Romania

Area: 238 391 km²
Population: 21.7 million
Capital city: Bucharest
Currency: 1 new leu = 100 bani, 1 euro = 3.50 new leu (RON) (dec. 2005)
National day: 1 December
EU membership: Planned EU membership: 1 January 2007

Head of State: President Traian Băsescu
Head of Government: Prime Minister Călin Popescu-Tăriceanu
Foreign Minister: Mihai-Răzvan Ungureanu
Government: Coalition: Partidul National Liberal (PNL, National Liberal Party, 64 seats), Partidul Democrat (PD, Democratic Party, 48 seats), Uniunea Democrata Maghiara din România (UDMR, Democratic Alliance of Hungarians in Romania, 22 seats), Partidul Conservator (PC, Conservative Party, 19 seats)
Parliament: Bicameral: Camera Deputatilor, 332 members, elections every 4 years, 5% threshold, Senatul, 137 members

GDP: € 58 947 million (2004)
GDP per capita in PPS: €7.000 (2004, estimate)
Economic growth in real terms: + 8.3 % (2004, estimate)

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

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