877)	1868	1 May 1868	16 November 1868	199 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		Ioan Emanoil Florescu (1819–1893)	—	4 April 1876	26 April 1876	22 days	Con.	Florescu I
(12)		Manolache Costache Epureanu (1823–1880)	—	27 April 1876	23 July 1876	87 days	PNL	Epureanu II
14		Ion Brătianu (1821–1891)	—	24 July 1876	24 November 1878	2 years, 123 days	PNL	I. Brătianu I
				25 November 1878	10 July 1879	227 days		I. Brătianu II
				11 July 1879	13 March 1881	1 year, 245 days		I. Brătianu III

Kingdom of Romania (1881–1947)

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No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Election	Term of office			Political party	Cabinet	King (Reign)
No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Election	Took office	Left office	Time in office	Political party	Cabinet	King (Reign)
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	Carol I (1866–1914)
15		Dumitru 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 IV
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)		Ioan Emanoil Florescu (1819–1893)	—	21 February 1891	11 November 1891	263 days	PC	Florescu II
(6)		Lascăr Catargiu (1823–1899)	1892	27 November 1891	3 October 1895	3 years, 310 days	PC	Catargiu IV
18		Dimitrie Sturdza (1833–1914)	—	4 October 1895	21 November 1896	1 year, 48 days	PNL	Sturdza I
19		Petre S. Aurelian (1833–1909)	—	21 November 1896	26 March 1897	125 days	PNL	Aurelian
(18)		Dimitrie Sturdza (1833–1914)	—	31 March 1897	30 March 1899	1 year, 364 days	PNL	Sturdza II
20		Gheorghe Grigore Cantacuzino (1833–1913)	—	11 April 1899	7 July 1900	1 year, 87 days	PC	Cantacuzino I
21		Petre P. Carp (1837–1919)	—	7 July 1900	13 February 1901	221 days	PC	Carp I
(18)		Dimitrie Sturdza (1833–1914)	1901	14 February 1901	20 December 1904	3 years, 310 days	PNL	Sturdza III
(20)		Gheorghe Grigore Cantacuzino (1833–1913)	—	22 December 1904	12 March 1907	2 years, 80 days	PC	Cantacuzino II
(18)		Dimitrie Sturdza (1833–1914)	1907	12 March 1907	27 December 1908	1 year, 290 days	PNL	Sturdza IV
22		Ion I. C. Brătianu (1864–1927)	—	27 December 1908	4 March 1909	2 years, 1 day	PNL	I.I.C. Brătianu I
22		Ion I. C. Brătianu (1864–1927)	—	4 March 1909	28 December 1910	2 years, 1 day	PNL	I.I.C. Brătianu II
(21)		Petre P. Carp (1837–1919)	1911	29 December 1910	27 March 1912	1 year, 89 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^[a] (1864–1927)	1914	4 January 1914	11 December 1916	4 years, 22 days	PNL	I.I.C. Brătianu III	Ferdinand I (1914–1927)
(22)		Ion I. C. Brătianu^[a] (1864–1927)	1914	11 December 1916	26 January 1918	4 years, 22 days	PNL	I.I.C. Brătianu IV
24		Alexandru Averescu^[a] (1859–1938)	—	29 January 1918	4 March 1918	34 days	Mil.	Averescu I
25		Alexandru Marghiloman^[a] (1854–1925)	1918	5 March 1918	23 October 1918	232 days	PC	Marghiloman
26		Constantin Coandă^[a] (1857–1932)	—	24 October 1918	29 November 1918	36 days	Mil.	Coandă
(22)		Ion I. C. Brătianu (1864–1927)	—	29 November 1918	27 September 1919	289 days^[b]	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	13 March 1920	103 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	17 January 1922	31 days	PCD	Ionescu
(22)		Ion I. C. Brătianu (1864–1927)	1922	19 January 1922	27 March 1926	4 years, 67 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
(22)		Ion I. C. Brătianu (1864–1927)	1927	21 June 1927	24 November 1927	156 days	PNL	I.I.C. Brătianu VII	Michael I (1927–1930)
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
33		Gheorghe Mironescu (1874–1949)	—	7 June 1930	12 June 1930	5 days	PNȚ	Mironescu I	Carol II (1930–1940)
(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	17 October 1932	133 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) acting prime minister	—	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	28 December 1937	10 February 1938	44 days	PNC	Goga
38		Patriarch Miron Cristea (1868–1939)	—	11 February 1938	6 March 1939 †	1 year, 23 days	FRN	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^[c] (1882–1946)	—	4 September 1940	23 August 1944	3 years, 354 days	Mil.	Antonescu I–II–III
43		Ion Antonescu^[c] (1882–1946)	—	4 September 1940	23 August 1944	3 years, 354 days	Mil.	Antonescu I–II–III	Michael I (1940–1947)
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	30 December 1947	2 years, 299 days	FP	Groza I–II

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

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No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Election	Term of office			Political party	Cabinet	Head of state (Term)
No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Election	Took office	Left office	Time in office	Political party	Cabinet	Head of state (Term)
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	C. I. Parhon^[d] (1947–1952)
47		Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej (1901–1965)	— 1952	2 June 1952	4 October 1955	3 years, 124 days	PMR	Gheorghiu-Dej I–II	Petru Groza^[e] (1952–1958)
48		Chivu Stoica (1908–1975)	— 1957	4 October 1955	20 March 1961	5 years, 167 days	PMR	Stoica I–II	Petru Groza^[e] (1952–1958)
48		Chivu Stoica (1908–1975)	— 1957	4 October 1955	20 March 1961	5 years, 167 days	PMR	Stoica I–II	Ion Gheorghe Maurer^[e] (1958–1961)
49		Ion Gheorghe Maurer (1902–2000)	1961 1965 1969	21 March 1961	18 March 1965	13 years, 7 days	PCR	Maurer I	Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej^[f] (1961–1965)
				18 March 1965	21 August 1965			Maurer II	Chivu Stoica^[f] (1965–1967)
				21 August 1965	9 December 1967			Maurer III	Chivu Stoica^[f] (1965–1967)
				9 December 1967	13 March 1969			Maurer IV	Nicolae Ceaușescu^[g] (1967–1989)
				13 March 1969	28 March 1974			Maurer V
50		Manea Mănescu (1916–2009)	— 1975	28 March 1974	30 March 1979	5 years, 2 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 (Deposed)	7 years, 215 days	PCR	Dăscălescu I–II

Romania (1989–present)

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No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Election	Term of office			Political party	Cabinet Parties	President (Term)
No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Election	Took office	Left office	Time in office	Political party	Cabinet Parties	President (Term)
Prime Ministers (since 1989)
—		Council of the National Salvation Front de facto	—	22 December 1989	26 December 1989	4 days	FSN	Provisional	Itself (1989)
53		Petre Roman^[h] (born 1946)	—	26 December 1989	28 June 1990	1 year, 294 days	FSN^[i]	Roman I FSN	Ion Iliescu (1989–1996)^[j]
			1990	28 June 1990	30 April 1991			Roman II FSN
				30 April 1991	16 October 1991			Roman III FSN
54		Theodor Stolojan^[k] (born 1943)		16 October 1991	19 November 1992	1 year, 34 days	FSN^[l]	Stolojan FSN–PNL–MER–PDAR
55		Nicolae Văcăroiu (born 1943)	1992	19 November 1992	11 December 1996	4 years, 22 days	PDSR	Văcăroiu FDSN→PDSR^[m]
56		Victor Ciorbea (born 1954)	1996	12 December 1996	30 March 1998	1 year, 108 days	PNȚCD^[n]	Ciorbea CDR-USD-UDMR/RMDSZ	Emil Constantinescu (1996–2000)
—		Gavril Dejeu^[o] (born 1932) acting prime minister		30 March 1998	17 April 1998	18 days	PNȚCD	Ciorbea CDR-USD-UDMR/RMDSZ
57		Radu Vasile (1942–2013)		17 April 1998	13 December 1999	1 year, 240 days	PNȚCD	Vasile CDR-USD-UDMR/RMDSZ
—		Alexandru Athanasiu (born 1955) acting prime minister		13 December 1999	22 December 1999	9 days	PDSR	Vasile CDR-USD-UDMR/RMDSZ
58		Mugur Isărescu^[p] (born 1949)		22 December 1999	28 December 2000	1 year, 6 days	Ind.^[q]	Isărescu CDR-USD-UDMR/RMDSZ
59		Adrian Năstase (born 1950)	2000	28 December 2000	21 December 2004	3 years, 359 days	PSD	Năstase (PSDR–PDSR)→PSD^[r]–PUR	Ion Iliescu (2000–2004)
—		Eugen Bejinariu (born 1959) acting prime minister	2000	21 December 2004	28 December 2004	7 days	PSD	Năstase (PSDR–PDSR)→PSD^[r]–PUR	Traian Băsescu (2004–2014)^[s]
60		Călin Popescu-Tăriceanu (born 1952)	2004	29 December 2004	5 April 2007	3 years, 359 days	PNL^[t]	Tăriceanu I PNL–PD–PUR/PC^[u]–UDMR/RMDSZ
60		Călin Popescu-Tăriceanu (born 1952)	2004	5 April 2007	22 December 2008	3 years, 359 days	PNL^[t]	Tăriceanu II PNL–UDMR/RMDSZ
61		Emil Boc (born 1966)	2008	22 December 2008	23 December 2009	3 years, 46 days	PDL^[v]	Boc I PDL–PSD
61		Emil Boc (born 1966)		23 December 2009	6 February 2012	3 years, 46 days	PDL^[v]	Boc II PDL–UDMR/RMDSZ–UNPR
—		Cătălin Predoiu^[w] (born 1968) acting prime minister		6 February 2012	9 February 2012	3 days	Ind.^[x]	Boc II PDL–UDMR/RMDSZ–UNPR
62		Mihai Răzvan Ungureanu (born 1968)		9 February 2012	7 May 2012	88 days	Ind.^[y]	Ungureanu PDL–PSD
63		Victor Ponta (born 1972)		7 May 2012	21 December 2012	3 years, 46 days	PSD^[z]	Ponta I USL (PNL–PSD–PC)
			2012	21 December 2012	5 March 2014			Ponta II USL (PNL–PSD–PC–UNPR)
				5 March 2014	17 December 2014			Ponta III PSD–UNPR–PC–PLR–UDMR/RMDSZ
				17 December 2014	22 June 2015			Ponta IV PSD–UNPR–ALDE	Klaus Iohannis (2014–2025)
—		Gabriel Oprea (born 1961) acting prime minister		22 June 2015	9 July 2015	17 days	UNPR
(63)		Victor Ponta (born 1972)		9 July 2015	29 July 2015	20 days	PSD
—		Gabriel Oprea (born 1961) acting prime minister		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) acting prime minister		5 November 2015	17 November 2015	12 days	ALDE^[aa]
64		Dacian Cioloș (born 1969)		17 November 2015	4 January 2017	1 year, 48 days	Ind.^[ab]	Cioloș Technocratic
65		Sorin Grindeanu (born 1973)	2016	4 January 2017	29 June 2017	176 days	PSD	Grindeanu PSD–ALDE
66		Mihai Tudose (born 1967)		29 June 2017	16 January 2018	201 days	PSD^[ac]	Tudose PSD–ALDE
—		Mihai Fifor (born 1970) acting prime minister		16 January 2018	29 January 2018	13 days	PSD	Tudose PSD–ALDE
67		Viorica Dăncilă (born 1963)		29 January 2018	4 November 2019	1 year, 279 days	PSD^[ad]	Dăncilă PSD–ALDE^[ae]
68		Ludovic Orban^[af] (born 1963)		4 November 2019	14 March 2020	1 year, 33 days	PNL^[ag]	Orban I PNL
68		Ludovic Orban^[af] (born 1963)		14 March 2020	7 December 2020	1 year, 33 days	PNL^[ag]	Orban II PNL
—		Nicolae Ciucă^[ah] (born 1967) acting prime minister		7 December 2020	23 December 2020	16 days	PNL	Orban II PNL
69		Florin Cîțu^[ai] (born 1972)	2020	23 December 2020	25 November 2021	337 days	PNL	Cîțu PNL–USR PLUS^[aj]–UDMR/RMDSZ
70		Nicolae Ciucă^[ah] (born 1967)		25 November 2021	12 June 2023	1 year, 199 days	PNL	Ciucă CNR (PSD–PNL–UDMR/RMDSZ)
—		Cătălin Predoiu^[w] (born 1968) acting prime minister		12 June 2023	15 June 2023	3 days	PNL	Ciucă CNR (PSD–PNL–UDMR/RMDSZ)
71		Marcel Ciolacu (born 1967)		15 June 2023	23 December 2024	1 year, 325 days	PSD	Ciolacu I CNR (PSD–PNL)
			2024	23 December 2024	6 May 2025			Ciolacu II PSD–PNL–UDMR/RMDSZ
				23 December 2024	6 May 2025				Ilie Bolojan (2025)^[ak]
—		Cătălin Predoiu^[w] (born 1968) acting prime minister		6 May 2025	23 June 2025	48 days	PNL		Ilie Bolojan (2025)^[ak]
—		Cătălin Predoiu^[w] (born 1968) acting prime minister		6 May 2025	23 June 2025	48 days	PNL		Nicușor Dan (2025–present)
72		Ilie Bolojan (born 1969)		23 June 2025	Incumbent	125 days	PNL	Bolojan PSD–PNL–USR–UDMR/RMDSZ	Nicușor Dan (2025–present)

Note: Romania used theJulian calendar prior to April 1919, so all dates before that are given in the Julian calendar; all dates after that are given in theGregorian calendar.

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Notes

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^^a ^b ^c ^dDue toWorld War I, the Romanian government served in refuge atIași, between 3 December 1916 and 29 November 1918.
^During this time, Romania changed its calendar, from the Julian calendar to the Gregorian calendar, and 1 April 1919 became 14 April 1919 (the month of April only had 17 days that year).
^From 14 September 1940, the Prime Minister title was styledConducător for as long as Marshal Ion Antonescu remained in power as head of the Romanian government.
^President of the Provisional Presidium of the Republic (1947–1948); President of the Presidium of the Great National Assembly (1948–1952)
^^a ^bPresident of the Presidium of the Great National Assembly
^^a ^bPresident of the State Council
^President of the State Council (1967–1974); President of Romania (1974–1989)
^Served as ad interim (i.e.acting) PM until 20 June 1990, following the1990 general election held on 20 May.
^Roman is currently a PSD member.
^Acting President until 20 June 1990.
^Stolojan joined theNational Salvation Front (FSN) at the time he took office as Prime Minister back in 1991.
^Stolojan is currently a PNL member.
^From 10 July 1993.
^Subsequently adhered to the PNL and was a member of this party between 2012 and 2014. Currently, Ciorbea is politically unaffiliated.
^Dejeu was the first post-1989acting/ad interim Prime Minister of Romania and the first such Prime Minister sinceConstantin Angelescu of the PNL who very briefly served in this position for only 5 days during theinterwar period (more specifically between late December 1933–early January 1934).
^The first politically non-attached/non-partisan fullytechnocratic Prime Minister of post-1989 Romania at the time he acceded to governance (despite past ties as undercover informer for theSecuritate). Currently, Isărescu is non-affiliated politically and still theGovernor of theNational Bank of Romania (BNR).
^Yet somewhat affiliated with theRomanian Democratic Convention (CDR) as he was later on the official presidential candidate of the revamped CDR 2000 in the2000 Romanian general election.
^PSDR andPDSR merged into the PSD on 16 June 2001.
^Suspended in 2007 for 33 day (replaced byNicolae Văcăroiu as acting president) and in 2012 for 48 days (replaced byCrin Antonescu as acting president).
^Subsequently quit the PNL and co-founded ALDE before switching to Ponta's PRO Romania in a short-lived merger of ALDE and the former party which lasted between 2020 and early 2021. Currently, Tăriceanu is politically non-affiliated.
^Until 4 December 2006.
^Boc is currently a PNL member.
^^a ^b ^cCătălin Predoiu is the all time Romanian ad interim/acting Prime Minister of Romania who both served the fewest and longest number of days in office and the only who did it three times.
^Prior to becoming an independent ad interim/acting Prime Minister of Romania, Predoiu was a PNL-AT member during the early 1990s and afterwards a PDL and subsequently PNL member.
^Prior to becoming an independent ad interim/acting Prime Minister of Romania, Ungureanu was a PNL member and later on the president ofCivic Force (FC) and a PDL member.
^Subsequently quit the PSD and founded his own centre-left party, namelyPRO Romania, which he has been presiding to this day.
^Subsequently quit ALDE and joined Ponta's PRO Romania. Eventually, he also quit PRO Romania to join the PNL of which he has been a member to the present day.
^Subsequently founded his own party,PLUS, then briefly becameUSR president, and is currently associated withREPER.
^Subsequently quit the PSD and switched to Ponta's PRO Romania in 2019 before eventually re-joining the PSD in early 2020.
^Subsequently quit the PSD and became the president of theNOI party in 2022.
^until 27 August 2019.
^The Orban government was the first entirely national liberal government of Romania in 82 years, after the one previously led byGheorghe Tătărescu during theinterwar period, more specifically from 1934 to 1937.^[1]
^Subsequently quit the PNL in late 2021 with a group of followers (more specifically 13 deputies and 3 senators at parliamentary level) to establish his own centre-right party, namelyForce of the Right (FD), which he has been presiding since December 2021 to the present day.
^^a ^bAlthough he had formally become a politician in 2020, Nicolae Ciucă was the first military leader (more specificallygeneral, albeit retired) to serve as Prime Minister of Romania (both acting/ad interim and in full constitutional powers) since the end ofWorld War II. Additionally, he was the only Romanian Prime Minister to date to have initially served as acting head of government and then as head of government proper (i.e. in full constitutional powers).
^After he was dismissed by a record-votedmotion of no confidence passed with 281 votes on 5 October 2021, Florin Cîțu still served as ad interim/acting Prime Minister in charge of a minority PNL-UDMR/RMDSZ government between October and November 2021. He had previously served as acting/ad interim Prime Minister since September 2021, just afterUSR PLUS (nowUSR) decided to leave government.
^to 7 September 2021.
^Acting President from 12 February to 26 May.

References

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^Alexandra Tănăsescu (5 November 2019)."Guvernul Orban este primul guvern liberal după 82 de ani. Povestea ultimului guvern liberal – Gheorghe Tătărescu".Cultura la dubă (in Romanian). Retrieved23 April 2022.

Bibliography

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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

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