Boc I

The Boc Cabinet was a coalition cabinet between the largest parliamentary parties, Democratic Liberal Party (Romania), PD-L and the Social Democratic Party (Romania), PSD. After the breakup of the legislative coalition, it was known as ”the first Boc Cabinet.” Despite the ambitious governing program, numerous conflicts erupted between the PDL and PSD leaders, each party blaming the other. In particular, president Traian Băsescu and Mircea Geoană, the leader of PSD, competed for the presidential elections in 2009. The coalition cabinet lasted less than one year. Following the resignation of Liviu Dragnea (Social Democratic Party (Romania), PSD) from the office of Ministry of Administration and Interior (Romania), Minister of Administration and Interior, on 2 February 2009, the Parliament of Romania, Parliament voted to unify the post of Prime Minister of Romania, Deputy Prime Minister with the post of Ministry of Administration and Interior (Romania), Minister of Administration and Interior. On 1 October 2009, following the removal from office of the Prime Minister of Romania, Deputy Prime Minister, Ministry of Administration and Interior (Romania), Minister of Administration and Interior, Dan Nica (Social Democratic Party (Romania), PSD), all the Social Democratic Party (Romania), PSD Ministers resigned from the cabinet. As a result, all their offices were taken, ad interim by the Democratic Liberal Party (Romania), PD-L, for a period no longer than 45 days. The cabinet should have received a new vote from the Parliament of Romania, Parliament, as its political composition was changed. On 13 October 2009, for the first time in the post-communist history, the Parliament of Romania, Parliament adopted a motion of no confidence (”moțiune de cenzură”), and Cabinet Boc was removed. It worked just an acting cabinet, with diminished power. 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 (National Liberal Party (Romania), PNL, Social Democratic Party (Romania), PSD, Democratic Union of Hungarians in Romania, UDMR, and the 18 representatives of the national ethnic minorities), having an absolute majority in both Houses of Parliament, expressed their will to nominate the Mayor of Sibiu Klaus Iohannis as Prime Minister of Romania, Prime Minister.

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 of Romania, President Traian Băsescu, citing the need for an individual well-versed in economic policy to steer Romania through the Late 2000s recession in Europe, ongoing crisis,"Băsescu spune ca n-are nimic cu Iohannis dar România are nevoie de un premier cu experiență în economie" ("Băsescu Says He Has Nothing against Iohannis but that Romania Needs a Prime Minister with Economic Experience")
''Ziarul Financiar'', 14 October 2009; accessed 16 October 2009 nominated the politically Independent (politician), independent Lucian Croitoru as Prime Minister in place of Emil Boc, whose cabinet fell after losing a motion of no confidence two days earlier."Băsescu l-a desemnat pe Lucian Croitoru pentru funcția de premier" ("Băsescu Designates Lucian Croitoru Prime Minister")
Mediafax, 15 October 2009; accessed 15 October 2009 The nomination was backed by the Democratic Liberal Party (Romania), Democratic Liberal Party, which is supporting Băsescu in the 2009 Romanian presidential election, upcoming presidential election, but drew criticism from the rest of the parties represented in the Romanian Parliament (the Social Democratic Party (Romania), Social Democratic Party, the National Liberal Party (Romania), National Liberal Party, the Democratic Union of Hungarians in Romania and the Parliamentary group of ethnic minorities), which backed Sibiu Mayor Klaus Iohannis for the position, and vowed to challenge Croitoru's nomination at the Constitutional Court of Romania, 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 Boc I Cabinet, Emil Boc cabinet. There were 7 holdovers, and 7 new names (in addition to Croitoru). The Ministry of Youth and Sport (Romania), Ministry of Youth and Sport would be merged with the Ministry of Education, Research and Innovation (Romania), Ministry of Education and Research and Innovation, the Ministry of Small and Medium Enterprises, Commerce and Business Environment (Romania), Ministry of Small and Medium Enterprises, Commerce and Business Environment which will be merged with the Ministry of Economy (Romania), Ministry of Economy, the Ministry of Regional Development and Public Administration, Ministry of Tourism which will be merged with the Ministry of Regional Development and Public Administration, Ministry of Regional Development. Five current ministerial posts (of Youth and Sport, Small and Medium Enterprise, Tourism, Ministry of Communications and Information Society (Romania), Communications, and Relations with Parliament), as well as the post of Deputy Prime Minister would be cancelled. Following the rejection by Parliament of Romania, Parliament of the Croitoru Cabinet, dubbed in the press as the second Boc cabinet without Boc, President of Romania, President Traian Băsescu, Băsescu nominated Sector 3 (Bucharest), 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 (proposed) 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 of Romania, Parliament, and Liviu Negoiță, Negoiță renounced to the mandate days after the Two-round system, run-off of the 2009 Romanian presidential election, presidential election, the first Boc cabinet being officially mandated as a caretaker government until a new cabinet would form.

Boc II

On 23 December 2009 the new Boc Cabinet received, by a narrow margin, the vote of confidence of the Parliament of Romania, Parliament, and was sworn in at Cotroceni Palace, Cotroceni later that day. The Government of Romania, Government formed was a coalition government between the Democratic Liberal Party (Romania), Democratic Liberal Party and the Democratic Union of Hungarians in Romania. It also received the (traditional) vote of the national minorities group in the Chamber of Deputies of Romania, Chamber of Deputies and of the two controversial groups of independents in both houses (Chamber of Deputies of Romania, Chamber of Deputies and Senate of Romania, Senate) of Parliament of Romania, 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 2012 Romanian protests, street protests. The members of the cabinet are listed below.

References

Romanian Presidency press release
on 11 December 2009

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