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Government 
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Romanian State
Romania is a sovereign, independent, unitary and indivisible National State.
The form of government of the Romanian State is a Republic.
Romania is a democratic and social State governed by the rule of law, in which
human dignity, the citizens' rights and freedoms, the free development of human
personality, justice and political pluralism represent supreme values and shall
be guaranteed.
Source: Constitution of Romania
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Government Executive Branch |
Presidential Election - December 10 2000
| Percent of vote - Iliescu 66.8%, Tudor 33.16% :
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| Head of government: | Prime Minister - Adrian Nastase,
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| Cabinet: | Council of Ministers appointed by the prime minister elections: president elected by popular vote for a four-year term; election last held 26 November 2000, with runoff between the top two candidates to be held 10 December 2000 (next to be held NA November/ December 20004); prime minister appointed by the president
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| Executive branch chief of state: | President Ion ILIESCU(since 10 December 2000;
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Judicial branch:
Supreme Court of Justice, judges are appointed by the president on the recommendation of the Superior
Council of Magistrates
Legislative Branch:
Branch: bicameral Parliament or Parliament
consists of the Senate or Senat (143 seats; members are elected
by direct popular vote on a proportional representation basis to
serve four-year terms) and the Chamber of Deputies or Adunarea Deputatilor
(343 seats; members are elected by direct popular vote on a proportional
representation basis to serve four-year terms)
Elections: Senate-last held 26 November
2000 (next to be held NA 2004);
Chamber of Deputies last held 26 November 2000 (next to be held NA 2004)
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Election Results |
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Party |
Senate |
Chamber of Deputies |
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% of votes |
seats |
% of votes |
seats |
| PDSR |
37.10 |
65 |
36.60 |
155 |
| PRM |
21.00 |
37 |
19.50 |
84 |
| PD |
7.60 |
13 |
9.00 |
31 |
| PNL |
7.50 |
13 |
6.90 |
30 |
| UDMR |
6.90 |
12 |
6.80 |
27 |
| Others |
0.00 |
0 |
0.00 |
18 |
Note: Alliances with the minority government have yet to be established
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Political Parties and Leaders |
| PAC | Civic Alliance Party | Nicolae MANOLESCU
| | PDAR | Agrarian Democratic Party of Romania | Mihai BERCA
| | PUNR | Romanian National Unity Party | Valeriu TABARA
| | PNL | National Liberal Party | Mircea IONESCU-QUINTUS
| | UDMR | Democratic Union of Hungarians in Romania | Bela MARKO
| | PSDR | Romanian Social Democratic Party | Sergiu CUNESCU
| | PS | Socialist Party | Tudor MOHORA
| | PNL-CD | National Liberal PartyDemocratic Convention | Nicolae CERVENI
| | PL-93 | Liberal Party 93 | Dinu PATRICIU
| | PRM | Greater Romanian Party | Corneliu Vadim TUDOR
| | CDR | The Democratic Convention | Ion DIACONESCU
| | PSM | Socialist Labor Party | Ilie VERDET
| | PNTCD | National Peasants Christian and Democratic Party | Ion DIACONESCU
| | PDSR | Party of Social Democracy in Romania | Ion ILIESCU
| | PD | Democratic Party | Petre ROMAN
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| National Holidays |
National Romania Day - 1 December |
| Date of Constitution |
8-Dec-91 |
| Legal System |
Former mixture of civil law system and communist
legal theory; is now based upon the constitution of France's fifth
republic |
| Suffrage |
18yrs; Universal |
| Flag description: |
3 equal vertical bands of blue (hoist side), yellow,
and red; the national coat of arms that used to be centered in the
yellow band has been removed; now similar to the flags of Andorra
and Chad |
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Geography