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This is a list consisting of all the heads of government of modern and contemporary Romania (i.e. prime ministers, both in full constitutional powers and acting or ad interim), since the establishment of the United Principalities in 1859 to the present day.
The incumbent prime minister of Romania, as of 2 December 2024, is Ion-Marcel Ciolacu, the current leader of the Social Democratic Party (PSD), who has been serving since 15 June 2023 onwards.
Ciolacu has been leading a PSD-PNL grand coalition government, as part of and representing the ruling National Coalition for Romania (CNR), since mid June 2023 to the present day. The Ciolacu Cabinet is the second CNR government to date and the only one to be composed of only two major political parties, after the UDMR/RMDSZ was eliminated from the coalition and, consequently, entered in opposition. In addition, the share of governmental power between the two major political parties which constitute this CNR cabinet is equal (i.e. 11 ministries per each constituent political party). For some time however, the stability and cohesion of the incumbent cabinet are both quite debatable.
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/PNȚ/PNȚCD = 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 |
Ad interim/acting officeholders are denoted by italics.
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) | Election | Term of office | Political party | Cabinet | Domnitor (Reign) | ||
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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 | Alexandru Ioan Cuza (1859–1866) | |
— | Apostol Arsache (1789–1869) acting prime minister | — | 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) | 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 Crețulescu (1812–1900) | — | 14 June 1865 | 11 February 1866 | 242 days | Mod. Lib. | Crețulescu II | ||
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. Crețulescu (1809–1884) | — | 1 March 1867 | 4 August 1867 | 156 days | Rad. Lib. | Crețulescu | ||
8 | Ștefan Golescu (1809–1874) | 1867 | 26 November 1867 | 12 May 1868 | 168 days | Rad. Lib. | Golescu | ||
9 | Nicolae Golescu (1810–1877) | 1868 | 1 May 1868 | 15 November 1868 | 198 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 | 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 I–II–III |
No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) | Election | Term of office | Political party | Cabinet | King (Reign) | ||
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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 | Carol I (1866–1914) | |
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 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) | Ion Emanuel Florescu (1819–1893) | — | 2 March 1891 | 29 December 1891 | 302 days | PC | Florescu II | ||
(6) | Lascăr Catargiu (1823–1899) | 1892 | 29 December 1891 | 15 October 1895 | 3 years, 290 days | PC | Catargiu IV | ||
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) | 1901 | 27 February 1901 | 4 January 1906 | 4 years, 311 days | PNL | Sturdza III | ||
(20) | Gheorghe Grigore Cantacuzino (1833–1913) | — | 4 January 1906 | 24 March 1907 | 1 year, 79 days | PC | Cantacuzino II | ||
(18) | Dimitrie Sturdza (1833–1914) | 1907 | 24 March 1907 | 9 January 1909 | 1 year, 291 days | PNL | Sturdza IV | ||
22 | Ion I. C. Brătianu (1864–1927) | — | 9 January 1909 | 28 December 1910 | 1 year, 353 days | PNL | I.I.C. Brătianu I–II | ||
(21) | Petre P. Carp (1837–1919) | 1911 | 29 December 1910 | 28 March 1912 | 1 year, 90 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 | 28 January 1918 | 4 years, 24 days | PNL | I.I.C. Brătianu III–IV | ||
Ferdinand I (1914–1927) | |||||||||
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 | 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) | 1919 | 1 December 1919 | 12 March 1920 | 102 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 | 19 January 1922 | 33 days | PCD | Ionescu | ||
(22) | Ion I. C. Brătianu (1864–1927) | 1922 | 19 January 1922 | 29 March 1926 | 4 years, 69 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 | ||
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 | ||
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 | 19 October 1932 | 221 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 | 29 December 1937 | 10 February 1938 | 43 days | PNC | Goga | ||
38 | Patriarch Miron Cristea (1868–1939) | — | 11 February 1938 | 6 March 1939 † | 1 year, 23 days | Ind. | 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 [b] (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 |
No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) | Election | Term of office | Political party | Cabinet | Head of state (Term) | ||
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Took office | Left office | Time in office | |||||||
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 [c] (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 [d] (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 [d] (1958–1961) | |||||||||
49 | Ion Gheorghe Maurer (1902–2000) | 1961 1965 1969 | 21 March 1961 | 27 February 1974 | 12 years, 343 days | PCR | Maurer I–II–III–IV–V | Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej [d] (1961–1965) | |
Chivu Stoica [e] (1965–1967) | |||||||||
Nicolae Ceaușescu [f] (1967–1989) | |||||||||
50 | Manea Mănescu (1916–2009) | — 1975 | 27 February 1974 | 30 March 1979 | 5 years, 31 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 |
No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) | Election | Term of office | Political party | CabinetParties | President (Term) | ||
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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 | Itself(1989) | |
53 | Petre Roman (born 1946) [g] | — | 26 December 1989 | 28 June 1990 | 1 year, 294 days | FSN [h] | Roman I FSN | Ion Iliescu (1989–1996) | |
1990 | 28 June 1990 | 30 April 1991 | Roman II FSN | ||||||
30 April 1991 | 16 October 1991 | Roman III FSN | |||||||
54 | Theodor Stolojan (born 1943) [i] | 16 October 1991 | 19 November 1992 | 1 year, 34 days | FSN [j] | 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 [k] | ||
56 | Victor Ciorbea (born 1954) | 1996 | 12 December 1996 | 30 March 1998 | 1 year, 108 days | PNȚCD [l] | Ciorbea CDR-USD-UDMR/RMDSZ | Emil Constantinescu (1996–2000) | |
— | Gavril Dejeu (born 1932) acting prime minister [m] | 30 March 1998 | 17 April 1998 | 18 days | PNȚCD | ||||
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 | PSDR [n] | ||||
58 | Mugur Isărescu (born 1949) [o] | 22 December 1999 | 28 December 2000 | 1 year, 6 days | Ind. [p] | 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 [q] –PUR | Ion Iliescu (2000–2004) | |
— | Eugen Bejinariu (born 1959) acting prime minister | 21 December 2004 | 28 December 2004 | 7 days | PSD | Traian Băsescu (2004–2014) | |||
60 | Călin Popescu-Tăriceanu (born 1952) | 2004 | 29 December 2004 | 5 April 2007 | 3 years, 359 days | PNL [r] | Tăriceanu I PNL–PD–PUR/PC [s] –UDMR/RMDSZ | ||
5 April 2007 | 22 December 2008 | Tăriceanu II PNL–UDMR/RMDSZ | |||||||
61 | Emil Boc (born 1966) | 2008 | 22 December 2008 | 23 December 2009 | 3 years, 46 days | PDL [t] | Boc I PDL–PSD | ||
23 December 2009 | 6 February 2012 | Boc II PDL–UDMR/RMDSZ–UNPR | |||||||
— | Cătălin Predoiu (born 1968) acting prime minister [u] | 6 February 2012 | 9 February 2012 | 3 days | Ind. [v] | ||||
62 | Mihai Răzvan Ungureanu (born 1968) | 9 February 2012 | 7 May 2012 | 88 days | Ind. [w] | Ungureanu PDL–PSD | |||
63 | Victor Ponta (born 1972) | 7 May 2012 | 21 December 2012 | 3 years, 46 days | PSD [x] | 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–present) | ||||||
— | 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 [y] | ||||
64 | Dacian Cioloș (born 1969) | 17 November 2015 | 4 January 2017 | 1 year, 48 days | Ind. [z] | 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 [aa] | Tudose PSD–ALDE | |||
— | Mihai Fifor (born 1970) acting prime minister | 16 January 2018 | 29 January 2018 | 13 days | PSD | ||||
67 | Viorica Dăncilă (born 1963) | 29 January 2018 | 4 November 2019 | 1 year, 279 days | PSD [ab] | Dăncilă PSD–ALDE [ac] | |||
68 | Ludovic Orban [ad] (born 1963) | 4 November 2019 | 14 March 2020 | 1 year, 33 days | PNL [ae] | Orban I PNL | |||
14 March 2020 | 7 December 2020 | Orban II PNL | |||||||
— | Nicolae Ciucă (born 1967) acting prime minister | 7 December 2020 | 23 December 2020 | 16 days | PNL | ||||
69 | Florin Cîțu [af] (born 1972) | 2020 | 23 December 2020 | 25 November 2021 | 337 days | PNL | Cîțu PNL–USR PLUS [ag] –UDMR/RMDSZ | ||
70 | Nicolae Ciucă [ah] (born 1967) | 25 November 2021 | 12 June 2023 | 1 year, 199 days | PNL | Ciucă PSD–PNL–UDMR/RMDSZ | |||
— | Cătălin Predoiu (born 1968) acting prime minister | 12 June 2023 | 15 June 2023 | 3 days | PNL | ||||
71 | Marcel Ciolacu (born 1967) | 15 June 2023 | Incumbent | 1 year, 170 days | PSD | Ciolacu PSD–PNL |
Note: Romania used the Julian calendar prior to 1919, but all dates are given in the Gregorian calendar.
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A political crisis began on 1 September 2021 in Romania, engulfing both major coalition partners of the Cîțu Cabinet, namely the conservative-liberal National Liberal Party (PNL) and the progressive-liberal Save Romania Union (USR). The crisis also involved former prime minister Ludovic Orban (PNL), who was set to face Prime Minister Florin Cîțu (PNL) in a leadership election during the party congress on 25 September, with the latter eventually replacing the former. Orban would eventually resign from his position as President of the Chamber of Deputies, with him and his supporters subsequently splitting from the PNL, in order to form the Force of the Right (FD).
Local elections were held in Romania on 9 June 2024. They were the eighth post-1989 local elections in the country. The previous Romanian local elections in 2020 were won by the National Liberal Party (PNL), even though the Social Democratic Party (PSD) came in with significantly more County Council Presidents and mayors than the National Liberals.
The Ciucă Cabinet was the 132nd government of Romania led by former Romanian Land Forces army general Nicolae Ciucă from 25 November 2021 to 12 June 2023.
The National Coalition for Romania, initially referred to as the Coalition for Resilience, Development and Prosperity, is a big tent grand coalition in Romania, which includes the Social Democratic Party (PSD) and the National Liberal Party (PNL). In addition, this grand coalition supports the presidency of Klaus Iohannis. The CNR also included the Democratic Alliance of Hungarians in Romania (UDMR/RMDSZ) until its withdrawal from the coalition in June 2023.
The 2020–2024 legislature of the Romanian Parliament is the current legislature of the Parliament of Romania, elected on 6 December 2020. In the said election, no party won an outright majority, but the Social Democratic Party (PSD) remained the largest political force in the parliament, in opposition however. The National Liberal Party (PNL), the Save Romania Union (USR), and the Democratic Alliance of Hungarians in Romania (UDMR/RMDSZ) formed a coalition government. The USR ran within a political alliance it established with a smaller party, more specifically the Freedom, Unity and Solidarity Party (PLUS), which was eventually absorbed by the former. The Alliance for the Union of Romanians (AUR) entered parliament starting this legislature with an unexpected high score, gaining more popularity ever since.