The Năstase Cabinet was a cabinet of ministers led by

Adrian Năstase Adrian Năstase (; born 22 June 1950) is a Romanian jurist, academic/professor, blogger, and former politician who served as the prime minister of Romania from December 2000 to December 2004. He competed in the 2004 Romanian presidential elect ...

that governed Romania from 28 December 2000 to 29 December 2004 during the third term of

President President most commonly refers to: *President (corporate title) * President (education), a leader of a college or university *President (government title) President may also refer to: Arts and entertainment Film and television *'' Præsident ...

Ion Iliescu Ion Iliescu (; born 3 March 1930) is a Romanian politician and engineer who served as the second president of Romania from 1989 until 1996 and from 2000 until 2004. Between 1996 and 2000 and also from 2004 to 2008, the year in which he retired, ...

. It was a minority cabinet formed by the winner of the 2000 parliamentary elections, PDSR, which included also members of other parties, non-parliamentary parties (PSDR, PUR). It was supported by a legislative coalition which included PNL (only for three months) and UDMR.

Members

Coalition members: , , and

Prime Minister A prime minister or chief of cabinet is the head of the cabinet and the leader of the ministers in the executive branch of government, often in a parliamentary or semi-presidential system. A prime minister is not the head of state, but r ...

: *

Ministers of State: *

Alexandru Athanasiu Alexandru Athanasiu (; born 1 January 1955) is a Romanian politician and jurist. A former leader of the Romanian Social Democratic Party (PSDR), he has been a member of the Social Democratic Party (PSD) since 2001. Athanasiu previously served ...

* Ioan Rus * Marian Săniuță * Dan Ioan Popescu * Ioan Talpeș Ministers: * Rodica Stănoiu/ Cristian Diaconescu (

Justice In its broadest sense, justice is the idea that individuals should be treated fairly. According to the ''Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy'', the most plausible candidate for a core definition comes from the ''Institutes (Justinian), Inst ...

) * Ioan Mircea Pașcu (

Defense Defense or defence may refer to: Tactical, martial, and political acts or groups * Defense (military), forces primarily intended for warfare * Civil defense, the organizing of civilians to deal with emergencies or enemy attacks * Defense industr ...

) *

Mihai Tănăsescu Mihai Nicolae Tănăsescu (born January 11, 1956) is a Romanian economist and politician. Born in Bucharest, he graduated from the finance and accounting faculty of the Bucharest Academy of Economic Studies in 1978. From that year until 1983, he h ...

(

Finance Finance refers to monetary resources and to the study and Academic discipline, discipline of money, currency, assets and Liability (financial accounting), liabilities. As a subject of study, is a field of Business administration, Business Admin ...

) *

Răzvan Theodorescu Emil Răzvan Theodorescu (22 May 1939 – 6 February 2023) was a Romanian historian and politician. He researched and wrote extensively on art history in particular. A member of the Social Democratic Party (PSD), he was a member of the Romanian ...

(

Culture Culture ( ) is a concept that encompasses the social behavior, institutions, and Social norm, norms found in human societies, as well as the knowledge, beliefs, arts, laws, Social norm, customs, capabilities, Attitude (psychology), attitudes ...

) * Miron Mitrea ( Public Works and Transport) *

Ilie Sârbu Ilie Sârbu (born 26 May 1950) is a Romanian theologian, economist and politician. A member of the Social Democratic Party (PSD), he sat in the Romanian Senate from 2004 to 2015, representing Timiș County. In the Adrian Năstase cabinet, he was ...

/ Petre Daea (

Agriculture Agriculture encompasses crop and livestock production, aquaculture, and forestry for food and non-food products. Agriculture was a key factor in the rise of sedentary human civilization, whereby farming of domesticated species created ...

) * Daniela Bartoș/ Mircea Beuran/ Ionel Blănculescu/ Ovidiu Brânzan (

Health Health has a variety of definitions, which have been used for different purposes over time. In general, it refers to physical and emotional well-being, especially that associated with normal functioning of the human body, absent of disease, p ...

) *

Mircea Geoană Dan Mircea Geoană (; born 14 July 1958) is a Romanian politician and diplomat who served as the Secretary General of NATO, deputy secretary general of NATO between 2019 and 2024. He previously served as president of the Senate of Romania from D ...

(

Foreign Affairs ''Foreign Affairs'' is an American magazine of international relations and foreign policy of the United States, U.S. foreign policy published by the Council on Foreign Relations, a nonprofit organization, nonprofit, nonpartisan, membership or ...

) * Dan Ioan Popescu ( Economy and Commerce) *

Marian Sârbu Marian Sârbu (; born 12 January 1958) is a Romanian trade unionist and politician. A member of the National Union for the Progress of Romania (UNPR) and formerly of the Social Democratic Party (Romania), Social Democratic Party (PSD), he has been ...

/ Elena Dumitru/ Dan Mircea Popescu (

Labor Labour or labor may refer to: * Childbirth, the delivery of a baby * Labour (human activity), or work ** Manual labour, physical work ** Wage labour, a socioeconomic relationship between a worker and an employer ** Organized labour and the labour ...

) *

Dan Nica Dan Nica (born July 2, 1960) is a Romanian engineer and politician. A member of the Social Democratic Party (PSD), he has been a Member of the European Parliament since 2014. He held a seat in the Romanian Chamber of Deputies for Galați Count ...

/ Silvia Adriana Țicău (

Communications Communication is commonly defined as the transmission of information. Its precise definition is disputed and there are disagreements about whether Intention, unintentional or failed transmissions are included and whether communication not onl ...

) * Aurel-Constantin Ilie/ Petru Lificiu/

/ Speranța Ianculescu ( Environment) * Șerban Mihăilescu/ Eugen Bejinariu (Coordinating the General Secretariat of the Government) * Ioan Rus/ Marian Săniuță ( Interior) * Ecaterina Andronescu/

(

Education Education is the transmission of knowledge and skills and the development of character traits. Formal education occurs within a structured institutional framework, such as public schools, following a curriculum. Non-formal education als ...

) * Hildegard Puwak/ Vasile Pușcaș/ Alexandru Fărcaș (

European Integration European integration is the process of political, legal, social, regional and economic integration of states wholly or partially in Europe, or nearby. European integration has primarily but not exclusively come about through the European Union ...

) * Vasile Dâncu (Public Information) *

Octav Cozmâncă Octav Cozmâncă (; born 22 September 1947) is a Romanian politician. A former member of the Social Democratic Party (PSD), he was a member of the Romanian Senate for Botoșani County from 1996 to 2008. In the Adrian Năstase cabinet, he was Min ...

(Public Administration) * Acsinte Gaspar (Relation with Parliament) * Silvia Ciornei (

Small and Medium Enterprises Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) or small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) are businesses whose personnel and revenue numbers fall below certain limits. The abbreviation "SME" is used by many national agencies and international organizat ...

) * Georgiu Gingăraș (Youth and Sport) * Dan-Matei Agathon (Tourism) Minister-Delegates: *

Gabriel Oprea Gabriel Oprea (; born 1 January 1961) is a Romanian politician and a general in the army reserves. The former president of the National Union for the Progress of Romania (UNPR) and a former member of the Social Democratic Party (PSD) who is now ...

/ Gheorghe Emacu (Public Administration) * Eugen Dijmărescu/ Vasile Radu (Commerce) * Acsinte Gaspar/ Șerban Nicolae (Relation with Parliament) * Vasile Pușcaș (Chief Negotiator with the EU) * Ovidiu Muşetescu (Authority for Privatization) * Ionel Blănculescu (Coordinating Control Bodies) *

/ Bogdan Niculescu-Duvăz (Relation with Social Partners) * Șerban Valeca (Research Activity)

References

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