The National Institute of Statistics in Bucharest in 2009
The National Institute of Statistics (Romanian: Institutul Național de Statistică, INS) is a Romaniangovernment 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 2022.
Leadership
The head of the NIS is currently Tudorel Andrei, while the three vice-presidents are:[1]
Ioan-Silviu Vîrva, in charge of economic and social statistics
Marian Chivu, in charge of national accounts and the dissemination of statistical information
Beatrix Gered, in charge of IT activities and statistical infrastructure
History
Romania's first official statistics body was the Central Office for Administrative Statistics (Oficiul 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.[2]
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
Oficiul Central de Statistică Administrativă
1859–1892
State Directorate for General Statistics
Direcția 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
Direcția Centrală de Statistică
1951–1989
National Commission for Statistics
Comisia Națională pentru Statistică
1989–1998
National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies
Institutul Național de Statistică și Studii Economice
