Chamber of Deputies (Romania)

Chamber of Deputies Camera Deputaților
9th Legislature
Type
Type	Lower house of the Parliament of Romania
History
Founded	1862
New session started	1 September 2021 (2021-09-01)[1][2][3]
Leadership
President	Vasile-Daniel Suciu (PSD) since 2 September 2024
Structure
Seats	330
Political groups	[4] Government (186)   Social Democratic Party (106)[a]   National Liberal Party (77) Supported by (17)   National minorities (17)[b] Opposition (129)   Save Romania Union (39)   Alliance for the Union of Romanians (28)[c]   Democratic Alliance of Hungarians (20)[d]   Others (39)[e]
Committees	24 – Committee for Economic Policy, Reform, and Privatisation (Romanian: Comisia pentru politică economică, reformă și privatizare); – Committee for Budget, Finance and Banks (Romanian: Comisia pentru buget, finanțe și bănci); – Committee for Industries and Services (Romanian: Comisia pentru industrii și servicii); – Committee for Transport and Infrastructure (Romanian: Comisia pentru transporturi și infrastructură); – Committee for Agriculture, Forestry, Food Industry and Specific Services (Romanian: Comisia pentru agricultură, silvicultură, industrie alimentară și servicii specifice); – Committee for Human Rights, Cults and National Minorities Issues (Romanian: Comisia pentru drepturile omului, culte și problemele minorităților naționale); – Committee for Public Administration and Territorial Planning (Romanian: Comisia pentru administrație publică și amenajarea teritoriului); – Committee for the Environment and Ecological Balance (Romanian: Comisia pentru mediu și echilibru ecologic); – Committee for Labour and Social Protection (Romanian: Comisia pentru muncă și protecţie socială); – Committee for Health and Family (Romanian: Comisia pentru sănătate și familie); – Committee for Teaching (Romanian: Comisia pentru învățământ); – Committee for Culture, Arts, Mass Information Means (Romanian: Comisia pentru cultură, arte, mijloace de informare în masă); – Committee for Legal Matters, Discipline and Immunities (Romanian: Comisia juridică, de disciplină și imunități); – Committee for Defence, Public Order and National Security (Romanian: Comisia pentru apărare, ordine publică și siguranță națională); – Committee for Foreign Policy (Romanian: Comisia pentru politică externă); – Committee for the Investigation of Abuses, Corrupt Practices and for Petitions (Romanian: Comisia pentru cercetarea abuzurilor, corupției și pentru petiții); – Committee for Standing Orders (Romanian: Comisia pentru regulament); – Committee for Information Technology and Communications (Romanian: Comisia pentru tehnologia informației și comunicațiilor); – Committee on Equal Opportunities for Women and Men (Romanian: Comisia pentru egalitatea de șanse pentru femei și bărbați); – Committee for the Romanian Communities from Outside the Borders of the Country (Romanian: Comisia pentru comunitățile de români din afara granițelor țării); – Committee for European Affairs (Romanian: Comisia pentru afaceri europene); – Committee for Constitutionality (Romanian: Comisia pentru constituționalitate); – Committee for Science and Technology (Romanian: Comisia pentru știință și tehnologie); – Committee for Youth and Sport (Romanian: Comisia pentru tineret și sport).
Elections
Voting system	1992–2008, since 2016: Closed list, D'Hondt method
Last election	6 December 2020
Next election	1 December 2024
Meeting place
Palace of the Parliament, Bucharest
Website
cdep.ro

The Chamber of Deputies (Romanian: Camera Deputaților) is the lower house in Romania's bicameral parliament. It has 330 total seats to which deputies are elected by direct popular vote using party-list proportional representation^[5] to serve four-year terms. Additionally, the organisation of each national ethnic minority is entitled to a seat in the Chamber (under the limitation that a national minority is to be represented by one organisation only).

The (Romanian: Biroul Permanent) is the body elected by the deputies that rules the Chamber. Its president is the President of the Chamber, who is elected for a whole legislature (usually four years). All the other members are elected at the beginning of each parliamentary session.

The Chamber of Deputies in Romania is chosen through a democratic process, where all citizens have an equal opportunity to vote freely and privately. It serves as a forum for the exchange of diverse viewpoints on national matters.^[6] Its primary responsibilities, as outlined in the Constitution, revolve around legislating, overseeing the actions of the executive branch, and bolstering parliamentary diplomacy alongside traditional diplomatic endeavors.

There is one president, and four each of vice presidents, quaestors, and secretaries. The current composition is listed below.

Standing committees and current leadership are listed below.

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In Romania's 2004 legislative election, held on 28 November, no party won an outright majority. The Social Democratic Party (PSD) won the largest number of seats but is currently in opposition because the Justice and Truth Alliance (DA), the Democratic Alliance of Hungarians in Romania (UDMR/RMDSZ), the Romanian Humanist Party (which later became the Conservative Party), and the National Minorities formed a governing coalition, giving it 177 seats in the Chamber of Deputies (47.9% of the total). The Conservative Party (PC) withdrew in December 2006, meaning that the government lost the majority in the Chamber of Deputies.^[9] In April 2007, then national liberal Prime Minister, Călin Popescu-Tăriceanu, dismissed the Democratic Party ministers from the government and formed a minority government with the Democratic Alliance of Hungarians in Romania, marking the end of the Justice and Truth Alliance.^[10][11]

During the 2004–2008 legislature, the president of the Chamber of Deputies was Bogdan Olteanu from the National Liberal Party (PNL), who was elected on 20 March 2006, after the Chamber's former president, Adrian Năstase, was forced by his own party (the Social Democratic Party, PSD) to step down amidst corruption allegations.

After the 2004 elections, several deputies from the PSD switched to other parties (including the governing Justice and Truth Alliance) or became independents, with the total number of PSD seats being reduced from 113 to 105. The number of Justice and Truth Alliance (DA) deputies also increased from 112 to 118, making it the largest formation in parliament as of October 2006. This changed again in December 2006, leaving the PSD with 107 seats and the Justice and Truth Alliance (DA) with 101. Since April 2007 the Justice and Truth Alliance (DA) has split leaving the two former members with 51 respectively 50 members. Deputies elected to the European Parliament in the 2007 election resigned, thus reducing the number of deputies to 314 as of 4 December 2007.

A new election was held in 2008. The table below gives the state of play before the 2008 election; parties in bold were part of the governing coalition. That coalition was tacitly supported by the PSD.^[12]

Elections to the Chamber of Deputies were held on 26 November 2000, in which the Social Democratic Party of Romania (PSD) won plurality. The governing majority was formed from the PSD and the Democratic Alliance of Hungarians in Romania (UDMR/RMDSZ), which, with 182 members, made up 54.8% of seats. The president of the Chamber of Deputies during this period was Valer Dorneanu, who was elected on 15 December 2000. The distribution of seats was as follows:

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