President of Romania

President of Romania
Președintele României
Standard of the president of Romania
Incumbent Ilie Bolojan Acting  since 12 February 2025
Style	Mr. President (informal)
Status	Head of state Commander-in-chief
Member of	Supreme Council of National Defence European Council
Residence	Cotroceni Palace
Appointer	Popular vote
Term length	Five years, renewable once consecutively
Constituting instrument	Constitution of Romania (1991)
Inaugural holder	Nicolae Ceaușescu (communist; first established) Ion Iliescu (current constitution)
Formation	28 March 1974; 50 years ago (1974-03-28) 8 December 1991; 33 years ago (1991-12-08) (current form)
Deputy	President of the Senate
Salary	324,000 lei annually (2015)[1]
Website	Președintele României

Politics of Romania
Constitution Referendums 1991 (adoption) 2003 (amendments) Constitutional Court
Government Acting President (list) Ilie Bolojan Prime Minister (list) Marcel Ciolacu Cabinet (current, list)
Parliament Senate President: Ilie Bolojan Standing Bureau Chamber of Deputies President: Ciprian-Constantin Șerban Standing Bureau
Judiciary High Court of Cassation and Justice Constitutional Court Ombudsman Judicial reform
Political parties Parliamentary Social Democratic Party (PSD) Alliance for the Union of Romanians (AUR) National Liberal Party (PNL) Save Romania Union (USR) S.O.S. Romania (SOS-RO) Party of Young People (POT) Democratic Alliance of Hungarians in Romania (UDMR) Other ethnic-minority parties Non-parliamentary People's Movement Party (PMP) PRO Romania (PRO) Greater Romania Party (PRM) Ecologist Party of Romania (PER)
Elections Permanent Electoral Authority Recent elections Presidential: 2019 2024 2025 Legislative: 2016 2020 2024 Local: 2020 2024 Next European: 2019 2024 Next
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The president of Romania (Romanian: Președintele României) is the head of state of Romania. They are directly elected by a two-round system, and, following a modification to the Romanian Constitution in 2003, serve for five years. An individual may serve two terms that may be consecutive. During their term in office, the president may not be a formal member of a political party. The president of Romania is the supreme commander of the Romanian Armed Forces.

The office of president was created in 1974 when communist leader Nicolae Ceaușescu elevated the presidency of the State Council to a fully fledged executive presidency. It took its current form in stages after the Romanian Revolution, culminating in adopting Romania's current constitution in 1991.

Ilie Bolojan has served as acting president since 12 February 2025, when Klaus Iohannis resigned.