Constitutional Court of Romania

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Constitutional Court of Romania
Curtea Constituțională a României

Established| 1992
Location| Palace of the Parliament, Bucharest
Composition method|

* Senate selection (3 members)

* Chamber of Deputies selection (3 members)
* President selection (3 members)

Authorised by| Constitution
Appeals from| 1992 - 2003: Parliament
2003 - present: none
Judge term length| 9 years
Number of positions| 9
Website| http://www.ccr.ro/
President of the Constitutional Court of Romania
Currently| Marian Enache
Since| 2022
Lead position ends| 2025

The Constitutional Court of Romania (Romanian: Curtea Constituțională a României) is the institution which rules on whether the laws, decrees or other bills enacted by Romanian authorities are in conformity with the Constitution.

It consists of nine members serving nine-year terms which cannot be extended, with three members each appointed by the President, the Senate and the Chamber of Deputies. Three members are renewed every 3 years.

## Powers

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According to the Article 144 of the Constitution, the Constitutional Court exercises the following powers:

* to adjudicate on the constitutionality of laws, before promulgation, upon notification by the President of Romania, by the President of either Chamber of Parliament, by the Government, the Supreme Court of Justice, by a number of at least 50 Deputies or at least 25 Senators, as well as, ex officio, on initiatives to revise the Constitution
* to adjudicate on the constitutionality of the Standing Orders of Parliament, upon notification by the President of either Chamber, by a parliamentary group or a number of at least 50 Deputies or at least 25 Senators
* to decide on exceptions brought to the Courts of law as to the unconstitutionality of laws and orders
* to guard the observance of the procedure for the election of the President of Romania and to confirm the ballot returns
* to ascertain the circumstances which justify the interim in the exercise of office of President of Romania, and to report its findings to Parliament and the Government
* to give advisory opinion on the proposal to suspend the President of Romania from office
* to guard the observance of the procedure for the organization and holding of a referendum, and to confirm its returns
* to check on compliance with the conditions for the exercise of the legislative initiative by citizens
* to decide on objections of unconstitutionality of a political party

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## Members

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### Current structure

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Appointer  | Name
(Office) | Term start  | Term end

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Senate | Marian Enache [ro]

(President)

| 2016

(2022)

| 2025

(2025)

Cristian Deliorga [ro] | 2019  | 2028
Laura-Iuliana Scântei [ro] | 2022  | 2031
Chamber of Deputies | Attila Varga [ro] | 2016  | 2025
Gheorghe Stan [ro] | 2019  | 2028
Bogdan Licu [ro] | 2022  | 2031
President | Livia Stanciu [ro] | 2016  | 2025
Simina Tănăsescu [ro] | 2019  | 2028
Mihaela Ciochină [ro] | 2022  | 2031

### History

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Since it was created in 1992, the Constitutional Court had the following composition.[1][2][3]

#### Past presidents

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* Vasile Gionea (1992–1995)
* Ioan Muraru (1995–1998)
* Lucian Mihai (1998–2001)
* Nicolae Popa (2001–2004)
* Ioan Vida (2004–2010)
* Augustin Zegrean (2010–2016)
* Valer Dorneanu (2016–2022)
* Marian Enache (2022–present)

## See also

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* Judiciary of Romania
* High Court of Cassation and Justice
* Rule of law
* Rule According to Higher Law

## References

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1. ^ Current composition of the Constitutional Court Archived 2010-06-18 at the Wayback Machine
2. ^ Former judjes Archived 2010-06-29 at the Wayback Machine
3. ^ Adevărul

## External links

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