President of the Senate of Romania

The **President of the Senate of Romania** is the senator elected to look over the Senate meetings. The president of the Senate is also the president of the Standing Bureau of the Senate, and the first person in the presidential line of succession.

## List

|#|Name|Portrait|Birth–Death|Took office|Left office|Party||||||||
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|colspan=7|**Corpul Ponderator** 1864–1866|||||||||||||
|1|Metropolitan-primate Nifon Rusailă||1789–1875|6 December 1864|1 June 1866|Ind.||||||||
|colspan=7|**Senate** 1866–1947|||||||||||||
|(1)|Metropolitan-primate Nifon Rusailă||1789–1875|1 June 1866|6 June 1868|Ind.||||||||
|2|Ştefan Golescu||1809–1874|6 September 1868|15 November 1868|RL||||||||
|3|Nicolae Golescu||1810–1877|18 November 1868|9 July 1869|RL||||||||
|4|Alexandru Plagino||1821–1894|2 September 1869|4 March 1871|MC||||||||
|(1)|Metropolitan-primate Nifon Rusailă||1789–1875|4 March 1871|5 May 1875|Ind.||||||||
|5|Metropolitan-primate Calinic Miclescu||1822–1886|9 June 1875|25 March 1879|Ind.||||||||
|6|Constantin Bosianu||1815–1882|29 May 1879|15 November 1879|PNL||||||||
|7|Dimitrie Ghica||1816–1897|17 November 1879|8 September 1888|PNL||||||||
|8|Ion Emanoil Florescu||1819–1893|4 November 1888|7 December 1889|PC||||||||
|9|Nicolae Creţulescu||1812–1900|13 December 1889|9 June 1890|PC||||||||
|(8)|Ion Emanoil Florescu||1819–1893|17 November 1890|21 February 1891|PC||||||||
|10|Constantin Boerescu||1836–1908|1 March 1891|11 December 1891|PC||||||||
|11|Gheorghe Grigore Cantacuzino||1833–1913|25 February 1892|24 October 1895|PC||||||||
|12|Dimitrie Ghica||1816–1897|9 December 1895|15 February 1897|PNL||||||||
|13|Dimitrie Alexandru Sturdza||1833–1914|20 February 1897|31 March 1897|PNL||||||||
|14|Eugeniu Stătescu||1836–1905|31 March 1897|18 November 1897|PNL||||||||
|15|Nicolae Gane||1838–1916|18 November 1897|21 April 1899|PNL||||||||
|(10)|Constantin Boerescu||1836–1908|13 June 1899|14 February 1901|PC||||||||
|(14)|Eugeniu Stătescu||1836–1905|24 March 1901|15 November 1902|PNL||||||||
|16|Petre S. Aurelian||1833–1909|16 November 1902|23 December 1904|PNL||||||||
|(10)|Constantin Boerescu||1836–1908|25 February 1905|26 April 1907|PC||||||||
|(16)|Petre S. Aurelian||1833–1909|9 June 1907|24 January 1909|PNL||||||||
|17|Constantin Budișteanu||1838–1911|28 January 1909|10 January 1911|PNL||||||||
|(11)|Gheorghe Grigore Cantacuzino||1833–1913|10 March 1911|23 March 1913|PC||||||||
|18|Theodor Rosetti||1837–1932|27 March 1913|3 July 1913|PC||||||||
|19|Ioan Lahovary||1844–1915|3 July 1913|11 January 1914|PC||||||||
|20|Basile M. Missir||1843–1929|21 February 1914|9 December 1916|PNL||||||||
|21|Emanoil Porumbaru||1845–1921|9 December 1916|25 April 1918|PNL||||||||
|22|Dimitrie Dobrescu||1852–1934|4 June 1918|5 November 1918|PCP||||||||
|23|Paul Bujor||1862–1952|28 November 1919|26 March 1920|PȚ||||||||
|24|Constantin Coandă||1857–1932|22 June 1920|22 January 1922|PP||||||||
|25|Mihail Pherekyde||1842–1926|31 March 1922|24 January 1926|PNL||||||||
|26|Constantin I. Nicolaescu||1861–1945|3 February 1926|27 March 1926|PNL||||||||
|(24)|Constantin Coandă||1857–1932|18 July 1926|5 June 1927|PP||||||||
|27|Constantin I. Nicolaescu||1861–1945|18 July 1927|10 November 1928|PNL||||||||
|28|Traian Bratu||1875–1940|23 December 1928|30 April 1931|PNȚ||||||||
|29|Mihail Sadoveanu||1880–1961|18 June 1931|10 June 1932|Ind.||||||||
|30|Neculai Costăchescu||1876–1939|4 August 1932|18 November 1933|PNȚ||||||||
|31|Leonte Moldovan||1865–1943|10 February 1934|15 November 1935|PNL||||||||
|32|Constantin Dimitriu-Dovlecel||1872–1945|15 November 1935|15 November 1936|PNL||||||||
|33|Alexandru Lapedatu||1876–1950|16 November 1936|20 March 1937|PNL||||||||
|34|Nicolae Iorga||1871–1940|9 June 1939|13 June 1939|Ind.||||||||
|35|Constantin Argetoianu||1871–1955|15 June 1939|5 September 1940|FNR/PN||||||||
|colspan=7|**Senate** since 1990|||||||||||||
|36|Alexandru Bârlădeanu||1911–1997|18 June 1990|16 October 1992|FSN||||||||
|37|Oliviu Gherman||1930–2020|22 October 1992|22 November 1996|FDSN/PDSR||||||||
|38|Petre Roman||1946–|27 November 1996|22 December 1999|PD||||||||
|39|Mircea Ionescu-Quintus||1917–2017|4 February 2000|30 November 2000|PNL||||||||
|rowspan=2|40|rowspan=2|Nicolae Văcăroiu|rowspan=2||rowspan=2|1943–|15 December 2000|30 November 2004|PDSR/PSD||||
|19 December 2004|14 October 2008|PSD||||||||||||
|—|__||1951–|14 October 2008|28 October 2008|PSD||||||||
|41|Ilie Sârbu||1950–|28 October 2008|13 December 2008|PSD||||||||
|42|Mircea Geoană||1958–|19 December 2008|23 November 2011|PSD||||||||
|—|_Petru Filip_||1955–|23 November 2011|28 November 2011|PDL||||||||
|43|Vasile Blaga||1956–|28 November 2011|3 July 2012|PDL||||||||
|rowspan=2|44|rowspan=2|Crin Antonescu|rowspan=2||rowspan=2|1959–|3 July 2012|19 December 2012|rowspan=2|PNL|||
|19 December 2012|4 March 2014|||||||||||||
|—|_Cristian Dumitrescu_||1955–|5 March 2014|10 March 2014|PSD||||||||
|rowspan=2|45|rowspan=2|Călin Popescu-Tăriceanu|rowspan=2||rowspan=2|1952–|10 March 2014|21 December 2016|Ind./PLR/ALDE||||
|21 December 2016|2 September 2019|ALDE||||||||||||
|—|__||1956–|2 September 2019|10 September 2019|PSD||||||||
|46|Teodor Meleșcanu||1941–|10 September 2019|3 February 2020|Ind. with PSD support||||||||
|—|_Titus Corlățean_||1968–|3 February 2020|9 April 2020|PSD||||||||
|—|__||1971–|9 April 2020|21 December 2020|PSD||||||||
|bgcolor=#33ccff|47|bgcolor=#33ccff|Anca Dragu|bgcolor=#33ccff||bgcolor=#33ccff|1972–|bgcolor=#33ccff|21 December 2020|bgcolor=#33ccff|23 November 2021|bgcolor=#33ccff|USR PLUS/USR|
|bgcolor=#FFF89D|48|bgcolor=#FFF89D|Florin Cîțu|bgcolor=#FFF89D||bgcolor=#FFF89D|1972–|bgcolor=#FFF89D|23 November 2021|bgcolor=#FFF89D|29 June 2022|bgcolor=#FFF89D|PNL|
|bgcolor=#FFF89D|49|bgcolor=#FFF89D|Alina Gorghiu|bgcolor=#FFF89D||bgcolor=#FFF89D|1978–|bgcolor=#FFF89D|29 June 2022|bgcolor=#FFF89D|13 June 2023|bgcolor=#FFF89D|PNL|
|bgcolor=#FFF89D|50|bgcolor=#FFF89D|Nicolae Ciucă|bgcolor=#FFF89D||bgcolor=#FFF89D|1967–|bgcolor=#FFF89D|13 June 2023|bgcolor=#FFF89D|23 December 2024|bgcolor=#FFF89D|PNL|
|bgcolor=#FFF89D|51|bgcolor=#FFF89D|Ilie Bolojan|bgcolor=#FFF89D||bgcolor=#FFF89D|1969–|bgcolor=#FFF89D|23 December 2024|bgcolor=#FFF89D|_Incumbent_|bgcolor=#FFF89D|PNL|

## Infobox (political post)

- **post**: President
- **body**: the Senate of Romania
- **insignia**: Coat of arms of the Senate of Romania.png
- **insigniasize**: 125px
- **insigniacaption**: Coat of arms of the Senate of Romania, Senate
- **image**: Ilie Bolojan - 6 March 2025 (cropped).jpg
- **imagesize**: 165px
- **incumbent**: Ilie Bolojan (National Liberal Party (Romania), PNL)
- **incumbentsince**: 23 December 2024
- **termlength**: 4 years
- **formation**: 1864
1990
- **succession**: President of Romania#Succession, First
- **inaugural**: Nifon Rusailă (1864)
Alexandru Bârlădeanu (1990)