# President of the Chamber of Deputies of Romania

The President of the Chamber of Deputies of Romania is the deputy elected to preside over the meetings in the lower chamber of the Parliament of Romania. The President of the Chamber of Deputies is also the president of the Standing Bureau of the Chamber of Deputies, and the second in the presidential line of succession, after the President of the Senate.

## Election

Last election: November 2021
The president of the Chamber of Deputies is elected by secret ballot with the majority of votes of the deputies. If none of the candidates receives the absolute majority of votes, the first two compete again in a second ballot, and the one with most of the votes wins.

## Role

* Calls the Chamber of Deputies into ordinary or extraordinary session;
* Presides over the Chamber's meetings;
* Represents the Chamber of Deputies in the relation with the president, the Senate, the Government and the Constitutional Court;
* Represents the Chamber of Deputies in the foreign relations;
* Succeeds (ad interim) the president of Romania if the president of the Senate cannot do so. He/she continues to be president of the Chamber of Deputies during the ad-interim presidency of the country and acts as president until a new president is elected or the old president comes back in office after a failed impeachment.

## History
### 1862–1948

Between 1862 and 1948 the lower house was called Assembly of Deputies (Romanian: Adunarea Deputaților). In 1946, the Senate was abolished by a Governmental amendment to the 1923 Constitution, and the Parliament became unicameral.

### 1948–1989

The Legislative was called Great National Assembly (Romanian: Marea Adunare Națională).

### 1990–1992

The legislative became bicameral again, and the lower house was called again Assembly of Deputies (Romanian: Adunarea Deputaților), as part of the Constituent Assembly (Romanian: Adunarea Constituantă), elected together with the Senate to form both the legislative body and the body elected to write the new constitution. The assembly was headed by an elected president.

### 1992–present

After the Constitution was voted, the assembly changed the name in Chamber of Deputies (Romanian: Camera Deputaților), headed by a president.

## List of officeholders

The political stance of presidents of the lower house prior to the development of a modern party system is given by the following key/legend:
| C (Conservative) | MC (Moderate Conservative) |
| RL (Radical Liberal) | ML (Moderate Liberal) |
The political stance of presidents of the lower house after the development of a modern party system is given by the following key/legend:
| PNL = National Liberal Party (historical)/(contemporary) | PC = Conservative Party |
| PNR = Romanian National Party | PP = People's Party |
| PCD = Conservative-Democratic Party | PNȚ = National Peasants' Party |
| 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) | PNȚ-CD = Christian Democratic National Peasants' Party |
| PSDR = Romanian Social Democratic Party | PDL = Democratic Liberal Party (until 2008 PD; Democratic Party) |
| Mil. = Military | Ind. = Independent |
Interim (acting) officeholders are denoted by italics. The Rule of the Chamber of Deputies states that at the first standing of the house, the meeting is headed by the eldest senator and helped by the youngest senator. Those bear the title of Interim President of the Senate, and, as their term is very short (one or two days) are not listed. The interim officeholders listed have hold the office in different circumstances and for a longer time (i.e. for more than one or two days).
| # | Name | Birth–Death | Took office | Left office | Party |
| Assembly of Deputies 1862–1947 |||||||
| 1 | Metropolitan-primate Nifon Rusailă | 1789–1875 | 24 January 1862 | 2 May 1864 | Ind. |
| 2 | Alexandru Emanoil Florescu | 1822–1907 | 29 December 1864 | 25 June 1865 | C |
| 3 | Emanoil Costache Epureanu | 1823–1880 | 17 December 1865 | 3 January 1866 | C |
| 4 | Nicolae Calimachi-Catargiu | ?–1889 | 9 January 1866 | 12 February 1866 | C |
| (3) | Emanoil Costache Epureanu | 1823–1880 | 9 May 1866 | 6 July 1866 | C |
| 5 | Lascăr Catargiu | 1823–1899 | 7 December 1866 | 1 November 1867 | C |
| 6 | Anastasie Fătu | 1816–1886 | 15 January 1868 | 15 November 1868 | RL |
| 7 | Ion C. Brătianu | 1821–1891 | 18 November 1868 | 29 January 1869 | RL |
| 8 | Costache Negri | 1812–1876 | 8 May 1869 | 17 November 1869 | ML |
| 9 | Grigore Balș | 1826–1895 | 20 November 1869 | 1 May 1870 | MC |
| 10 | Gheorghe Costaforu | 1820–1876 | 2 July 1870 | 3 February 1871 | C |
| 11 | Nicolae Păcleanu | ?-1878 | 5 February 1871 | 16 March 1871 | RL |
| 12 | Dimitrie Ghica | 1816–1897 | 26 May 1871 | 17 February 1876 | C |
| 13 | Constantin N. Brăiloiu | 1809/1810–1889 | 18 February 1876 | 3 May 1876 | C |
| 14 | Constantin A. Rosetti | 1816–1885 | 25 June 1876 | 26 May 1878 | PNL |
| 15 | George Vernescu | 1829–1900 | 6 June 1878 | 15 November 1878 | PNL |
| (14) | Constantin A. Rosetti | 1816–1885 | 17 November 1878 | 9 June 1881 | PNL |
| 16 | Dimitrie Brătianu | 1818–1892 | 9 June 1881 | 21 October 1882 | PNL |
| 17 | Dimitrie Lecca | 1832–1888 | 21 October 1882 | 5 March 1883 | PNL |
| (14) | Constantin A. Rosetti | 1816–1885 | 16 May 1883 | 17 October 1883 | PNL |
| (17) | Dimitrie Lecca | 1832–1888 | 19 October 1883 | 4 July 1888 | PNL |
| (5) | Lascăr Catargiu | 1823–1899 | 10 November 1888 | 14 January 1889 | PC |
| 18 | Constantin Grădișteanu | 1833–1890 | 19 January 1889 | 16 November 1889 | PC |
| 19 | Gheorghe Grigore Cantacuzino | 1833–1913 | 16 November 1889 | 22 February 1891 | PC |
| 20 | Gheorghe Rosnovanu | 1832–1904 | 3 May 1891 | 11 December 1891 | PC |
| 21 | Gheorghe Manu | 1833–1911 | 26 February 1892 | 24 October 1895 | PC |
| 22 | Petre S. Aurelian | 1833–1909 | 9 December 1895 | 21 November 1896 | PNL |
| 23 | Dimitrie Gianni | 1838–1902 | 23 November 1896 | 21 April 1899 | PNL |
| 24 | Constantin Olănescu | 1845–1928 | 13 June 1899 | 25 September 1900 | PC |
| (19) | Gheorghe Grigore Cantacuzino | 1833–1913 | 25 September 1900 | 14 February 1901 | PC |
| 25 | Mihail Pherekyde | 1842–1926 | 24 March 1901 | 9 December 1904 | PNL |
| 26 | Ștefan C. Șendrea | 1842–1907 | 9 December 1904 | 23 December 1904 | PNL |
| 27 | Grigore Trandafil | 1840–1907 | 25 February 1905 | 23 February 1907 | PC |
| 28 | Constantin Cantacuzino-Pașcanu | 1856–1927 | 26 February 1907 | 26 April 1907 | PC |
| (25) | Mihail Pherekyde | 1842–1926 | 8 June 1907 | 15 December 1909 | PNL |
| 29 | Basile M. Missir | 1843–1929 | 15 December 1909 | 16 February 1910 | PNL |
| (25) | Mihail Pherekyde | 1842–1926 | 16 February 1910 | 10 January 1911 | PNL |
| (24) | Constantin P. Olănescu | 1845–1928 | 8 March 1911 | 17 October 1912 | PC |
| (28) | Constantin Cantacuzino-Pașcanu | 1856–1927 | 1 December 1912 | 11 January 1914 | PCD |
| (25) | Mihail Pherekyde | 1842–1926 | 21 February 1914 | 11 December 1916 | PNL |
| 30 | Vasile Morțun | 1860–1919 | 11 December 1916 | 25 April 1918 | PNL |
| 31 | Constantin Meissner | 1854–1942 | 5 June 1918 | 5 November 1918 | PCP |
| 32 | Alexandru Vaida-Voevod | 1872–1950 | 28 November 1919 | 1 December 1919 | PNR |
| 33 | Nicolae Iorga | 1871–1940 | 9 December 1919 | 26 March 1920 | PND |
| 34 | Duiliu Zamfirescu | 1858–1922 | 30 June 1920 | 22 January 1922 | PP |
| 35 | Mihail Orleanu | 1859–1942 | 6 April 1922 | 27 March 1926 | PNL |
| 36 | Petre P. Negulescu | 1872–1951 | 10 July 1926 | 5 June 1927 | PP |
| 37 | Nicolae Săveanu | 1866–1952 | 30 July 1927 | 10 November 1928 | PNL |
| 38 | Ștefan Cicio Pop | 1865–1934 | 23 December 1928 | 30 April 1931 | PNȚ |
| 39 | Dimitrie Pompeiu | 1873–1954 | 20 June 1931 | 10 June 1932 | PND |
| (38) | Ștefan Cicio Pop | 1865–1934 | 10 August 1932 | 18 November 1933 | PNȚ |
| (37) | Nicolae Săveanu | 1866–1952 | 10 February 1934 | 19 November 1937 | PNL |
| (32) | Alexandru Vaida-Voevod | 1872–1950 | 9 June 1939 | 5 September 1940 | FRN |
| 40 | Mihail Sadoveanu | 1880–1961 | 5 December 1946 | 24 February 1948 | BPD |
| Great National Assembly 1948–1989 |||||||
| 41 | Gheorghe Apostol | 1913–2010 | 7 April 1948 | 11 June 1948 | PMR |
| 42 | Constantin Agiu | 1891–1961 | 11 June 1948 | 27 December 1948 | PMR |
| 43 | Constantin Pârvulescu | 1895–1992 | 27 December 1948 | 5 July 1949 | PMR |
| 44 | Dumitru Petrescu | 1906–1969 | 5 July 1949 | 28 December 1949 | PMR |
| 45 | Alexandru Drăghici | 1913–1993 | 28 December 1949 | 26 January 1950 | PMR |
| (44) | Dumitru Petrescu | 1906–1969 | 26 January 1950 | 29 May 1950 | PMR |
| 46 | Constantin Doncea | 1904–1973 | 29 May 1950 | 6 September 1950 | PMR |
| (41) | Gheorghe Apostol | 1913–2010 | 6 September 1950 | 5 April 1951 | PMR |
| 47 | Ion Vincze | 1910–1996 | 5 April 1951 | 26 March 1952 | PMR |
| (41) | Gheorghe Apostol | 1913–2010 | 26 March 1952 | 2 June 1952 | PMR |
| 48 | Gheorghe Stoica [ro] | 1900–1976 | 2 June 1952 | 30 November 1952 | PMR |
| (43) | Constantin Pârvulescu | 1895–1992 | 23 January 1953 | 5 March 1961 | PMR |
| 49 | Ștefan Voitec | 1900–1984 | 20 March 1961 | 28 March 1974 | PMR/PCR |
| 50 | Miron Constantinescu | 1917–1974 | 28 March 1974 | 18 July 1974 | PCR |
| 51 | Nicolae Giosan | 1921–1990 | 26 July 1974 | 22 December 1989 | PCR |
| Assembly of Deputies 1990–1992 |||||||
| 52 | Dan Marțian | 1935–2002 | 19 June 1990 | 16 October 1992 | FSN |
| Chamber of Deputies since 1992 |||||||
| 53 | Adrian Năstase | 1950– | 28 October 1992 | 22 November 1996 | FDSN/PDSR |
| 54 | Ion Diaconescu | 1917–2011 | 27 November 1996 | 30 November 2000 | PNȚCD |
| 55 | Valer Dorneanu | 1944– | 15 December 2000 | 30 November 2004 | PDSR/PSD |
| (53) | Adrian Năstase | 1950– | 19 December 2004 | 16 March 2006 | PSD |
| 56 | Bogdan Olteanu | 1971– | 20 March 2006 | 13 December 2008 | PNL |
| 57 | Roberta Anastase | 1976– | 19 December 2008 | 3 July 2012 | PDL |
| 58 | Valeriu Zgonea | 1967– | 3 July 2012 | 19 December 2012 | PSD |
| 58 | Valeriu Zgonea | 1967– | 19 December 2012 | 13 June 2016 | PSD |
| 59 | Florin Iordache | 1960– | 13 June 2016 | 21 December 2016 | PSD |
| 60 | Liviu Dragnea | 1962– | 21 December 2016 | 27 May 2019 | PSD |
| – | Carmen-Ileana Mihălcescu | 1970– | 28 May 2019 | 29 May 2019 | PSD |
| 61 | Marcel Ciolacu | 1967– | 29 May 2019 | 19 December 2020 | PSD |
| – | Carmen-Ileana Mihălcescu | 1970– | 19 December 2020 | 20 December 2020 | PSD |
| 62 | Ludovic Orban | 1963– | 22 December 2020 | 18 October 2021 | PNL |
| – | Florin Roman | 1974– | 18 October 2021 | 2 November 2021 | PNL |
| – | Sorin Grindeanu | 1973– | 2 November 2021 | 23 November 2021 | PSD |
| (61) | Marcel Ciolacu | 1967– | 23 November 2021 | 15 June 2023 | PSD |
| – | Alfred Simonis | 1985– | 15 June 2023 | 2 September 2024 | PSD |
| 63 | Daniel Suciu | 1980– | 2 September 2024 | 23 December 2024 | PSD |
| 64 | Ciprian-Constantin Șerban | 1985– | 23 December 2024 | Incumbent | PSD |