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Constitutional Court of Romania

Constitutional Court of Romania
Curtea Constituţionalǎ a României
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.


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