2008–12 legislature of the Romanian Parliament

Parliament of Romania
LIII legislature
December 2008 present
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Parliamentarians
Senators 137
Deputies 334
Sessions
1st Session
December 2008 - February 2009
2nd Session
February 2009 - September 2009
3rd Session
September 2009 - February 2010
4th Session
February 2010 - September 2010
5th Session
September 2010 - February 2011
6th Session
February 2011 - September 2012
7th Session
September 2012 - (current)
Party standings
Government
Opposition

Political structure of the Senate
President of the Senate
Senate Political Groups Leaders
Democratic Liberal Party Cristian Rădulescu
Social Democratic Party Ilie Sârbu
National Liberal Party Mario Oprea
Democratic Union of Hungarians in Romania Andras Levente Fekete Szabó
National Union for the Progress of Romania Şerban Mihăilescu

Political structure of the Chamber of Deputies
President of the Chamber of Deputies
Chamber of Deputies Political Groups Leaders
Democratic Liberal Party Mircea Toader
Social Democratic Party Marian Neacşu
National Liberal Party Călin Popescu-Tăriceanu
Democratic Union of Hungarians in Romania András-Levente Máté
Minorities Varujan Pambuccian
National Union for the Progress of Romania Luminiţa Iordache
Boc I Cabinet
coalition Cabinet
Emil Boc
22 December 2008 - 23 December 2009
Boc II Cabinet
coalition Cabinet
Emil Boc
Cătălin Predoiu
23 December 2009 - 9 February 2012
Ungureanu Cabinet
coalition Cabinet
Mihai Răzvan Ungureanu
9 February 2012 - 27 April 2012
Ponta Cabinet
coalition Cabinet
Victor Ponta
27 April 2012 - present

In Romania's 2008 legislative election, held on November 30, no party won an outright majority. The Democratic Liberal Party won the largest number of seats, closely followed by the Social Democratic Party + Conservative Party Alliance. It was thought that the third-placed National Liberal Party would hold the key for the new Government, and asked for the post of Prime Minister in the negotiations with both parties.

In the end, the Democratic Liberal Party and Social Democratic Party signed a coalition agreement, with Theodor Stolojan as Prime Minister designate. Two days later, inexplicably, Stolojan renounced to this designation, and was quickly replaced by Emil Boc, Democratic Liberal Party president and incumbent Mayor of Cluj-Napoca at that time. The National Liberal Party, Democratic Union of Hungarians in Romania, and the 18 Minorities Parties form the Parliamentary Opposition.

The coalition originally had approximately 70% Parliament support, but the Social Democrats pulled out of the coalition on October 1, 2009, in protest of the sacking of interior minister Dan Nica,[1] and the government fell in a vote of no confidence on October 13.[2]

Senate

The President of the Senate for this legislature was Mircea Geoană, former president of the Social Democratic Party, between 19 December 2008 and 23 November 2011. He was replaced by Vasile Blaga on 28 November 2011. In July 3, 2012, Crin Antonescu replaced Blaga at the Senate Presidency. During Antonescu's tenure as ad interim President of Romania, the day-to-day business of the Senate was carried by the Vicepresident Petru Filip, who switched parties form PDL to PSD during the vote of no confidence for the Ungureanu Cabinet. He also served as interim President of the Senate between the removal from office of Mircea Geoană and the election of Vasile Blaga in 2011. At that time he was a PDL Vicepresident.

 Seats in the Senate of Romania, 6th legislature
Party Election seating Lost Won Present seating
Seats % Seats %
  Democratic Liberal Party 51 37.22% 19 2 35 37.96%
  Social Democratic Party 49 35.77% 15 3 40 31.39%
  National Liberal Party 28 20.44% 16 4 27 16.79%
  Democratic Union of Hungarians in Romania 9 6.57% 2 0 7 6.57%
  National Union for the Progress of Romania 4 12 12 7.3%
  Independents 2 2
  Vacant seats 14
Total 137 100 137 100

Chamber of Deputies

On 19 December 2008, President of the Chamber of Deputies was elected Roberta Anastase member of Democratic Liberal Party. She was removed from office on 3 July 2012, and replaced the same day by Valeriu Zgonea, Chamber Vicepresident at that time.

 Seats in the Chamber of Deputies of Romania, 6th legislature
Parliamentary Group Election seating Lost Won Present
Seats % Seats %
  Democratic Liberal Party 115 34.43% 29 12 106 37.24%
  Social Democratic Party 114 34.13% 29 2 91 28.53%
  National Liberal Party 65 19.46% 21 6 56 16.22%
  Democratic Union of Hungarians in Romania 22 6.59% 2 0 20 6.61%
  Ethnic minorities parties 18 5.39% 2 0 16 5.41%
  National Union for the Progress of Romania 16 16 12 6.01%
  Deputies without a group 8
  Vacant seats 25
Total 334 100 334 100

During the 2009 Spring Session of the Parliament, there were constituted two Inquiry Committees, and an Inquiry Sub-Committee. The two Committees were formed for the Minister of Youth and Sport Monica Iacob-Ridzi, regarding the possible misuse of money spent by the Ministry she was running on the Youth Day festivities, and Minister of Environment and Sustainable Development, Nicolae Nemirschi, regarding the possible misuse of money spent by the Ministry he is running on the promotion of Governmental Programs. The Sub-Committee was formed for the former Prime Minister Călin Popescu-Tăriceanu, regarding the possible fraudulent allocation of oil drilling rights in the Snake Island area, recently gained by Romania.

The Chamber of Deputies was called in an Extraordinary Session in July, to vote the reports of the Ridzi Inquiry Committee and Tăriceanu Inquiry Sub-Committee, and the formation of a new Inquiry Committee for the Minister of Tourism, Elena Udrea, regarding the possible misuse of money spent by the Ministry she is running on the tourism promoting TV spots.

By-elections

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 Summary of the Romanian legislative by-election results for the 2008 - 2012 legislature (LIII)
Date College - Constituency Candidates Parties and alliances Votes %
17 January 2010 CD 1-42 Radu Stroe National Liberal Party (Partidul Naţional Liberal) 7,625 70.17%
Honorius Prigoană Democratic Liberal Party (Partidul Democrat-Liberal) 3,242 29.83%
Total valid votes (40,583 expected voters) (turnout 27.12% - 11,006) 10,867 100.00%
Source: Biroul Electoral Municipal
25 April 2010 CD 19-42 Teo Trandafir Democratic Liberal Party (Partidul Democrat-Liberal) 53.59%
Liliana Mincă PSD+PC Electoral Alliance (Alianţa Electorală PSD+PC) 46.41%
Total valid votes (103,204 expected voters) (turnout 14.84%) 15,093 100.00%
Source: Autoritatea Electorală Permanentă
28 November 2010 CD 3-22 Mariana Câmpeanu National Liberal Party (Partidul Naţional Liberal) 8,738 34.86%
Daniel Răducanu Democratic Liberal Party (Partidul Democrat-Liberal) 7,339 29.28%
Ţoloaș Liliana PSD+PC Electoral Alliance (Alianţa Electorală PSD+PC) 5,218 20.81%
Nicolae Timiș Independent 2,683 10.70%
Bela Fülöp Democratic Union of Hungarians in Romania (Uniunea Democrată Maghiară din România) 438 1.75%
Remus Cernea Independent 269 1.07%
Mircea Părăian New Generation Party – Christian Democratic (Partidul Noua Generaţie - Creştin Democrat) 197 0.78%
Iosif Danci Christian-Democratic National Peasants' Party (Partidul Naţional Ţărănesc Creştin Democrat) 187 0.75%
Total valid votes (53,222 expected voters) (turnout 48.41% - 25,763) 25,069 100.00%
Source: Autoritatea Electorală Permanentă
21 August 2011 CD 6-29 Adrian Rădulescu Democratic Liberal Party (Partidul Democrat-Liberal) 17,186 54.95%
Liviu Harbuz Social-Liberal Union (Uniunea Social Liberală) 14,089 45.05%
Total valid votes (57,996 expected voters) (turnout 53.93% - 32,184) 31,275 100.00%
Source: Autoritatea Electorala Permanenta
CD 2-26 Florin Tătaru Social-Liberal Union (Uniunea Social Liberală) 9,433 42.67%
Mariana Pop Democratic Liberal Party (Partidul Democrat-Liberal) 7,845 35.48%
Mircea Dolha Ecologist Party of Romania (Partidul Ecologist Român) 4,338 19.62%
Felician Horzsa Greater Romania Party (Partidul România Mare) 493 2.23%
Total valid votes (79,241 expected voters) (turnout 27,90% - 22,478) 22,109 100.00%
Source: Biroul Electoral Judeţean

See also

References

  1. BBC News, 2009-10-01. Romanian government falls apart. Retrieved 2009-10-14.
  2. BBC News, 2009-10-13. Romanian government falls on vote. Retrieved 2009-10-14.
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