Regents of Romania

Romania was created when the Ottoman vassal states of Moldavia and Wallachia were united 1861, they had already been in a personal union since 1859. Full independence from the Ottoman Empire was achieved 1878 and two years later was Romania recognised as a kingdom, the coronation of prince Karol to king occurred in 1881. Romania participated in the First World War and won Transylvania and Bessarabia, which meant that all lands populated by Romanians was then a part of Romania. But Bessarabia was later lost to the Soviet Union during the Second World War.

House of Cuza

1861-1866	Alexandru Ioan Cuza (prince)
House of Hohenzollern
1866-1914 1914-1927 1927-1930 1930-1940 1940-1947 1947-	Carol I ( = 1881) Ferdinand I Mihai I Carol II Mihai I (restored) Republic
Communist Rule Peoples republic of Romania 1947-66 Socialist republic of Romania 1966-89
1947-1952 1952-1958 1958-1961 1961-1965 1965-1967 1967-1989 1989-	Constantin Ion Parhon Petru Groza Ion Gheorghe Maurer Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej Chivu Stoica Nicolae Ceauşescu Democratic governments