Romanian Academy

According to its bylaws, the academy's main goals are the cultivation of Romanian language and Romanian literature, the study of the national history of Romania and research into major scientific domains. Some of the academy's fundamental projects are the Romanian language dictionary (Dicționarul explicativ al limbii române), the dictionary of Romanian literature, and the treatise on the history of the Romanian people.

Recorded constituent parts are Romanian Academy Library and Romanian Academy's Publishing House. It is associated with Romania. The record gives 1866 as its date of establishment or first appearance. Its recorded founders are Vincențiu Babeș, George Bariț and Ioan D.

• Name — Academia Română • Location — Calea Victoriei, Bucharest, Romania • Leader Title — President • Leader Name — Ioan-Aurel Pop • Leader Title2 — Vice presidents • Leader Name2 — * Marius Andruh • Mircea Dumitru • Dumitru Murariu • Nicolae-Victor Zamfir • Leader Title3 — General Secretary • Leader Name3 — I. Dumitrache • Website — https: acad.ro/

On the initiative of C. A. Rosetti, the Academy was founded on April 1, 1866, as Societatea Literară Română. The founding members were illustrious members of the Romanian society of the age. The name changed to Societatea Academică Romînă in 1867, and finally to Academia Română in 1879, during the reign of Carol I. The founding members of the Academy: • Number — Name — Born — Province — Age at founding — Died — Member for — Notes • 1 — Vasile Alecsandri — 21 July 1821 — Moldavia — 22 August 1890 • 2 — Vincențiu Babeș — 21 January 1821 — Banat — 22 January 1907 • 3 — George Barițiu — 4 June 1812 — Transylvania — 2 May 1893 • 4 — Ioan D. Caragiani — 11 February 1841 — Macedonia — 13 January 1921 — Aromanian • 5 — Timotei Cipariu — 21 February 1805 — Transylvania — 3 September 1887 • 6 — Dimitrie Cozacovici — 1790 — Macedonia — 31 August 1868 — Unknown date of birth Aromanian • 7 — Ambrosiu Dimitrovici — 20 July 1838 — Bucovina — 3 July 1866 • 8 — Ștefan Gonata — 1 February 1838 — Basarabia — 18 September 1896 • 9 — Alexandru Hâjdeu — 30 November 1811 — Basarabia — 9 November 1872 • 10 — Ion Heliade Rădulescu — 6 January 1802 — Țara Românească — 27 April 1872 — First President of the Academy • 11 — Iosif Hodoș — 20 October 1829 — Transylvania — 28 November 1880 • 12 — Alexandru Hurmuzaki — 16 August 1823 — Bucovina — 8 March 1871 • 13 — Nicolae Ionescu — 1820 — Moldavia — 24 January 1905 • 14 — August Treboniu Laurian — 17 July 1810 — Transylvania — 25 February 1881 • 15 — Titu Maiorescu — 15 February 1840 — Țara Românească — 18 June 1917 • 16 — I. C. Massim — 1825 — Țara Românească — 1877 — No known date of birth/death • 17 — Andrei Mocioni — 27 June 1812 — Banat — 23 April 1880 • 18 — Gavriil Munteanu — February 1812 — Transylvania — 17 December 1869 • 19 — Costache Negruzzi — 1808 — Moldavia — 24 August 1868 • 20 — Alexandru Roman — 26 November 1826 — Transylvania — 15 September 1897 • 21 — C. A. Rosetti — 2 June 1816 — Țara Românească — 8 April 1885 • 22 — Ion G. Sbiera — 1 November 1835 — Bucovina — 22 October 1916 • 23 — Constantin Stamati — 1786 — Basarabia — 12 September 1869 • 24 — Ioan Străjescu — 1833 — Basarabia — 1873 — No known date of birth/death • 25 — Vasile Urechea-Alexandrescu — 15 February 1834 — Moldavia — 21 November 1901 The Presidents of the Academy: • Number — Name — Term began — Term ended — Notes • 1 — Ion Heliade Rădulescu — 1867 — 1870 • 2 — August Treboniu Laurian — 1870 — 1872 — first term • 3 — Nicolae Kretzulescu — 1872 — 1873 — first term • 4 — August Treboniu Laurian — 1873 — 1876 — second term • 5 — Ion Ghica — 1876 — 1882 — first term • 6 — Dimitrie A. Sturdza — 1882 — 1884 • 7 — Ion Ghica — 1884 — 1887 — second term • 8 — Mihail Kogălniceanu — 1887 — 1890 • 9 — Ion Ghica — 1890 — 1893 — third term • 10 — George Bariț — 5 April 1893 — 2 May 1893 — died in office • 11 — Iacob C. Negruzzi — 1893 — 1894 — first term • 12 — Ion Ghica — 1894 — 1895 — fourth term • 13 — Nicolae Kretzulescu — 1895 — 1898 — second term • 14 — Petru Poni — 1898 — 1901 — first term • 15 — Petre S. Aurelian — 1901 — 1904 • 16 — Ioan Kalinderu — 1904 — 1907 • 17 — Anghel Saligny — 1907 — 1910 • 18 — Iacob C. Negruzzi — 1910 — 1913 — second term • 19 — Constantin I. Istrati — 1913 — 1916 • 20 — Petru Poni — 1916 — 1920 — second term • 21 — Dimitrie Onciul — 1920 — 1923 • 22 — Iacob C. Negruzzi — 1923 — 1926 — third term • 23 — Emil Racoviță — 1926 — 1929 • 24 — Ioan Bianu — 1929 — 1932 • 25 — Ludovic Mrazek — 1932 — 1935 • 26 — Alexandru Lapedatu — 1935 — 1938 • 27 — Constantin Rădulescu-Motru — 1938 — 1941 • 28 — Ion Th. Simionescu — 1941 — 1944 • 29 — Dimitrie Gusti — 1944 — 1946 • 30 — Andrei Rădulescu — 1946 — 12 August 1948 • 31 — Traian Săvulescu — 12 August 1948 — 23 December 1959 • 32 — Athanase Joja — 1959 — 1963 • 33 — Ilie G. Murgulescu — 1963 — 1966 • 34 — Miron Nicolescu — 8 April 1966 — 30 June 1975 — died in office • — Șerban Țițeica — 1975 — 1976 — acting • 35 — Theodor Burghele — 1976 — 3 June 1977 — died in office • — Cristofor Simionescu — 3 June 1977 — 19 March 1980 — acting • 36 — Gheorghe Mihoc — 19 March 1980 — 25 December 1981 — died in office • — Ioan Anton — 25 December 1981 — 13 November 1984 — acting • 37 — Radu Voinea — 13 November 1984 — 2 February 1990 • 38 — Mihai Drăgănescu — 2 February 1990 — 18 January 1994 • 39 — Virgiliu N. G. Constantinescu — 1994 — 1998 • 40 — Eugen Simion — 16 January 1998 — 20 April 2006 • 41 — Ionel Haiduc — 20 April 2006 — 8 April 2014 • 42 — Ionel Valentin Vlad — 8 April 2014 — 24 December 2017 — died in office • — Cristian Hera — 5 January 2018 — 5 April 2018 — acting • 43 — Ioan-Aurel Pop — 5 April 2018 — present

• Illustration — The Romanian Academy Library building Established in 1867, the Bibilioteca Academiei Române has a collection of over seven million books and collections of drawings, engravings, maps, and coins. The Academy also operates its own publishing house.

Alexandru Mihăescu describes it in 2025 as infested with nationalists, sovereignists, and protochronists. According to Mihăescu, it is a supporter of pro-Russian propaganda and extremism.