# Nicușor Dan sworn in as Romania’s president after election rerun
Nicușor Dan was officially sworn in as Romania’s president on the event date, May 26, 2025, after winning the rerun election earlier in the month and closing a turbulent chapter in Romanian politics.
Euronews reported that Dan, a 55-year-old mathematician and former mayor of Bucharest, took the constitutional oath in a joint session of parliament. The result followed his decisive victory in the 18 May runoff against hard-right opponent George Simion, whose challenge to the result was rejected by the Constitutional Court the previous week.
The inauguration matters because Romania had been living through one of its deepest institutional shocks in years. The court had previously voided the earlier election after far-right outsider Călin Georgescu led the first round amid allegations of electoral violations and Russian interference. Moscow denied those allegations, but the annulment plunged the EU and NATO member into a prolonged crisis.
In his speech after the oath, Dan said he wanted to tackle the country’s economic problems and be a president open to the voice of society. He urged citizens to keep applying positive pressure on state institutions so they could reform. Euronews quoted him saying that the Romanian state needs a fundamental change and that he would act as a partner to society.
His immediate task is political as much as ceremonial. Dan must nominate a prime minister able to assemble support in a fragmented parliament. The report described that as a major test, one that will show whether he can mediate between competing parties while also dealing with a large budget deficit and deep social division.
The stakes go beyond domestic administration. Romania is a frontline state on the eastern edge of the EU and NATO, and the election outcome was widely viewed as important for keeping the country anchored in Western alliances as the war in neighboring Ukraine continues. Dan has already signaled continuity on those points, including a call with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte in which he said Romania would remain a steadfast ally.
Euronews also sketched Dan’s political background: civil activist, founder of the Save Romania Union, anti-corruption campaigner and two-term mayor of Bucharest. That path helps explain why his presidency is being watched as a test of whether reformist politics can still deliver institutional stability after the court annulment and the rise of populist figures.
This report stays within the evidence packet. It records the oath, the election rerun, the court annulment and the near-term governing challenge facing the new president on May 26, 2025.
