Chamber of Deputies (Romania)

Chamber of Deputies Camera Deputaților
9th Legislature
Type
Type	Lower house of the Parliament of Romania
History
Founded	1862
Leadership
President	Ludovic Orban, PNL since 22 December 2020
Structure
Seats	330
Political groups	Government (113)   PNL (93)   UDMR (20) Confidence and supply (18)   National minorities (18) Opposition (199)   PSD (110)   PSD (106)   PPU (4)   USR PLUS (55)[1]   AUR (30)   AUR (27)   NR (3)   Unaffiliated (4)
Committees	show 24 – Committee for Economic Policy, Reform, and Privatisation (Romanian: Comisia pentru politică economică, reformă și privatizare); – Committee for Budget, Finance and Banks (Romanian: Comisia pentru buget, finanțe și bănci); – Committee for Industries and Services (Romanian: Comisia pentru industrii și servicii); – Committee for Transport and Infrastructure (Romanian: Comisia pentru transporturi și infrastructură); – Committee for Agriculture, Forestry, Food Industry and Specific Services (Romanian: Comisia pentru agricultură, silvicultură, industrie alimentară și servicii specifice); – Committee for Human Rights, Cults and National Minorities Issues (Romanian: Comisia pentru drepturile omului, culte și problemele minorităților naționale); – Committee for Public Administration and Territorial Planning (Romanian: Comisia pentru administrație publică și amenajarea teritoriului); – Committee for the Environment and Ecological Balance (Romanian: Comisia pentru mediu și echilibru ecologic); – Committee for Labour and Social Protection (Romanian: Comisia pentru muncă și protecţie socială); – Committee for Health and Family (Romanian: Comisia pentru sănătate și familie); – Committee for Teaching (Romanian: Comisia pentru învățământ); – Committee for Culture, Arts, Mass Information Means (Romanian: Comisia pentru cultură, arte, mijloace de informare în masă); – Committee for Legal Matters, Discipline and Immunities (Romanian: Comisia juridică, de disciplină și imunități); – Committee for Defence, Public Order and National Security (Romanian: Comisia pentru apărare, ordine publică și siguranță națională); – Committee for Foreign Policy (Romanian: Comisia pentru politică externă); – Committee for the Investigation of Abuses, Corrupt Practices and for Petitions (Romanian: Comisia pentru cercetarea abuzurilor, corupției și pentru petiții); – Committee for Standing Orders (Romanian: Comisia pentru regulament); – Committee for Information Technology and Communications (Romanian: Comisia pentru tehnologia informației și comunicațiilor); – Committee on Equal Opportunities for Women and Men (Romanian: Comisia pentru egalitatea de șanse pentru femei și bărbați); – Committee for the Romanian Communities from Outside the Borders of the Country (Romanian: Comisia pentru comunitățile de români din afara granițelor țării); – Committee for European Affairs (Romanian: Comisia pentru afaceri europene); – Committee for Constitutionality (Romanian: Comisia pentru constituționalitate); – Committee for Science and Technology (Romanian: Comisia pentru știință și tehnologie); – Committee for Youth and Sport (Romanian: Comisia pentru tineret și sport);
Elections
Voting system	1992–2008, since 2016: Closed list, D'Hondt method 2008–2016: nominal vote, Mixed member proportional representation
Last election	6 December 2020
Next election	6 December 2024
Meeting place
Palace of the Parliament, Bucharest
Website
cdep.ro

The Chamber of Deputies (Romanian: Camera Deputaților) is the lower house in Romania's bicameral parliament. It has 330 seats to which deputies are elected by direct popular vote using party-list proportional representation^[2] to serve four-year terms. Additionally, the organisation of each national minority is entitled to a seat in the Chamber (under the limitation that a national minority is to be represented by one organisation only).

Leadership and structure[]

Standing Bureau[]

The (Romanian: Biroul Permanent) is the body elected by the deputies that rules the Chamber. Its president is the President of the Chamber, who is elected for a whole legislature (usually four years). All the other members are elected at the beginning of each parliamentary session.

There is one president, and four each of vice presidents, quaestors, and secretaries. The current composition is listed below.

Standing Bureau officers

Position	Name	Political group	Incumbent since
President	Ludovic Orban	PNL	21 December 2020
Vice-presidents	Cristina Prună	USR PLUS	21 December 2020
	Laurențiu Leoreanu	PNL	21 December 2020
	Marius Budăi	PSD	21 December 2020
	Alexandru Rafila	PSD	21 December 2020
Secretaries	[ro]	USR PLUS	21 December 2020
	Cristian Buican	PNL	21 December 2020
	Vasile-Daniel Suciu	PSD	21 December 2020
	Ovidiu-Victor Ganț	Minorities	21 December 2020
Quaestors	George Tuță	PNL	21 December 2020
	Sereș Deneș	UDMR	21 December 2020
	Alexandra Presură	PSD	21 December 2020
	Antonio Andrușceac	AUR	21 December 2020

Committees of the Chamber[]

Standing committees and current leadership are listed below.

Standing Bureau standing committees

Committee	President	Group	Incumbent since
Committee for Economic Policy, Reform, and Privatisation (Romanian: Comisia pentru politică economică, reformă și privatizare)	Costel Dunava[3]	PSD[3]	22 December 2020[3]
Committee for Budget, Finance and Banks (Romanian: Comisia pentru buget, finanțe și bănci)	Bogdan Huțucă[3]	PNL[3]	22 December 2020[3]
Committee for Industries and Services (Romanian: Comisia pentru industrii și servicii)	Bende Sandor[3]	UDMR[3]	22 December 2020[3]
Committee for Transport and Infrastructure (Romanian: Comisia pentru transporturi și infrastructură)	Ciprian Constantin Șerban[3]	PSD[3]	22 December 2020[3]
Committee for Agriculture, Forestry, Food Industry and Specific Services (Romanian: Comisia pentru agricultură, silvicultură, industrie alimentară și servicii specifice)	Adrian Chesnoiu[3]	PSD[3]	22 December 2020[3]
Committee for Human Rights, Cults and National Minorities Issues (Romanian: Comisia pentru drepturile omului, culte și problemele minorităților naționale)	Iusein Ibram[3]	Minorities[3]	22 December 2020[3]
Committee for Public Administration and Territorial Planning (Romanian: Comisia pentru administrație publică și amenajarea teritoriului)	Simona Bucura Oprescu[3]	PSD[3]	22 December 2020[3]
Committee for the Environment and Ecological Balance (Romanian: Comisia pentru mediu și echilibru ecologic)	George Cătălin Stângă[3]	PNL[3]	22 December 2020[3]
Committee for Labour and Social Protection (Romanian: Comisia pentru muncă și protecţie socială)	Oana Țoiu[3]	USR PLUS[3]	22 December 2020[3]
Committee for Health and Family (Romanian: Comisia pentru sănătate și familie)	Nelu Tătaru[3]	PNL[3]	22 December 2020[3]
Committee for Teaching (Romanian: Comisia pentru învățământ)	Natalia Intotero[3]	PSD[3]	22 December 2020[3]
Committee for Culture, Arts, Mass Information Means (Romanian: Comisia pentru cultură, arte, mijloace de informare în masă)	Iulian Bulai[3]	USR PLUS[3]	22 December 2020[3]
Committee for Legal Matters, Discipline and Immunities (Romanian: Comisia juridică, de disciplină și imunități)	Mihai Badea[3]	USR PLUS[3]	22 December 2020[3]
Committee for Defence, Public Order and National Security (Romanian: Comisia pentru apărare, ordine publică și siguranță națională)	Constantin Șovăială[3]	PNL[3]	22 December 2020[3]
Committee for Foreign Policy (Romanian: Comisia pentru politică externă)	Biro Rozalia[3]	UDMR[3]	22 December 2020[3]
Committee for the Investigation of Abuses, Corrupt Practices and for Petitions (Romanian: Comisia pentru cercetarea abuzurilor, corupției și pentru petiții)	Steluța Cătăniciu[3]	PSD[3]	22 December 2020[3]
Committee for Standing Orders (Romanian: Comisia pentru regulament)	Gheorghe Șimon[3]	PSD[3]	22 December 2020[3]
Committee for Information Technology and Communications (Romanian: Comisia pentru tehnologia informației și comunicațiilor)	Ion Sabin Sărmaș[3]	PNL[3]	22 December 2020[3]
Committee on Equal Opportunities for Women and Men (Romanian: Comisia pentru egalitatea de șanse pentru femei și bărbați)	Dan Tănasă[4]	AUR[4]	February 2021[4]
Committee for the Romanian Communities from Outside the Borders of the Country (Romanian: Comisia pentru comunitățile de români din afara granițelor țării)	Gigel Știrbu[3]	PNL[3]	22 December 2020[3]
Committee for European Affairs (Romanian: Comisia pentru afaceri europene)	Ștefan Moșoiu[3]	PSD[3]	22 December 2020[3]
Committee for Constitutionality (Romanian: Comisia pentru constituționalitate)	Ringo Dămureanu[4]	AUR[4]	February 2021[4]
Committee for Science and Technology (Romanian: Comisia pentru știință și tehnologie)	Dragos Zisopol[3]	Minorities[3]	22 December 2020[3]
Committee for Youth and Sport (Romanian: Comisia pentru tineret și sport)	Tudor Pop[3]	USR PLUS[3]	22 December 2020[3]

Party composition[]

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2020–2024[]

Seats in the Chamber of Deputies of Romania, 2020–2024

Party		Election seating		Lost	Won	Present seating
		Seats	%			Seats	%
	Social Democratic Party	110	33.33%	5	1	106	32.12%
	National Liberal Party	93	28.18%	1	1	93	28.18%
	USR PLUS	55	16.66%	0	0	55	16.66%
	Alliance for the Union of Romanians	33	10%	3	0	30	9.39%
	Democratic Alliance of Hungarians in Romania	21	6.36%	1	0	20	6.06%
	Parties of ethnic minorities	18	5.45%	0	0	18	5.45%
	Humanist Power Party	—	—	0	4	4	1.21%
	Independents	—	—	0	4	4	1.21%
Total		330	100	—		330	100

2016–2020[]

Seats in the Chamber of Deputies of Romania, 2016–2020

Party		Election seating		Lost	Won	Present seating
		Seats	%			Seats	%
	Social Democratic Party	154	46.95%	13	0	141	42.85%
	National Liberal Party	69	21%	3	2	68	20.66%
	Save Romania Union	30	9.15%	2	0	28	8.51%
	Democratic Alliance of Hungarians in Romania	21	6.4%	0	0	21	6.38%
	Alliance of Liberals and Democrats	20	6.1%	7	4	19	5.77%
	People's Movement Party	18	5.5%	6	0	12	3.64%
	Unaffiliated	—	—	2	26	24	7.30%
	Parties of ethnic minorities	17	5.2%	0	0	17	5.16%
Total		329	100	—		329	100

2012–2016[]

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2008–2012[]

Seats in the Chamber of Deputies of Romania

Parliamentary Group		Election seating		Lost	Won	Present
		Seats	%			Seats	%
	Democratic Liberal Party	115	34.43%	29	12	106	31.73%
	Social Democratic Party	114	34.13%	29	2	91	27.24%
	National Liberal Party	65	19.46%	21	6	56	16.76%
	Democratic Alliance of Hungarians in Romania	22	6.58%	2	0	20	5.98%
	Ethnic minorities parties	18	5.39%	2	0	16	4.79%
	National Union for the Progress of Romania	—	—	16	16	12	3.59%
	Independents					8	2.39%
	Vacant seats					25	—
Total		334	100	—		334	100

2004–2008[]

In Romania's 2004 legislative election, held on 28 November, no party won an outright majority. The Social Democratic Party (PSD) won the largest number of seats but is currently in opposition because the Justice and Truth Alliance (DA), the Democratic Alliance of Hungarians in Romania (UDMR), the Romanian Humanist Party (which later became the Conservative Party), and the National Minorities formed a governing coalition, giving it 177 seats in the Chamber of Deputies (47.9% of the total). The Conservative Party (PC) withdrew in December 2006, meaning that the government lost the majority in the Chamber of Deputies.^[5] In April 2007 the liberal prime-minister, Călin Popescu-Tăriceanu, dismissed the Democratic Party ministers from the government and formed a minority government with the Democratic Alliance of Hungarians in Romania, marking the end of the Justice and Truth Alliance.^[6]

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 allegations of corruption.

After the 2004 elections, several deputies from the PSD switched to other parties (including the governing Justice and Truth Alliance) or became independents, with the total number of PSD 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 PSD 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.^[7] That coalition was tacitly supported by the PSD.^[8]

Seats in the Chamber of Deputies of Romania, 2004–2008

Party		% of seats	Seats
	Social Democratic Party	32.31	105
	Democratic Liberal Party	20.62	67
	National Liberal Party	18.15	59
	Greater Romania Party	6.77	22
	Democratic Alliance of Hungarians in Romania	6.77	22
	Conservative Party	5.85	19
	Ethnic minorities parties	5.54	18
	Independents	4.00	13
Total		100	325

2000–2004[]

Elections to the Chamber of Deputies were held on 26 November 2000, in which the Social Democratic Party of Romania (PSD) won plurality. The governing majority was formed from the PSD and the Democratic Alliance of Hungarians in Romania (UDMR), which, with 182 members, made up 54.8% of seats. The president of the Chamber of Deputies during this period was Valer Dorneanu, who was elected on 15 December 2000. The distribution of seats was as follows:

Seats in the Chamber of Deputies of Romania, 2000–2004

Party		% of seats	Seats
	Social Democratic Party	44.93	155
	Greater Romania Party	24.35	84
	Democratic Party	8.99	31
	National Liberal Party	8.70	30
	Democratic Alliance of Hungarians in Romania	7.83	27
	Ethnic minorities parties	5.22	18
Total		100	345

See also[]

• President of the Chamber of Deputies of Romania

Notes[]

External links[]

• Official website