{"id":5561,"date":"2025-06-23T07:02:19","date_gmt":"2025-06-23T07:02:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/?p=5561"},"modified":"2025-06-23T07:02:19","modified_gmt":"2025-06-23T07:02:19","slug":"romanias-ruling-coalition-sketches-new-cabinet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/?p=5561","title":{"rendered":"Romania’s ruling coalition sketches new cabinet"},"content":{"rendered":"

The four parties seeking a new ruling coalition in Romania have nominated candidates over the weekend for the ministries they are supposed to oversee, while a final agreement on the coalition’s protocol is expected to be sealed on June 23. Some of the candidates proposed by parties have already prompted criticism, while prime minister-designate Ilie Bolojan is supposed to have a right to veto that is still rather informal.<\/p>\n

The new government will have five deputy prime ministers \u2013 one from each of the four parties forming the coalition plus Dragos Anastasiu, deputy prime minister for reform, Digi24<\/a> reported.<\/p>\n

Anastasiu, previously president of the German-Romanian Chamber of Commerce and Industry and a member of the Advisory Board of the Romanian Business Leaders Foundation, has served as presidential advisor to Ilie Bolojan for the period when he later served as interim head of state.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The other deputy prime ministers are Marian Neacsu (PSD), Tanczos Barna (UDMR), Ionut Mosteanu (USR, also to serve as minister of defence), and Catalin Predoiu (PNL, also to serve as minister of interior).\u00a0<\/p>\n

The reformist party USR nominated two key ministers, namely of foreign affairs and defence \u2013 whose ministries are also overseen by the president, and in this regard, the position of Nicusor Dan should be informally considered.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The two proposals made by USR already prompted severe criticism for the candidates’ lack of formal training and experience in the areas: Oana Toiu (Foreign Ministry) is an expert in leadership and entrepreneurship with formal education in journalism, while Ionut Mosteanu (Defence Ministry) has a career in marketing with uncertain educational background. \u00a0<\/p>\n

Other candidates, such as Florin Barbu (PSD, Ministry of Agriculture) and Bogdan Ivan (PSD, Energy), may raise question marks due to their past performances in the previous government. The candidate proposed by Social Democrats (PSD) for the deputy prime minister position, Marian Neacsu, highlights the lack of reforms in the party: despite his highly questionable formal education and experience, he has been appointed to various top positions requiring high expertise, such as in the board of the energy market supervisory body ANRE.<\/p>\n

PSD ministers\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

\tMinistry of Health – Alexandru Rogobete\u00a0
\n\tMinistry of Justice – Radu Marinescu\u00a0
\n\tMinistry of Energy – Bogdan Ivan\u00a0
\n\tMinistry of Agriculture – Florin Barbu\u00a0
\n\tMinistry of Labor – Florin Petre Manole\u00a0
\n\tMinistry of Transport – Ciprian \u0218erban\u00a0<\/p>\n

PNL ministers\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

\tMinistry of Interior – C\u0103t\u0103lin Predoiu\u00a0
\n\tMinistry of Finance – Alexandru Nazare\u00a0
\n\tMinistry of Investments and European Funds – Drago\u0219 P\u00eeslaru\u00a0
\n\tMinistry of Education – Daniel David\u00a0<\/p>\n

USR ministers\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

\tMinistry of Environment – Diana Buzoianu\u00a0
\n\tMinistry of Foreign Affairs – Oana \u021aoiu\u00a0
\n\tMinistry of Defense – Ionu\u021b Mosteanu\u00a0
\n\tMinistry of Economy – Radu Miruta\u00a0<\/p>\n

UDMR ministers<\/strong><\/p>\n

\tMinistry of Culture – Demeter Andras Istvan\u00a0
\n\tMinistry of Development – Cseke Attila<\/p>\n

iulian@romania-insider.com<\/em><\/p>\n

(Photo source: Cateyeperspective\/Dreamstime.com<\/a>)<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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