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Romania GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS
Government: 1965 Constitution amended in 1974.
Highly
centralized and controlled by President Nicolae Ceausescu
and his
inner circle. Primary branches Grand National Assembly,
State
Council, Council of Ministers, judicial system.
Politics: Monopolized by Romanian Communist
Party headed
by General Secretary Ceausescu. Power concentrated in
Political
Executive Committee and its Permanent Bureau and in unique
joint
party-state agencies. Communists head all central
government bodies
and local people's councils.
Foreign Relations: Diplomatic relations with 125
countries and Palestine Liberation Organization. Most
independent
member of Warsaw Treaty Organization. Neutral throughout
SinoSoviet dispute. Relations with West deteriorated in 1980s
because
of human rights record. Relationship with Hungary
extremely tense.
International Agreements: Frequently
uncooperative member
of Warsaw Treaty Organization and Council for Mutual
Economic
Assistance; member of United Nations, World Bank,
International
Monetary Fund, General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade,
World Health
Organization, Group of 77.
Signatory to Helsinki Accords; refused to abide by final
document
of Vienna Conference on Security and Cooperation in
Europe, January
1989.
Data as of July 1989
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