President of the Chamber of Deputies of Romania
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Coat of arms of the Chamber of Deputies
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| Term length | 4 years |
| Inaugural holder |
Mitropolitul Nifon (1862) Dan Marţian (1990) |
| Formation | 1862 1990 |
| Succession | Second |
| Website | www.cdep.ro/presedinte |
The President of the Chamber of Deputies of Romania is the deputy elected to preside over the meetings in the lower chamber of the Parliament of Romania. He (or she) is also the president of the Standing Bureau of the Chamber of Deputies, and the second person in the presidential line of succession, after the President of the Senate.
The President of the Chamber of Deputies is elected by secret ballot with the majority of votes of the deputies. If none of the candidates receives the absolute majority of votes, the first two compete again in a second ballot, and the one with most of the votes wins.
Between 1862 and 1948 the lower house was called Assembly of Deputies (Romanian: Adunarea Deputaților). In 1946, the Senate was abolished by a Governmental amendment to the 1923 Constitution, and the Parliament became unicameral.
The Legislative was called Great National Assembly (Romanian: Marea Adunare Naţională).
The Legislative became bicameral again, and the lower house was called again Assembly of Deputies (Romanian: Adunarea Deputaţilor), as part of the Constituent Assembly (Romanian: Adunarea Constituantǎ), elected together with the Senate to form both the Legislative body and the body elected to write the new Constitution. The Assembly was headed by an elected President.
After the Constitution was voted, the Assembly changed the name in Chamber of Deputies (Romanian: Camera Deputaţilor), headed by a President.
The political stance of presidents of the lower house prior to the development of a modern party system is given by:
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