Government of Romania Country Resources Constitutions Romania 21 November 1991 Legislation/regulation

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The National Constitution of Romania has been uploaded in Romanian, English and French.

The Constitution of Romania of 1991 adopted by the Constituent Assembly on November 21, 1991 enshrines democratic values and establishes a national, sovereign, independent, unitary and indivisible state.

"As the fundamental law of Romania, the Constitution defines the structure of the government of Romania, the rights and duties of the country's citizens, its mode of passing laws and specifies the principle of separation and balance of the legislative, executive and judicial powers. Romania is a semi-presidential democratic republic.

The legislative power is vested in the Parliament consisting of two chambers: Chamber of Deputies and the Senate. The executive branch consists of a President, the Head of State and a Primer minister, the Head of Government. The President issues Presidential decrees. The Government issues decisions and ordinances, which implement the laws. Parliament may pass a special law enabling the Government to issue ordinances in fields outside the scope of organic laws (Article 115). The Romanian legal system belongs to the civil law under which only the Constitution and other statutory legislation constitute a legitimate source of legal rules."

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