Boc Cabinets


Boc I cabinet

The first Boc cabinet of the government of Romania was composed of 20 ministers, listed below. It was sworn in on 22 December 2008, the same day it received the vote of confidence from the Parliament of Romania. It was a grand coalition government, formed by the PD-L and the PSD. The cabinet could have faced a Constitutional issue, by using the term "Deputy Prime Minister", instead of the one used in the previous cabinets "Minister of State".
Following the resignation of Liviu Dragnea from the office of Minister of Administration and Interior, on 2 February 2009, the Parliament voted to unify the post of Deputy Prime Minister with the post of Minister of Administration and Interior.
On 1 October 2009, following the removal from office of the Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Administration and Interior, Dan Nica, all the PSD Ministers resigned from the cabinet. As a result, all their offices were taken, ad interim by the PD-L, for a period no longer than 45 days. The cabinet should have received a new vote from the Parliament, as its political composition was changed. On 13 October 2009 the Parliament voted for a motion of no confidence. As a result, this cabinet was just an acting cabinet. Its term ended on 23 December 2009, when the new cabinet, headed also by Emil Boc received the vote of confidence from the Parliament and was sworn in at Cotroceni Palace. During the interim period, Traian Băsescu nominated repeatedly friendly candidates, despite the fact that the then opposition parties, having an absolute majority in both Houses of Parliament, expressed their will to nominate the Mayor of Sibiu Klaus Iohannis as Prime Minister.
Prime MinisterNamePartyPeriod
Prime MinisterEmil Boc22 December 2008 – 23 December 2009
Deputy Prime MinisterNamePartyPeriod
Deputy Prime MinisterDan Nica22 December 2008 – 1 October 2009
Deputy Prime MinisterVasile Blaga 1 October 2009 – 27 November 2009
MinisterNamePartyPeriod
Justice and Citizenship FreedomsCătălin PredoiuIndependent22 December 2008 – 23 December 2009
National DefenseMihai Stănișoară22 December 2008 – 23 December 2009
Culture, Religious Affairs and National PatrimonyTheodor Paleologu22 December 2008 – 23 December 2009
Agriculture and Rural DevelopmentIlie Sârbu22 December 2008 – 1 October 2009
Agriculture and Rural DevelopmentRadu Berceanu 1 October 2009 – 23 December 2009
Public HealthIonuț Bazac22 December 2008 – 1 October 2009
Public HealthAdriean Videanu 1 October 2009 – 23 December 2009
Foreign AffairsCristian Diaconescu22 December 2008 – 1 October 2009
Foreign AffairsCătălin Predoiu Independent1 October 2009 – 23 December 2009
EconomyAdriean Videanu22 December 2008 – 23 December 2009
Public FinanceGheorghe Pogea22 December 2008 – 23 December 2009
Labor, Family and Social ProtectionMarian Sârbu22 December 2008 – 1 October 2009
Labor, Family and Social ProtectionGheorghe Pogea 1 October 2009 – 23 December 2009
Environment and Sustainable DevelopmentNicolae Nemirschi22 December 2008 – 1 October 2009
Environment and Sustainable DevelopmentElena Udrea 1 October 2009 – 23 December 2009
Transport and InfrastructureRadu Berceanu22 December 2008 – 23 December 2009
Administration and InteriorGabriel Oprea22 December 2008 – 13 January 2009
Administration and InteriorDan Nica 13 January 2009 – 20 January 2009
Administration and InteriorLiviu Dragnea20 January 2009 – 2 February 2009
Administration and InteriorDan Nica2 February 2009 – 1 October 2009
Administration and InteriorVasile Blaga 1 October 2009 – 23 December 2009
Regional Development and HousingVasile Blaga22 December 2008 – 27 November 2009
Education and ResearchEcaterina Andronescu22 December 2008 – 1 October 2009
Education and ResearchEmil Boc 1 October 2009 – 23 December 2009
Youth and SportMonica Iacob Ridzi22 December 2008 – 14 July 2009
Youth and SportSorina Luminița Plăcintă14 July 2009 – 23 December 2009
TourismElena Udrea22 December 2008 – 23 December 2009
Communications and Information SocietyGabriel Sandu22 December 2008 – 23 December 2009
Small and Medium Enterprises, Commerce and Business EnvironmentConstantin Niță22 December 2008 – 1 October 2009
Small and Medium Enterprises, Commerce and Business EnvironmentGabriel Sandu 1 October 2009 – 23 December 2009
Minister DelegateNamePartyPeriod
Relations with ParliamentVictor Ponta22 December 2008 – 1 October 2009
Relations with ParliamentSorina Luminița Plăcintă 1 October 2009 – 23 December 2009

Proposed Croitoru and Negoiță cabinets

The Croitoru-proposed cabinet was Lucian Croitoru's proposal for the cabinet, composed of 14 ministers, listed below. It was proposed on 23 October 2009, and was rejected by the Parliament of Romania on 4 November 2009.
On 15 October 2009, President Traian Băsescu, citing the need for an individual well-versed in economic policy to steer Romania through the ongoing crisis, nominated the politically independent Lucian Croitoru as Prime Minister in place of Emil Boc, whose cabinet fell after losing a motion of no confidence two days earlier. The nomination was backed by the Democratic Liberal Party, which is supporting Băsescu in the upcoming presidential election, but drew criticism from the rest of the parties represented in the Romanian Parliament, which backed Sibiu Mayor Klaus Iohannis for the position, and vowed to challenge Croitoru's nomination at the Constitutional Court or derail it in Parliament. In a meeting with Croitoru on 20 October, the four Parliamentary groups told Croitoru they would not vote for a cabinet headed by him, and asked him to refuse the nomination as Prime Minister.
On 23 October, Croitoru announced his proposed cabinet, which included 14 ministers, down from 18 in Emil Boc cabinet. There were 7 holdovers, and 7 new names.
The Ministry of Youth and Sport would be merged with the Ministry of Education and Research and Innovation, the Ministry of Small and Medium Enterprises, Commerce and Business Environment which will be merged with the Ministry of Economy, the Ministry of Tourism which will be merged with the Ministry of Regional Development. Five current ministerial posts, as well as the post of Deputy Prime Minister would be cancelled.
Prime Minister designateNameParty
Prime MinisterLucian CroitoruIndependent
Minister nomatationNameParty
Administration and InteriorEmerich Florin ȘaghyIndependent
Foreign AffairsBogdan AurescuIndependent
Public FinanceGheorghe Pogea
Justice and Citizenship FreedomsCătălin PredoiuIndependent, proposed by
Education and ResearchDaniel FuneriuIndependent
National DefenseMihai Stănișoară
EconomyAdriean Videanu
Agriculture and Rural DevelopmentAdrian RădulescuIndependent
Labor, Family and Social ProtectionMihai Șeitan
TransportRadu Berceanu
Regional Development, Housing and TourismVasile Blaga
Environment and Sustainable DevelopmentSulfina Barbu
Public HealthCristian VlădescuIndependent
Culture, Religious Affairs and National PatrimonyTheodor Paleologu

Following the rejection by Parliament of the Croitoru Cabinet, dubbed in the press as the second Boc cabinet without Boc, President Băsescu nominated sector 3 Mayor Liviu Negoiță to form a new government. Due to the fact that the Cabinet structure was identical to, and that most of the ministers where the same as the ones of the first Boc cabinet, and the Croitoru Cabinet, this new proposal was nicknamed by the media and analysts The Boc III Cabinet without Boc. This cabinet never received a vote from Parliament, and Negoiță renounced to the mandate days after the run-off of the presidential election, the first Boc cabinet being officially mandated as a caretaker government until a new cabinet would form.
Prime Minister designateNameParty
Prime MinisterLiviu Negoiță
Minister nomatationNameParty
Administration and InteriorGabriel OpreaIndependent
Foreign AffairsBogdan AurescuIndependent
Public FinanceGheorghe Pogea
Justice and Citizenship FreedomsCătălin PredoiuIndependent
Education and ResearchDaniel Funeriu
National DefenseMihai Stănișoară
EconomyAdriean Videanu
Agriculture and Rural DevelopmentValeriu Tabără
Labor, Family and Social ProtectionMihai Șeitan
TransportRadu Berceanu
Regional Development, Housing and TourismVasile Blaga
Environment and Sustainable DevelopmentSulfina Barbu
Public HealthAnton Cristian Irimie
Culture, Religious Affairs and National PatrimonyTheodor Paleologu

Boc II

On 23 December 2009 the new Boc Cabinet received, by a narrow margin, the vote of confidence of the Parliament, and was sworn in at Cotroceni later that day. The Government formed was a coalition government between the Democratic Liberal Party and the Democratic Union of Hungarians in Romania. It also received the vote of the national minorities group in the Chamber of Deputies and of the two controversial groups of independents in both houses of Parliament.
On 3 September 2010, Emil Boc announced a Cabinet reshuffle, replacing six Ministers. Due to the way the reshuffle was implemented, after two days of meetings and discussions, the media continued, albeit without any legal basis, the numbering of the reshuffled Cabinet as Boc V, the current Boc II Cabinet being dubbed by the press and civil society as Boc IV.
On 6 February 2012, he resigned from office, on the background of long ongoing street protests.
The members of the cabinet are listed below.
Prime MinisterNamePartyTook officeLeft office
Prime MinisterEmil Boc23 December 20096 February 2012
Prime MinisterCătălin PredoiuIndependent6 February 20129 February 2012
Deputy Prime MinisterNamePartyTook officeLeft office
Deputy Prime-MinisterBéla MarkóDemocratic Union of Hungarians in Romania23 December 20099 February 2012
MinisterNamePartyTook officeLeft office
Minister of Administration and InteriorVasile Blaga23 December 200927 September 2010
Minister of Administration and InteriorTraian Igaș27 September 20109 February 2012
Minister of Public FinanceSebastian VlădescuIndependent23 December 20093 September 2010
Minister of Public FinanceGheorghe Ialomițeanu3 September 20109 February 2012
Minister of Economy, Commerce and Business EnvironmentAdriean Videanu23 December 20093 September 2010
Minister of Economy, Commerce and Business EnvironmentIon Ariton3 September 20109 February 2012
Minister of European AffairsLeonard OrbanIndependent20 September 20119 February 2012
Minister of Foreign AffairsTeodor Baconschi23 December 200924 January 2012
Minister of Foreign AffairsCristian DiaconescuNational Union for the Progress of Romania24 January 20129 February 2012
Minister of Transport and InfrastructureRadu Berceanu23 December 20093 September 2010
Minister of Transport and InfrastructureAnca Boagiu3 September 20109 February 2012
Minister of Environment and ForestsLászló BorbélyDemocratic Union of Hungarians in Romania23 December 20099 February 2012
Minister of Regional Development and TourismElena Udrea23 December 20099 February 2012
Minister of National DefenseGabriel OpreaNational Union for the Progress of Romania23 December 20099 February 2012
Minister of Culture and National PatrimonyHunor KelemenDemocratic Union of Hungarians in Romania23 December 20099 February 2012
Minister of JusticeCătălin PredoiuIndependent23 December 20099 February 2012
Minister of Communications and Information SocietyGabriel Sandu23 December 20093 September 2010
Minister of Communications and Information SocietyValerian Vreme3 September 20109 February 2012
Minister of Labor, Family and Social ProtectionMihai Șeitan23 December 20093 September 2010
Minister of Labor, Family and Social ProtectionIoan Botiș3 September 20109 April 2011
Minister of Labor, Family and Social ProtectionEmil Boc
19 April 20113 June 2011
Minister of Labor, Family and Social ProtectionSebastian Lăzăroiu3 June 201119 September 2011
Minister of Labor, Family and Social ProtectionSulfina Barbu19 September 20119 February 2012
Minister of Education, Research, Innovation, Youth and SportDaniel Funeriu23 December 20099 February 2012
Minister of HealthAttila CsekeDemocratic Union of Hungarians in Romania23 December 200917 August 2011
Minister of HealthLadislau RitliDemocratic Union of Hungarians in Romania17 August 20119 February 2012
Minister of Agriculture and Rural DevelopmentMihai DumitruIndependent23 December 20093 September 2010
Minister of Agriculture and Rural DevelopmentValeriu Tabără3 September 20109 February 2012