ROMANIA

Politics and leadership

Romanias political system
Political system: semi-presidential parliamentary
representative democratic republic
Multi-party system
Executive power government lead by a Prime
Minister
Legislative power - both the government and the
two chambers of Parliament, the Chamber of
Deputies and the Senate
The judiciary is independent of the executive and
the legislature
Romania's 1991 Constitution, amended in
2003, proclaims Romania a democratic and
social republic, deriving its sovereignty from
the people. It also states that "human dignity,
civic rights and freedoms, the unhindered
development of human personality, justice,
and political pluralism are supreme and
guaranteed values"
Top 10 most influential figures in
Romanias history
1. Stefan cel Mare - middle aged head of state
2. Carol I the first king of Romania, under whom the country
gained its independence
3. Mihai Eminescu the most influential Romanian poet
4. Mihai Viteazul first union of the three Romanian provinces that
later formed the modern state
5. Mircea Eliade writer
6. Alexandru Ioan Cuza began the modernization of the country
7. Nicolae Ceausescu last communist leader
8. Henri Coanda scientist
9. Constantin Brancusi sculptor
10. Nicolae Iorga historian


Democracy vs. the influences of
Communism
Due to the relatively short period of time
passed since 1989 (the fall of the
communism), there are still notable problems
in terms of overly associating leadership and
politics.
Problems: corruption, tax evasion, lack of
confidence from people