Political Career
Born in Petrileni, Bihor County, Blaga started his political career after the fall of Communism in Romania in 1989. He was a Member of Parliament in the Romanian Chamber of Deputies, representing Bihor County, between 1990 and 1991, after which he became the Prefect of Bihor, serving until 1993.
Following the legislative election of 1996, he became a member of the Romanian Senate from the Democratic Party, representing Bihor County. He was reelected at the 2004 election for the Justice and Truth Alliance, of which the Democratic Party was a member, representing Bucharest (where he presently resides). Blaga was appointed as the Minister of Administration and Interior Affairs later in the same year.
In 2008, he was a candidate for the position of mayor of Bucharest from the Democratic-Liberal Party, seeking to replace incumbent mayor Adriean Videanu, who did not want to compete for a second term.
He came second in the first round of the elections, trailing independent Sorin Oprescu. For the second round, he gained the support of Gigi Becali's New Generation Party and of the Social Democrat mayor Bucharest's Sector 2, Neculai Onţanu., as well as the opposition of National Liberal Party and the Social Democratic Party (Romania). Oprescu won the race on a 56-44 margin.
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First Călin Popescu-Tăriceanu cabinet (29 December 2004 – 5 April 2007)
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| Prime Minister |
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| Minister of State |
- Adriean Videanu/Gheorghe Seculici/Gheorghe Pogea (Co-ordinating the Economic Domain)
- George Copos/Bogdan Pascu (Co-ordinating the Buisiness, and Small and Medium Enterprises Domain)
- Béla Markó (Co-ordinating Culture, Education, European Integration)
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| Ministers |
- Monica Macovei (Justice)
- Ionel Popescu/Sebastian Vlădescu (Public Finance)
- Gheorghe Barbu (Labor)
- Ene Dinga/Anca Boagiu
- (European Integration)
- Mihai Răzvan Ungureanu/Călin Popescu-Tăriceanu (Foreign Affairs)
- Vasile Blaga (Interior)
- Codruţ Şereş/
- Varujan Vosganian (Economy)
- Teodor Atanasiu/Sorin Frunzăverde (Defense)
- Gheorghe Flutur/Dan Motreanu (Agriculture)
- Gheorghe Dobre/Radu Berceanu (Transport)
- Mircea Miclea/Mihail Hărdău (Education)
- Mona Muscă/Adrian Iorgulescu (Culture)
- Mircea Cinteză/Eugen Nicolăescu (Health)
- Zsolt Nagy (Communications and IT)
- Sulfina Barbu (Environment)
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| Ministers Delegate |
- Mihai Voicu/Radu Stroe (General Secretariat of the Government)
- Cristian David (International Financing Programs and European Community Acquis)
- Sorin Vicol (Control)
- Bogdan Olteanu/Mihai Voicu (Relations with Parliament)
- László Borbély (Transport)
- Iuliu Winkler (Commerce)
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- PNL minister
- PD minister
- UDMR minister
- PC minister
- Independent minister
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First Emil Boc cabinet (22 December 2008 – 23 December 2009)
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| Prime Minister |
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| Deputy Prime Minister |
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| Ministers |
- Cătălin Predoiu (Justice)
- Mihai Stănişoară (National Defense)
- Theodor Paleologu (Culture and Religious Affairs)
- Ilie Sârbu/Radu Berceanu (Agriculture and Rural Development)
- Ion Bazac/Adriean Videanu (Public Health)
- Cristian Diaconescu/Cătălin Predoiu (Foreign Affairs)
- Adriean Videanu (Economy)
- Gheorghe Pogea (Finance)
- Marian Sârbu/Gheorghe Pogea (Labor, Family and Social Protection)
- Nicolae Nemirschi/Elena Udrea (Environment and Sustainable Development)
- Radu Berceanu (Transport and Infrastructure)
- Gabriel Oprea/Dan Nica/Liviu Dragnea/Dan Nica/Vasile Blaga (Administration and Interior)
- Vasile Blaga (Regional Development and Housing)
- Ecaterina Andronescu/Emil Boc (Education)
- Monica Iacob Ridzi/Sorina-Luminiţa Plăcintă (Youth and Sport)
- Elena Udrea (Tourism)
- Gabriel Sandu (Communications and IS)
- Constantin Niţă/Gabriel Sandu (Small and Medium Enterprises, Commerce and BE)
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| Minister-Delegate |
- Victor Ponta/Sorina-Luminiţa Plăcintă (Relations with Parliament)
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- PD-L minister
- PSD minister
- Independent minister
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Second Emil Boc cabinet (23 December 2009 - 9 February 2012)
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| Prime Minister |
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| Deputy Prime Minister |
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| Ministers |
- Vasile Blaga/Traian Igaş (Administration and Interior)
- Sebastian Vlădescu/Gheorghe Ialomiţianu (Public Finance)
- Adriean Videanu/Ion Ariton (Economy, Commerce and Business Environment)
- Teodor Baconschi/Cristian Diaconescu (Foreign Affairs)
- Radu Berceanu/Anca Boagiu (Transport and Infrastructure)
- László Borbély (Environment and Forests)
- Elena Udrea (Regional Development and Tourism)
- Gabriel Oprea (National Defense)
- Hunor Kelemen (Culture and National Patrimony)
- Cătălin Predoiu (Justice)
- Gabriel Sandu/Valerian Vreme (Communications and Information Society)
- Mihai Şeitan/Ioan Botiş/Emil Boc/Sebastian Lăzăroiu/Sulfina Barbu (Labor, Family and Social Protection)
- Daniel Funeriu (Education, Research, Innovation, Youth and Sport)
- Attila Cseke/Ladislau Ritli (Health)
- Mihai Dumitru/Valeriu Tabără (Agriculture and Rural Development)
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- PD-L minister
- UDMR minister
- UNPR minister
- Independent minister
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Interior Ministers of Romania
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United Principalities
Principality of Romania |
- B. Catargiu
- Arsache
- Creţulescu
- Kogălniceanu
- Bosianu
- Florescu
- D. Ghica
- L. Catargiu
- I. Ghica
- I. C. Brătianu
- Ş. Golescu
- A. Arion
- A. Golescu
- Epureanu
- Vernescu
- C. A. Rosetti
- Stolojan
- Teriachiu
- Stătescu
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| Kingdom of Romania |
- Chiţu
- Mihai
- Nacu
- T. Rosetti
- Ştirbei
- Manu
- Fleva
- Sturdza
- Lascăr
- Pherekyde
- Cantacuzino
- Olănescu
- Aurelian
- Pallade
- Haret
- I. I. C. Brătianu
- Marghiloman
- C. Arion
- T. Ionescu
- Morţun
- Constantinescu
- Sărăţeanu
- Văitoianu
- Mârzescu
- Averescu
- Vlad
- Lupu
- Argetoianu
- Cămărăşescu
- Goga
- Ştirbey
- Duca
- Vaida-Voevod
- Popovici
- Mihalache
- Iorga
- Mironescu
- Inculeţ
- Iuca
- Tătărescu
- Franasovici
- Călinescu
- Marinescu
- Ottescu
- Ghelmegeanu
- David Popescu
- Petrovicescu
- Dumitru Popescu
- Aldea
- Penescu
- Sănătescu
- Rădescu
- Georgescu
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| Communist Romania |
- Georgescu
- Drăghici
- Ştefan
- Drăghici
- Onescu
- Stănescu
- Bobu
- Coman
- Homoştean
- Postelnicu
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| Romania since 1989 |
- Chiţac
- Ursu
- Babiuc
- Dănescu
- Tărăcilă
- Dejeu
- C. Ionescu
- Rus
- Săniuţă
- Blaga
- David
- Nica
- Blaga
- Igaş
- Berca
- Rus
- Duşa
- Stroe
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Presidents of the Senate of Romania
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Corpul Ponderator
(Moderating Body)
1864 - 1866 |
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Senat
1866 - 1940 |
- Nifon Rusailă
- Ştefan Golescu
- Nicolae Golescu
- Alexandru Plagino
- Nifon Rusailă
- Calinic Miclescu
- Constantin Bosianu
- Dimitrie Ghica
- Ion Emanoil Florescu
- Nicolae Creţulescu
- Ion Emanoil Florescu
- Constantin Boerescu
- Gheorghe Grigore Cantacuzino
- Dimtrie Ghica
- Dimitrie Alexandru Sturdza
- Eugeniu Stătescu
- Nicolae Gane
- Constantin Boerescu
- Eugeniu Stătescu
- Petre S. Aurelian
- Constantin Boerescu
- Petre S. Aurelian
- Constantin Budişteanu
- Gheorghe Grigore Cantacuzino
- Theodor Rosetti
- Ion Lahovari
- Basile M. Missir
- Emanoil Porumbaru
- Dimitrie I. Dobrescu
- Paul Bujor
- Constantin Coandă
- Mihail Pherekyde
- Constantin I. Nicolaescu
- Constantin Coandă
- Constantin I. Nicolaescu
- Traian Bratu
- Mihail Sadoveanu
- Nicolae Costălescu
- Leonte Moldovan
- Constantin Dimitriu-Dovlecel
- Alexandru Lapedatu
- Nicolae Iorga
- Constantin Argetoianu
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Senat
since 1990 |
- Alexandru Bârlădeanu
- Oliviu Gherman
- Petre Roman
- Mircea Ionescu-Quintus
- Nicolae Văcăroiu
- Doru-Ioan Tǎrǎcilǎ*
- Ilie Sârbu
- Mircea Geoană
- Petru Filip*
- Vasile Blaga
- Crin Antonescu
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^* interim (acting)
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