Presidents of The Senate
The Standing Bureau of the Senate consists of the President of the Senate, four vice-presidents, four secretaries, and four quaestors. The President of the Standing Bureau also serves as the President of the Senate. The President is elected, by secret ballot, for the duration of the legislative period.
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 |
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.
| Elections | # | Name | Portrait | Born-Died | Took office | Left office | Party |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Senate since 1990 |
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| 1990 | 36 | Alexandru Bârlădeanu | 1911–1997 | June 18, 1990 | October 16, 1992 | FSN | |
| 1992 | 37 | Oliviu Gherman | 1930– | October 22, 1992 | November 22, 1996 | FDSN/PDSR | |
| 1996 | 38 | Petre Roman | 1946– | November 27, 1996 | December 22, 1999 | PD | |
| 39 | Mircea Ionescu-Quintus | 1917– | February 4, 2000 | November 30, 2000 | PNL | ||
| 2000 | 40 | Nicolae Văcăroiu | 1943– | December 15, 2000 | October 14, 2008 | PDSR/PSD | |
| 2004 | |||||||
| — | Doru-Ioan Tărăcilă | 1951– | October 14, 2008 | October 28, 2008 | PSD | ||
| 41 | Ilie Sârbu | 1950– | October 28, 2008 | December 13, 2008 | PSD | ||
| 2008 | 42 | Mircea Geoană | 1958– | December 19, 2008 | November 23, 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 | PNL | |||
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