{"id":8270,"date":"2025-12-23T14:00:45","date_gmt":"2025-12-23T14:00:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/?p=8270"},"modified":"2025-12-23T14:00:45","modified_gmt":"2025-12-23T14:00:45","slug":"romanias-new-defense-and-economy-ministers-take-the-oath-of-office","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/?p=8270","title":{"rendered":"Romania\u2019s new defense and economy ministers take the oath of office"},"content":{"rendered":"

Romania\u2019s new ministers of defense and economy took the oath of office on Tuesday, December 23, at the Cotroceni Palace, during a special ceremony. As such,\u00a0Radu Miru\u021b\u0103 (picture, right)<\/strong> is the new minister for defense, and Irineu Dar\u0103u (picture, left)<\/strong>\u00a0is the minister for economy.<\/p>\n

The Save Romania Union (USR) party\u00a0proposed<\/a> Radu Miru\u021b\u0103, then-minister of economy, for the position of minister of defense, and Irineu Dar\u0103u as his replacement at the former ministry. The two were later validated by the party\u2019s political committee.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Radu Miru\u021b\u0103 also held the interim position at the Defense Ministry after party colleague Ionu\u021b Mo\u0219teanu resigned<\/a> in November amid a scandal related to his university studies. The controversy erupted after Libertatea<\/a> reported that Mo\u0219teanu had falsely claimed in his first official CV to have graduated from Athenaeum University, an institution that said he was never a student. He later admitted to the mistake and presented a different diploma obtained in 2015. He had been in office for only 5 months.<\/p>\n

According to USR, the new defence minister already \u201cdemonstrated rigor in governmental activity\u201d and was involved in the implementation of the SAFE Program in Romania, an EU-backed program for equipping the Army. Miru\u021b\u0103 will also be a deputy prime minister in the coalition government.<\/p>\n

\u201cI managed to set important things in motion at the Ministry of Economy and, as the responsible deputy prime minister also overseeing this area, I will ensure that we maintain the right direction we have embarked on together with a committed team, with my colleague Irineu Dar\u0103u alongside me in leadership. At the Ministry of Defense, I will do everything within my power to ensure that the Romanian Army receives the respect it deserves and that our country continues forward on the right path,\u201d Miru\u021b\u0103 said on Facebook<\/a>, sharing the oath ceremony.<\/p>\n

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Dar\u0103u, in turn, has over 15 years of professional experience accumulated in the private sector, including international contexts, working for companies and complex projects in the industrial, financial, and technological fields. His activity has included software architecture, coordination of projects and teams, as well as collaboration with major international clients. He was elected as a senator for Bra\u0219ov in 2020.<\/p>\n

Asked about the appointments last week, president Nicu\u0219or Dan, who founded USR but eventually left the party, stated that he has confidence in Radu Miru\u021b\u0103 and in Irineu Dar\u0103u.<\/p>\n

The two ministers are not the only changes in the current cabinet. On Monday, December 22, Romanian education minister Daniel David<\/a>\u00a0also announced his resignation. He said he never aimed for a career in politics and only accepted the minister job temporarily \u201cto help the country\u201d during a crisis.<\/p>\n

The National Liberal Party (PNL), which backed David for the position, is expected to name a replacement.<\/p>\n

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

(Photo source: Administratia Prezidentiala on YouTube screen capture)<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Romania\u2019s new ministers of defense and economy took the oath of office on Tuesday, December 23, at the Cotroceni Palace, during a special ceremony. As such,\u00a0Radu Miru\u021b\u0103 (picture, right) is the new minister for defense, and Irineu Dar\u0103u (picture, left)\u00a0is the minister for economy. The Save Romania Union (USR) party\u00a0proposed Radu Miru\u021b\u0103, then-minister of economy, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8270","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8270","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8270"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8270\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8270"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8270"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8270"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}