{"id":5121,"date":"2025-05-22T10:01:17","date_gmt":"2025-05-22T10:01:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/?p=5121"},"modified":"2025-05-22T10:01:17","modified_gmt":"2025-05-22T10:01:17","slug":"nicusor-dan-officially-confirmed-as-romanias-next-president","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/?p=5121","title":{"rendered":"Nicu\u0219or Dan officially confirmed as Romania&#8217;s next president"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Constitutional Court (CCR) officially validated the results of the May 18 presidential election on Thursday, May 22, confirming <a href=\"https:\/\/www.romania-insider.com\/who-is-nicusor-dan-romania-president-may-2025\" target=\"_blank\">Nicu\u0219or Dan<\/a> as Romania\u2019s next president. The solemn session was attended by both the president-elect and Romania\u2019s interim president, Ilie Bolojan.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Earlier in the day, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.romania-insider.com\/constitutional-court-rejects-challenge-presidential-elections-may-2025\" target=\"_blank\">the top court unanimously rejected<\/a> a request to annul the election filed by defeated candidate George Simion, the leader of the far-right party AUR.<\/p>\n<p>Following the official announcement, Nicu\u0219or Dan delivered a speech thanking the Romanian people for their high turnout. \u201cIn this way, they gave legitimacy to the new president,\u201d he said, as quoted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.euronews.ro\/articole\/nicusor-dan-validat-oficial-presedinte-al-romaniei-sedinta-solemna-a-ccr-a-incepu\" target=\"_blank\">Euronews Romania<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>He also expressed gratitude to Ilie Bolojan for ensuring political stability during the interim period.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis marks a new chapter in Romania\u2019s contemporary history,\u201d Dan stated, pledging to strengthen democratic institutions, support economic growth, and defend civil liberties. \u201cThere will be many challenges, but I hope we will meet them successfully. Romanian society has shown wisdom, and I am convinced it will continue to push for the positive change our country needs.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In his own address, interim president Ilie Bolojan hailed the \u201cpeaceful and democratic\u201d conclusion of the electoral cycle. \u201cThese elections, held correctly and with a high turnout, demonstrate our country\u2019s capacity to organize free and fair elections,\u201d he said, calling the transition \u201ca new beginning &#8211; of trust, of hope, and of prosperity.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Nicu\u0219or Dan <a href=\"https:\/\/www.romania-insider.com\/romania-presidential-elections-2025-exit-polls-show-bucharest-mayor-lead-both-candidates-claim\" target=\"_blank\">secured victory <\/a>with 53.60% of the vote, defeating far-right challenger George Simion. After the Constitutional Court&#8217;s validation, the next procedural step is the swearing-in ceremony before Parliament, which is set to be scheduled in the coming days.<\/p>\n<p>irina.marica@romania-insider.com<\/p>\n<p>(Photo source:\u00a0<em>Inquam Photos \/\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.inquamphotos.com\/users\/georgecalin\">George\u00a0C\u0103lin<\/a>)<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Constitutional Court (CCR) officially validated the results of the May 18 presidential election on Thursday, May 22, confirming Nicu\u0219or Dan as Romania\u2019s next president. The solemn session was attended by both the president-elect and Romania\u2019s interim president, Ilie Bolojan.\u00a0 Earlier in the day, the top court unanimously rejected a request to annul the election [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5121","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5121","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5121"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5121\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5121"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5121"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5121"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}