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2004–2008 legislature of the Romanian Parliament

FieldValue
nameParliament of Romania
LII legislature
term_start
term_end
before2000–2004
after[2008–2012](2008-2012-legislature-of-the-romanian-parliament)
session1_startDecember 2004
session1_endDecember 2004
session2_startMarch 2005
session2_endJuly 2005
session3_startSeptember 2005
session3_endDecember 2005
session4_startMarch 2006
session4_endJuly 2006
session5_startSeptember 2006
session5_endDecember 2006
session6_startMarch 2007
session6_endDecember 2008
chamber1Senate
chamber1_imageSEN2004.svg
chamber1_image_captionPolitical structure of the Senate
membership1135
chamber1_leader1_typePresident of the Senate
chamber1_leader2_typeSocial Democratic Party
chamber1_leader2Ion Iliescu
chamber1_leader3_typeNational Liberal Party
chamber1_leader3Puiu Hașotti
chamber1_leader4_typeDemocratic Liberal Party
chamber1_leader4
chamber1_leader5_typeGreater Romania Party
chamber1_leader5Gheorghe Funar
chamber1_leader6_typeDemocratic Alliance of Hungarians in Romania
chamber1_leader6Attila Verestóy
chamber2Chamber of Deputies
chamber2_imageCDEP2004.svg
chamber2_image_captionPolitical structure of the Chamber of Deputies
membership2325
chamber2_leader1_typePresident of the Chamber of Deputies
chamber2_leader2_typeSocial Democratic Party
chamber2_leader2Miron Mitrea
Viorel Hrebenciuc
chamber2_leader3_typeDemocratic Liberal Party
chamber2_leader3Cozmin Gușă
chamber2_leader4_typeNational Liberal Party
chamber2_leader4Călin Popescu-Tăriceanu
Eugen Nicolăescu
Crin Antonescu
chamber2_leader5_typeGreater Romania Party
chamber2_leader5
Petre Popeangă
chamber2_leader6_typeDemocratic Alliance of Hungarians in Romania
chamber2_leader6Atilla Kelemen
chamber3Government
chamber3_leader1_typeTăriceanu II Cabinet
(minority)
chamber3_leader2_typeTăriceanu I Cabinet
(coalition)

LII legislature National Liberal Party

Democratic Party (2004–2007)

Democratic Alliance of Hungarians in Romania

Romanian Humanist Party (2004–2005)

Conservative Party (2005–2007) Social Democratic Party

Greater Romania Party

Conservative Party (2007–2008)

Democratic Liberal Party (2007–2008)

Nicolae Văcăroiu (20 December 2004 – 14 October 2008) Social Democratic Party

Ilie Sârbu (14 October 2008–December 2008) Social Democratic Party

Adrian Năstase (20 December 2008 – 20 March 2006) Social Democratic Party

Bogdan Olteanu (20 March 2006 – 15 November 2008) National Liberal Party Viorel Hrebenciuc

Eugen Nicolăescu Crin Antonescu

Petre Popeangă

(minority) Călin Popescu-Tăriceanu (5 April 2007 – 22 December 2008) (coalition) Călin Popescu-Tăriceanu (29 December 2004 – 5 April 2007)

In Romania's 2004 general election, held on 28 November, no party won an outright majority. The Social Democratic Party (PSD) won the largest number of seats but was in opposition because the Justice and Truth Alliance (DA), the Democratic Alliance of Hungarians in Romania (UDMR/RMDSZ), the Romanian Humanist Party (PUR; which later became the Conservative Party), and the National Minorities formed a governing coalition. The Conservative Party (PC) withdrew in December 2006, meaning that the government lost the majority. In April 2007, the liberal Prime Minister, Călin Popescu-Tăriceanu, dismissed the Democratic Party (PD) ministers from the government and formed a minority government with the Democratic Alliance of Hungarians in Romania (UDMR/RMDSZ), thereby marking the end of the Justice and Truth Alliance (DA).

Senate

The President of the Senate for this legislature was Nicolae Văcăroiu, who was elected on 20 December 2004. Following his ad interim presidency of Romania, he delegated his attributions to the vicepresident . After Văcăroiu was sworn in as president of the Court of Accounts (), Ilie Sârbu was elected as the new President of the Senate.

The table below gives the state of play before the 2008 election; parties in bold were part of the governing coalition at the end of this legislature.

Party% of seatsSeats
Social Democratic Party31.4
**National Liberal Party**16
Democratic Party15.4
Greater Romania Party13.1
Conservative Party8.0
**Democratic Alliance of Hungarians in Romania**7.3
Independents8.8
**Total****100****137**

Chamber of Deputies

During the 2004–2008 legislature, the president of the Chamber of Deputies was Bogdan Olteanu from the National Liberal Party (PNL), who was elected on 20 March 2006, after the Chamber's former president, Adrian Năstase, was forced by his own party (the Social Democratic Party, PSD) to step down amidst corruption allegations.

After the 2004 elections, several deputies from the Social Democratic Party switched to other parties (including the governing Justice and Truth Alliance, DA) or became independents, with the total number of Social Democratic Party seats being reduced from 113 to 105. The number of Justice and Truth Alliance (DA) deputies also increased from 112 to 118, making it the largest formation in parliament as of October 2006. This changed again in December 2006, leaving the Social Democratic Party with 107 seats and the Justice and Truth Alliance (DA) with 101. Since April 2007 the Justice and Truth Alliance (DA) has split leaving the two former members with 51 respectively 50 members. Deputies elected to the European Parliament in the 2007 election resigned, thus reducing the number of deputies to 314 as of 4 December 2007.

A new election was held in 2008. The table below gives the state of play before the 2008 election; parties in bold were part of the governing coalition at the end of this legislature. That coalition was tacitly supported by the PSD.

Party% of seatsSeats
Social Democratic Party32.31
Democratic Liberal Party20.62
**National Liberal Party**18.15
Greater Romania Party6.77
**Democratic Alliance of Hungarians in Romania**6.77
Conservative Party5.85
National minorities5.54
Independents4.00
**Total****100****325**

References

References

  1. Gafencu, Laura. (2006-12-04). "Guvern minoritar".
  2. (2007-04-02). "Romania's prime minister names new Cabinet of minority government".
  3. Mutler, Alison. (2007-04-02). "Romania's prime minister names new Cabinet of minority government".
  4. (2008-12-01). "Romanian election neck-and-neck".
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