Gandul
Previous standing bureau secretary Georgian Pop announced last week that he resigned from the ruling Social Democrat Party (PSD) in order to join Pro Romania, a group led by former Romanian PM Victor Ponta.
The bureau will also appoint PSD MP Catalin Radulescu as chamber questor.
The social democrats will maintain their current parliamentary group leaders in the new session, Daniel Suciu (Lower Chamber) and Serban Nicolae (Senate).
The standing bureaus of each chamber of the Romanian Parliament met on Monday to begin the first parliamentary session of 2019.