The Romanian Court of Accounts ( ro, Curtea de Conturi a României) is the

Romania Romania ( ; ro, România ) is a country located at the crossroads of Central, Eastern, and Southeastern Europe. It borders Bulgaria to the south, Ukraine to the north, Hungary to the west, Serbia to the southwest, Moldova to the east, and ...

n state authority charged with conducting financial audit over the way the state and public resources are managed and used.

History

The court was established by a law of 1864, signed by

Alexandru Ioan Cuza Alexandru Ioan Cuza (, or Alexandru Ioan I, also anglicised as Alexander John Cuza; 20 March 1820 – 15 May 1873) was the first ''domnitor'' (Ruler) of the Romanian Principalities through his double election as prince of Moldavia on 5 Janua ...

. In December 1948, under the nascent

communist regime A communist state, also known as a Marxist–Leninist state, is a one-party state that is administered and governed by a communist party guided by Marxism–Leninism. Marxism–Leninism was the state ideology of the Soviet Union, the Cominte ...

, it was disbanded. Revived in 1973 as the Higher Court of Financial Control (''Curtea Superioară de Control Financiar''), this too was abolished in early 1990, following the

Romanian Revolution The Romanian Revolution ( ro, Revoluția Română), also known as the Christmas Revolution ( ro, Revoluția de Crăciun), was a period of violent civil unrest in Romania during December 1989 as a part of the Revolutions of 1989 that occurred ...

. The Court of Audit was re-established by a law of 1992, and began functioning the following year.Istoricul Curții de Conturi
at the Court of Audit site

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