President of the Chamber of Deputies of Romania

President of the Chamber of Deputies of Romania

Infobox Political post
post = President
body = the
Chamber of Deputies of Romania
insignia = Stema Camerei Deputatilor.jpg
insigniasize = 100px
insigniacaption = Coat of arms of the Chamber of Deputies


incumbent = Bogdan Olteanu
incumbentsince = 20 March 2006
style =
residence =
appointer =
termlength = 4 years
formation = 1858
1990
inaugural =
Dan Marţian (1990)
website = [http://www.cdep.ro/pls/dic/site.page?den=introcd1-c www.cdep.ro/presedinte]

The President of the Chamber of Deputies of Romania is the senator elected to preside over the Senate meetings. He (or she) is also the president of the Standing Bureau of the Chamber of Deputies.

Election

The President of the Chamber of Deputies is elected by secret ballot with the majority of votes from the Deputies. If none of the candidates obtains the necessary votes, the first two compete again, and the one with most of the votes wins.

Role

* calls the Senate in session (ordinary or extraordinary)
* presides the Chamber of Deputies meetings
* represents the Chamber of Deputies in the relation with the President, the Chamber of Deputies, the Government, Constitutional Court
* represents the Chamber of Deputies in the foreign relations
* succeeds (ad interim) the President if the President of the Senate cannot do so. (He/she continues to be President of the Chamber of Deputies during the ad-interim presidency of the country. He/she acts as President until a new president is elected.)

History

1858 - 1947

Between 1858 and 1947 the lower house was called _en. Assembly of Deputies ( _ro. Adunarea Deputatilor). From 1946 it was the unicameral Romanian Legislative.

1947 - 1989

The Legislative was called _en. Great National Assembly ( _ro. Marea Adunare Naţională).

1990 - present

The Legislative bicomes bicameral again, and the lower house is called _en. Chamber of Deputies) ( _ro. Camera Deputaţilor), and is headed by a President.

References

* [http://www.cdep.ro/pls/dic/site.page?den=introcd1-c President's page on the Chamber of deputies website]


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