Ciucă Cabinet
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The Ciucă Cabinet (Romanian pronunciation: [ˈtʃjukə]) was the 132nd government of Romania led by former Romanian Land Forces army general Nicolae Ciucă (PNL; also current PNL president) from 25 November 2021 to 12 June 2023.
Ciucă Cabinet | |
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132nd Cabinet of Romania | |
Date formed | 25 November 2021 (2021-11-25) |
Date dissolved | 12 June 2023 (2023-06-12) |
People and organisations | |
President | Klaus Iohannis |
Prime Minister | Nicolae Ciucă (until 12 June 2023) (PNL)
Cătălin Predoiu (acting, from the 12 June 2023 to 15 June 2023) (PNL) |
Deputy Prime Ministers | Sorin Grindeanu (PSD) Hunor Kelemen (UDMR) |
Secretary-General | Marian Neacșu (PSD) |
No. of ministers | 21 |
Total no. of members | 23 |
Member parties | PSD PNL UDMR |
Status in legislature | Rotative coalition (majority)
209 / 330 (63%)
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Opposition parties | USR AUR FD SOS REPER |
Opposition leaders | Cătălin Drulă (USR) George Simion (AUR) Ludovic Orban (FD) Diana Iovanovici Șoșoacă (SOS) Dragoș Pîslaru (REPER) Ramona Strugariu (REPER) |
History | |
Election(s) | 2020 |
Legislature term(s) | 2020–2024 |
Predecessor | Cîțu |
Successor | Ciolacu |
The grand coalition forming the government, consisting of Social Democratic Party (PSD), National Liberal Party (PNL), and Democratic Alliance of Hungarians in Romania (UDMR/RMDSZ), is also referred to as the National Coalition for Romania (Romanian: Coaliția Națională pentru România, CNR).[1]
Since the cabinet's investment, Romania experienced a shift towards authoritarianism and illiberalism.[2][3][4][5] Under Ciucă's premiership, Romania experienced democratic backsliding,[6] with The Economist ranking it last in the European Union in the world terms of democracy,[7] even behind Viktor Orbán's Hungary.[8] During Ciucă's premiership, the freedom of the press in Romania declined, according to World Press Freedom Index (from 75.09 in 2021[9] to 69.04 in 2023[10]).