| Chamber of Deputies Camera Deputaţilor |
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| 6th Legislature | |
| Type | |
| Type | Lower house |
| Leadership | |
| President | Roberta Anastase, Democratic Liberal Party since 19 December 2008 |
| Vicepresidents | Ioan Oltean (PD-L) Adrian Năstase (PSD+PC) Daniela Popa (PSD+PC) Ludovic Orban (PNL) since December 2008/October 2009 |
| Secretaries | Dumitru Pardău (PD-L) Sever Voinescu (PD-L) Valeriu Zgonea (PSD+PC) Mihai Voicu (PNL) since December 2008 |
| Quaestors | Gheorghe Albu (PD-L) Nicolae Bănicioiu (PSD+PC) Dan Motreanu (PNL) Hunor Kelemen (UDMR) since December 2008 |
| Structure | |
| Members | 334 |
| Political groups | PD-L (115) PSD + PC (110 + 3) PNL (65) UDMR (22) National minorities (18) independents (1) |
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| Elections | |
| Voting system | 1992 – 2008: Closed list, D'Hondt method since 2008: nominal vote, Mixed member proportional representation |
| Last election | 30 November 2008 |
| Meeting place | |
| Palace of the Parliament, Bucharest | |
| Website | |
| www.cdep.ro | |
The Chamber of Deputies (Romanian: Camera Deputaţilor) is the lower house in Romania's bicameral parliament. It has 315 seats, to which deputies are elected by direct popular vote on a proportional representation basis (Mixed member proportional representation starting 2008) to serve four-year terms. Additionally, the organisation of each national minority is entitled to a seat in the Chamber (under the limitation that a national minority is to be represented by one organisation only).
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The Standing Bureau of the Chamber of Deputies consists of the President of the Chamber of Deputies, four vice-presidents, four secretaries, and four quaestors. The President of the Standing Bureau also serves as the President of the Chamber of Deputies. The President is elected, by secret ballot, for the duration of the legislative period. All the other members are elected at the beginning of each parliamentary session.[1]
| Period | Name | Party |
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| 1990–1992 | Dan Marţian | FSN |
| 1992–1996 | Adrian Năstase | FDSN |
| 1996–2000 | Ion Diaconescu | PNŢCD |
| 2000–2004 | Valer Dorneanu | PDSR |
| 2004–2006 | Adrian Năstase | PSD |
| 2006–2008 | Bogdan Olteanu | PNL |
| 2008– | Roberta Anastase | PDL |
The (Romanian: Biroul Permanent) is the body elected by the deputies that rules the Chamber. Its President id the President of the Chamber, and s/he is elected for a whole legislature (usually four years). All the other members are elected at the beginning of each parliamentary session.
There is one President, and four of each: Vicepresidents, Quaestors and Secretaries. The current composition is listed bellow.
| Function | Name | Group | Incumbent since |
|---|---|---|---|
| President | Roberta Anastase | PD-L | December 2008 |
| Vice-Presidents | Ioan Oltean | PD-L | December 2008 |
| Adrian Năstase | PSD | December 2008 | |
| Valeriu Zgonea | PSD | September 2010 | |
| Marian Sârbu | Independents | February 2011 | |
| Secretaries | Dumitru Pardău | PD-L | December 2008 |
| Niculae Mircovici | Minorities | February 2011 | |
| Georgian Pop | PSD | September 2010 | |
| Mihai Voicu | PNL | December 2008 | |
| Quaestors | Gheorghe Albu | PD-L | December 2008 |
| Nicolae Bănicioiu | PSD+PC | December 2008 | |
| Dan Motreanu | PNL | December 2008 | |
| Dénes Seres | UDMR | September 2009 |
Permanent commities and current leadership are listed bellow.
| Committee | President | Group | Incumbent since |
|---|---|---|---|
| Committee for Economic Policy, Reform, and Privatization | Mihai Tudose | PSD | |
| Committee for Budget, Finance, and, Banks | Maria Barna | Indep | 3 mai 2011 |
| Committee for Industries and Services | Iulian Iancu | PSD | |
| Committee for Agriculture, Forestry, Food Industry and Specific Services | Stelian Fuia | PD-L | 9 Sep. 2010 |
| Committee for Human Rights, Cults and National Minorities Issues | Nicolae Păun | Minoritati | |
| Committee for Public Administration Territorial Planning and Ecological Balance | Sulfina Barbu | PD-L | |
| Committee for Labour and Social Protection | Victor Paul Dobre | PNL | |
| Committee for Health and Family | Rodica Nassar | PSD | |
| Committee for Education, Science, Youth, and Sport | Cristian Dumitrescu | PSD | |
| Committee for Culture, Arts, Mass Information Means | Raluca Turcan | PD-L | |
| Committee for Legal Matters, Discipline, and Immunities | Buda Daniel | PD-L | |
| Committee for Defense Public Order, and National Security | Costică Canacheu | PD-L | |
| Committee for Foreign Policy | Attila Korodi | UDMR | 2 Feb. 2010 |
| Committee for the Investigation of Abuses, Corrupt Practices, and for Petitions | Ioan Stan | PSD | |
| Committee for Standing Orders | Iustin-Marinel Cionca-Arghir | PD-L | |
| Committee for information technologies and communications | Relu Fenechiu | PNL | |
| Committee on Equal Opportunities for Women and Men | Cristina Pocora | PNL | |
| Committee for Romanians outside Romania | William Brînză | PD-L | |
| Committee for European Affairs | Viorel Hrebenciuc | PSD | 2 mai 2011 |
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| Parliamentary Group | Election seating | Lost | Won | Present | |||
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| Seats | % | Seats | % | ||||
| Democratic Liberal Party | 115 | 34.43% | 12 | 12 | 123 | 37.24% | |
| Social Democratic Party | 114 | 34.13% | 29 | 1 | 89 | 28.53% | |
| National Liberal Party | 65 | 19.46% | 16 | 6 | 61 | 16.22% | |
| Democratic Union of Hungarians in Romania | 22 | 6.59% | 1 | 0 | 21 | 6.61% | |
| Ethnic minorities parties | 18 | 5.39% | 1 | 0 | 17 | 5.41% | |
| Progresits | — | — | 12 | 16 | 16 | 6.01% | |
| Deputies without a group | 4 | — | |||||
| Vacant seats | 2 | — | |||||
| Total | 334 | 100 | — | 333 | 100 | ||
In Romania's 2004 legislative election, held on 28 November, no party won an outright majority. The Social Democratic Party (PSD) won the largest number of seats but is currently in opposition because the Justice and Truth Alliance, the Democratic Union of Hungarians in Romania, the Romanian Humanist Party(which later became the Conservative Party), and the National Minorities formed a governing coalition, giving it 177 seats in the Chamber of Deputies (47.9% of the total). The Conservative Party withdrew in December 2006, meaning that the government lost the majority in the Chamber of Deputies.[2] In April 2007 the liberal prime-minister, Călin Popescu-Tăriceanu, dismissed the Democratic Party ministers from the government and formed a minority government with the Democratic Union of Hungarians in Romania, marking the end of the Justice and Truth Alliance.[3]
During the 2004–2008 legislature, the president of the Chamber of Deputies was Bogdan Olteanu from the National Liberal Party, who was elected on 20 March 2006, after the Chamber's former president, Adrian Năstase, was forced by his own party (the Social Democratic Party, PSD) to step down amidst allegations of corruption.
After the 2004 elections, several deputies from the PSD switched to other parties (including the governing Justice and Truth Alliance) or became independents, with the total number of PSD seats being reduced from 113 to 105. The number of Justice and Truth Alliance deputies also increased from 112 to 118, making it the largest formation in parliament as of October 2006. This changed again in December 2006, leaving the PSD with 107 seats and the Justice and Truth Alliance with 101. Since April 2007 the Justice and Truth Alliance has split leaving the two former members with 51 respectively 50 members. Deputies elected to the European Parliament in the 2007 election resigned, thus reducing the number of deputies to 314 as of 4 December 2007.
A new election was held in 2008. The table below gives the state of play before the 2008 election; parties in bold were part of the governing coalition.[4] That coalition was tacitly supported by the PSD.[5]
| Party | % of seats | Seats | |
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| Social Democratic Party | 32.31 | 105 | |
| Democratic Liberal Party | 20.62 | 67 | |
| National Liberal Party | 18.15 | 59 | |
| Greater Romania Party | 6.77 | 22 | |
| Democratic Union of Hungarians in Romania | 6.77 | 22 | |
| Conservative Party | 5.85 | 19 | |
| National Minorities | 5.54 | 18 | |
| Independents | 4.00 | 13 | |
| Total | 100 | 325 | |
Elections to the Chamber of Deputies were held on 26 November 2000, in which the Social Democratic Party of Romania (PSD) won plurality. The governing majority was formed from the PSD and the Democratic Union of Hungarians in Romania (UDMR), which, with 182 members, made up 54.8% of seats. The president of the Chamber of Deputies during this period was Valer Dorneanu, who was elected on 15 December 2000. The distribution of seats was as follows:
| Party | % of seats | Seats |
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| PSD | 44.93 | 155 |
| Greater Romania Party | 24.35 | 84 |
| Democratic Party | 8.99 | 31 |
| National Liberal Party | 8.70 | 30 |
| Democratic Union of Hungarians in Romania | 7.83 | 27 |
| National Minorities | 5.22 | 18 |
| Total | 100 | 332 |
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