Cabinet Boc I
The Boc I cabinet was the first government of Romania formed by Emil Boc after the 2008 general election .
history
The Prime Minister Emil Boc and his cabinet were elected in the Romanian Parliament on December 22, 2008 with 324 of 471 votes and had a mandate until November 2012. The cabinet replaced the government of PNL politician Călin Popescu-Tăriceanu .
Governing parties were initially the Partidul Democrat Liberal (PD-L, Democratic-Liberal Party ) and the Partidul Social Democrat ( Social Democratic Party ). Both parties each had ten members in the cabinet; in addition, there was the non-party Justice Minister Cătălin Predoiu , who already held this office in the government of Popescu-Tăriceanu.
From the beginning there were numerous conflicts between the two governing parties, which were linked in a kind of grand coalition , which intensified further in the run-up to the 2009 presidential election . After Boc dismissed Interior Minister Nica against the wishes of the PSD, all social democratic ministers announced their resignation, which broke the coalition on October 1, 2009.
On the same day, Boc appointed provisional ministers to replace the resigned PSD ministers, with PD-L ministers already in office taking on a further portfolio. The interim ministers were allowed to officiate for 45 days.
Boc and the PD-L tried to get a parliamentary majority with the help of the UDMR - the party of Hungarians living in Romania -, with other MPs from small ethnic minorities and with defectors from PNL and PSD. However, the PNL and the UDMR initiated a vote of no confidence, which was supported by the PSD and approved on October 13, 2009 with 254 of 471 votes; 236 votes would have been required. The Boc government was only executive in office. The PSD and PNL were now planning to set up a technocratic cabinet until the presidential elections were held , headed by the German-born mayor of Sibiu, Klaus Johannis . President Băsescu rejected the proposal and nominated the financial expert Lucian Croitoru as prime minister on October 15th , who was only supported by the PD-L and rejected by parliament on November 4th. On November 6th, Băsescu proposed the Bucharest district mayor Liviu Negoiță (PD-L) as prime minister. This also failed with the attempt to organize a parliamentary majority and gave back the government mandate on December 15, 2009.
On November 27, 2009, a Bucharest court overturned the appointment of Vasile Blaga (PD-L) as Minister of the Interior on October 1 because of formal errors . This ministry was temporarily led by state secretaries.
After the runoff elections for the presidency, which Băsescu narrowly won on December 6, 2009, he nominated Emil Boc again for the office of Prime Minister on December 17. Boc formed a government from PD-L and UDMR (see Cabinet Boc II ), which was ratified by parliament on December 23. This ended the mandate of the first Boc government and a months-long political crisis.
composition
The cabinet consisted of 21 members:
Cabinet Boc I | |||||
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function | image | Surname | Political party | Term of office (beginning) | Term of office (end) |
Prime Minister | Emil Boc | PD-L | December 22, 2008 | December 23, 2009 | |
Deputy Prime Minister | Dan Nica | Psd | December 22, 2008 | October 1, 2009 | |
Vasile Blaga (interim) |
PD-L | October 1, 2009 | December 23, 2009 | ||
Foreign minister | Cristian Diaconescu | Psd | December 22, 2008 | October 1, 2009 | |
Cătălin Predoiu (interim) |
independent | October 1, 2009 | December 23, 2009 | ||
Finance minister | Gheorghe Pogea | PD-L | December 22, 2008 | December 23, 2009 | |
Economics Minister | Adriean Videanu | PD-L | December 22, 2008 | December 23, 2009 | |
Minister for Justice and Civil Liberties | Cătălin Predoiu | independent | December 22, 2008 | December 23, 2009 | |
Minister of the Interior and Administration | Gabriel Oprea | Psd | December 23, 2009 | January 13, 2009 | |
Dan Nica (interim) |
Psd | January 13, 2009 | January 20, 2009 | ||
Liviu Dragnea | Psd | January 20, 2009 | February 2, 2009 | ||
Dan Nica | Psd | February 2, 2009 | October 1, 2009 | ||
Vasile Blaga (interim) |
PD-L | October 1, 2009 | December 23, 2009 | ||
Defense Minister | Mihai Stănișoară | PD-L | December 22, 2008 | December 23, 2009 | |
Transport and Infrastructure Minister | Radu Berceanu | PD-L | December 22, 2008 | December 23, 2009 | |
Minister of Commerce and Small and Medium Enterprises | Constantin Niță | Psd | December 22, 2008 | October 1, 2009 | |
Gabriel Sandu (interim) |
PD-L | October 1, 2009 | December 23, 2009 | ||
Minister for Agriculture and Rural Development | Ilie Sârbu | Psd | December 22, 2008 | October 1, 2009 | |
Radu Berceanu (interim) |
PD-L | October 1, 2009 | December 23, 2009 | ||
Minister of Health | Ion Bazac | Psd | December 22, 2008 | October 1, 2009 | |
Adriean Videanu (interim) |
PD-L | October 1, 2009 | December 23, 2009 | ||
Minister for Regional Development and Housing | Vasile Blaga | PD-L | December 22, 2008 | December 23, 2009 | |
Minister for Culture, Religion and National Heritage | Theodor Paleologu | PD-L | December 22, 2008 | December 23, 2009 | |
Minister for Communication and Information Society | Gabriel Sandu | PD-L | December 22, 2008 | December 23, 2009 | |
Education and Research Minister | Ecaterina Andronescu | Psd | December 22, 2008 | October 1, 2009 | |
Emil Boc (interim) |
PD-L | October 1, 2009 | December 23, 2009 | ||
Minister for Labor, Family and Social Security | Marian Sârbu | Psd | December 23, 2009 | September 3, 2010 | |
Gheorghe Pogea (interim) |
PD-L | October 1, 2009 | December 23, 2009 | ||
Minister of Youth and Sport | Monica Iacob-Ridzi | PD-L | December 23, 2009 | July 14, 2009 | |
Sorina Plăcintă | PD-L | July 14, 2009 | December 23, 2009 | ||
Minister for Environment and Sustainable Development | Nicolae Nemirschi | Psd | December 22, 2008 | October 1, 2009 | |
Elena Udrea (interim) |
PD-L | October 1, 2009 | December 23, 2009 | ||
Minister of Tourism | Elena Udrea | PD-L | December 22, 2008 | December 23, 2009 | |
Assistant Minister for Relations with Parliament | Victor Ponta | Psd | December 22, 2008 | October 1, 2009 | |
Sorina Plăcintă (interim) |
PD-L | October 1, 2009 | December 23, 2009 |
See also
Web links
- Official website of the Government of Romania (Romanian, English, French)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Die Presse : Romania: Interior Minister dismissed, coalition before rupture of October 1, 2009, accessed on October 1, 2009.
- ↑ Ziua.ro, October 1, 2009, accessed October 1, 2009
- ↑ EVZ.ro of October 13, 2009, accessed on October 13, 2009
- ↑ EVZ.ro of November 4, 2009, accessed on November 4, 2009
- ↑ Bucharest Herald of December 16, 2009, accessed on December 17, 2009 ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ NZZ online from November 27, 2009, accessed on November 27, 2009
- ↑ Bucharest Herald of December 17, 2009, accessed on December 17, 2009 ( Memento of the original of December 19, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. from October 13, 2009.