First Lady of Romania | |
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Style | Mrs. Iohannis |
Residence | Vila Lac 3, Bucharest [1] |
Inaugural holder | Elena Ceaușescu |
Formation | 28 March 1974 |
First Lady of Romania is an unofficial honorific applied to the wife of the president of Romania, concurrent with his term of office. [2] [3] [4]
Image | Name | Term | President |
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Elena Ceaușescu | 28 March 1974 – 22 December 1989 | Nicolae Ceaușescu | |
Nina Iliescu | 22 December 1989 – 29 November 1996 | Ion Iliescu | |
Nadia Ileana Bogorin | 29 November 1996 – 20 December 2000 | Emil Constantinescu | |
Nina Iliescu | 20 December 2000 – 20 December 2004 | Ion Iliescu | |
Maria Băsescu | 20 December 2004 – 20 April 2007 | Traian Băsescu | |
Marilena Văcăroiu | 20 April 2007 – 23 May 2007 (interim) | Nicolae Văcăroiu | |
Maria Băsescu | 23 May 2007 – 23 July 2012 | Traian Băsescu | |
Adina Ioana Vălean | 23 July 2012 – 27 August 2012 (interim) | Crin Antonescu | |
Maria Băsescu | 27 August 2012 – 21 December 2014 | Traian Băsescu | |
Carmen Iohannis | 21 December 2014 – present | Klaus Iohannis | |
The following is a list of public holidays in Romania. According to Romanian law, Romania had 51 public holidays as of 2011, which cover 14% of the days of the year in the country.
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The following lists events that happened during 2015 in Romania.
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Events from the year 2022 in Romania.