List of heads of government of Romania by time in office

Since 1862, there have been 72 people sworn into office as head of government of Romania: 46 during the monarchic period and 27 during the republican period, with Petru Groza having served during both.

Notable lengths

13 years and 7 days: Ion Gheorghe Maurer (1961–1974) — Longest total tenure

11 years and 177 days: Ion C. Brătianu (1876–1881 and 1881–1888) — Second longest total tenure and longest single term

11 years and 170 days: Ion I. C. Brătianu (1908–1910, 1914–1918, 1918–1919, 1922–1926 and 1927) — Third longest total tenure and most terms

9 years and 246 days: Lascăr Catargiu (1866, 1871–1876, 1889 and 1891–1895) — Fourth longest total tenure and longest period between first and last day as PM

Of the 71 past heads of government, only three served more than 10 years, while thirty served less than a year. Communist politician and lawyer Ion Gheorghe Maurer is the longest-serving head of government, for a record of 13 years and 7 days, having overseen a period of further distancing from the USSR and consolidation of a more nationalistic approach to Romanian communism. ^[1] Second and third are liberal icons Ion C. Brătianu and his son, Ion I.C. (Ionel) Brătianu, with over 11 years each, having championed the accomplishment of two of the most important goals of the Romanians, independence (1877), and Greater Romania (1918), respectively. ^[2] General Gheorghe Argeșanu is the shortest-serving prime minister, having been primarily in charge of organizing the crackdown on the Iron Guard following the assassination of his predecessor Armand Călinescu on the fascist organization's orders. ^[3]

List of office holders

The list is based on the difference between dates; if counted by number of calendar days, all the figures would be one greater.

# in office	Prime minister	Party	Terms	Time in office	Rank
49	Ion Gheorghe Maurer	Romanian Communist Party	5 [a]	13 years, 7 days	1
14	Ion C. Brătianu	National Liberal Party	4 [b]	11 years, 177 days	2
22	Ion I. C. Brătianu	National Liberal Party	7 [c]	11 years, 170 days	3
6	Lascăr Catargiu	Conservatives →   Conservative Party	4 [d]	9 years, 246 days	4
18	Dimitrie Sturdza	National Liberal Party	4 [e]	8 years, 282 days	5
52	Constantin Dăscălescu	Romanian Communist Party	2	7 years, 215 days	6
46	Petru Groza	Ploughmen's Front	4	7 years, 88 days	7
48	Chivu Stoica	Romanian Communist Party	2	5 years, 167 days	8
50	Manea Mănescu	Romanian Communist Party	2	5 years, 2 days	9
36	Gheorghe Tătărescu	National Liberal Party →   National Renaissance Front	6	4 years, 215 days	10
55	Nicolae Văcăroiu	Social Democratic Party	1	4 years, 22 days	11
59	Adrian Năstase	Social Democratic Party	1	3 years, 359 days	12
60	Călin Popescu-Tăriceanu	National Liberal Party	2	3 years, 359 days	12
43	Ion Antonescu	Military	3	3 years, 354 days	14
20	Gheorghe Grigore Cantacuzino	Conservative Party	2	3 years, 167 days	15
63	Victor Ponta	Social Democratic Party	4	3 years, 153 days	16
47	Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej	Romanian Communist Party	2	3 years, 124 days	17
51	Ilie Verdeț	Romanian Communist Party	2	3 years, 51 days	18
61	Emil Boc	Democratic Liberal Party	2	3 years, 46 days	19
24	Alexandru Averescu	Military →   People's Party	3	3 years, 13 days	20
32	Iuliu Maniu	National Peasants' Party	3	2 years, 46 days	21
2	Nicolae Kretzulescu	Moderate Liberals	2	1 year, 351 days	22
71	Marcel Ciolacu	Social Democratic Party	2	1 year, 325 days	23
21	Petre P. Carp	Conservative Party	2	1 year, 310 days	24
53	Petre Roman	National Salvation Front	3	1 year, 294 days	25
67	Viorica Dăncilă	Social Democratic Party	1	1 year, 279 days	26
23	Titu Maiorescu	Conservative Party	2	1 year, 278 days	27
57	Radu Vasile	Christian Democratic National Peasants' Party	1	1 year, 240 days	28
70	Nicolae Ciucă	National Liberal Party	1	1 year, 199 days	29
28	Alexandru Vaida-Voevod	Romanian National Party →   National Peasants' Party	4	1 year, 174 days	30
56	Victor Ciorbea	Christian Democratic National Peasants' Party	1	1 year, 108 days	31
3	Mihail Kogălniceanu	Moderate Liberals	1	1 year, 107 days	32
17	Gheorghe Manu	Conservative Party	1	1 year, 102 days	33
10	Dimitrie Ghica	Moderate Conservatives	1	1 year, 72 days	34
34	Nicolae Iorga	Democratic Nationalist Party	1	1 year, 48 days	35
64	Dacian Cioloș	Independent	1	1 year, 48 days	35
54	Theodor Stolojan	National Salvation Front	1	1 year, 34 days	37
68	Ludovic Orban	National Liberal Party	2	1 year, 33 days	38
5	Ion Ghica	Moderate Liberals	3	1 year, 27 days	39
38	Miron Cristea	National Renaissance Front	3	1 year, 23 days	40
58	Mugur Isărescu	Independent	1	1 year, 6 days	41
16	Theodor Rosetti	Conservative Party	2	364 days	42
31	Vintilă Brătianu	National Liberal Party	1	351 days	43
69	Florin Cîțu	National Liberal Party	1	337 days	44
12	Manolache Costache Epureanu	Conservatives →   National Liberal Party	2	329 days	45
13	Ioan Emanoil Florescu	Conservatives →   Conservative Party	2	324 days	46
8	Ștefan Golescu	Radical Liberals	1	256 days	47
25	Alexandru Marghiloman	Conservative Party	1	232 days	48
66	Mihai Tudose	Social Democratic Party	1	201 days	49
9	Nicolae Golescu	Radical Liberals	1	198 days	50
39	Armand Călinescu	National Renaissance Front	1	198 days	50
33	Gheorghe Mironescu	National Peasants' Party	2	194 days	52
65	Sorin Grindeanu	Social Democratic Party	1	176 days	53
7	Constantin A. Kretzulescu	Radical Liberals	1	156 days	54
4	Constantin Bosianu	Moderate Liberals	1	139 days	55
19	Petre S. Aurelian	National Liberal Party	1	131 days	56
1	Barbu Catargiu	Conservatives	1	113 days	57
44	Constantin Sănătescu	Military	2	104 days	58
62	Mihai Răzvan Ungureanu	Independent	1	88 days	59
45	Nicolae Rădescu	Military	1	84 days	60
11	Alexandru G. Golescu	Moderate Liberals	1	75 days	61
72	Ilie Bolojan	National Liberal Party	1	72 days	62
27	Artur Văitoianu	Military	1	64 days	63
42	Ion Gigurtu	National Renaissance Front	1	62 days	64
15	Dumitru Brătianu	National Liberal Party	1 [f]	59 days	65
41	Constantin Argetoianu	National Renaissance Front	1 [g]	56 days	66
35	Ion G. Duca	National Liberal Party	1 [h]	45 days	67
37	Octavian Goga	National Christian Party	1 [i]	44 days	68
26	Constantin Coandă	Military	1 [j]	36 days	69
29	Take Ionescu	Conservative-Democratic Party	1 [k]	31 days	70
30	Barbu Știrbey	Independent	1 [l]	16 days	71
40	Gheorghe Argeșanu	Military	1 [m]	7 days	72

Notes

1. • 21 March 1961 – 18 March 1965
   • 18 March 1865 – 21 August 1965
   • 21 August 1965 – 9 December 1967
   • 9 December 1967 – 13 March 1969
   • 13 March 1969 – 28 March 1974
2. • 24 July 1876 – 24 November 1878
   • 25 November 1878 – 10 July 1879
   • 11 July 1879 – 9 April 1881
   • 9 June 1881 – 20 March 1888
3. • 27 December 1908 – 4 March 1909
   • 4 March 1909 – 28 December 1910
   • 4 January 1914 – 11 December 1916
   • 11 December 1916 – 26 January 1918
   • 29 November 1918 – 27 September 1919
   • 19 January 1922 – 27 March 1926
   • 21 June 1927 – 24 November 1927
4. • 11 May 1866 – 13 July 1866
   • 11 March 1871 – 30 March 1876
   • 29 March 1889 – 3 November 1889
   • 27 November 1891 – 3 October 1895
5. • 4 October 1895 to 21 November 1896
   • 31 March 1897 to 30 March 1899
   • 14 February 1901 to 20 December 1904
   • 12 March 1907 to 27 December 1908
6. 10 April 1881 – 8 June 1881
7. 28 September 1939 – 23 November 1939
8. 14 November 1933 – 29 December 1933
9. 28 December 1937 – 10 February 1938
10. 24 October 1918 – 29 November 1918
11. 17 December 1921 – 17 January 1922
12. 4 June 1927 – 20 June 1927
13. 21 September 1939 – 28 September 1939

See also

• Prime Minister of Romania
• List of heads of government of Romania
• King of Romania
• President of Romania
• List of presidents of Romania

References

1. (in Romanian) A red aristocrat: Ion Gheorghe Maurer and the communist pseudo-justice, Contributors (Accessed July 1, 2025)
2. (in Romanian) Brătienii, a native dynasty, Historia (Accessed July 1, 2025)
3. (in Romanian) Gheorghe Argeșanu, profile, Galeria portretelor (Accessed July 1, 2025)

External links

• "History of prime ministers". gov.ro. Government of Romania.
• "LIST. Prime Ministers of Romania from 1862 to 2019". e-juridic.manager.ro. E-JURIDIC.