Ion Caramitru - Biography - Political Career - Other Causes

Other Causes

In the early 1990s, arguing that the granting of revolutionary diplomas and privileges had become an instrument of corruption, Caramitru, together with other revolutionaries and dissidents (Victor Rebengiuc, Dan Pavel, Radu Filipescu, and Costică Canacheu), formed the non-governmental organization Asociaţia Revoluţionarilor fără Privilegii (the Association of Non-Privileged Revolutionaries).

Caramitru leads Societatea de Cultură Macedo-Română, currently involved in a debate with Comunitatea Aromână din România (CARo): Caramitru and his supporters argue that Aromanians are Romanians, whereas CARo campaigns for their recognition as an ethnic minority.

In 2006, during a visit in Moldova, Caramitru claimed that Moldova is still a part of Romania, leading to a diplomatic row between Romania and Moldova and Caramitru being declared a "persona non grata" in Moldova.

Victor Ciorbea cabinet (1996-1998)
Prime Minister
  • Victor Ciorbea/Gavril Dejeu
Ministers of State
  • Mircea Ciumara
  • Ulm Spineanu
  • Gavril Dejeu
  • Adrian Severin
  • Victor Babiuc
  • Călin Popescu-Tăriceanu
  • Valeriu Stoica
  • Alexandru Athanasiu
Ministers
  • Valeriu Stoica (Justice)
  • Victor Babiuc/Constantin Dudu Ionescu (Defense)
  • Mircea Ciumara/Daniel Dăianu (Finance)
  • Ion Caramitru (Culture)
  • Nicolae Noica (Public Works)
  • Dinu Gavrilescu (Agriculture)
  • Ştefan Iosif Drăgulescu/Ion Victor Bruckner (Health)

  • Adrian Severin/Andrei Pleşu (Foreign Affairs)
  • Călin Popescu-Tăriceanu/Mircea Ciumara (Industry and Commerce)
  • Alexandru Athanasiu (Labor)
  • Sorin Pantiş (Communications)
  • Ioan Oltean/Sorin Frunzăverde/Romică Tomescu (Environment)
  • Traian Băsescu/Anton Ionescu (Transport)
  • Gavril Dejeu (Interior)
  • Virgil Petrescu/Andrei Marga (Education)
  • Ulm Spineanu/Ilie Şerbănescu (Reform)
  • Bujor Bogdan Teodoriu/Horia Ene (Research and Technology)
  • Mihai-Sorin Stănescu/Crin Antonescu (Youth and Sport)
  • Bogdan Niculescu-Duvăz/Ioan Mureşan (Relation with Parliament)
  • Ákos Birtalan (Tourism)
Minister-Delegates
  • Alexandru Herlea (European Integration)
  • Remus Opriş (Local Administration)
  • Valentin Ionescu (Privatization)
  • Radu Boroianu/Sorin-Mircea Bottez (Public Information)
  • György Tokay (National Minorities)
  • PNŢ minister
  • PD minister
  • PNL minister
  • UDMR minister
  • PSDR minister
  • Independent minister
Radu Vasile cabinet (1998-1999)
Prime Minister
  • Radu Vasile/Alexandru Athanasiu
Ministers of State
  • Victor Babiuc
  • Valeriu Stoica
Ministers
  • Valeriu Stoica (Justice)
  • Victor Babiuc (Defense)
  • Daniel Dăianu/Decebal Traian Remeş (Finance)
  • Ion Caramitru (Culture)
  • Nicolae Noica (Public Works)
  • Dinu Gavrilescu/Ioan Avram Mureşan (Agriculture)
  • Francisc Baranyi/Gábor Hajdú (Health)
  • Andrei Pleşu (Foreign Affairs)
  • Radu Berceanu (Industry and Commerce)
  • Alexandru Athanasiu (Labor)
  • Sorin Pantiş (Communications) Romică Tomescu (Environment)
  • Traian Băsescu (Transport)
  • Gavril Dejeu/Constantin Dudu Ionescu (Interior)
  • Andrei Marga (Education)
  • Ioan Avram Mureşan/Victor Babiuc (Reform)
  • Horia Ene/Valeriu Stoica (Research and Technology)
  • Crin Antonescu (Youth and Sport)
  • Alexandru Sassu (Relation with Parliament)
  • Sorin Frunzăverde (Tourism)
Minister-Delegates
  • Alexandru Herlea (European Integration)
  • György Tokay/Péter Eckstein-Kovács (National Minorities)
  • PNŢ minister
  • PD minister
  • PNL minister
  • UDMR minister
  • PSDR minister
  • Independent minister
Mugur Isărescu cabinet (1999-2000)
Prime Minister
  • Mugur Isărescu
Ministers of State
  • Mircea Ciumara
  • Valeriu Stoica
  • Gábor Hajdú
  • Petre Roman
Ministers
  • Valeriu Stoica (Justice)
  • Victor Babiuc/Sorin Frunzăverde (Defense)
  • Decebal Traian Remeş (Finance)
  • Ion Caramitru (Culture)
  • Nicolae Noica (Public Works)
  • Ioan Avram Mureşan (Agriculture)
  • Gábor Hajdú (Health)
  • Petre Roman (Foreign Affairs)
  • Radu Berceanu (Industry and Commerce)
  • Smaranda Dobrescu (Labor)
  • Romică Tomescu (Environment)
  • Traian Băsescu/Anca Boagiu (Transport)
  • Constantin Dudu Ionescu (Interior)
  • Andrei Marga (Education)
  • Vlad Roşca (Public Office)
  • Crin Antonescu (Youth and Sport)
  • PNŢ minister
  • PD minister
  • PNL minister
  • UDMR minister
  • Independent minister

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