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This is a list consisting of all the heads of state of modern and contemporary Romania, from the establishment of the United Principalities in 1859 to the present day.. The incumbent head of state, as of 1 February 2025, is President Klaus Iohannis, a former longtime leader of the Democratic Forum of Germans in Romania (FDGR/DFDR) for 12 years between 2001 and 2013 and, briefly, of the ...
Nicolae Ceaușescu (/ tʃ aʊ ˈ ʃ ɛ s k uː / chow-SHESK-oo; Romanian: [nikoˈla.e tʃe̯a.uˈʃesku] ⓘ; 26 January [O.S. 13 January] 1918 – 25 December 1989) was a Romanian politician who was the second and last communist leader of Romania, serving as the general secretary of the Romanian Communist Party from 1965 to 1989.
Grigore Niculescu-Buzești (August 1, 1908 – October 4, 1949) was a Romanian politician who served as the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Romania. [1] [2]Niculescu-Buzești was one of the founding members of Romanian National Committee (Comitetul Național Român), an organization which claimed to be a Romanian government in exile. [3]
The president of Romania serves as the head of state of Romania. The office was created by the communist leader Nicolae Ceaușescu in 1974 and has developed into its modern form after the Romanian Revolution and the adoption of the 1991 constitution. The current president of Romania is Klaus Iohannis, who has been serving since 21 December 2014.
Decree 770 was a decree of the communist government of Romanian dictator Nicolae Ceaușescu, signed in 1967.It restricted abortion and contraception, and was intended to create a new and large Romanian population.
Antonescu planned on attacking Hungary to recover Transylvania at the first opportunity and regarded Romanian involvement on the Eastern Front in part as a way of proving to Hitler that Romania was a better German ally than Hungary, and thus deserving of German support when the planned Romanian-Hungarian war began. [146]
The canal was the most known labour camp in the history of Romania; 1951: During the night of June 18 the third-largest mass deportation in modern Romanian history takes place. Some 45,000 people are taken from their homes and deported to the Bărăgan plain; 1952
14 August – In a major reorganisation of the administrative division of the country, Carol II divides Romania into 10 Regions (Romanian: Ținuturi), which are named Argeș, Crișuri, Dunării, Jiu, Mării, Mureș, Nistru, Prut, Suceava and Timiș. [8] 24 November – Carol II meets Chancellor of Germany, Adolf Hitler. An agreement is reached ...