Area: 237 500 km²
Population: 21.6 million
Capital city: Bucharest
Currency: 1 new leu = 100 bani, 1 euro = 3.44 new leu (RON) (Dec. 2006)
National day: 1 December
EU-membership: 1 January 2007

Head of State: President Traian Băsescu
Head of Government: Prime Minister Călin Popescu-Tăriceanu
Foreign Minister: Adrian Cioroianu
Government: Governing parties:
National Liberal Party (PNL: 66 deputies, 29 senators)
Democratic Party (PD: 50 deputies, 21 senators)
Democratic Alliance of Hungarians in Romania (UDMR: 22 deputies, 10 senators)
Conservative Party (PC: 19 deputies, 11 senators)
18 deputies representing small national minorities who support the government in parliament but do not form part of it
Parliament: Bicameral parliament, elections every four years, last election on 28 November 2004
Senate (137 senators)
Chamber of deputies (332 members)

GDP: € 74.2 billion (2005)
GDP per capita in PPS: € 2 319 (2005)
Economic growth in real terms: + 4.1% (2005)

Links:
Head of State: http://www.presidency.ro
Government: http://www.gov.ro
Foreign Minister: http://www.mae.ro
Parliament: http://www.cdep.ro

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