President of The Senate of Romania - List of Officeholders

List of Officeholders

Interim (acting) officeholders are denoted by italics. The Rule of the Senate states that at the first standing of the house, the meeting is headed by the eldest senator and helped by the youngest senator. Those bear the title of Interim President of the Senate, and, as their term is very short (one or two days) are not listed. The interim officeholders listed have hold the office in different circumstances and for a longer time. They were actually Vice Presidents standing as caretaker President during a vacancy. The caretaker Vice Presidents during the two suspensions of Traian Băsescu in April–May 2007 (Doru Ioan Tărăcilă) and in July–June 2012 (Petru Filip) are not listed, as the seat of President of the Senate was not vacant.

The political stance of presidents of the upper house prior to the development of a modern party system is given by:

C (Conservative) MC (Moderate Conservative)
RL (Radical Liberal) ML (Moderate Liberal)

The political stance of presidents of the upper house after the development of a modern party system is given by:

PNL = National Liberal Party PC = Conservative Party
PNR = Romanian National Party PP = People's Party
PCD = Conservative-Democratic Party PNŢ = National Peasants' Party
PND = Democratic Nationalist Party PNC = National Christian Party
FRN = National Renaissance Front
(from 1940 PN; Party of the Nation)		 FP = Ploughmen's Front
PMR = Romanian Workers' Party
(from 1965 PCR; Romanian Communist Party)		 FSN = National Salvation Front
PDSR = Party of Social Democracy in Romania
(from 2001 PSD; Social Democratic Party)		 PNŢCD = Christian-Democratic National Peasants' Party
PSDR = Romanian Social Democratic Party PD-L = Democratic Liberal Party
(until 2008 PD; Democratic Party)
Mil. = Military Ind. = Independent
# Name Portrait Born-Died Took office Left office Party

Corpul Ponderator 1864 - 1866
1 Metropolitan-primate Nifon Rusailă 6 December 1864 1 June 1866 Ind.

Senate 1866 - 1947
(1) Metropolitan-primate Nifon Rusailă 1 June 1866 6 June 1868 Ind.
2 Ştefan Golescu 1809 - 1874 6 September 1868 15 November 1868 RL
3 Nicolae Golescu 1810 - 1877 18 November 1868 9 July 1869 RL
4 Alexandru Plagino 2 September 1869 4 March 1871 MC
(1) Metropolitan-primate Nifon Rusailă 4 March 1871 5 May 1875 Ind.
5 Metropolitan-primate Calinic Miclescu 9 June 1875 25 March 1879 Ind.
6 Constantin Bosianu 1815 - 1882 25 May 1879 15 November 1879 PNL
7 Dimitrie Ghica 1816 - 1897 17 November 1879 8 September 1888 PNL
8 Ion Emanoil Florescu 1819 - 1893 4 November 1888 7 December 1889 PC
9 Nicolae Creţulescu 1812 - 1900 13 December 1889 6 June 1890 PC
(8) Ion Emanoil Florescu 1819 - 1893 17 November 1890 21 February 1891 PC
10 Constantin Boerescu 1 March 1891 11 December 1891 PC
11 Gheorghe Grigore Cantacuzino 1833 - 1913 25 February 1892 24 October 1895 PC
12 Dimtrie Ghica 9 December 1895 15 February 1897 PNL
13 Dimitrie Alexandru Sturdza 1833 - 1914 20 February 1897 31 March 1897 PNL
14 Eugeniu Stătescu 1836 - 1905 31 March 1897 18 November 1897 PNL
15 Nicolae Gane 18 November 1897 21 April 1899 PNL
(10) Constantin Boerescu 13 June 1899 14 February 1901 PC
(14) Eugeniu Stătescu 1836 - 1905 24 March 1901 15 November 1902 PNL
16 Petre S. Aurelian 1833 - 1909 16 November 1902 23 December 1904 PNL
(10) Constantin Boerescu 25 February 1905 26 April 1907 PC
(16) Petre S. Aurelian 1833 - 1909 9 June 1907 24 January 1909 PNL
17 Constantin Budişteanu 28 January 1909 10 January 1911 PNL
(11) Gheorghe Grigore Cantacuzino 1833 - 1913 10 March 1911 23 March 1913 PC
18 Theodor Rosetti 1837 - 1932 27 March 1913 3 July 1913 PC
19 Ion Lahovari 3 July 1913 11 January 1914 PC
20 Basile M. Missir 21 February 1914 9 December 1916 PNL
21 Emanoil Porumbaru 1845 - 1921 9 December 1916 25 April 1918 PNL
22 Dimitrie I. Dobrescu 4 June 1918 5 November 1918 PCP
23 Paul Bujor 28 December 1918 26 March 1920 PŢB
24 Constantin Coandă 1857 - 1932 22 June 1920 22 January 1922 PP
25 Mihail Pherekyde 1842 - 1926 31 March 1922 24 January 1926 PNL
26 Constantin I. Nicolaescu 3 February 1926 27 March 1926 PNL
(24) Constantin Coandă 1857 - 1932 8 July 1926 5 June 1927 PP
27 Constantin I. Nicolaescu 18 June 1927 10 November 1928 PNL
28 Traian Bratu 23 December 1928 30 April 1931 PNŢ
29 Mihail Sadoveanu 18 June 1931 10 June 1932 Ind.
30 Nicolae Costălescu 4 August 1932 18 November 1933 PNŢ
31 Leonte Moldovan 10 February 1934 15 November 1935 PNL
32 Constantin Dimitriu-Dovlecel 15 November 1935 15 November 1936 PNL
33 Alexandru Lapedatu 16 November 1936 20 March 1937 PNL
34 Nicolae Iorga 1871 - 1940 9 June 1939 13 June 1939 Ind.
35 Constantin Argetoianu 1871 - 1952 15 June 1939 5 August 1940 FNR/PN

Senate since 1990
36 Alexandru Bârlădeanu 1911 - 1997 18 June 1990 16 October 1992 FSN
37 Oliviu Gherman 1930 - 22 October 1992 22 November 1996 FDSN/PDSR
38 Petre Roman 1946 - 27 November 1996 22 December 1999 PD
39 Mircea Ionescu-Quintus 1917 - 4 February 2000 30 November 2000 PNL
40 Nicolae Văcăroiu 1943 - 15 December 2000 30 November 2004 PDSR/PSD
19 December 2004 14 October 2008 PSD
— Doru-Ioan Tărăcilă 1951 - 14 October 2008 28 October 2008 PSD
41 Ilie Sârbu 1950 - 28 October 2008 13 December 2008 PSD
42 Mircea Geoană 1958 - 19 December 2008 23 November 2011 PSD
— Petru Filip 1955 - 23 November 2011 28 November 2011 PDL
43 Vasile Blaga 1956 - 28 November 2011 3 July 2012 PDL
44 Crin Antonescu 1959 - 3 July 2012 19 December 2012 PNL
19 December 2012 incumbent

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