Constitutional Court of Romania Curtea Constituţionalǎ a României |
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Established | 1992 |
Country | Romania |
Location | Palace of the Parliament, Bucharest |
Composition method | -Senate selection (3 members) -Chamber of Deputies selection (3 members) -President selection (3 members) |
Authorized by | Constitution |
Decisions are appealed to | 1992 - 2003: Parliament 2003 - present: none |
Judge term length | 9 years |
No. of positions | 9 |
Website | http://www.ccr.ro/ |
President of the Constitutional Court of Romania | |
Currently | Valer Dorneanu |
Since | 2016 |
Lead position ends | 2019 |
Jurist term ends | 2022 |
The Constitutional Court of Romania (Romanian: Curtea Constituţională a României) is the institution which rules on whether the laws, decrees or other bills enacted by Romanian authorities are in conformity with the Constitution.
It consists of nine members serving nine-year terms which cannot be extended, with three members each appointed by the President, the Senate and the Chamber of Deputies. Three members are renewed every three years, with the latest renewal occurring in 2016.
According to the Article 144 of the Constitution, the Constitutional Court exercises the following powers:
Since it was created in 1992, the Constitutional Court had the following composition.