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
Where it sits in time
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
- Socialist Republic of Romania · replaces · 1965 – 1989
- United Principalities of Moldavia and Wallachia · replaces · 1859 – 1881
Rulers
The line of president of Romania - the office this state names as its head of state.
| Ruler | Reign | Length | How it ended · source | To the ruler before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nicolae Ceaușescu | 1974 – 1989 | 15 years | ended by a named eventWikidata's end cause on the term | |
| Ion Iliescu | 1990 – 1996 | 6 years | left office aliveread off the dates alone | |
| Emil Constantinescu | 1996 – 2000 | 4 years | ending not on record | |
| Ion Iliescu | 2000 – 2004 | 4 years | left office aliveread off the dates alone | |
| Traian Băsescu | 2004 – 2014 | 10 years | ending not on record | |
| Crin Antonescu | 2012 – 2012 | under a year | ending not on record | |
| Klaus Iohannis | 2014 – 2025 | 11 years | resigned or stood down, the article saysread from the ruler's own article | |
| Ilie Bolojan | 2025 – 2025 | under a year | ending not on record | |
| Nicușor Dan | 2025 – in office | in office since 2025 | still 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 Dăscălescu | 1982 – 1989 |
| Petre Roman | 1989 – 1991 |
| Theodor Stolojan | 1991 – 1992 |
| Nicolae Văcăroiu | 1992 – 1996 |
| Victor Ciorbea | 1996 – 1998 |
| Gavril Dejeu | 1998 – 1998 |
| Radu Vasile | 1998 – 1999 |
| Mugur Isărescu | 1999 – 2000 |
| Alexandru Athanasiu | 1999 – 1999 |
| Adrian Năstase | 2000 – 2004 |
| Călin Popescu-Tăriceanu | 2004 – 2008 |
| Emil Boc | 2008 – 2012 |
| Cătălin Predoiu | 2012 – 2012 |
| Mihai Răzvan Ungureanu | 2012 – 2012 |
| Victor Ponta | 2012 – 2015 |
| Sorin Cîmpeanu | 2015 – 2015 |
| Dacian Cioloș | 2015 – 2017 |
| Mihai Tudose | 2017 – 2018 |
| Sorin Grindeanu | 2017 – 2017 |
| Mihai Fifor | 2018 – 2018 |
| Viorica Dăncilă | 2018 – 2019 |
| Ludovic Orban | 2019 – 2020 |
| Florin Cîțu | 2020 – 2021 |
| Nicolae Ciucă | 2021 – 2023 |
| Cătălin Predoiu | 2023 – 2023 |
| Marcel Ciolacu | 2023 – 2024 |
| Cătălin Predoiu | 2025 – 2025 |
| Ilie Bolojan | 2025 – … |
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.
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.
.svg/120px-Flag_of_the_United_Principalities_of_Romania_(1862%E2%80%931866).svg.png)
flag, 1862 – 1866Flag of the United Principalities of Romania (1862–1866) · Public domain 
flag, 1867 – 1947Flag of Romania · Public domain .svg/120px-Flag_of_Romania_(January-March_1948).svg.png)
flag, 1947 – 1949Flag of Romania (January-March 1948) · Public domain .svg/120px-Flag_of_Romania_(1948%E2%80%931952).svg.png)
flag, 1949 – 1952Flag of Romania (1948–1952) · Public domain .svg/120px-Flag_of_Romania_(1952%E2%80%931965).svg.png)
flag, 1952 – 1965Flag of Romania (1952–1965) · Public domain .svg/120px-Flag_of_Romania_(1965%E2%80%931989).svg.png)
flag, 1965 – 1989Flag of Romania (1965–1989) · Public domain 
flag, from 1989Flag of Romania · Public domain 
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 – 199911 rows · 1 wars and battles · 2 risings, regime changes and massacres
- Klaus Iohannis · ruler · 1959 – present
- Traian Băsescu · ruler · 1951 – present
- Ion Iliescu · ruler · 1930 – 2025
- Nicușor Dan · ruler · 1969 – present
- Romanian revolution · unrest · 1989
- Emil Constantinescu · ruler · 1939 – present
- Ilie Bolojan · ruler · 1969 – present
- Nicolae Văcăroiu · ruler · 1943 – present
and 3 more in the atlas.
2000 – 20993 rows · 2 risings, regime changes and massacres
- COVID-19 pandemic in Romania · plague · 2020
- 2017–2019 Romanian protests · unrest · 2017
- 2012 Romanian protests · unrest · 2012
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.
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
- On the timeline, 1979 – 2036, with everything that stood beside it.
- On the map in 1990, live: scrub the year and watch its borders move.
- Investigate it: what led to it, what came of it, and its succession analysed.
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.