The vote took place during the body's annual meeting held in the French capital of Paris.

Morariu, a former international rugby player, was the President of the Romanian Rugby Federation between 2001 to 2003 as well as the head of the Romanian National Olympic Committee for 10 years between 2004 and 2014.

The 54-year-old was elected as the head of Rugby Europe in 2012, replacing Frenchman Jean Claude Baque, who had held the role for 15 years.

As the sole candidate running, Morariu was unanimously re-elected for a new four-year term until December 2020, including the next Rugby World Cup in 2019 in Japan and the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.

“I am honoured to be supported by all of you and I am proud to represent the European Rugby Family," Morariu said. 

"I hope the coming years will confirm the emerging hopes that were seeded these recent years."

Further to modifications of the organisation's by-laws adopted during the Rugby Europe Congress in June in Tbilisi, the new structure of the board is composed of a President and 16 members including a treasurer, a general secretary and deputy general secretary.

Russian Vyacheslav Kopiev, Rob Udwin of England, Madeleine Lathi of Sweden and Frenchman Fabien Pelous were all appointed as vice-presidents.

Gilbert Celli of San Marino was appointed General Secretary while Bernard Jargeac of Luxembourg will assume role of his deputy.

Switzerland's Peter Schupbach was voted in as treasurer.

During the elections, Keith Chapman, who led Spain's rugby sevens team at Rio 2016, was appointed to the body's nominations committee alongside Ireland's Des Kavanagh, Stina Leijonhufvud of Sweden, Russian Vladimir Pavlov and Igor Zonja of Croatia.

Meanwhile Jonathan Dance of England, Jean-Claude Lunel of France and Spaniard Francisco Blanco were all appointed to the appeal committee.

Dany Roelands of Belgium, Belarus' Alexander Danilevich and Frenchman Jean-Claude Legendre were all voted onto the discipline committee.