President of the Senate of Romania

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President of Senate of Romania
Coat of arms of the Senate
Incumbent Mircea Geoană since 19 December 2008
Term length	4 years
Inaugural holder	Alexandru Bârlădeanu (1990)
Formation	1864 1990
Succession	First
Website	www.senat.ro/presedinte

The President of the Senate of Romania is the senator elected to preside over the Senate meetings. He (or she) is also the president of the Standing Bureau of the Senate, and the second leader of the State.

Contents 1 Election 2 Role 3 History 3.1 1864 - 1866 3.2 1866 - 1946 3.3 1946 - 1989 3.4 1990 - present 4 References

[edit] Election

The President of the Senate is elected by secret ballot with the majority of votes from the Senators. If none of the candidates obtains the necessary votes, the first two compete again, and the one with most of the votes wins.

[edit] Role

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• calls the Senate in session (ordinary or extraordinary)
• presides the Senate meetings, asisted by two secretaries
• represents the Senate in the relation with the President, the Chamber of Deputies, the Government, Constitutional Court
• represents the Senate in the foreign relations
• succeeds (ad interim) the President if resigns, suspended, incapacitated or dies in office. (He/she continues to be President of the Senate during the ad-interim presidency of the country. He/she acts as President until a new president is elected.)

[edit] History

[edit] 1864 - 1866

Between 3 July 1864 and 1 June 1866 the Upper House of the Legislative was called Corpul Ponderator.

[edit] 1866 - 1946

The upper house was called Senat or Camera Senatului.

[edit] 1946 - 1989

The upper house was dissolved and disbanded.

[edit] 1990 - present

The upper house is called Senat and is headed by a President.

Period	Name	Party
1990 - 1992	Alexandru Bârlădeanu	FSN
1992 - 1996	Oliviu Gherman	FDSN
1996 - February 2000	Petre Roman	PD
February 2000 - November 2000	Mircea Ionescu-Quintus	PNL
2000 - 2004	Nicolae Văcăroiu	PDSR/PSD
2004 - 14 October 2008	Nicolae Văcăroiu	PSD
14 October 2008 - 28 October 2008	Doru Ioan Tǎrǎcilǎ (acting)	PSD
28 October 2008 - 19 December 2008	Ilie Sârbu	PSD
19 December 2008 -	Mircea Geoană	PSD

[edit] References

• (Romanian) President's page on the Senate website