Vasile Blaga

Vasile Blaga (; born 26 July 1956) is a Romanian politician and former Speaker of the Upper Chamber of the Romanian Parliament, the Senate, also a former Minister of Regional Development and Housing and twice former Minister of Administration and Internal Affairs.

A member of the Democratic Party, he was the Minister of Administration and Interior in the first Călin Popescu-Tăriceanu government (December 2004 – March 2007) as well as in one of the Emil Boc's governments. He resigned on 27 September 2010. On 28 November 2011, Blaga was appointed President of the Senate of Romania after the revocation of Mircea Geoana on 23 November. On 30 June 2012, he became the leader of PDL in an extraordinary session following the huge loss suffered by the party in the local elections earlier that month. He was dismissed from the office of President of the Senate on 3 July 2012.