The Ciucă Cabinet () is the 132nd and current

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led by former

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Nicolae Ciucă Nicolae Ionel Ciucă (; born 7 February 1967) is a Romanian politician and retired General officer, general of the Romanian Land Forces. Ideologically a Conservatism, conservative, he has been serving as Prime Minister of Romania since 25 Novemb ...

(PNL; also current PNL president) since 25 November 2021 to the present day. The

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forming the government, consisting of

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(PSD), National Liberal Party (PNL), and

Democratic Alliance of Hungarians in Romania The Democratic Alliance of Hungarians in Romania (DAHR; hu, Romániai Magyar Demokrata Szövetség, RMDSZ; ro, Uniunea Democrată Maghiară din România, UDMR) is a political party in Romania which aims to represent the significant Hungarian m ...

(UDMR/RMDSZ), is also referred to as the ''

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'' ( ro, Coaliția Națională pentru România, CNR).

Background and formation

On 1 September 2021, the PNL, then-Prime Minister

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and still incumbent President

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triggered the 2021 Romanian political crisis by the sacking of former Justice Minister Stelian Ion, preceded by a scandal between the PNL and their former coalition partners, the progressive-liberal

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(from which Ion stemmed), on the so-called Anghel Saligny investment program (or "PNDL 3", as it is also known). The remaining

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ministers eventually resigned on their own, and the

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, which preceded the Ciucă Cabinet, was dismissed on 5 October through a

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, with a record number of votes on behalf of USR,

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, and AUR. The prime minister candidate, who is designated by the president, has to request the investiture vote/vote of confidence from the legislature within 10 days from being appointed. On 11 October, President Iohannis designated

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of the USR to form the next government, but his government was subsequently rejected by the parliament.

of PNL was designated for the same position on 20 October, but eventually submitted his term. At that time, he was ordered by the PNL to convene negotiations only for a PNL-UDMR minority government, which is a form of government that was not accepted by a party other than PNL and UDMR. The national-liberals resorted to negotiations with the largest party in the parliament, the

(PSD) in the prospect of forming a majority government with full powers, but they quickly reached a deadlock. The PSD, who were the main opposition party against the cabinets formed around the PNL up to this point, wanted the office of Prime Minister, but the PNL refused to cede the office and strongly desired that the office be occupied by a PNL member, which happened with the re-designation of

by President Iohannis on 22 November, one day after the negotiations ended. The cabinet hearings took place on 24 November. The Ciucă Cabinet was sworn-in on 25 November.

Technological initiatives

The cabinet has shown support for some technological projects like: nuclear energy by small modular nuclear reactors through a partnership with the US firm

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, electric vehicule development by a group of investors from Cluj and green energy projects. The cabinet also supports the Anghel Saligny investment program.

Composition

The Ciucă Cabinet is a

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consisting of the

(PSD), the National Liberal Party (PNL), the

(UDMR/RMDSZ), and

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. Some positions within the government are set to rotate between the PSD and the PNL, more specifically the prime minister, the secretary-general of the government, and the ministries of interior, justice, finance, and defense. Assuming the coalition will not disband in the meantime, the next shuffle will take place on 25 May 2023. }) ,

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Party breakdown

Party breakdown of current cabinet ministers:

References

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