The Government

Prime Minister

The Government is appointed by the President on the basis of Parliament's vote of confidence; on a reshuffle or a vacancy the President dismisses and appoints some ministers on the Prime Minister's proposal.

The route of the office

The President appoints after Parliament's vote

Constituția României, art. 85

Decrees that appoint or release

People appointed or released, with the decree and the President
Person	What happened	The office, as the decree words it	Decree	President
Ion-Marcel Ciolacu	Resignation noted	prim-ministru al Guvernului României	622/20256 May 2025	Ilie-Gavril Bolojan(acting)
Nicolae-Ionel Ciucă	Resignation noted	prim-ministru al Guvernului României	826/202312 Jun 2023	Klaus-Werner Iohannis
Ludovic Orban	Resignation noted	prim-ministru al Guvernului României	1046/20207 Dec 2020	Klaus-Werner Iohannis
Mihai Tudose	Resignation noted	prim-ministru al Guvernului României	49/201816 Jan 2018	Klaus-Werner Iohannis
Victor-Viorel Ponta	Resignation noted	prim-ministru al Guvernului României	803/20155 Nov 2015	Klaus-Werner Iohannis
Emil Boc	Resignation noted	prim-ministru al Guvernului României	52/20126 Feb 2012	Traian Băsescu
Alexandru Athanasiu	Dismissed	prim-ministru interimar începând cu data de 22 decembrie 1999	432/199922 Dec 1999	Emil Constantinescu
Alexandru Athanasiu	Appointed acting	prim-ministru interimar, până la formarea noului Guvern	427/199913 Dec 1999	Emil Constantinescu
Radu Vasile	Dismissed	prim-ministru al Guvernului	426/199913 Dec 1999	Emil Constantinescu
Victor Ciorbea	Dismissed	prim-ministru	108/199830 Mar 1998	Emil Constantinescu
Gavril Dejeu	Appointed acting	prim-ministru interimar, până la formarea noului guvern	108/199830 Mar 1998	Emil Constantinescu

A row is a person named in a decree; a decree that releases, dismisses or recalls them has its own row. The person appears by the name in the decree, linked to a page only when the name is exactly one of our members of Parliament.