The institution of civil servants in Romania, according to current legislation

• Author: Viorica Cornelia Grajdeanu
• Pages: 124-130

The institution of civil servants in Romania, according to current

legislation

Lecturer Viorica Cornelia GRĂJDEANU

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Abstract

All the functions and responsibilities established by the law in order to carry out

the legal powers of public power by the ce ntral public administration, the local public

administration and by all autonomous administrative authorities, designate the institution

of the civil service. All the legislation in force defines the civil servant as the natural

person, appointed under the law in a public position in Romania, who carries out the

activities stipulated by the normative acts in force, activities that involve the exercise of

the powers of public power. The total number of civil servants within the public

administration central and local a uthorities and within the autonomous administrative

authorities are the Corps of Civil Servants in Romania. The public state functions are

established and approved according to the law, within the ministries, the specialized

bodies of the central public administration, as well as within the autonomous

administrative authorities. Territorial public functions are established and approved,

according to the law, within the prefect institution, the deconcentrated public services of

the ministries and the other bodies of the central public administration in the territorial -

administrative units. The local public services are established and approved, according

to the law, within their own apparatus, the local public administration authorities and

the public institutions subordinated to them.

Keywords: public function, civil servant, public administration, senio r civil

servants.

JEL Classification: H11, H83, K23

1. Function and civil servant in Romania

According to the legal provisions

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all the functions and responsibilities

established by the law in order to carry out the legal attributions of public power

by the central public administration, the local public administration and by all

autonomous administrative authorities, designate the institution of the civil

service. All the legislation in force defines the civil servant as the natural person,

appointed under the terms of the law in a public position in Romania, carrying

out the activities provided by the normative acts in force, activities involving the

exercise of public authority, such as:

1) application of the laws and other normative acts;

2) the adoption of normative acts and other regulations specific to the

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Viorica Cornelia Grăjdeanu - Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, “Aurel Vlaicu” Univer-

sity of Arad, Romania, viograjdeanu@yahoo.com.

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See the Provisions of Law no. 188 of 1999 republished and updated in 2018.