This is a list of presidents of Romania by time in office. This is based on the difference between dates; if counted by number of calendar days all the time periods would be one day greater.
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The political party column in the table below denotes the political party or political alliance that sustained/supported their candidacy, as the president is legally forbidden by the Romanian constitution to be a member of any party while still in office. 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. Also, Traian Băsescu was the only president suspended/impeached twice to date (once in each of his two mandates, more specifically in 2007 and 2012).
Nº in office | President | Political party | Time in office | Rank | |
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1st | Nicolae Ceaușescu | PCR | 15 years, 276 days | 1 | |
2nd | Ion Iliescu | FSN/FDSN/PDSR/PSD | 10 years, 343 days | 2 | |
4th | Traian Băsescu | D.A. (PD/PDL) | 10 years, 0 days1 | 3 | |
5th | Klaus Iohannis | PNL | 9 years, 266 days | 4 | |
3rd | Emil Constantinescu | CDR (PNȚCD) | 4 years, 33 days | 5 | |
– | Crin Antonescu (ad interim/acting) | PNL | 48 days | – | |
Nicolae Văcăroiu (ad interim/acting) | PSD | 33 days |
Notes:
1 Suspended/impeached from office for 31 days in 2007, then for a second time in 2012 for 48 days.