Gabriel Oprea is a Romanian politician and a general in the army reserves. The former president of the National Union for the Progress of Romania (UNPR) and a former member of the Social Democratic Party (PSD) who is now an independent,he was a member of the Romanian Chamber of Deputies for Ilfov County from 2004 to 2012 and was a Senator for Bucharest from 2012 to 2016.
Victor Viorel Ponta is a Romanian jurist and politician,who served as Prime Minister of Romania between his appointment by President Traian Băsescu in May 2012 and his resignation in November 2015. A former member of the Social Democratic Party (PSD) and its leader from 2010 to 2015,he was also joint leader (2012–2014) of the then-governing Social Liberal Union (USL),an alliance with the National Liberal Party (PNL). Ponta was a member of the Romanian Chamber of Deputies for Gorj County from 2004 to 2020. In the Emil Boc cabinet,he was Minister-Delegate for Relations with Parliament from 2008 to 2009.
Liviu Nicolae Dragnea is a Romanian engineer and former politician. Starting his career in the Democratic Party (PD),he joined the Social Democratic Party (PSD),eventually becoming its leader. After holding several positions as Minister,he resigned from the cabinet in May 2015,following a conviction in a case involving electoral fraud,for which he received a two-year suspended sentence in April 2016.
Ecaterina Andronescu is a Romanian engineer,professor,and politician. A member of the Social Democratic Party (PSD),she sat in the Romanian Chamber of Deputies from 1996 to 2008,representing Bucharest,and was a Senator from 2008 until 2020,for the same city. In the Adrian Năstase cabinet,she was Education Minister from 2000 until June 2003. She held the same position in the cabinet of Emil Boc from 2008 to 2009,in the Victor Ponta cabinet during 2012,and finally in the Viorica Dăncilăcabinet for under 9 months between November 2018 and August 2019. She is married and has one child.
Ponta II Cabinet was the Council of Ministers which governed Romania from 21 December 2012 to 5 March 2014. A crisis inside the ruling coalition,the Social Liberal Union (USL),resulted in the split of the governing alliance and collapse of the government.
Ioana Maria Petrescu is a Romanian economist who served as the country's Finance Minister. She is a public policy scholar at Harvard Kennedy School and runs a Romanian NGO "Pur și Simplu Verde" that supports local governments in their efforts to transition to a greener economy.
The 2012–2015 unrest in Romania refers to a prolonged period of civil unrest and political scandals in Romania,which took magnitude after the second half of the 2000s. The wave of civil demonstrations started in January 2012,once with the introduction of a new health reform legislation. The protests were fueled by the austerity measures applied in May 2010,but also by the unpopularity of Băsescu-backed Boc government. The demonstrations were characterized by widespread rioting and acts of vandalism. The political situation precipitated,so Prime Minister Emil Boc decided to step down on 6 February 2012.
The Fourth Ponta Cabinet was the government of Romania from 17 December 2014 to 17 November 2015. The Cabinet was supported by the Social Democratic Party (PSD),the National Union for the Progress of Romania (UNPR) and the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats (ALDE),the alliance forged by Călin Popescu-Tăriceanu's Liberal Reformist Party (PLR) and Daniel Constantin's Conservative Party (PC). Fourteen of the ministerial portfolios were held by PSD members,three by ALDE,two by UNPR and two by independent members.
Mircea Dușa was a Romanian economist and politician,who was the minister of the Interior from 6 August to 21 December 2012,and then Minister of National Defense from 21 December 2012 to 17 November 2015,both times in the cabinets of former Prime Minister Victor Ponta.
Sorin Mihai Cîmpeanu is a Romanian politician who served as Minister of Education in CiucăCabinet. He had previously held the same position in Ponta IV and Cîțu cabinets,and,between 5 and 17 November 2015,acted as Prime Minister of Romania,after President Klaus Iohannis accepted Prime Minister Ponta's resignation. Klaus Iohannis's appointment of Sorin Cîmpeanu was just a stopgap measure until a new candidate for the post was selected.
Parliamentary elections were held in Romania on 6 December 2020 to elect the 136 members of the Senate and the 330 constituent members of the Chamber of Deputies.
Mihai Tudose is a Romanian politician,jurist and academic,deputy in the Parliament of Romania,a former Minister of Economy in 2017 and a former Prime Minister of Romania in 2018. On 16 January,2018 he resigned from his position as Prime Minister after his own Social Democratic Party (PSD) retracted its political support for his government. He subsequently switched from PSD to Victor Ponta's party PRO Romania in 2019.
Valentin Popa is a Romanian engineer,university professor,and politician. On 17 February 2012,he was elected rector of the Ștefan cel Mare University of Suceava (USV). He was also minister of education of Romania from 29 January to 28 September 2018.
PRO Romania is an extra-parliamentary social liberal political party in Romania.
Maria Grapini is a Romanian businesswoman and politician. She served as the Deputy Minister in the Second Ponta cabinet. Since 2014,Grapini has been a Member of the European Parliament for the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats.
Nicolae Ionel Ciucă is a Romanian politician and retired general of the Romanian Land Forces who is serving as the president of the Senate of Romania. Ideologically a conservative,he served as Prime Minister of Romania between 25 November 2021 and 12 June 2023 after receiving widespread parliamentary support on behalf of his own party,the National Liberal Party (PNL) along with the Social Democratic Party (PSD) and the Democratic Alliance of Hungarians in Romania (UDMR/RMDSZ). Since 10 April 2022,he has also been serving as the president of the National Liberal Party (PNL). On 12 June 2023,he resigned as Prime Minister,being temporarily replaced by Cătălin Predoiu.
The Social Liberal Humanist Party,formerly Humanist Power Party (Social-Liberal) is a centrist political party in Romania. It was founded in 2015 by members of the Conservative Party (PC) who did not want to merge with the Liberal Reformist Party (PLR),led by Călin Popescu-Tăriceanu.
The CiucăCabinet was the 132nd government of Romania led by former Romanian Land Forces army general Nicolae Ciucăfrom 25 November 2021 to 12 June 2023.
Events from the year 2022 in Romania.
Events from the year 2023 in Romania.
