| Name | Portrait | Born-Died | Election | Took office | Left office | Party |
|---|
| Principality of Transylvania |
| József Pataki | | | | April 1861 | ? | |
| Austro-Hungarian Empire |
| Zsigmond Szentkirályi | | | | 1 September 1867 | 1868 | |
| Unknown | | | | 1868 | 1874 | |
| Elek Simon | | | | 1 February 1874 | 1 September 1880 | |
| Károly Haller | | | | 1 August 1884 | 1 May 1886 | |
| Géza Albach | | | | 1 May 1886 | 30 June 1898 | |
| Géza Szvacsina | | | | 1 July 1898 | 30 November 1913 | |
| Gusztáv Haller | | | | 1 December 1913 | 19 January 1919 | |
| Kingdom of Romania[1] |
| 1 | Iulian Pop | | | | 19 January 1919 | April 1923 | |
| — | Aurel Moga | | | | April 1923 | April 1923 | |
| 2 | Octavian Utalea | | | | 1 May 1923 | 14 March 1926 | |
| 3 | Theodor Mihali | | | | 21 April 1926 | 21 October 1926 | |
| 4 | Vasile Osvadă | | | | 21 October 1926 | 23 June 1927 | |
| (3) | Theodor Mihali | | | | 23 June 1927 | 24 July 1931 | |
| 5 | Prof. Coriolan Tătaru | | | | 24 July 1931 | 31 January 1932 | |
| 6 | Dr. Sebastian Bornemisa | | | | 1 February 1932 | 11 June 1932 | |
| 7 | Dr. Victor Deleu | | | | 11 June 1932 | 18 November 1933 | |
| 8 | Prof. Dr. Nicolae Drăganu | | | | 18 November 1933 | 1 January 1938 | |
| 9 | Dr. Laurian Gabor | | | | 1 January 1938 | 13 February 1938 | |
| 10 | Richard Filipescu | | | | 17 February 1938 | 23 September 1938 | |
| (6) | Dr. Sebastian Bornemisa | | | | 23 September 1938 | September 1940 | |
| Kingdom of Hungary (Vienna awards) |
| Dr. Vasarhelyi Lászlo | | | | September 1940 | 16 April 1941 | |
| Keledy Tibor | | | | 16 April 1941 | 1944 | |
| Kingdom of Romania (restored) |
| 11 | Dr. Ioan Demeter | | | | 1944 | 1944 | |
| 12 | Tudor Bugnariu | | | | 1944 | 1945 | |
| 13 | Gheorghe Chintezanu | | | | 1944 | 1947 | |
| Communist Romania |
| (13) | Gheorghe Chintezanu | | | | 1947 | 1952 | |
| 14 | Petre Jurca | | | | 1952 | 1957 | |
| 15 | Aurel Duca | | | | 1956 | 1960 | |
| 16 | Gheorghe Lăpădeanu | | | | 1960 | 1968 | |
| 17 | Remus Bucșa | | | | 1968 | 1975 | |
| 18 | Constantin Crișan | | | | 1975 | 1983 | |
| 19 | Constantin Chirilă | | | | 1983 | 1985 | |
| 20 | Nicolae Preda | | | | 1985 | 1986 | |
| 21 | Gheorghe Cordea | | | | 1986 | 1989 | |
| Romania |
| 22 | Ion Pop | | | | 1989 | 1990 | |
| 23 | Alexandru Șerban | | | | 1990 | 1990 | |
| 24 | Mihai Tălpean | | | | 1990 | 1991 | |
| 25 | Teodor Groza | | | | 1991 | 1992 | |
| 26 | Gheorghe Funar | | | 1992 | 1992 | June 2004 | PUNR |
| 1996 | PUNR/PRM |
| 2000 | PRM |
| 27 | Emil Boc | | | 2004 | June 2004 | December 2008 | PD/PD-L |
| 2008 |
| 28 | Sorin Apostu | | | — | December 2008 | November 2011 | PD-L |
| 2009 |
| — | Radu Moisin | | | — | November 2011 | 22 June 2012 | PD-L |
| (27) | Emil Boc | | | 2012 | 22 June 2012 | | PD-L/PNL |
| 2016 | PNL |
| 2020 | |
