The Second Orban cabinet was the government of

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until the 2020 legislative elections. It was a

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led by Ludovic Orban, the leader of the National Liberal Party (PNL), who received the support of a parliamentary majority on 14 March 2020 and entered office the same day. It included a wide de facto

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with the other parties, in the outbreak of the

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. On 14 March 2020, the cabinet hearings and vote took place in special conditions, due to the suspicion that Senator Vergil Chițac o who tested positive for

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, infected the National Liberal Party (PNL) leadership, as well as some fellow senators. The same day the Cabinet was sworn in at

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in special conditions.

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