Third Ponta Cabinet

Ponta III
123rd Cabinet of Romania
Victor Ponta (left), head of the current Government of Romania
Date formed	5 March 2014
Date dissolved	17 December 2014
People and organisations
Head of government	Victor Ponta
Head of state	Traian Băsescu
Member parties	PSD, UNPR, PC, PLR
Status in legislature	Coalition
Opposition parties	PNL, PMP, PNȚCD, UDMR
Opposition leaders	Klaus Iohannis, Elena Udrea, Aurelian Pavelescu, Hunor Kelemen
History
Legislature term(s)	2012–2016
Predecessor	Ponta II
Successor	Ponta IV^[1]

The Third Ponta Cabinet was the executive of Romania from 5 March to 13 December 2014. it was established after one day before it received the vote of confidence from the country's Parliament.^[2] The Third Ponta Cabinet is supported by PSD–UNPR–PC Alliance and an unregistered party (PLR) led by Călin Popescu-Tăriceanu. In December 2014, UDMR voted the egress from the government, invoking the result of the presidential election, inasmuch as Klaus Iohannis, PSD counter candidate, was voted by more than 70% of the electorate in the ethnic Hungarian counties.

History

The Third Ponta Cabinet was approved by the Romanian Parliament on 4 March 2014 and took the oath in the presence of President Traian Băsescu on the evening of 5 March 2014.

Controversies

Liberal Democratic Party and People's Movement Party, members of the opposition, submitted to the Constitutional Court of Romania a contestation against the government investiture, arguing that the government can't be invested without a political program.^[3] Even the President has repeatedly stated that he won't invest the government if it won't adopt as soon as a new political program. The Ponta Government announced the engagement of liability in Parliament for a new program, and therefore the Constitutional Court found, with 8 votes for and 1 against, that the contestation is redundant.^[4]

Composition

Function		Party	In office since	Until
Prime Minister	Victor Ponta	PSD	7 May 2012
Deputy Prime Ministers
Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Regional Development and Public Administration	Liviu Dragnea	PSD	5 March 2014	13 December 2014
Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Internal Affairs	Gabriel Oprea	UNPR	5 March 2014	13 December 2014
Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development	Daniel Constantin	PC	5 March 2014	13 December 2014
Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Culture	Hunor Kelemen	UDMR	5 March 2014	24 November 2014
Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Culture	Csilla Hegedüs	UDMR	24 November 2014	13 December 2014^[6]
Ministers
Minister of Foreign Affairs	Titus Corlățean	PSD	5 March 2014	10 November 2014
	Teodor Meleșcanu	Independent	10 November 2014	18 November 2014
	Bogdan Aurescu	Independent	24 November 2014	13 December 2014
Minister of National Defence	Mircea Dușa	PSD	5 March 2014	13 December 2014
Minister of Public Finance	Ioana Petrescu	Independent	5 March 2014	13 December 2014
Minister of Economy	Constantin Niță	PSD	5 March 2014	13 December 2014
Minister of Justice	Robert Cazanciuc	PSD	5 March 2014	13 December 2014
Minister of Transport	Dan Șova	PSD	5 March 2014	24 June 2014^[7]
Minister of Transport	Ioan Rus	PSD	25 June 2014	13 December 2014
Minister of Health	Nicolae Bănicioiu	PSD	5 March 2014	13 December 2014
Minister of Environment and Climate Change	Attila Korodi	UDMR	5 March 2014	13 December 2014^[6]
Minister for the Information Society	Răzvan Cotovelea	Independent	5 March 2014	13 December 2014
Minister of Labour, Family, Social Protection and Elders	Rovana Plumb	PSD	5 March 2014	13 December 2014
Minister of National Education	Remus Pricopie	PSD	5 March 2014	13 December 2014
Minister of European Funds	Eugen Teodorovici	PSD	5 March 2014	13 December 2014
Minister of Youth and Sports	Gabriela Szabo	PSD	5 March 2014	13 December 2014
Minister Delegates
Minister Delegate for Budget	Liviu Voinea	PSD	5 March 2014	15 June 2014
Minister Delegate for Budget	Darius Vâlcov	PSD	28 August 2014	13 December 2014
Minister Delegate for Small and Medium Enterprises, Business Environment and Tourism	Florin Jianu	Independent	5 March 2014	13 December 2014^[8]
Minister Delegate for Higher Education, Scientific Research and Technological Development	Mihnea Costoiu	PSD	5 March 2014	13 December 2014
Minister Delegate for Water, Forests and Pisciculture	Doina Pană	PSD	5 March 2014	13 December 2014
Minister Delegate for Energy	Răzvan Nicolescu	Independent	5 March 2014	13 December 2014^[8]
Minister Delegate for Relations with Parliament	Eugen Nicolicea	UNPR	5 March 2014	13 December 2014
Minister Delegate for Romanians Abroad	Bogdan Stanoevici	Independent	5 March 2014	13 December 2014
Minister Delegate for Social Dialogue	Aurelia Cristea	PSD	5 March 2014	13 December 2014^[8]

References

↑ M.Z. (25 November 2014). "Ponta îşi remaniază Guvernul. Radu Tudor: Desfiinţaţi funcţiile astea de vicepremier! Sunt inutile!". Antena 3 (in Romanian).
↑ "Guvernul Ponta 3 a fost votat de Parlament. Reacția premierului după ce Crin Antonescu și-a dat demisia". Știrile PRO TV. 4 March 2014.
↑ Mircea Marian (5 March 2014). "PMP și PDL au sesizat CCR cu privire la neconstituționalitatea validării în Parlament a noului Guvern". Evenimentul Zilei.
↑ Anca Simina (8 March 2014). "CCR a respins cu 8 la 1 sesizarea PDL. Guvernul Ponta rămâne în funcție". Gândul.
↑ "Miniștrii Guvernului României". Guvernul României.
1 2 I.R. (13 December 2014). "UDMR iese de la guvernare. Consiliul Reprezentanților Unionali a aprobat ieșirea cu majoritate de voturi". HotNews.ro (in Romanian).
↑ Cristian Andrei, Loredana Voiculescu (24 June 2014). "Ponta îl propune OFICIAL pe Ioan Rus ministru al Transporturilor „Vreau să transmit UN MESAJ pentru Transilvania”". Gândul.
1 2 3 Anca Simina (13 December 2014). "Trei miniştri şi-au dat LOG OUT din Guvernul Ponta". Gândul (in Romanian).

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