Romanian Parliament Committees Endorse Proposed Foreign Minister

Baconschi, an independent, has been proposed for foreign minister after previously serving as state secretary, ambassador to the Vatican, Portugal and France and then as presidential adviser.

As ambassador to Paris, Baconschi is credited with garnering France’s support for Romania’s EU commissioner nomination. Romanian Dacian Ciolos has been nominated European Commissioner for Agriculture in the future European Commission.

Prime Minister-designate Emil Boc will seek Wednesday a confidence vote for a Cabinet of 15 ministers and a deputy prime minister.