Boc Cabinets
Boc I
[edit]Boc I | |
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 118th Cabinet of Romania | |
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| Date formed | 22 December 2008 |
| Date dissolved | 23 December 2009 |
| People and organisations | |
| Head of state | Traian Băsescu |
| Head of government | Emil Boc |
| Ministers removed | 12 |
| Total no. of members | 21 |
| Member party | PD-L, PSD, |
| Status in legislature | Coalition |
| Opposition party | PNL, UDMR |
| Opposition leader | Călin Popescu-Tăriceanu/Crin Antonescu |
| History | |
| Election | 30 November 2008 |
| Outgoing election | – |
| Legislature term | 2008–2012 |
| Budget | one |
| Predecessor | Tăriceanu II |
| Successor | Boc II |
The Boc Cabinet was a coalition cabinet between the largest parliamentary parties, PD-L and the 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 (PSD) from the office of Minister of Administration and Interior, on 2 February 2009, the Parliament voted to unify the post of Deputy Prime Minister with the post of Minister of Administration and Interior.
On 1 October 2009, following the removal from office of the Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Administration and Interior, Dan Nica (PSD), all the PSD Ministers resigned from the cabinet. As a result, all their offices were taken, ad interim by the PD-L, for a period no longer than 45 days. The cabinet should have received a new vote from the Parliament, as its political composition was changed. On 13 October 2009, for the first time in the post-communist history, the 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 (PNL, PSD, 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.
Proposed Croitoru and Negoiță cabinets
[edit]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 Traian Băsescu, citing the need for an individual well-versed in economic policy to steer Romania through the ongoing crisis,[1] nominated the politically independent Lucian Croitoru as Prime Minister in place of Emil Boc, whose cabinet fell after losing a motion of no confidence two days earlier.[2][3][4] The nomination was backed by the Democratic Liberal Party, which is supporting Băsescu in the upcoming presidential election,[5][6] but drew criticism from the rest of the parties represented in the Romanian Parliament (the Social Democratic Party, the 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,[7][8] and vowed to challenge Croitoru's nomination at the Constitutional Court or derail it in Parliament.[9][10] 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.[11][12]
On 23 October, Croitoru announced his proposed cabinet, which included 14 ministers, down from 18 in Emil Boc cabinet. There were 7 holdovers, and 7 new names (in addition to Croitoru).[13][14][15][16]
The Ministry of Youth and Sport would be merged with the Ministry of Education and Research and Innovation, the Ministry of Small and Medium Enterprises, Commerce and Business Environment which will be merged with the Ministry of Economy, the Ministry of Tourism which will be merged with the Ministry of Regional Development. Five current ministerial posts (of Youth and Sport, Small and Medium Enterprise, Tourism, Communications, and Relations with Parliament), as well as the post of Deputy Prime Minister would be cancelled.
Following the rejection by Parliament of the Croitoru Cabinet, dubbed in the press as the second Boc cabinet without Boc, President Băsescu nominated 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, and Negoiță renounced to the mandate days after the run-off of the presidential election, the first Boc cabinet being officially mandated as a caretaker government until a new cabinet would form.
Boc II
[edit]Boc II | |
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119th Cabinet of Romania | |
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| Date formed | 23 December 2009 |
| Date dissolved | 6 February 2012 |
| People and organisations | |
| Head of state | Traian Băsescu |
| Head of government | Emil Boc |
| Head of government's history | Cătălin Predoiu |
| No. of ministers | 18 |
| Ministers removed | 11 |
| Total no. of members | 29 |
| Member party | PD-L, UDMR, UNPR |
| Status in legislature | Coalition |
| Opposition party | PNL, PSD, PC |
| Opposition leader | Crin Antonescu, Mircea Geoană/Victor Ponta |
| History | |
| Election | 30 November 2008 |
| Legislature term | 2008–2012 |
| Budget | two |
| Incoming formation | Emil Boc, Béla Markó, Vasile Blaga, Sebastian Vlădescu, Adriean Videanu, Teodor Baconschi, Radu Berceanu, László Borbély, Elena Udrea, Gabriel Oprea, Hunor Kelemen, Cătălin Predoiu, Gabriel Sandu, Mihai Șeitan, Daniel Funeriu, Attila Cseke, Mihai Dumitru |
| Predecessor | Boc I |
| Successor | Ungureanu |
On 23 December 2009 the new Boc Cabinet received, by a narrow margin, the vote of confidence of the Parliament, and was sworn in at Cotroceni later that day. The Government formed was a coalition government between the 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 and of the two controversial groups of independents in both houses (Chamber of Deputies and Senate) of 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 street protests.[17][18]
The members of the cabinet are listed below.
References
[edit]- Romanian Presidency press release on 11 December 2009
- Government official website
- ^ (in Romanian) "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
- ^ (in Romanian) "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
- ^ (in Romanian) "Guvernul Boc 2 a fost demis" ("Boc 2 Government Dismissed"), Mediafax, 13 October 2009; accessed 13 October 2009
- ^ (in Romanian) "Presa străină e sceptică: Lucian Croitoru e un bun specialist, dar are puține șanse să treacă de Parlament" ("Foreign Press Skeptical: Lucian Croitoru Is a Good Specialist, But Has Few Chances of Making It through Parliament"), Ziua, 15 October 2009; accessed 15 October 2009
- ^ (in Romanian) "Udrea: Îl vom susține pe Croitoru să formeze Guvernul, Johannis nu a dorit să discute cu noi" ("Udrea: We Will Support Croitoru to Form a Government; Iohannis Did Not Want to Discuss with Us"), Mediafax, 15 October 2009; accessed 15 October 2009
- ^ (in Romanian) "Boc: PDL îl va susţine pe Traian Băsescu la funcţia de preşedinte" ("Boc: PDL Will Support Traian Băsescu for President") Archived 23 September 2009 at the Wayback Machine, România liberă, 19 September 2009; accessed 15 October 2009
- ^ (in Romanian) "Geoană: Voi analiza posibilitatea sesizării CCR; Băsescu vrea perpetuarea Guvernului Boc" ("Geoană: I Will Analyse the Possibility of Going to the Constitutional Court; Băsescu Wishes to Perpetuate the Boc Government"), Mediafax, 15 October 2009; accessed 15 October 2009
- ^ (in Romanian) "Antonescu: PNL nu va vota în Parlament decât pentru Iohannis" ("Antonescu: PNL Will Vote Only for Iohannis in Parliament"), Mediafax, 15 October 2009; accessed 15 October 2009
- ^ (in Romanian) Alina Neagu, "Mircea Geoană: Lucian Croitoru nu are susţinere in Parlament și nu va fi premier. Băsescu trage de timp pentru a păstra Guvernul Boc până la alegeri" ("Mircea Geoană: Lucian Croitoru Does Not Have Parliamentary Support. Băsescu Is Stalling to Keep the Boc Government until the Elections"), HotNews.ro, 15 October 2009; accessed 15 October 2009
- ^ (in Romanian) "Antonescu despre numirea lui Croitoru: Iresponsabilitate politică. Este vorba de dictatura unui om" ("Antonescu about Croitoru's Nomination: Political Irresponsibility. We Are Talking about a One-Man Dictatorship") Archived 23 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine, LiveNews.ro citing Antena 3, 15 October 2009; accessed 15 October 2009
- ^ "Romanian Social Democrat Leader Urges PM-Designate To Refuse Govt Leadership", Mediafax.ro. Retrieved 21 October 2009.
- ^ "Geoana: The unanimous decision of parliamentary majority is to support Iohannis for the PM seat". Financiarul. 20 October 2009. Retrieved 21 October 2009.
- ^ (in Romanian) "Cabinetul Croitoru are 14 ministere. Premierul desemnat Lucian Croitoru a venit cu lista noului cabinet" Archived 25 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine, Europafm.ro, 23 October 2009. Retrieved 23 October 2009.
- ^ (in Romanian) "Cine sunt noii miniștri ai Cabinetului Croitoru", Realitatea.net, 23 October 2009. Retrieved 23 October 2009.
- ^ (in Romanian) "Croitoru a anunțat componența noului Guvern", Realitatea.net, 23 October 2009. Retrieved 23 October 2009.
- ^ (in Romanian) "Guvernul Croitoru – lista ministrilor", Ziare.com, 23 October 2009. Retrieved 23 October 2009.
- ^ "BOC A DEMISIONAT: Am depus mandatul Guvernului pentru a detensiona situaţia politică şi socială din ţară" [BOC HAS RESIGNED: I filed the Government's resignation to ease the political and social state in the country] (in Romanian). Mediafax. 6 February 2012. Retrieved 12 August 2018.
- ^ "Boc, supravieţuitorul moţiunilor de cenzură, a cedat nemulţumirilor PDL şi protestelor străzii" [Boc, the survivor of the no confidence motions, has given up to unrest from PDL and street protests] (in Romanian). Mediafax. 6 February 2012. Retrieved 12 August 2018.