Romania Government - 1986

GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES 

Official name: Socialist Republic of Romania

Type: Communist state

Capital: Bucharest

Political subdivisions: 40 counties; city of Bucharest has administrative status equal to a county

Legal system: mixture of civil law system and Communist legal theory that increasingly reflects Romanian traditions; constitution adopted 1965; legal education at University of Bucharest and two other law schools; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction

National holiday: Liberation Day, 23 August

Branches: Presidency; Council of Ministers; Grand National Assembly, under which is Office of Prosecutor General and Supreme Court; Council of State

Government leaders: Nicolae CEAUSESCU, President of the Socialist Republic (head of state; since 1967); Constantin DASCALESCU, Prime Minister (since May 1982)

Suffrage: universal and compulsory over age 18

Elections: elections held every five years for Grand National Assembly deputies and local people’s councils; last election held March 1985

Political parties and leaders: Communist Party of Romania only functioning party, Nicolae Ceausescu, Secretary General (since March 1965)

Voting strength: (1985 election) overall participation reached 99.99%; of those registered to vote (15,733,060), 97.73% voted for party candidates

Communists: 3,400,000 (November 1984)

Member of: CEMA, FAO, G-77, GATT, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, IFAD, 1LO, IMF, IMO, INTERPOL, 1PU, 1TC, ITU, UN, UNESCO, UPU, Warsaw Pact, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO

NOTE: The information regarding Romania on this page is re-published from the 1986 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Romania 1986 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Romania 1986 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.