| President of Romania Preşedintele României |
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Flag of the President of Romania |
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| Residence | Cotroceni Palace |
| Term length | Five years (renewable once; terms may be consecutive) |
| Inaugural holder | Nicolae Ceauşescu |
| Formation | 28 March 1974 |
| Website | www.presidency.ro |
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The President of Romania is the head of state of Romania. The President is directly elected by a two-round system for a five-year term (since 2004, after the Constitution was modified in 2003). An individual may serve two terms. During his/her term in office, the President may not be a member of any political party. The President of Romania has the right to name the Prime Minister at his discretion after consulting the political parties in the Parliament and if his proposals are turned down by the Parliament two times in 60 days, except for the last 6 months of neither the first or second term, the President can dissolve the Parliament and call for early elections. The President can only name the Prime Minister and not dismiss him from office but can refuse naming of members of the cabinet once and have no right to act the second time, even though the same name is proposed, this happened during Tăriceanu II Cabinet in 2007 by Traian Băsescu, more precisely for Adrian Cioroianu's proposal for Minister of Foreign Affairs who ultimately was dismissed after an unsuccessful year in office.
The current President of Romania is Traian Băsescu, since 20 December 2004. On 20 April 2007 he was suspended from office. He re-assumed the office on 23 May 2007 after a referendum was held. He was re-elected on 6 December 2009 for a second 5 year term that started on 21 December 2009.
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An incumbent President who severely violates the Constitution can be suspended from office by the Parliament in joint session. If the suspension motion passes, there is a call for a referendum of dismissal within no more than 30 days from the suspension.
If the Senate and Chamber of Deputies, in joint session, accuses the President of high treason, the President is suspended from powers and duties by right. The accusations are judged by the High Court of Cassation and Justice. The incumbent President is dismissed by right if found guilty of high treason.
The first President to be suspended was Traian Băsescu, on 20 April 2007. He re-assumed his powers and duties on 23 May 2007, after the Referendum held on 19 May 2007.
Should the office of the President become vacant due to resignation, suspension, permanent inability to perform the duties of office, or death,[1] the President of the Senate or the President of the Chamber of Deputies, in that order, step in as Ad Interim President of Romania[2] (Romanian: Preşedinte Interimar al României). Neither relinquishes their position as President of their respective Legislative House for the duration of the Ad Interim term. An Ad Interim President cannot address the Parliament, dissolve the Parliament, nor call for a referendum.
| # | Name | Term begin | Term end |
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| 1 | Nicolae Ceauşescu | 22 March 1965 | 22 December 1989 |
| 2 | Ion Iliescu | 6 February 1990 | 29 November 1996 |
| 20 December 2000 | 20 December 2004 | ||
| 3 | Emil Constantinescu | 29 November 1996 | 20 December 2000 |
| 4 | Traian Băsescu | 20 December 2004 | 20 April 2007 |
| 23 May 2007 | 21 December 2009 | ||
| 21 December 2009 | incumbent | ||
| — | Nicolae Văcăroiu | 20 April 2007 | 23 May 2007 |
| Candidates | First round | Runoff | ||||
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| Candidate | Sustaining Party | Votes | % | Votes | % | |
| Traian Băsescu | Democratic Liberal Party (Partidul Democrat Liberal) |
3,153,640 | 32.44 | 5,275,808 | 50.33 | |
| Mircea Geoană | Social Democratic Party + Conservative Party (Alianţa Electoralǎ Partidul Social Democrat + Partidul Conservator) |
3,027,838 | 31.15 | 5,205,760 | 49.66 | |
| Crin Antonescu | National Liberal Party (Partidul Naţional Liberal) |
1,945,831 | 20.02 | |||
| Corneliu Vadim Tudor | Greater Romania Party (Partidul România Mare) |
540,380 | 5.56 | |||
| Hunor Kelemen | Democratic Union of Hungarians in Romania (Uniunea Democrată Maghiară din România) |
372,761 | 3.83 | |||
| Sorin Oprescu | Independent | 309,764 | 3.18 | |||
| George Becali | New Generation Party – Christian Democratic (Partidul Noua Generaţie – Creştin Democrat) |
186,390 | 1.91 | |||
| Remus Cernea | Green Party (Partidul Verde) |
60,539 | 0.62 | |||
| Constantin Rotaru | Socialist Alliance Party (Partidul Alianţa Socialistă) |
43,684 | 0.45 | |||
| Gheorghe-Eduard Manole | Independent | 34,189 | 0.35 | |||
| Ovidiu-Cristian Iane | Ecologist Party of Romania (Partidul Ecologist Român) |
22,515 | 0.23 | |||
| Constantin-Ninel Potîrcă | Independent | 21,306 | 0.21 | |||
| Total valid votes | 9,718,840 | 100 % | 10,481,568 | 100 % | ||
| Source: Biroul Electoral Central | ||||||
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