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The first Boc Cabinet of the Government of Romania was composed of 20 ministers, listed below. It was sworn in on 22 December 2008, the same day it received the vote of confidence from the Parliament of Romania. It was a grand coalition government, formed by the PD-L and the PSD. The Cabinet could have faced a Constitutional issue, by using the term "Deputy Prime Minister", instead of the one used in the previous cabinets "Minister of State".
Following the resignation of Liviu Dragnea (PSD) from the office of Minister of Administration and Interior, on February 2, 2009, the Parliament voted to unify the post of Deputy Prime Minister with the post of Minister of Administration and Interior.
On October 1, 2009 , following the removal from office of the Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Administration and Interior, Dan Nica (PSD), all the PSD Ministers resigned from the cabinet. As a result all their offices were taken, ad interim by the PD-L, for a period no longer than 45 days. The cabinet should have received a new vote from the Parliament, as its political composition was changed. On 13 October 2009 the Parliament voted for a motion of no confidence. As a result this Cabinet was just an acting Cabinet. Its term ended on 23 December 2009, when the new cabinet, headed also by Emil Boc received the vote of confidence from the Parliament and was sworn in at Cotroceni Palace. During the interim period, Traian Băsescu nominated repeatedly friendly candidates, despite the fact that the then opposition parties (PNL, PSD, UDMR, and the 18 representatives of the national ethnic minoritires), having an absolute majority in both Houses of Parliament, expressed their will to nominate the Mayor of Sibiu Klaus Iohannis as Prime Minister.
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Boc I cabinet
Prime Minister Name Party Period Prime Minister Emil Boc Democratic Liberal Party 22 December 2008 - 23 December 2009 Deputy Prime Minister Name Party Period Deputy Prime Minister Dan Nica Social Democratic Party 22 December 2008 - 1 October 2009 Vasile Blaga (ad interim) Democratic Liberal Party 1 October 2009 - 27 November 2009 Minister Name Party Period Justice and Citizenship Freedoms Cătălin Predoiu Independent 22 December 2008 - 23 December 2009 National Defense Mihai Stănişoară Democratic Liberal Party 22 December 2008 - 23 December 2009 Culture, Religious Affairs and National Patrimony Theodor Paleologu Democratic Liberal Party 22 December 2008 - 23 December 2009 Agriculture and Rural Development Ilie Sârbu Social Democratic Party 22 December 2008 - 1 October 2009 Radu Berceanu (ad interim) Democratic Liberal Party 1 October 2009 - 23 December 2009 Public Health Ionuţ Bazac Social Democratic Party 22 December 2008 - 1 October 2009 Adriean Videanu (ad interim) Democratic Liberal Party 1 October 2009 - 23 December 2009 Foreign Affairs Cristian Diaconescu Social Democratic Party 22 December 2008 - 1 October 2009 Cătălin Predoiu (ad interim) Independent 1 October 2009 - 23 December 2009 Economy Adriean Videanu Democratic Liberal Party 22 December 2008 - 23 December 2009 Public Finance Gheorghe Pogea Democratic Liberal Party 22 December 2008 - 23 December 2009 Labor, Family and Social Protection Marian Sârbu Social Democratic Party 22 December 2008 - 1 October 2009 Gheorghe Pogea (ad interim) Democratic Liberal Party 1 October 2009 - 23 December 2009 Environment and Sustainable Development Nicolae Nemirschi Social Democratic Party 22 December 2008 - 1 October 2009 Elena Udrea (ad interim) Democratic Liberal Party 1 October 2009 - 23 December 2009 Transport and Infrastructure Radu Berceanu Democratic Liberal Party 22 December 2008 - 23 December 2009 Administration and Interior Gabriel Oprea Social Democratic Party 22 December 2008 - 13 January 2009 Dan Nica (ad interim) 13 January 2009 - 20 January 2009 Liviu Dragnea 20 January 2009 - 2 February 2009 Dan Nica 2 February 2009 - 1 October 2009 Vasile Blaga (ad interim) Democratic Liberal Party 1 October 2009 - 23 December 2009 Regional Development and Housing Vasile Blaga Democratic Liberal Party 22 December 2008 - 27 November 2009 Education and Research Ecaterina Andronescu Social Democratic Party 22 December 2008 - 1 October 2009 Emil Boc (ad interim) Democratic Liberal Party 1 October 2009 - 23 December 2009 Youth and Sport Monica Iacob Ridzi Democratic Liberal Party 22 December 2008 - 14 July 2009 Sorina Luminiţa Plăcintă 14 July 2009 - 23 December 2009 Tourism Elena Udrea Democratic Liberal Party 22 December 2008 - 23 December 2009 Communications and Information Society Gabriel Sandu Democratic Liberal Party 22 December 2008 - 23 December 2009 Small and Medium Enterprises, Commerce and Business Environment Constantin Niţă Social Democratic Party 22 December 2008 - 1 October 2009 Gabriel Sandu (ad interim) Democratic Liberal Party 1 October 2009 - 23 December 2009 Minister Delegate Name Party Period Relations with Parliament Victor Ponta Social Democratic Party 22 December 2008 - 1 October 2009 Sorina Luminiţa Plăcintă (ad interim) Democratic Liberal Party 1 October 2009 - 23 December 2009 Boc II cabinet
After PSD left the coalition (and the Government), the media and public opinion nicknamed the resulting (shrunken) Cabinet the Boc II Cabinet.
Croitoru cabinet
The Croitoru-proposed Cabinet was Lucian Croitoru's proposal for the Cabinet of the Government of Romania, composed of 14 ministers, listed below. It was proposed on 23 October 2009, and was rejected by the Parliament of Romania on 4 November 2009.
On 15 October 2009, President Traian Băsescu, citing the need for an individual well-versed in economic policy to steer Romania through the ongoing crisis,[1] nominated the politically independent Lucian Croitoru as Prime Minister in place of Emil Boc, whose cabinet fell after losing a motion of no confidence two days earlier.[2][3][4] The nomination was backed by the Democratic Liberal Party, which is supporting Băsescu in the upcoming presidential election,[5][6] but drew criticism from the rest of the parties represented in the Romanian Parliament (the Social Democratic Party, the National Liberal Party, the Democratic Union of Hungarians in Romania and the Parliamentary group of ethnic minorities), which backed Sibiu Mayor Klaus Iohannis for the position,[7][8] and vowed to challenge Croitoru's nomination at the Constitutional Court or derail it in Parliament.[9][10] In a meeting with Croitoru on October 20, the four Parliamentary groups told Croitoru they would not vote for a cabinet headed by him, and asked him to refuse the nomination as Prime Minister.[11][12]
On October 23, Croitoru announced his proposed Cabinet, which included 14 ministers, down from 18 in Emil Boc Cabinet. There were 7 holdovers, and 7 new names (in addition to Croitoru).[13][14][15][16]
The Ministry of Youth and Sport will be merged with the Ministry of Education and Research and Innovation, the Ministry of Small and Medium Enterprises, Commerce and Business Environment which will be merged with the Ministry of Economy, the Ministry of Tourism which will be merged with the Ministry of Regional Development. Five current ministerial posts (of Youth and Sport, Small and Medium Enterprise, Tourism, Communications, and Relations with Parliament), as well as the post of Deputy Prime Minister would be cancelled.
Boc III cabinet
Following the rejection by Parliament of the Croitoru Cabinet, President Băsescu nominated sector 3 Mayor Liviu Negoiţă to form a new Government. Due to the fact that the Cabinet structure was identical to, and that most of the ministers where the same as the ones of the Boc I Cabinet, this proposed Cabinet was nicknamed by the media and analysts The Boc III Cabinet without Boc. This cabinet never received a vote from Parliament, and Negoiţă renounced to the mandate days after the run-off of the presidential election.
Boc IV & V cabinets (current cabinet)
On 23 December 2009 the new Boc Cabinet received, by a narrow margin, the vote of confidence of the Parliament, and was sworn in at Cotroceni later that day. The Government formed was a coalition government between the Democratic Liberal Party and the Democratic Union of Hungarians in Romania. It also received the (traditional) vote of the national minorities group in the Chamber of Deputies and of the two controversial groups of independents in both houses (Chamber of Deputies and Senate) of Parliament.
On 3 September 2010, Emil Boc announced a Cabinet reshuffle, replacing six Ministers. Due to the way the reshuffle was implemented, after two days of meetings and discussions, the media continued the numbering of the reshuffled Cabinet as Boc V, Boc 5.0 or Boc Vista, with reference to the possibility of a future Boc VII cabinet, and the Microsoft operating sistem.
The members of the cabinet are listed below.
Prime Minister Name Party Period Prime Minister Emil Boc Democratic Liberal Party 23 December 2009 – present Deputy Prime Minister Name Party Period Deputy Prime-Minister Béla Markó Democratic Union of Hungarians in Romania 23 December 2009 – present Minister Name Party Period Minister of Administration and Interior Vasile Blaga Democratic Liberal Party 23 December 2009 - 27 September 2010 Traian Igaş Democratic Liberal Party 27 September 2010 – present Minister of Public Finance Sebastian Vlădescu Independent 23 December 2009 – 3 September 2010 Gheorghe Ialomiţeanu Democratic Liberal Party 3 September 2010 – present Minister of Economy, Commerce and Business Environment Adriean Videanu Democratic Liberal Party 23 December 2009 – 3 September 2010 Ion Ariton Democratic Liberal Party 3 September 2010 – present Minister of Foreign Affairs Teodor Baconschi Democratic Liberal Party 23 December 2009 – present Minister of Transport and Infrastructure Radu Berceanu Democratic Liberal Party 23 December 2009 – 3 September 2010 Anca Boagiu Democratic Liberal Party 3 September 2010 – present Minister of Environment and Forests László Borbély Democratic Union of Hungarians in Romania 23 December 2009 – present Minister of Regional Development and Tourism Elena Udrea Democratic Liberal Party 23 December 2009 – present Minister of National Defense Gabriel Oprea Independent 23 December 2009 – present Minister of Culture and National Patrimony Hunor Kelemen Democratic Union of Hungarians in Romania 23 December 2009 – present Minister of Justice Cătălin Predoiu Independent 23 December 2009 – present Minister of Communications and Information Society Gabriel Sandu Democratic Liberal Party 23 December 2009 – 3 September 2010 Valerian Vreme Democratic Liberal Party 3 September 2010 – present Minister of Labor, Family and Social Protection Mihai Şeitan Democratic Liberal Party 23 December 2009 – 3 September 2010 Ioan Botiş Democratic Liberal Party 3 September 2010 – 9 April 2011 Emil Boc
(ad interim)Democratic Liberal Party 19 April 2011 – 3 June 2011 Sebastian Lăzăroiu Democratic Liberal Party 3 June 2011 – 19 September 2011 Sulfina Barbu Democratic Liberal Party 19 September 2011 - present Minister of Education, Research, Innovation, Youth and Sport Daniel Funeriu Democratic Liberal Party 23 December 2009 – present Minister of Health Attila Cseke Democratic Union of Hungarians in Romania 23 December 2009 – 17 August 2011 Ladislau Ritli Democratic Union of Hungarians in Romania 17 August 2011 – present Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Mihai Dumitru Independent 23 December 2009 – 3 September 2010 Valeriu Tabără Democratic Liberal Party 3 September 2010 – present References
- Romanian Presidency press release on December 11, 2009
- Government official website
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