Prime Minister of Romania

The Prime Minister of Romania is the person who controls the government of Romania. He is appointed by the President of Romania.

Prime Minister of Romania Prim-ministrul Guvernului României
Standard of the Prime Minister of Romania
Incumbent Post Vacancy since 5 May 2026
Style	His/Her Excellency
Member of	Government of Romania Supreme Council of National Defence
Residence	Victoria Palace, Bucharest Cabinet and Government headquarters
Appointer	President of Romania
Term length	4 years No term limit
Inaugural holder	Barbu Catargiu as President of The Council of Ministers
Formation	January 22, 1862 (1862-01-22)
Salary	15,108 lei (2015)
Website	gov.ro/ro/guvernul/cabinetul-de-ministri/prim-ministru1575537361

Living former Prime Ministers

There are 16 living former Romanian Prime Ministers:

• Living former prime ministers of Romania
• 

  Petre Roman (age 79)
  (1989–1991)
  (age at ascension 42)

• 

  Theodor Stolojan (age 82)
  (1991–1992)
  (age at ascension 47)

• 

  Nicolae Văcăroiu (age 82)
  (1992–1996)
  (age at ascension 48)

• 

  Victor Ciorbea (age 71)
  (1996–1998)
  (age at ascension 41)

• 

  Mugur Isărescu (age 76)
  (1999–2000)
  (age at ascension 49)

• 

  Adrian Năstase (age 75)
  (2000–2004)
  (age at ascension 49)

• 

  Călin Popescu-Tăriceanu (age 74)
  (2004–2008)
  (age at ascension 52)

• 

  Emil Boc (age 59)
  (2008–2012)
  (age at ascension 41)

• 

  Mihai Răzvan Ungureanu (age 57)
  (2012)
  (age at ascension 43)

• 

  Victor Ponta (age 53)
  (2012–2015)
  (age at ascension 39)

• 

  Dacian Cioloș (age 56)
  (2015–2017)
  (age at ascension 45)

• 

  Sorin Grindeanu (age 52)
  (2017)
  (age at ascension 43)

• 

  Mihai Tudose (age 59)
  (2017–2018)
  (age at ascension 50)

• 

  Viorica Dăncilă (age 62)
  (2018–2019)
  (age at ascension 54)

• 

  Ludovic Orban (age 63)
  (2019–2020)
  (age at ascension 56)

• 

  Florin Cîțu (age 54)
  (2020–2021)
  (age at ascension 48)

• 

  Nicolae Ciucă (age 59)
  (2021–2023)
  (age at ascension 54)

• 

  Marcel Ciolacu (age 58)
  (2023–2025)
  (age at ascension 55)

• 

  Ilie Bolojan (age 57)
  (2025-2026)
  (age at ascension 56)

The most recent death of a former Prime Minister of Romania is that of Radu Vasile (1998–1999) on July 3, 2013.