List of presidents of Romania by time in office

This is a list of presidents of Romania by time in office. This is based on the difference between dates; if counted by number of calendar days all the figures would be one greater.

Klaus Iohannis, president of Romania since December, 2014. Total time spent in office since the beginning of the mandate: 6 years, 43 days.

The party in the table below denote the party that sustained the candidacy, as the president is forbidden to be a member of any party. Still, Nicolae Ceauşescu was president under a different constitution, and he was both a member of the PCR and president of Romania. Also, Traian Băsescu was the only president suspended twice.

Nº in office	President	Political party	Time in office	Rank
1st	Nicolae Ceauşescu	PCR	15 years, 276 days	1
2nd	Ion Iliescu	FSN/PSD	10 years, 343 days	2
4th	Traian Băsescu	D.A. (PD/PDL)	10 years, 0 days^1	5
5th	Klaus Johannis	PNL	6 years, 43 days	4
3rd	Emil Constantinescu	CDR (PNȚ-CD)	4 years, 33 days	5
–	Crin Antonescu (interim)	PNL	48 days	–
–	Nicolae Văcăroiu (interim)	PSD	31 days	–

Notes:

¹ Suspended from office for 31 days in 2007, then once more in 2012 for 48 days.