Seven New Ministers Sworn In Following Government Reshuffle

Six new ministers announced by Romania’s ruling Social Democrat Party (PSD) on Monday, alongside a previously appointed new education minister were officially sworn into office during the ceremony.

Ecaterina Andronescu (education), Marius Budai (labor), Niculae Badalau (economy), Daniel Breaz (culture), Alexandru Petrescu (communications), Bogdan Matei (youth and sports) and Gabriel Les (defense) all took the oath of office, in a ceremony attended by President Klaus Iohannis, Prime Minister Viorica Dancila and several other cabinet members.

The new cabinet held an informal meeting following the ceremony.

Two other changes proposed by the ruling party on Monday, Lia Olguta Vasilescu for transportations minister and Ilan Laufer for regional development minister, were rejected by Iohannis, together with the dismissal proposal for the ministers currently holding those offices. PSD summoned a top brass meeting on Tuesday evening to discuss its response to the situation.