List of heads of government of Romania

This is a list consisting of all the heads of government (i.e. Prime Ministers, both in full constitutional powers and acting/ad interim) of the modern and contemporary Romanian state, from the establishment of the United Principalities in 1859 to the present-day during the early 21st century. The incumbent Prime Minister, as of 5 May 2022, is Nicolae Ciucă, a former Romanian army general who subsequently became a politician in October 2020, after formally joining the National Liberal Party (PNL).[1]

Prime Minister Nicolae Ciucă is currently in charge of a grand coalition government, legally known as the National Coalition for Romania (CNR), which comprises three political parties: two senior coalition partners, namely the PNL and the PSD (the biggest of the two and the biggest in the current ruling coalition overall) as well as a junior coalition partner which is the UDMR/RMDSZ.[2]

According to an official agreement between all three constituent parties of the CNR, the coalition will reportedly change the Prime Minister (namely from PNL to PSD) as well as three ministers at a later point during 2023 (very likely in May 2023).[3] Furthermore, according to coalition and PSD leader Marcel Ciolacu, the CNR coalition is expected to continue governing in the same formation for four more years after the 2024 Romanian legislative election, namely until 2028.[4]

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/PNȚ-CD = 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 = National Salvation Front
  PDSR = Party of Social Democracy in Romania
(from 2001 PSD; Social Democratic Party)
  Mil. = Military
  PSDR = Romanian Social Democratic Party  Democratic Party/Democratic Liberal Party

Interim officeholders are denoted by italics.

List of officeholders

United Principalities (1859–1881)

From 1859 to 1862, the two Romanian principalities (more specifically Moldavia and Wallachia) had their own government each, and a cabinet, seated in Iași and Bucharest respectively. In 1862, Prince Alexandru Ioan Cuza changed the Constitution and from then on there has been a single unified central government, permanently seated in Bucharest, the capital of Romania.

No. Portrait Name
(Birth–Death)
Term of office Political party Cabinet Election
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)
Acting
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)
11 October 1863 26 January 1865 1 year, 107 days Mod. Lib. Kogălniceanu 1864
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)
11 February 1866 10 May 1866 88 days Mod. Lib. Ghica I Apr.1866
6 Lascăr Catargiu
(1823–1899)
11 May 1866 13 July 1866 63 days Con. Catargiu I
(5) Ion Ghica
(1816–1897)
15 July 1866 21 February 1867 221 days Mod. Lib. Ghica II Nov.1866
7 Constantin A. Crețulescu
(1809–1884)
1 March 1867 4 August 1867 156 days Rad. Lib. Crețulescu
8 Ștefan Golescu
(1809–1874)
26 November 1867 12 May 1868 168 days Rad. Lib. Golescu 1867
9 Nicolae Golescu
(1810–1877)
1 May 1868 15 November 1868 198 days Rad. Lib. Golescu 1868
10 Dimitrie Ghica
(1816–1897)
16 November 1868 27 January 1870 1 year, 72 days Mod. Con. Ghica
11 Alexandru G. Golescu
(1819–1881)
2 February 1870 18 April 1870 75 days Mod. Lib. Golescu 1869
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 IIIIII

Kingdom of Romania (1881–1947)

No. Portrait Name
(Birth–Death)
Term of office Political party Cabinet Election
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 IV
16 Theodor Rosetti
(1837–1923)
23 March 1888 22 March 1889 364 days PC Rosetti III
(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)
29 December 1891 15 October 1895 3 years, 290 days PC Catargiu IV 1892
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)
27 February 1901 4 January 1906 4 years, 311 days PNL Sturdza III 1901
(20) Gheorghe Grigore Cantacuzino
(1833–1913)
4 January 1906 24 March 1907 1 year, 79 days PC Cantacuzino II
(18) Dimitrie Sturdza
(1833–1914)
24 March 1907 9 January 1909 1 year, 291 days PNL Sturdza IV 1907
22 Ion I. C. Brătianu
(1864–1927)
9 January 1909 28 December 1910 1 year, 353 days PNL I.I.C. Brătianu III
(21) Petre P. Carp
(1837–1919)
29 December 1910 28 March 1912 1 year, 90 days PC Carp II 1911
23 Titu Maiorescu
(1840–1917)
28 March 1912 31 December 1913 1 year, 278 days PC Maiorescu III 1912
(22) Ion I. C. Brătianu[lower-alpha 1]
(1864–1927)
4 January 1914 28 January 1918 4 years, 24 days PNL I.I.C. Brătianu IIIIV 1914
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)
5 March 1918 23 October 1918 232 days PC Marghiloman 1918
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)
1 December 1919 12 March 1920 102 days PNR Vaida-Voevod I 1919
(24) Alexandru Averescu
(1859–1938)
13 March 1920 16 December 1921 1 year, 278 days PP Averescu II 1920
29 Take Ionescu
(1858–1922)
17 December 1921 19 January 1922 33 days PCD Ionescu
(22) Ion I. C. Brătianu
(1864–1927)
19 January 1922 29 March 1926 4 years, 69 days PNL I.I.C. Brătianu VI 1922
(24) Alexandru Averescu
(1859–1938)
30 March 1926 4 June 1927 1 year, 66 days PP Averescu III 1926
30 Barbu Știrbey
(1873–1946)
4 June 1927 20 June 1927 16 days Ind. Știrbey
(22) Ion I. C. Brătianu
(1864–1927)
21 June 1927 24 November 1927 156 days PNL I.I.C. Brătianu VII 1927
31 Vintilă Brătianu
(1867–1930)
24 November 1927 9 November 1928 351 days PNL V. Brătianu
32 Iuliu Maniu
(1873–1953)
10 November 1928 6 June 1930 1 year, 208 days PNȚ Maniu I 1928
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)
18 April 1931 5 June 1932 1 year, 48 days PND Iorga 1931
(28) Alexandru Vaida-Voevod
(1872–1950)
6 June 1932 19 October 1932 221 days PNȚ Vaida-Voevod IIIII 1932
(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)
14 November 1933 29 December 1933 † 45 days PNL Duca 1933
Constantin Angelescu
(1870–1948)
Acting
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 IIIIIIIV
37 Octavian Goga
(1881–1938)
29 December 1937 10 February 1938 43 days PNC Goga 1937
38 Patriarch
Miron Cristea
(1868–1939)
11 February 1938 6 March 1939 † 1 year, 23 days Ind. Cristea IIIIII
39 Armand Călinescu
(1893–1939)
7 March 1939 21 September 1939 † 198 days FRN Călinescu 1939
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 VVI
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 IIIIII
44 Constantin Sănătescu
(1885–1947)
23 August 1944 5 December 1944 104 days Mil. Sănătescu III
45 Nicolae Rădescu
(1874–1953)
6 December 1944 28 February 1945 84 days Mil. Rădescu
46 Petru Groza
(1884–1958)
6 March 1945 29 December 1947 2 years, 298 days FP Groza III
1946

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

No. Portrait Name
(Birth–Death)
Term of office Political party Cabinet Election
Took office Left office Time in office
Presidents of the Council of Ministers (informally Prime Ministers)
(1947–1989)
46 Petru Groza
(1884–1958)
30 December 1947 2 June 1952 4 years, 155 days FP Groza IIIIV
1948
47 Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej
(1901–1965)
2 June 1952 4 October 1955 3 years, 124 days PMR Gheorghiu-Dej III
1952
48 Chivu Stoica
(1908–1975)
4 October 1955 20 March 1961 5 years, 167 days PMR Stoica III
1957
49 Ion Gheorghe Maurer
(1902–2000)
21 March 1961 27 February 1974 12 years, 343 days PCR Maurer IIIIIIIVV 1961
1965
1969
50 Manea Mănescu
(1916–2009)
27 February 1974 30 March 1979 5 years, 31 days PCR Mănescu III
1975
51 Ilie Verdeț
(1925–2001)
30 March 1979 20 May 1982 3 years, 51 days PCR Verdeț III
1980
52 Constantin Dăscălescu
(1923–2003)
21 May 1982 22 December 1989 7 years, 215 days PCR Dăscălescu III
1985

Contemporary Romania (1989–present)

No. Portrait Name
(Birth–Death)
Term of office Political party Cabinet Election
Took office Left office Time in office
Prime Ministers
(since 1989)
Council of the National Salvation Front
de facto
22 December 1989 26 December 1989 4 days FSN Provisional
53 Petre Roman[lower-alpha 3]
(born 1946)
26 December 1989 16 October 1991 1 year, 294 days FSN Roman IIIIII
1990
54 Theodor Stolojan[lower-alpha 4]
(born 1943)
16 October 1991 19 November 1992 1 year, 34 days FSN Stolojan I
55 Nicolae Văcăroiu
(born 1943)
19 November 1992 11 December 1996 4 years, 22 days PDSR Văcăroiu 1992
56 Victor Ciorbea
(born 1954)
12 December 1996 30 March 1998 1 year, 108 days PNȚ-CD Ciorbea 1996
Gavril Dejeu
(born 1932)
Acting
30 March 1998 17 April 1998 18 days PNȚ-CD Ciorbea
57 Radu Vasile
(1942–2013)
17 April 1998 13 December 1999 1 year, 240 days PNȚ-CD Vasile
Alexandru Athanasiu
(born 1955)
Acting
13 December 1999 22 December 1999 9 days PSDR Vasile
58 Mugur Isărescu[lower-alpha 5]
(born 1949)
22 December 1999 28 December 2000 1 year, 6 days Ind. Isărescu
59 Adrian Năstase
(born 1950)
28 December 2000 21 December 2004 3 years, 359 days PSD Năstase 2000
Eugen Bejinariu
(born 1959)
Acting
21 December 2004 28 December 2004 7 days PSD Năstase
60 Călin Popescu-Tăriceanu
(born 1952)
29 December 2004 22 December 2008 3 years, 359 days PNL Tăriceanu III 2004
61 Emil Boc
(born 1966)
22 December 2008 6 February 2012 3 years, 46 days PDL Boc III 2008
Cătălin Predoiu[lower-alpha 6]
(born 1968)
Acting
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)
7 May 2012 22 June 2015 3 years, 46 days PSD Ponta IIIIIIIV
2012
Gabriel Oprea
(born 1961)
Acting
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 Ponta IV
Gabriel Oprea
(born 1961)
Acting
29 July 2015 10 August 2015 12 days UNPR Ponta IV
(63) Victor Ponta
(born 1972)
10 August 2015 5 November 2015 87 days PSD Ponta IV
Sorin Cîmpeanu
(born 1968)
Acting
5 November 2015 17 November 2015 12 days ALDE Ponta IV
64 Dacian Cioloș
(born 1969)
17 November 2015 4 January 2017 1 year, 48 days Ind. Cioloș
65 Sorin Grindeanu
(born 1973)
4 January 2017 29 June 2017 176 days PSD Grindeanu 2016
66 Mihai Tudose
(born 1967)
29 June 2017 16 January 2018 201 days PSD Tudose
Mihai Fifor
(born 1970)
Acting
16 January 2018 29 January 2018 13 days PSD Tudose
67 Viorica Dăncilă
(born 1963)
29 January 2018 4 November 2019 1 year, 279 days PSD Dăncilă
68 Ludovic Orban[lower-alpha 7]
(born 1963)
4 November 2019 7 December 2020 1 year, 33 days PNL Orban III
Nicolae Ciucă
(born 1967)
Acting
7 December 2020 23 December 2020 16 days PNL Orban II
69 Florin Cîțu[lower-alpha 8]
(born 1972)
23 December 2020 25 November 2021 337 days PNL Cîțu 2020
70 Nicolae Ciucă[lower-alpha 9]
(born 1967)
25 November 2021 Incumbent 161 days PNL Ciucă

Note: Romania used the Julian calendar prior to 1919, but all dates are given in the Gregorian calendar.

Timeline

United Principalities of Moldavia and Wallachia (1859–1881)

Ion BrătianuIon Emanuel FlorescuManolache Costache EpureanuAlexandru G. GolescuDimitrie GhicaNicolae GolescuȘtefan GolescuConstantin A. KretzulescuLascăr CatargiuIon GhicaConstantin BosianuMihail KogălniceanuNicolae CrețulescuApostol ArsacheBarbu Catargiu

Kingdom of Romania (1881–1947)

Petru GrozaNicolae RădescuConstantin SănătescuIon AntonescuIon GigurtuConstantin ArgetoianuGheorghe ArgeșanuArmand CălinescuPatriarch Miron of RomaniaOctavian GogaGheorghe TătărescuConstantin AngelescuIon G. DucaNicolae IorgaGheorghe MironescuIuliu ManiuVintilă BrătianuBarbu ȘtirbeyTake IonescuAlexandru Vaida-VoevodArtur VăitoianuConstantin CoandăAlexandru MarghilomanAlexandru AverescuTitu MaiorescuIon I. C. BrătianuPetre P. CarpGheorghe Grigore CantacuzinoPetre S. AurelianDimitrie SturdzaIon Emanuel FlorescuGheorghe ManuLascăr CatargiuTheodor RosettiDimitrie BrătianuIon Brătianu

Communist Romania (1947–1989)

Constantin DăscălescuIlie VerdețManea MănescuIon Gheorghe MaurerChivu StoicaGheorghe Gheorghiu-DejPetru Groza

Contemporary Romania (1989–present)

Nicolae CiucăFlorin CîțuNicolae CiucăLudovic OrbanViorica DăncilăMihai FiforMihai TudoseSorin GrindeanuDacian CioloșSorin CîmpeanuGabriel OpreaVictor PontaMihai Răzvan UngureanuCătălin PredoiuEmil BocCălin Popescu-TăriceanuEugen BejinariuAdrian NăstaseMugur IsărescuAlexandru AthanasiuRadu VasileGavril DejeuVictor CiorbeaNicolae VăcăroiuTheodor StolojanPetre RomanList of members of the National Salvation Front Council

Notes

  1. Due to World War I, served in refuge at Iași, 3 December 1916 – 29 November 1918
  2. From 14 September 1940, styled Conducător
  3. Served as ad interim (i.e. acting) PM until 20 June 1990, following the 1990 general election held on 20 May.
  4. Stolojan joined the National Salvation Front (FSN) at the time he took office as Prime Minister back in 1991.
  5. The first politically non-attached/non-partisan fully technocratic PM of post-1989 Romania at the time he acceded to governance (despite past ties with the Securitate).
  6. Cătălin Predoiu is the all time Romanian ad interim/acting Prime Minister of Romania who served the fewest number of days in office.
  7. The Orban government was the first entirely national liberal government of Romania in 82 years, after the one previously led by Gheorghe Tătărescu during the interwar period, more specifically from 1934 to 1937.[5]
  8. After he was dismissed by a record-voted motion 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 after USR PLUS decided to leave government.
  9. Although he had formally become a politician in 2020, Nicolae Ciucă is the first military leader to serve as Prime Minister of Romania (both in full constitutional powers and ad interim/acting) since the end of World War II. Additionally, he is 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).

See also

References

  1. Bogdan Păcurar (10 April 2022). "Congres PNL pentru alegerea noului președinte. Nicolae Ciucă, singurul candidat". Digi24.ro (in Romanian). Retrieved 10 April 2022.
  2. Bogdan Păcurar (25 November 2021). "Miniștrii Guvernului Nicolae Ciucă au depus jurământul la Cotroceni. Klaus Iohannis: A fost nevoie să se treacă peste multe orgolii". Digi24.ro (in Romanian). Retrieved 28 November 2021.
  3. Robert Kiss (22 November 2021). "Cum arată Guvernul Ciucă. Rotativă în 2023 pentru premier și trei ministere. Premierul desemnat, prima ședință cu miniștrii propuși". Digi24.ro (in Romanian). Retrieved 28 March 2022.
  4. Luana Pavaluca (17 April 2022). "Marcel Ciolacu vede aceeași coaliție la guvernare și după alegerile din 2024". Aktual24.ro (in Romanian). Retrieved 18 April 2022.
  5. 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). Retrieved 23 April 2022.

Bibliography

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  • Stelian Neagoe, Istoria guvernelor României de la începuturi – 1859 până în zilele noastre – 1995, Editura Machiavelli, Bucharest, 1995
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