Ministry of Education, Research, Youth and Sport (Romania)

Ministry of Education, Research, Youth and Sport

Coat of arms of Romania

First: Spiru Haret
Formation:
Incumbent
since December 23, 2009

Daniel Funeriu
(PD-L)
Website www.meci.ro

The Ministry of Education, Research, Youth and Sport (Romanian: Ministerul Educa牛iei, Cercet菐rii , Tineretului 艧i Sportului) is one of the nineteen ministries of the Government of Romania.

Over the years the Ministry changed its title. Initially it was called Ministry of Religion and Public Instruction (Romanian: Ministerul Religiei 艧i Instruc牛iunii Publice), then Ministry of Public Instruction (Romanian: Ministerul Instruc牛iunii Publice), then it changed to Ministry of Teaching (Romanian: Ministerul 脦nv菐牛菐m芒ntului), Ministry of Teaching and Science (Romanian: Ministerul 脦nv菐牛菐m芒ntului 艧i 艦tiin牛ei), than changed back to Ministry of Teaching (Romanian: Ministerul 脦nv菐牛菐m芒ntului). When Andrei Marga became Minister, it introduced the largest reform measures, starting with the name of the institution: Ministry of National Education (Romanian: Ministerul Educa牛iei Na牛ionale). In 2000 the name was changed to Ministry of Education and Research (Romanian: Ministerul Educa牛iei 艧i Cercet菐rii). This title was kept until April 2007, when it changed to Ministry of Education, Research and Youth (Romanian: Ministerul Educa牛iei, Cercet菐rii 艧i Tineretului). Since December 2008 the title is Ministry of Education, Research and Innovation (Romanian: Ministerul Educa牛iei, Cercet菐rii 艧i Inov膬rii).

From October 1, 2009 to December 23, 2009, Prime Minister Emil Boc served as ad interim Minister, member of the PD-L, and .

As of December 23, 2009, Daniel Funeriu of the of the PD-L holds the post of Minister of Education.

Ministers

Name Term start Term end Party Cabinet Minister Title
Mihai 艦ora December 1989 June 1990 none Roman I Minister of Teaching
Gheorghe 艦tefan June 1990 October 1991 FSN Roman II
Roman III
Minister of Teaching and Science
Mihail Golu October 1991 November 1992 FSN Stolojan I
Liviu Maior November 1992 December 1996 PDSR V膬c膬roiu Minister of Teaching
Virgil Petrescu December 1996 December 1997 PN泞-CD Ciorbea I
Andrei Marga December 1997 December 2000 PN泞-CD Ciorbea I
Vasile I
Is膬rescu I
Minister of National Education
Ecaterina Andronescu December 2000 June 2003 PDSR/PSD N膬stase I Minister of Education and Research
Alexandru Athanasiu June 2003 December 2004 PSD
Mircea Miclea December 2004 August 22, 2005 PD T膬riceanu I
Mihail H膬rd膬u August 22, 2005 April 2007 PD
Cristian Adomni牛ei 5 April 2007 8 October 2008 PNL T膬riceanu II Ministry of Education, Research and Youth
Anton Anton 8 October 2008 22 December 2008 PNL
Ecaterina Andronescu 22 December 2008 1 October 2009 PSD Boc I Ministry of Education, Research and Innovation
Emil Boc 1 October 2009 23 December 2009 PD-L
Daniel Funeriu 23 December 2009 present PD-L Boc IV Ministry of Education, Research, Youth and Sport

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