Senate of Romania

The Senate of Romania is one of the two parts of the parliament. It has 137 seats as of November, 2004.^[source?] After the Romanian Revolution of 1989, the Senate met in the "Palatul Senatului". That building is found in the Revolution Square.

The Senate Senatul
6th Legislature
Type
Type	Upper house
Leadership
President	Anca Dragu since 21 December 2020
Structure
Seats	136
Committees	15 - The Committee for legal affairs, appointments, discipline, immunities and validations; - Committee on Budget, finance, banking and capital market; - The commission for economy, industry and services; Committee on Agriculture, Forestry and Rural Development; - The Committee on Foreign Affairs; Committee on public administration, the territory and environmental protection; - The Commission for defense, public order and national security; - Commission for work, family and social protection; Committee for Education, Science, Youth and Sports; - Committee on Public Health; Committee for culture, art and media information in the table; - Commission on Human Rights, religious and minority; The Committee on Equal Opportunities; - Commission for privatization and management of state assets; - Committee on research abuses, corruption and petitions;
Elections
Voting system	1992 - 2008: Closed list, D'Hondt method since 2008: nominal vote, Mixed member proportional representation
Last election	6 December 2020
Meeting place
Palace of the Parliament, Bucharest
Website
www.senat.ro

Other websites

• Official web site of the Senate of Romania