Prime Minister of Romania

The Prime Minister of Romania is the head of the Government of Romania. Initially, the office was styled President of the Council of Ministers (Romanian: Preşedintele Consiliului de Miniştri), when the term "Government" included more than the Cabinet, and the Cabinet was called The Council of Ministers (Consiliul de Miniştri). The title was officially changed to Prime Minister during the communist regime.

Currently, the prime minister is Emil Boc, president of the Democratic Liberal Party. He and his cabinet were confirmed by Parliament on 22 December 2008. On 13 October 2009, Boc and his cabinet were defeated following a no-confidence motion, rendering him Acting Prime Minister. He was reconfirmed in office on 23 December of that year after Traian Băsescu was re-elected President of Romania and the latter re-appointed Boc.

Nomination

According to the Romanian Constitution, the President of the Republic shall designate a candidate to the office of Prime Minister, as a result of his consultation with the party which has obtained absolute majority in Parliament, or -unless such majority exists - with the parties represented in Parliament.

The candidate to the office of Prime Minister shall, within ten days of his designation, seek the vote of confidence of Parliament upon the programme and complete list of the Government. The programme and list of the Government shall be debated upon by the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate, in joint sitting. Parliament shall grant confidence to the Government by a majority vote of the Deputies and Senators.

The Prime Minister, the Ministers and other members of the Government shall individually take an oath before the President of Romania, as provided under Article 82. The Government as a whole and each of its members shall exercise the mandate from the date of taking the oath.

Functions

The Prime Minister shall direct Government actions and co-ordinate activities of its members, with the observance of the powers and duties incumbent on them. Likewise, he shall submit to the Chamber of Deputies or the Senate reports and statements on Government policy, to be debated with priority.

The President cannot dismiss the Prime Minister.

List of Prime Ministers of Romania

Since 1990, Romania had nine Prime Ministers and three ministers held the office ad interim. Numbers in the table bellow represent the order since 1862; interim officeholders are not numbered, are denoted by italics.

The political stance of prime ministers after the development of a modern party system is given by:

Timeline

References

• Nicolae C. Nicolescu, Şefii de stat şi de guvern ai României (1859–2003), Editura Meronia, Bucharest, 2003
• Stelian Neagoe, Istoria guvernelor României de la începuturi - 1859 până în zilele noastre - 1995, Editura Machiavelli, Bucharest, 1995

External links

• (Romanian) Guvernele României
• Government site