Călin Popescu-Tăriceanu

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Călin Popescu-Tăriceanu

Călin Constantin Anton Popescu-Tăriceanu (approximately cuh-leen const-aan-teen anth-on pop-ess-koo tuh-rich-ah-noo), (born 14 January 1952), is the Prime minister of Romania from December 28 2004.

He is currently the president of the National Liberal Party and a vice-president of the European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party. He is a graduate of the Technical Institute for Construction in Bucharest and has a Master's Degree in Mathematics and Informatics. Between 1996 and 1997 he served as Minister of Industries and Commerce in Victor Ciorbea's government. Between 1996 and 2004 he was a Romanian MP, in the Chamber of Deputies, representing Bucharest. Between 2000 and 2004 he was Vice-president of the National Liberal Party group in the Romanian Parliament and vice president of the Commission for Budget, Finances and Insurances in the Chamber of Deputies. (source Romania-on-line.net whoswho list). He was elected as a vice-president of the ELDR Party in 2004.

During the 2004 election, he was proposed to be the Prime Minister of Romania in an eventual government of the Justice and Truth alliance. That government has already been formed on the 30th of december. His government was elected with 265 for and 200 against.

His Cabinet announced its resignation on July 7, 2005 in order to make early elections possible. The resignation was prompted by the Constitutional Court's decision to block a set of laws for the reformation of the judicial system. President Traian Băsescu had been pushing for early elections since his victory in the 2004 elections, in order to secure a more comfortable majority for the Justice and Truth alliance, but his efforts had been met with resistance by Prime Minister and alliance partner Popescu-Tăriceanu. As of July 19, Popescu-Tăriceanu withdrew his resignation, citing the severe flooding (for example Comanesti floodings ) Floodings killed 66 people in Romania from begining of the year, leaving thousands homeless. [1]

In September 2005, it was revealed that Tăriceanu bought on 9 April 2004 10 million shares of the Rompetrol company based on insider information and were sold later that year, after he became Prime Minister. Back then, he was a member of the Rompetrol Downstream's board of directors.

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Government

  • Vice-prime-minister/State Minister in charge with coordination of the activities in the field of culture, education and European integration - Bela Marko;
  • Vice-prime-minister/State Minister in charge with coordination of the activities in the field of business environment and small and medium-sized entreprises - Gheorghe Pogea;
  • Minister of Justice - Monica Luisa Macovei;
  • Minister of Public Finance - Sebastian Vlădescu;
  • Minister of Labor, Social Solidarity and Family - Gheorghe Barbu;
  • Minister of European Integration - Anca Boagiu;
  • Foreign Minister - Mihai Răzvan Ungureanu;
  • Minister of Administration and Interior - Vasile Blaga;
  • Minister of Economy and Commerce - Ioan-Codruţ Seres;
  • Minister of National Defence - Teodor Atanasiu;
  • Minister of Agriculture, Forests and Rural Development - Gheorghe Flutur;
  • Minister of Transportation, Constructions and Tourism - Gheorghe Dobre;
  • Minister of Education and Research - Mircea Miclea;
  • Minister of Culture and Religious Affairs - Adrian Iorgulescu;
  • Minister of Health - Eugen Nicolăescu;
  • Minister of Communications and Information Technology - Zsolt Nagy;
  • Minister of Environment and Waters Management - Sulfina Barbu;
  • Minister Delegate in Charge with Coordination of the Government’s General Secretariat - Mihai Alexandru Voicu;
  • Minister delegate in charge with the control of the implementation of the internationally financed programs and the supervision of the enforcement of Acquis Communautaire - Cristian David;
  • Minister Delegate for the coordination of control authorities - Sorin Vicol;
  • Minister Delegate for the Liaison with the Parliament - Bogdan Olteanu;
  • Minister Delegate for the coordination for public works and territory management - Laszlo Borbely;
  • Minister Delegate for Commerce - Iuliu (Gyula) Winkler;
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