The Standing Bureau of the Senate consists of the President of the Senate, four vice-presidents, four secretaries, and four quaestors. The President of the Standing Bureau also serves as the President of the Senate. The President is elected, by secret ballot, for the duration of the legislative period.^[4]

The political stance of presidents of the upper house after the development of a modern party system is given by:

Interim (acting) officeholders are denoted by italics. The Rule of the Senate states that at the first standing of the house, the meeting is headed by the eldest senator and helped by the youngest senator. Those bear the title of Interim President of the Senate, and, as their term is very short (one or two days) are not listed. The interim officeholders listed have hold the office in different circumstances and for a longer time.

The Standing Bureau of the Senate consists of the President of the Senate, four vice-presidents, four secretaries, and four quaestors. The President of the Standing Bureau also serves as the President of the Senate. The President is elected, by secret ballot, for the duration of the legislative period.^[4]

The political stance of presidents of the upper house after the development of a modern party system is given by:

Elections	#	Name	Portrait	Born-Died	Took office	Left office	Party
Senate since 1990
1990	36	Alexandru Bârlădeanu		1911–1997	18 June 1990	16 October 1992	FSN
1992	37	Oliviu Gherman		1930–2020	22 October 1992	22 November 1996	FDSN/PDSR
1996	38	Petre Roman		1946–	27 November 1996	22 December 1999	PD
	39	Mircea Ionescu-Quintus		1917–2017	4 February 2000	30 November 2000	PNL
2000	40	Nicolae Văcăroiu		1943–	15 December 2000	30 November 2004	PDSR/PSD
2004					30 November 2000	14 October 2008	PSD
	—	Doru-Ioan Tărăcilă		1951–	14 October 2008	28 October 2008	PSD
	41	Ilie Sârbu		1950–	28 October 2008	13 December 2008	PSD
2008	42	Mircea Geoană		1958–	19 December 2008	23 November 2011	PSD
	—	Petru Filip		1955–	23 November 2011	28 November 2011	PDL
	43	Vasile Blaga		1956–	28 November 2011	3 July 2012	PDL
	44	Crin Antonescu		1959–	3 July 2012	19 December 2012	PNL

Interim (acting) officeholders are denoted by italics. The Rule of the Senate states that at the first standing of the house, the meeting is headed by the eldest senator and helped by the youngest senator. Those bear the title of Interim President of the Senate, and, as their term is very short (one or two days) are no

Interim (acting) officeholders are denoted by italics. The Rule of the Senate states that at the first standing of the house, the meeting is headed by the eldest senator and helped by the youngest senator. Those bear the title of Interim President of the Senate, and, as their term is very short (one or two days) are not listed. The interim officeholders listed have hold the office in different circumstances and for a longer time.