Constitutional Court of Romania

Institution in 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 146 of the Constitution, the Constitutional Court exercises the following powers:[1]

* 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
* to carry out also other duties stipulated by the organic law of the Court.

Politics of Romania

Constitution

* Referendums

1991 (adoption)
2003 (amendments)
* Constitutional Court

Government

* Acting President (list)

Ilie Bolojan
* Prime Minister (list)

Marcel Ciolacu

*     * Cabinet (current, list)

Parliament

* Senate

President: Ilie Bolojan
Standing Bureau
* Chamber of Deputies

President: Ciprian-Constantin Șerban
Standing Bureau

Judiciary

* High Court of Cassation and Justice

* Constitutional Court
* Ombudsman
* Judicial reform

Political parties

* Parliamentary

Social Democratic Party (PSD)
Alliance for the Union of Romanians (AUR)
National Liberal Party (PNL)
Save Romania Union (USR)
S.O.S. Romania (SOS-RO)
Party of Young People (POT)
Democratic Alliance of Hungarians in Romania (UDMR)
Other ethnic-minority parties

* Non-parliamentary

People's Movement Party (PMP)
PRO Romania (PRO)
Greater Romania Party (PRM)
Ecologist Party of Romania (PER)

Elections

* Permanent Electoral Authority
* Recent elections

* Presidential: 2019
*  ~~2024~~
* 2025

* Legislative: 2020
* 2024
* Next

* Local: 2020
* 2024
* Next

* European: 2019
* 2024
* Next

Administrative divisions

* Macroregions
* Development regions
* :Counties
* Metropolitan areas
* :

* Municipalities
* Sectors

Cities
* Communes

Foreign relations

* China
* United States
* Moldova
* Russia
* Ukraine

* Embassies

Politicians

* Heads of state
* Presidents by time in office
* Prime Ministers

* Romania portal

European Union portal

* v
* t
* e

## Related events

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* 5 October 2024 – The Constitutional Court notably disqualified S.O.S. Romania candidate Diana Șoșoacă from running in the 2024 Romanian presidential election, ruling claiming that her public statements and conduct "systematically" violate the country's constitutional foundation of membership in Euro-Atlantic structures, without giving any specific reasons to backup their claim.[2][3] The court's ruling, which was split 5–2 along party lines, was criticized by some for being politically motivated, undemocratic and a result of corruption.[4]
* 28 November 2024 – The Constitutional Court ordered the November 24 presidential election to recount its votes.[5]

* 2 December – 2024 Romanian presidential election: The Constitutional Court unanimously validates the results of the first round of the presidential election.[6]
* 6 December – 2024 Romanian presidential election: The Constitutional Court annuls the results of the first round of the presidential election.[7]
* 11 March 2025 – The Constitutional Court notably disqualifies independent candidate Călin Georgescu from running in the postponed 2025 Romanian presidential election after being charges with six offenses.[8][9]

## 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
Dimitre Bogdan Licu [ro] | 2022  | 2031
President | Livia-Doina Stanciu [ro] | 2016  | 2025
Elena 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.[10][11][12]

#### 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. ^ "The Constitution of Romania". President of Romania. Retrieved 11 December 2024.
2. ^ "Top Romanian Court Bans Pro-Russian Candidate From Presidential Race". Radio Free Europe. 2024-10-08. Retrieved 2024-10-14.
3. ^ Jochecová, Ketrin (2024-10-07). "You're biased, Romanian far-right MEP tells top court after ban from presidential race". POLITICO. Retrieved 2024-10-09.
4. ^ Popescu, Cristian Pantazi, Ana (2024-10-05). "BREAKING Judecătorii Curţii Constituţionale au anulat candidatura Dianei Șoșoacă la președinția României / Șoșoacă nu mai are nicio cale de atac". G4Media.ro (in Romanian). Retrieved 2025-03-13.`{{cite web}}`: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
5. ^ Ilie, Luiza (November 29, 2024). "Romania's top court orders presidential election recount". Reuters. Retrieved 11 December 2024.
6. ^ Ilie, Luiza; Vilcu, Mara; Charlish, Alan (2024-12-02). Jones, Gareth; Chopra, Toby; Liffey, Kevin; Heinrich, Mark (eds.). "Romania's top court upholds presidential election first-round result". Reuters. Retrieved 2024-12-02.
7. ^ Cole, Deborah (2024-12-06). "Romanian court annuls first round of presidential election". The Guardian. Retrieved 2024-12-06.
8. ^ "Controversy over far-right Romanian politician Georgescu – DW – 02/28/2025". dw.com. Retrieved 2025-03-13.
9. ^ "Georgescu barred from Romanian vote in final court ruling". www.bbc.com. 2025-03-11. Retrieved 2025-03-13.
10. ^ Current composition of the Constitutional Court Archived 2010-06-18 at the Wayback Machine
11. ^ Former judjes Archived 2010-06-29 at the Wayback Machine
12. ^ Adevărul

## External links

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* Official website

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