Gabriel Oprea

Gabriel Oprea
Prime Minister of Romania
Acting
In office
29 July 2015 – 10 August 2015
PresidentKlaus Iohannis
Preceded byVictor Ponta
Succeeded byVictor Ponta
In office
22 June 2015 – 9 July 2015
PresidentKlaus Iohannis
Preceded byVictor Ponta
Succeeded byVictor Ponta
Minister of Internal Affairs
In office
5 March 2014 – 9 November 2015
Acting: 23 January 2014 – 5 March 2014
Prime MinisterVictor Ponta
Preceded byRadu Stroe
Succeeded byPetre Tobă
In office
22 December 2008 – 13 January 2009
Prime MinisterEmil Boc
Preceded byCristian David
Succeeded byDan Nica (Acting)
Deputy Prime Minister of Romania
In office
21 December 2012 – 9 November 2015
Prime MinisterVictor Ponta
Sorin Cîmpeanu (Acting)
Preceded byFlorin Georgescu
Succeeded byVasile Dîncu
Costin Borc
Minister of National Defence
In office
23 December 2009 – 7 May 2012
Prime MinisterEmil Boc
Cătălin Predoiu (Acting)
Mihai Răzvan Ungureanu
Preceded byMihai Stănișoară
Succeeded byCorneliu Dobrițoiu
Personal details
Born (1961-01-01) 1 January 1961 (age 63)
Fundulea, Călărași County, Romania
Political partyIndependent
Other political
affiliations
National Union for the Progress of Romania (2010–2016)
Social Democratic Party (2003–2009)
SpouseSanda Oprea
Children2
Alma materNicolae Bălcescu Land Forces Academy
University of Bucharest
Carol I National Defence University
Military service
Years of service1983–2003
RankGeneral

Gabriel Oprea (Romanian pronunciation: [ɡabriˈel ˈopre̯a]; born 1 January 1961) is a Romanian politician and a general in the army reserves. The former president of the National Union for the Progress of Romania (UNPR) and a former member of the Social Democratic Party (PSD) who is now an independent, he was a member of the Romanian Chamber of Deputies for Ilfov County from 2004 to 2012 and was a Senator for Bucharest from 2012 to 2016.

In the Adrian Năstase cabinet, he was Minister-Delegate for Public Administration from June 2003 to July 2004; in the Emil Boc cabinet, he was Minister of Administration and Interior from December 2008 to January 2009; again under Boc and continuing under Mihai Răzvan Ungureanu, he was Defence Minister (December 2009–May 2012); and in the Victor Ponta cabinet, served as deputy Prime Minister from December 2012, additionally holding the Interior portfolio from January 2014. From June to July 2015, and again from late July into August, he was interim Prime Minister of Romania. That November, he left the government after Ponta's resignation.