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romania**

H.E. Constantin-Florin Mituleţu-Buică, Chairperson,
Permanent Electoral Authority of Romania

part i 11. Language (s)
Romanian (official) 85.4%, Hungarian 6.3%,
CoUNtrY ProfiLE Romani 1.2%, other 1%, unspecified 6.1%

(2011 est.)
1. Country Name
Romania 12. Literacy Levels
98.6% Male literacy rate 99.03%, female - 98.21%
2. Official Name part ii
Romania
LEgisLAtivE sYstEM
3. Government
Semi-Presidential Republic
LEGISLATURE
4. Head of the Government
Prime Minister – Ludovic Orban 1. Structure of National Legislature
Bicameral
5. Head of the State
President – Klaus Iohannis 2. Names of the Houses in vernacular and English
The Chamber of Deputies and the Senate
6. Capital
Bucharest 3. Total no. of members in each house elected/
nominated
7. Currency The 464 members of the Parliament (136 senators
Romanian leu and 358 deputies are elected by slate voting, ac-

8. Ethnic Groups (with %age population) cording to the principle of proportional represen-
Romanian 83.4%, Hungarian 6.1%, Romani 3.1%, tation); 18 seats in the Chamber of Deputies are
Ukrainian 0.3%, German 0.2%, other 0.7%, unspec- reserved for the National Minorities
ified 6.1% (2011 est.) 4. Popular House

9. Date of Independence and from which Country Both The Chamber of Deputies and the Senate
9 May 1877 (independence proclaimed from the 5. Type of Electoral System
Ottoman Empire; 13 July 1878 (independence rec- Proportional Representation
ognized by the Treaty of Berlin); 26 March 1881
(kingdom proclaimed); 30 December 1947 (repub-
lic proclaimed)
10. Date of adoption of Democratic Constitution
Latest adopted 21 November 1991, approved by
referendum and effective 8 December 1991.

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