President of Romania Preşedintele României
Flag of the President of Romania
Incumbent Traian Băsescu since 20 December 2004
Residence	Cotroceni Palace
Term length	five years (renewable once; terms may be consecutive)
Inaugural holder	Nicolae Ceauşescu
Formation	March 29, 1974
Website	www.presidency.ro

The President of Romania is the head of state of Romania. The President is directly elected by a two-round system for a five-year term (since 2004, after the Constitution was modified in 2003). An individual may serve two terms. During his/her term in office, the President may not be a member of any political party. The President of Romania has the right to name the Prime-Minister at his discretion after consulting the political parties in the Parliament and if his proposals are turned down by the Parliament two times in 60 days, except for the last 6 months of neither the first or second term, the President can dissolve the Parliament and call for early General Elections. The President can only name the Prime Minister and not dismiss him from office but can refuse naming of members of the cabinet once and have no right to act the second time, even though the same name is proposed, this happened during Tăriceanu II Cabinet in 2007 by Traian Băsescu, more precisely for Adrian Cioroianu's proposal for Minister of Foreign Affairs who ultimately was dismissed after a unsuccessful year in office.

The current President of Romania is Traian Băsescu since 20 December 2004. On 20 April 2007 he was arguably suspended from office. He re-assumed the office on 23 May 2007 after a referendum was held. He was re-elected on 6 December 2009 for a second 5 year term that started on 21 December 2009.

[edit] Suspension

An incumbent President who severely violates the Constitution can be suspended from office by the Parliament in joint session. If the suspension motion passes, there is a call for a referendum of dismissal within no more than 30 days from the suspension.

If the Senate and Chamber of Deputies, in joint session, accuses the President of high treason, the President is suspended from office by right. The accusations are judged by the High Court of Cassation and Justice. The incumbent President is dismissed by right if found guilty of high treason.

The first President to be suspended was Traian Băsescu, on 20 April 2007. He re-assumed the office on 23 May 2007, after the Referendum held on 19 May 2007.

[edit] Succession

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If the office of President becomes vacant due to resignation or death, or the incumbent president is suspended from office, the first to replace him or her as Ad Interim President of Romania (Romanian: Preşedinte Interimar al României) is the President of the Senate. If they are unable or unwilling to do so, the next person in line is the President of the Chamber of Deputies. Neither one loses relinquishes their position as President of their respective Legislative House. An Ad Interim President cannot address the Parliament, dissolve the Parliament, nor call for a referendum.

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The title is "President of Romania" (Romanian: Preşedintele României). Article 84 of the Romanian Constitution forbids the President to be member of any political party during their term (only).

(*) The Constitution adopted in December 1991 mandates that a president can hold office for a maximum of 2 terms.

(**) Parliament suspended the President on 19 April, but the decision only became effective on 20 April, following the decision of the Constitutional Court recognizing Nicolae Văcăroiu as President ad interim.

(***) His 2nd term is due to end in December 2014.

[edit] External links

• Official site of the Romanian presidency

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