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The first Romanian president to have been freely and democratically elected, Ion Iliescu was an independent social democrat in geopolitical regards. He subsequently earned a negative reputation after his handling of the Mineriad's miner interventions in Bucharest. Under his first term, the current Constitution of Romania was introduced. 3
The only exception was Nicolae Ceaușescu, who was president under a different constitution, and who consequently was both a member of the PCR and president of Romania at the same time. Traian Băsescu was the only president suspended/impeached twice to date (once in each of his two mandates, more specifically in 2007 and 2012).
The first time regarded President Ion Iliescu, following a statement regarding the returning of the illegally confiscated properties during the years of the Socialist Republic of Romania to the original owners or their heirs. This first attempt in 1995 did not pass the vote in Parliament.
The Constitution of Romania prohibits the President to be a member of any political party while in office. The parties listed below represent the political affiliation before the 1991 Constitution was adopted and the party affiliation of the ad interim (i.e. acting ) presidents, for whom such a restriction is not explicitly stipulated in the law.
General elections were held in Romania on 3 November 1996, with a second round of the presidential election on 17 November. [1]Opinion polls prior to the elections suggested incumbent President Ion Iliescu of the Social Democracy Party of Romania (PDSR, formerly the Democratic National Salvation Front) would win a third term, though it was believed a large field of candidates would push him ...
In January 2014, Romania's supreme court sentenced former prime minister Adrian Năstase, who held office between 2000 and 2004, to four years in prison for taking bribe. [16] In 2014, Klaus Iohannis was elected as the President of Romania, [17] and he was re-elected by a landslide victory in 2019. [18]
Calin Georgescu, a Romanian hard-right NATO critic, appeared in dead heat with leftist Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu after the first round of presidential elections on Sunday, partial tallies ...
It was the first election held after the post of President of the Republic was created by an amendment to the Constitution earlier in the year. Nicolae Ceaușescu , incumbent General Secretary of the Romanian Communist Party and president of the State Council , was elected by the Great National Assembly as the first President of the Republic on ...