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Romania Government 1996
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Administrative divisions:
40 counties (judete, singular - judet) and 1 municipality* (municipiu);
Alba, Arad, Arges, Bacau, Bihor, Bistrita-Nasaud, Botosani, Braila, Brasov,
Bucuresti*, Buzau, Calarasi, Caras-Severin, Cluj, Constanta, Covasna,
Dimbovita, Dolj, Galati, Gorj, Giurgiu, Harghita, Hunedoara, Ialomita, Iasi,
Maramures, Mehedinti, Mures, Neamt, Olt, Prahova, Salaj, Satu Mare, Sibiu,
Suceava, Teleorman, Timis, Tulcea, Vaslui, Vilcea, Vrancea
1881 (from Turkey; republic proclaimed 30 December 1947)
National Day of Romania, 1 December (1990)
former mixture of civil law system and Communist legal theory; is now based
on the Constitution of France's Fifth Republic
18 years of age; universal
President Ion ILIESCU (since 20 June 1990, previously President of
Provisional Council of National Unity since 23 December 1989); election last
held 27 September 1992, with runoff between top two candidates on 11 October
1992 (next to be held NA 1996); results - Ion ILIESCU 61.4%, Emil
CONSTANTINESCU 38.6%
Prime Minister Nicolae VACAROIU (since November 1992)
Council of Ministers; appointed by the prime minister
elections last held 27 September 1992 (next to be held NA 1996); results -
PSDR 34.3%, CDR 18.2%, DP-FSN 12.6%, others 34.9%; seats - (143 total) PSDR
49, CDR 26, DP-FSN 18, PUNR 13, UDMR 12, PRM 6, PAC 6, PDAR 5, PSM 5, PL-93
2 other 1
House of Deputies (Adunarea Deputatilor):
elections last held 27 September 1992 (next to be held NA 1996); results -
PSDR 34.0%, CDR 16,4%, DP-FSN 12.3%, others 37.3%; seats - (341 total) PSDR
116, CDR 56, DP-FSN 42, PUNR 29, UDMR 27, PL-93 19, PRM 15, PSM 13, PAC 5,
other 19
Supreme Court of Justice, Constitutional Court
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Political parties and leaders:
Democratic Party (DP-FSN), Petre ROMAN; Social Democratic Party of Romania
(PSDR), Adrian NASTASE; Democratic Union of Hungarians in Romania (UDMR),
Bela MARKO; National Liberal Party (PNL), Mircea IONESCU-QUINTUS; National
Peasants' Christian and Democratic Party (PNTCD), Corneliu COPOSU; Romanian
National Unity Party (PUNR), Gheorghe FUNAR; Socialist Labor Party (PSM),
Ilie VERDET; Agrarian Democratic Party of Romania (PDAR), Victor SURDU; The
Democratic Convention (CDR), Emil CONSTANTINESCU; Romania Mare Party (PRM),
Corneliu Vadim TUDOR; Civic Alliance Party (PAC), Nicolae MANOLESCU,
chairman
numerous other small parties exist but almost all failed to gain
representation in the most recent election
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Other political or pressure groups:
various human rights and professional associations
ACCT, BIS, BSEC, CCC, CE, CEI (associate members), EBRD, ECE, FAO, G- 9,
G-77, GATT, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICFTU, ICRM, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO,
INMARSAT, INTELSAT, INTERPOL, IOC, IOM (observer), ISO, ITU, NACC, NAM
(guest), NSG, OAS (observer), OSCE, PCA, PFP, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO,
UNIKOM, UNOSOM, UPU, WCL, WEU (associate partner), WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO,
WTO, ZC
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Diplomatic representation in US:
Ambassador Mihai Horia BOTEZ
1607 23rd Street NW, Washington, DC 20008
[1] (202) 332-4846, 4848, 4851
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US diplomatic representation:
Ambassador Alfred H. MOSES
Strada Tudor Arghezi 7-9, Bucharest
American Consulate General (Bucharest), Unit 1315, Bucharest; APO AE
09213-1315
[40] (1) 210 01 49, 210 40 42
three equal vertical bands of blue (hoist side), yellow, and red; the
national coat of arms that used to be centered in the yellow band has been
removed; now similar to the flags of Andorra and Chad
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