Pastlasby Oleh Voronko

State · 1989 – present

Romania

A state of 1989 – present — 37 years, still standing in Europe. It replaced Socialist Republic of Romania and United Principalities of Moldavia and Wallachia. The atlas records 14 things within it — wars and battles 1 · unrest and atrocity 4 · famine and plague 1 · people 8. Its line of rulers holds 9 people, 8 with dated terms.

  • Still standing: the span runs to the year of the build, 2026.

For the full story, the article on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0); this page holds what the record says of the state.

Stood
37 years
and still standing
Rulers
9
the president of Romania
Most ground
237,600 km²
in 1990
Within it
14
recorded rows
Symbols
8
on record, with years
Map: Romania in 1990, its borders in gold among its neighbours
Romania in 1990, when it held the most ground the borders dataset draws for it: 237,600 km². Its neighbours wear their tints, as on the atlas's own map. Borders from Cliopatria (CC BY 4.0), coast and rivers from Natural Earth, cities from Reba, Reitsma & Seto 2016 (CC BY 4.0), each city under the name it bore that year.

Where it sits in time

3000 BCE2000 BCE1000 BCE110002000Socialist Republic of Romania: 1965 – 1989United Principalities of Moldavia and Wallachia: 1859 – 1881Romania: 1989 – 2026

Five thousand years, 3000 BCE to 2026; the state in gold, what it replaced or followed and what replaced or followed it in grey.

Before and after

The states the record files it as replacing or following, and those that replaced or followed it - Wikidata's own statements, each read from this state's side.

Before it

Rulers

The line of president of Romania - the office this state names as its head of state.

Nicolae Ceaușescu · 1974 – 1989 · ended by a named eventIon Iliescu · 1990 – 1996 · left office aliveEmil Constantinescu · 1996 – 2000 · no death date to read the end againstIon Iliescu · 2000 – 2004 · left office aliveTraian Băsescu · 2004 – 2014 · no death date to read the end againstCrin Antonescu · 2012 – 2012 · no death date to read the end againstKlaus Iohannis · 2014 – 2025 · resigned or stood down, the article saysIlie Bolojan · 2025 – 2025 · no death date to read the end againstNicușor Dan · 2025 – … · still in office1990200020102020
left alive by a regular roadstill in officeending not on recorda second row: a reign that began before the last had ended — rival claimants, or a shared throne
RulerReignLengthHow it ended · sourceTo the ruler before
Nicolae Ceaușescu1974 – 198915 yearsended by a named eventWikidata's end cause on the term
Ion Iliescu1990 – 19966 yearsleft office aliveread off the dates alone
Emil Constantinescu1996 – 20004 yearsending not on record
Ion Iliescu2000 – 20044 yearsleft office aliveread off the dates alone
Traian Băsescu2004 – 201410 yearsending not on record
Crin Antonescu2012 – 2012under a yearending not on record
Klaus Iohannis2014 – 202511 yearsresigned or stood down, the article saysread from the ruler's own article
Ilie Bolojan2025 – 2025under a yearending not on record
Nicușor Dan2025 – in officein office since 2025still in office

9 rulers, 8 with terms dated as terms, covering 1974 – 2025. Median reign 5 years. 1 of 8 handovers irregular - a killing, a deposition, a rival claimant, a rising or a coup beside it. The violent-handover count is withheld: power changed hands so often that any rising falls beside one (exposure 0.71, limit 0.6). A blank in the last column means no kin on record, which is coverage, never “unrelated”.

Heads of government

The line of Prime Minister of Romania, drawn and never measured: a cabinet is not a reign.

Constantin Dăscălescu1982 – 1989
Petre Roman1989 – 1991
Theodor Stolojan1991 – 1992
Nicolae Văcăroiu1992 – 1996
Victor Ciorbea1996 – 1998
Gavril Dejeu1998 – 1998
Radu Vasile1998 – 1999
Mugur Isărescu1999 – 2000
Alexandru Athanasiu1999 – 1999
Adrian Năstase2000 – 2004
Călin Popescu-Tăriceanu2004 – 2008
Emil Boc2008 – 2012
Cătălin Predoiu2012 – 2012
Mihai Răzvan Ungureanu2012 – 2012
Victor Ponta2012 – 2015
Sorin Cîmpeanu2015 – 2015
Dacian Cioloș2015 – 2017
Mihai Tudose2017 – 2018
Sorin Grindeanu2017 – 2017
Mihai Fifor2018 – 2018
Viorica Dăncilă2018 – 2019
Ludovic Orban2019 – 2020
Florin Cîțu2020 – 2021
Nicolae Ciucă2021 – 2023
Cătălin Predoiu2023 – 2023
Marcel Ciolacu2023 – 2024
Cătălin Predoiu2025 – 2025
Ilie Bolojan2025 – …

Ground held, by year

km² inside its borders as the borders dataset draws them, measured on an equal-area grid; a step series, held between the years the dataset maps.

199520002005201020152020

237,600 km² in 1994, 237,600 km² in 2024; at its largest 237,600 km² in 1994. Cliopatria, CC BY 4.0.

Flags and arms, in order

Each symbol with the years its own statement gives; the timeline flies the one of the year on screen.

  • Flag of the United Principalities of Romania (1862–1866)
    flag, 1862 – 1866Flag of the United Principalities of Romania (1862–1866) · Public domain
  • Flag of Romania
    flag, 1867 – 1947Flag of Romania · Public domain
  • Flag of Romania (January-March 1948)
    flag, 1947 – 1949Flag of Romania (January-March 1948) · Public domain
  • Flag of Romania (1948–1952)
    flag, 1949 – 1952Flag of Romania (1948–1952) · Public domain
  • Flag of Romania (1952–1965)
    flag, 1952 – 1965Flag of Romania (1952–1965) · Public domain
  • Flag of Romania (1965–1989)
    flag, 1965 – 1989Flag of Romania (1965–1989) · Public domain
  • Flag of Romania
    flag, from 1989Flag of Romania · Public domain
  • Coat of arms of Romania
    coat of arms, from 2016Coat of arms of Romania · Public domain

What happened within it, by century

Every row the atlas hosts under this state, by the century it began in: wars and battles in red, risings, regime changes and massacres beside them, everything else in grey. A tall bar is a century the record is full for, which is partly a fact about Wikipedia.

1900 – 1999: 11 recorded — 1 wars and battles, 2 risings, regime changes and massacres, 8 other19002000 – 2099: 3 recorded — 0 wars and battles, 2 risings, regime changes and massacres, 1 other2000

1900 – 199911 rows · 1 wars and battles · 2 risings, regime changes and massacres

and 3 more in the atlas.

2000 – 20993 rows · 2 risings, regime changes and massacres

Among all states

Each measure against the states that carry it, never against all of them: a bar is the share of those states below this one.

  • How long it stood37 years

    stood longer than 29% of 3,187 states with a recorded end or still standing.

  • The most ground it held237,600 km²

    held more ground at its peak than 62% of 1,465 states with a border in Cliopatria.

  • Wars recorded per century1.0

    had more wars on record per century than 94% of 3,187 states, counting the wars the atlas hosts under each.

  • How long a reign lasted, at the median6 years

    had longer reigns, at the median, than 22% of 967 states whose dated line can carry a median.

  • Rulers on record9

    has more rulers on record than 78% of 1,968 states with a line of rulers.

What led to it, and what came of it

The investigation's own picture: 20 causes the record names and 0 results, the strongest six of each at their own years, joined to the state by the kind of claim - a recorded statement solid, the article's sentence dashed, a theory dash-dot.

Hungarian–Romanian War · Recorded · 1918 – 1920Hungarian–Romanian WarUnited Principalities of Moldavia and Wallachia · Linked · 1859 – 1881United Principalities of Moldavi…Socialist Republic of Romania · Linked · 1965 – 1989Socialist Republic of RomaniaMolotov–Ribbentrop Pact · In the article · 1939 · “Following the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact of 1939, in June 1940 Romania accepted the loss of Bessarabia, Northern Bukovina and the Hertsa region in favour of the …”Molotov–Ribbentrop PactBessarabian question · Coincidence · 1812 – 1997Bessarabian questionHoria Sima · Coincidence · 1903 – 1993Horia SimaRomania · 1989 – 2026Romania1850190019502000
recordedin the articlelinkedcoincidence

Open the investigation: every row with its evidence, the conditions at the time, the theories condition by condition, and the succession analysed.

Open in the atlas

Wikidata Q218 (CC0) · borders Cliopatria, CC BY 4.0 · coast and rivers Natural Earth · symbols from Wikimedia Commons, each credited above · data built 2026-10-06 · Pastlas v2.9.1, by Oleh Voronko. The published atlas and its data are for non-commercial use.