President of Romania

President of Romania
Președintele României
Standard of the president of Romania
Incumbent Klaus Iohannis since 21 December 2014
Style	Mr. President (informal)
Status	Head of State
Member of	Supreme Council of National Defence European Council
Residence	Cotroceni Palace
Appointer	Popular vote
Term length	Five years, renewable once
Inaugural holder	Nicolae Ceaușescu (communist; first established) Ion Iliescu (current constitution)
Formation	28 March 1974 8 December 1991 (current form)
Deputy	President of the Senate
Website	Președintele României

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The president of Romania (Romanian: Președintele României) is the head of state of Romania. They are directly elected by a two-round system, and, following a modification to the Romanian Constitution in 2003, serve for five years. An individual may serve two terms that may be consecutive. During their term in office, the president may not be a formal member of a political party. The president of Romania is the supreme commander of the Romanian Armed Forces.

The office of president was created in 1974, when communist leader Nicolae Ceaușescu elevated the presidency of the State Council to a fully fledged executive presidency. It took its current form in stages after the Romanian Revolution, culminating in the adoption of Romania's current constitution in 1991.

Klaus Iohannis is the incumbent president since his inauguration on 21 December 2014. Iohannis is of full Transylvanian Saxon ethnicity/descent, making him the first president from Romania's German minority.