The title Hero of the Socialist Republic of Romania () was the highest distinction in the Socialist Republic of Romania. It was modeled on the Soviet Union's highest award, the Hero of the Soviet Union title. It was first awarded in 1971 and was awarded for service to the implementation of domestic and foreign policy.
List of recipients (Partial List) Ionel Jora (Officer, posthumous) 1971 Nicolae Ceaușescu (Politician) 1971, 1978, and 1988 Ion Gheorghe Maurer (Politician) 1972 Chivu Stoica (Politician) 1973 Josip Broz Tito (Politician) 1972 Juan Perón (President of Argentina) 1974 Elena Ceaușescu (Politician) 1981 Dumitru Prunariu (Romanian Cosmonaut) 1981 Leonid Popov (Soviet cosmonaut) 1981
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