President of Romania
| President of Romania Președintele României |
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| Residence | Cotroceni Palace |
| Appointer | Popular vote |
| Term length | Five years, renewable once |
| Inaugural holder | Nicolae Ceaușescu |
| Formation | 28 March 1974 |
| Salary | 15,108 lei per month |
| Website | Președintele României |
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The President of Romania is the head of state of Romania. The President is directly elected by a two-round system for a five-year term (since 2004, after the Constitution was modified in 2003). An individual may serve two terms. During his/her term in office, the President may not be a member of any political party.
The office of President was created in 1974, when Communist leader Nicolae Ceaușescu elevated the presidency of the State Council to a full-fledged executive presidency. It gradually took its current form in stages after the Romanian Revolution, culminating with the adoption of Romania's current constitution in 1991.
The current President of Romania is Klaus Iohannis, since 21 December 2014.
In the Communist era, the president was elected for a term of five years by the Great National Assembly, with no term limits. He served as ex officio president of the State Council, and had the right to act on any matter that didn't require a State Council plenum. He also appointed and dismissed ministers and heads of central agencies. When the GNA was not in session, the president could appoint and dismiss the president of the Supreme Court and the prosecutor general without State Council approval; indeed, he was not even required to consult his State Council colleagues when making such decisions. Ceaușescu created the post in order to make himself chief decision-maker in both name and in fact. Previously, he had nominally been first among equals on the State Council, deriving his real power from his post as leader of the Romanian Communist Party. In practice, he used his power to act on all matters that didn't require a plenum to rule by decree, and frequently usurped many powers that belonged to the State Council as a whole.
After the Constitutional Court acknowledges the legality of the election, the Houses of Parliament meet in a joint session. The elected President takes the following oath of office, specified by article 82 of the Constitution:
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