Judge Liviu Odagiu was elected on Thursday as president of the Superior Council of Magistracy (CSM).
Prosecutor Bogdan Staicu will serve as the CSM's vice president, agerpres reports.
The Superior Council of Magistracy convened in plenary meeting on Thursday to elect its new leadership, the president and the vice president.
The CSM has 19 members: nine judges and five prosecutors elected by magistrates in the General Assemblies of courts and prosecutor's offices, two representatives of civil society elected by the Senate and three ex officio members, the Minister of Justice, the president of the High Court of Cassation and Justice and the Prosecutor General of Romania. The term of office for elected members is six years without the possibility of reappointment.
According to the Constitution and Law 317/2004 on the CSM, the Council is headed by a president assisted by a vice president, who must come from different sections, for a one-year term that cannot be renewed.
The CSM leadership is elected by a vote of the plenary members and if the president is a judge, the vice president must be a prosecutor and vice versa.
The Superior Council of Magistracy currently includes judges Daniel Gradinaru, High Court of Cassation and Justice, Denisa-Angelica Stanisor, High Court of Cassation and Justice, Gheorghe-Liviu Odagiu, Alba Iulia Court of Appeal, Elena Raluca Costache, Bucharest Court of Appeal, Ramona Gratiela Milu, Brasov Court of Appeal, Mihaela-Laura Radu, Bucharest Tribunal, Narcis Erculescu, Dambovita Tribunal, Claudiu-Marian Dragusin, Bucharest Sector 4 Court and Vasile-Alin Ene, Ploiesti Court.
The CSM also includes prosecutors Daniel Horodniceanu, Prosecutor's Office attached to the High Court of Cassation and Justice, Emilia Ion, Prosecutor's Office attached to the Bucharest Court of Appeal, Bogdan Silviu Staicu, Prosecutor's Office attached to the Bucharest Tribunal, Claudiu Constantin Sandu, Prosecutor's Office attached to the Brasov Tribunal and Marioara Catalina Sîntion, Prosecutor's Office attached to the Bucharest Sector 3 Court.
Fanel Mihalcea and Ioan Sas were elected by the Senate as CSM members representing civil society.
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