Standing Bureau of the Senate of Romania

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The Standing Bureau of the Senate consists of the President of the Senate, four vice-presidents, four secretaries, and four quaestors. The President of the Standing Bureau also serves as the President of the Senate. The President is elected, by secret ballot, for the duration of the legislative period. All the other members are elected at the beginning of each parliamentary session. ^[1]

The functions are distributed through the political groups respecting the proportions of the political composition of the Senate.

At the moment both Chambers of Parliament are constituted (the seats are validated, the Standing Bureau is elected, the political groups elect their Bureaus). Until the procedures are completed, the session is conducted by the eldest Senator (as President), aided by the two youngest Senators (as Secretaries).

Members

Current members^[2]^[3]
Office	Name	Group	Since
President	Crin Antonescu	PNL	July 2012
Vice-Presidents	Ioan Chelaru	PSD	February 2011
	Alexandru Pereş	PD-L/PDL	December 2008
	Dan Voiculescu	PSD+PC PNL	December 2008
	Cristian Diaconescu	Progressist	February 2011
Secretaries	Gheorghe David	PD-L/PDL	December 2008
	Orest Onofrei	PD-L/PDL	December 2008
	Adrian Ţuţuianu	PSD	September 2010
	Petru Filip	PD-L	February 2011
Quaestors	Radu Berceanu	PD-L	February 2011
	Gheorghe Marcu	PD-L	February 2011
	Dan-Radu Ruşanu	PNL	December 2008
	Attila Verestóy	UDMR	December 2008
Former members of the Standing Bureau Former offices held by current members of the Standing Bureau for the 2008 - 2012 legislature
Office	Name	Group	Term start	Term end
President	Mircea Geoană	PSD+PC PSD	December 2008	November 2011
President	Vasile Blaga	PD-L/PDL	November 2011	July 2012
Vice-Presidents	Anca Boagiu	PD-L	December 2008	September 2010
	Petru Filip	PD-L	September 2010	February 2011
	Crin Antonescu	PNL	December 2008	September 2009
	Teodor Meleșcanu	PNL	September 2009	February 2011
Secretaries	Doina Silistru	PSD+PC	December 2008	September 2010
Secretaries	Cornel Popa	PNL	December 2008	February 2011
Quaestors	Constantin Dumitru	PD-L	December 2008	February 2011
Quaestors	Ioan Chelaru	PSD+PC	December 2008	February 2011

Political Groups Leaders

Although the leaders of the political groups are not members of the Standing Bureau, they have a key part in the leadership of the Senate.

Political group	Constituent parties	Leader	Leader since - until
PD-L	Democratic Liberal Party	Igaş Constantin-Traian	19 December 2008 - 4 October 2010
PD-L	Democratic Liberal Party	Cristian Rădulescu	4 October 2010 - present
PSD + PC Alliance since 2011 only PSD	Social Democratic Party Conservative Party (until 2010)	Toma Ion	19 December 2008 - 1 September 2010
PSD + PC Alliance since 2011 only PSD	Social Democratic Party Conservative Party (until 2010)	Ilie Sârbu	1 September 2010 - present
PNL	National Liberal Party Conservative Party (since 2010)	Puiu Hașotti	19 December 2008 - 25 June 2012
PNL	National Liberal Party Conservative Party (since 2010)	Mario Oprea	25 June 2012 - present
UDMR	Democratic Union of Hungarians in Romania	Béla Markó	19 December 2008 - present
Mixed	UNPR	Şerban Mihăilescu	1 November 2010 - present

References

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