National Institute of Statistics (Romania)

The National Institute of Statistics (Romanian: Institutul Naţional de Statistică) is a Romanian government agency which is responsible for collecting national statistics, in fields such as geography, the economy, demographics and society. The institute is also responsible for conducting Romania's census every ten years, with the latest census being organised in 2002.

Leadership

The head of the NIS is currently Vergil Voineanu, while the three vice-presidents are:

• Cristian Nicolae Stanica, in charge of European affairs, national accounts, the coordination of the national statistical system and the dissemination of statistical information
• Dan Ghergut, in charge of economic and social statistics
• Beatrix Gered, in charge IT activities and statistical infrastructure

History

Romania's first official statistics body was the Central Office for Administrative Statistics (Oficiului Central de Statistică Administrativă), established on July 12, 1859, under the reign of Alexandru Ioan Cuza. The organisation, one of the first national statistics organisations in Europe, conducted its first public census between 1859 and 1860.

The Romanian national statistics organisation was known under various names throughout the country's history, as can be seen in the table below:

English name	Romanian name	Period
Central Office for Administrative Statistics	Oficiului Central de Statistică Administrativă	1859-1892
State Directorate for General Statistics	Direcţia de Statistică Generală a Statului	1892-1925
State Institute for General Statistics	Institutul de Statistica Generală a Statului	1925-1936
Central Institute of Statistics	Institutul Central de Statistică	1936-1951
Central Directorate of Statistics	Direcţia Centrală de Statistică	1951-1989
National Commission for Statistics	Comisia Naţională pentru Statistică	1989-1998
National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies	Institutul Naţional de Statistică şi Studii Economice	1998-2001
National Institute of Statistics	Institutul Naţional de Statistică	2001-present

External links

• (English) (Romanian) National Institute of Statistics - official site