Second Orban Cabinet

This article is about the cabinet of Romanian prime minister Ludovic Orban. For the cabinet of Hungarian prime minister Viktor Orbán, see Second Orbán Government.
Orban Cabinet

130th Cabinet of Romania
Ludovic Orban
Date formed14 March 2020 (2020-03-14)
Date dissolved23 December 2020
People and organisations
Head of stateKlaus Iohannis
Head of governmentLudovic Orban
Deputy head of governmentRaluca Turcan
No. of ministers18
Member partiesPNL
Status in legislatureMinority
Opposition partiesPSD (majority)
PRO (majority)
Opposition leadersMarcel Ciolacu
Victor Ponta
History
Outgoing election2020
Legislature term2016–2020
PredecessorOrban I
SuccessorCîțu
Politics of Romania
Coat of arms of Romania
Constitution
Government
Parliament
Judiciary
Political parties
Elections
Administrative divisions
Foreign relations
Politicians

The Second Orban cabinet was the government of Romania until the 2020 legislative elections. It was a minority administration led by Ludovic Orban, the leader of the National Liberal Party (PNL), who received the support of a parliamentary majority on 14 March 2020 and entered office the same day. It included a wide de facto confidence-and-supply with the other parties, in the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic.

On 14 March 2020, the cabinet hearings and vote took place in special conditions, due to the suspicion that Senator Vergil Chițac [ro], who tested positive for COVID-19, infected the National Liberal Party (PNL) leadership, as well as some fellow senators. The same day the Cabinet was sworn in at Cotroceni Palace in special conditions.[1]

Position Minister Party Date sworn in Left office
Prime Minister Ludovic Orban PNL 14 March 2020 7 December 2020
Nicolae Ciucă (acting/ad interim) PNL 7 December 2020 23 December 2020
Deputy Prime Minister Raluca Turcan PNL 14 March 2020 23 December 2020
Minister of Education and Research Monica Anisie PNL 14 March 2020 23 December 2020
Minister for Economy, Energy and the Business Environment Virgil-Daniel Popescu PNL 14 March 2020 23 December 2020
Minister of Foreign Affairs Bogdan Aurescu Independent 14 March 2020 23 December 2020
Minister of Defence Nicolae Ciucă PNL 14 March 2020 23 December 2020
Minister of Labour and Social Protection Violeta Alexandru PNL 14 March 2020 23 December 2020
Minister for Public Works, Development and Administration Ion Ștefan PNL 14 March 2020 23 December 2020
Minister for Environment, Waters and Forests Costel Alexe PNL 14 March 2020 5 November 2020
Mircea Fechet PNL 5 November 2020 23 December 2020
Minister for Transport, Information and Communications Lucian Bode PNL 14 March 2020 23 December 2020
Minister of Public Finance Florin Cîțu PNL 14 March 2020 23 December 2020
Minister of Justice Cătălin Predoiu PNL 14 March 2020 23 December 2020
Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Nechita-Adrian Oros PNL 14 March 2020 23 December 2020
Minister of Health Victor Costache PNL 14 March 2020 26 March 2020
Nelu Tătaru PNL 26 March 2020 23 December 2020
Minister of Internal Affairs Marcel Vela PNL 14 March 2020 23 December 2020
Minister of European Funds Ioan-Marcel Boloș PNL 14 March 2020 23 December 2020
Minister of Culture Bogdan Gheorghiu PNL 14 March 2020 23 December 2020
Minister of Youth and Sports Ionuț Stroe PNL 14 March 2020 23 December 2020
  1. ^ "VIDEO Guvernul Orban 2 - miniștrii au fost audiați prin videoconferință / Votul de învestitură, în condiții speciale" [VIDEO Orban 2 Cabinet - the ministers have been heard via videoconference / The investiture vote, in special conditions]. HotNews.ro (in Romanian). 14 March 2020.