Vasile Blaga - Political Career

Political Career

Born in Petrileni, Bihor County, Blaga started his political career after the fall of Communism in Romania in 1989. He was a Member of Parliament in the Romanian Chamber of Deputies, representing Bihor County, between 1990 and 1991, after which he became the Prefect of Bihor, serving until 1993.

Following the legislative election of 1996, he became a member of the Romanian Senate from the Democratic Party, representing Bihor County. He was reelected at the 2004 election for the Justice and Truth Alliance, of which the Democratic Party was a member, representing Bucharest (where he presently resides). Blaga was appointed as the Minister of Administration and Interior Affairs later in the same year.

In 2008, he was a candidate for the position of mayor of Bucharest from the Democratic-Liberal Party, seeking to replace incumbent mayor Adriean Videanu, who did not want to compete for a second term.

He came second in the first round of the elections, trailing independent Sorin Oprescu. For the second round, he gained the support of Gigi Becali's New Generation Party and of the Social Democrat mayor Bucharest's Sector 2, Neculai Onţanu., as well as the opposition of National Liberal Party and the Social Democratic Party (Romania). Oprescu won the race on a 56-44 margin.

First Călin Popescu-Tăriceanu cabinet (29 December 2004 – 5 April 2007)

Prime Minister	Călin Popescu-Tăriceanu

Minister of State	Adriean Videanu/Gheorghe Seculici/Gheorghe Pogea (Co-ordinating the Economic Domain) George Copos/Bogdan Pascu (Co-ordinating the Buisiness, and Small and Medium Enterprises Domain) Béla Markó (Co-ordinating Culture, Education, European Integration)

Ministers	Monica Macovei (Justice) Ionel Popescu/Sebastian Vlădescu (Public Finance) Gheorghe Barbu (Labor) Ene Dinga/Anca Boagiu (European Integration) Mihai Răzvan Ungureanu/Călin Popescu-Tăriceanu (Foreign Affairs) Vasile Blaga (Interior) Codruţ Şereş/ Varujan Vosganian (Economy) Teodor Atanasiu/Sorin Frunzăverde (Defense) Gheorghe Flutur/Dan Motreanu (Agriculture) Gheorghe Dobre/Radu Berceanu (Transport) Mircea Miclea/Mihail Hărdău (Education) Mona Muscă/Adrian Iorgulescu (Culture) Mircea Cinteză/Eugen Nicolăescu (Health) Zsolt Nagy (Communications and IT) Sulfina Barbu (Environment)

Ministers Delegate	Mihai Voicu/Radu Stroe (General Secretariat of the Government) Cristian David (International Financing Programs and European Community Acquis) Sorin Vicol (Control) Bogdan Olteanu/Mihai Voicu (Relations with Parliament) László Borbély (Transport) Iuliu Winkler (Commerce)

PNL minister PD minister UDMR minister PC minister Independent minister

First Emil Boc cabinet (22 December 2008 – 23 December 2009)

Prime Minister	Emil Boc

Deputy Prime Minister	Dan Nica/Vasile Blaga

Ministers	Cătălin Predoiu (Justice) Mihai Stănişoară (National Defense) Theodor Paleologu (Culture and Religious Affairs) Ilie Sârbu/Radu Berceanu (Agriculture and Rural Development) Ion Bazac/Adriean Videanu (Public Health) Cristian Diaconescu/Cătălin Predoiu (Foreign Affairs) Adriean Videanu (Economy) Gheorghe Pogea (Finance) Marian Sârbu/Gheorghe Pogea (Labor, Family and Social Protection) Nicolae Nemirschi/Elena Udrea (Environment and Sustainable Development) Radu Berceanu (Transport and Infrastructure) Gabriel Oprea/Dan Nica/Liviu Dragnea/Dan Nica/Vasile Blaga (Administration and Interior) Vasile Blaga (Regional Development and Housing) Ecaterina Andronescu/Emil Boc (Education) Monica Iacob Ridzi/Sorina-Luminiţa Plăcintă (Youth and Sport) Elena Udrea (Tourism) Gabriel Sandu (Communications and IS) Constantin Niţă/Gabriel Sandu (Small and Medium Enterprises, Commerce and BE)

Minister-Delegate	Victor Ponta/Sorina-Luminiţa Plăcintă (Relations with Parliament)

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Second Emil Boc cabinet (23 December 2009 - 9 February 2012)

Prime Minister	Emil Boc/Cătălin Predoiu

Deputy Prime Minister	Béla Markó

Ministers	Vasile Blaga/Traian Igaş (Administration and Interior) Sebastian Vlădescu/Gheorghe Ialomiţianu (Public Finance) Adriean Videanu/Ion Ariton (Economy, Commerce and Business Environment) Teodor Baconschi/Cristian Diaconescu (Foreign Affairs) Radu Berceanu/Anca Boagiu (Transport and Infrastructure) László Borbély (Environment and Forests) Elena Udrea (Regional Development and Tourism) Gabriel Oprea (National Defense) Hunor Kelemen (Culture and National Patrimony) Cătălin Predoiu (Justice) Gabriel Sandu/Valerian Vreme (Communications and Information Society) Mihai Şeitan/Ioan Botiş/Emil Boc/Sebastian Lăzăroiu/Sulfina Barbu (Labor, Family and Social Protection) Daniel Funeriu (Education, Research, Innovation, Youth and Sport) Attila Cseke/Ladislau Ritli (Health) Mihai Dumitru/Valeriu Tabără (Agriculture and Rural Development)

PD-L minister UDMR minister UNPR minister Independent minister

Interior Ministers of Romania

United Principalities Principality of Romania	B. Catargiu Arsache Creţulescu Kogălniceanu Bosianu Florescu D. Ghica L. Catargiu I. Ghica I. C. Brătianu Ş. Golescu A. Arion A. Golescu Epureanu Vernescu C. A. Rosetti Stolojan Teriachiu Stătescu

Kingdom of Romania	Chiţu Mihai Nacu T. Rosetti Ştirbei Manu Fleva Sturdza Lascăr Pherekyde Cantacuzino Olănescu Aurelian Pallade Haret I. I. C. Brătianu Marghiloman C. Arion T. Ionescu Morţun Constantinescu Sărăţeanu Văitoianu Mârzescu Averescu Vlad Lupu Argetoianu Cămărăşescu Goga Ştirbey Duca Vaida-Voevod Popovici Mihalache Iorga Mironescu Inculeţ Iuca Tătărescu Franasovici Călinescu Marinescu Ottescu Ghelmegeanu David Popescu Petrovicescu Dumitru Popescu Aldea Penescu Sănătescu Rădescu Georgescu

Communist Romania	Georgescu Drăghici Ştefan Drăghici Onescu Stănescu Bobu Coman Homoştean Postelnicu

Romania since 1989	Chiţac Ursu Babiuc Dănescu Tărăcilă Dejeu C. Ionescu Rus Săniuţă Blaga David Nica Blaga Igaş Berca Rus Duşa Stroe

Presidents of the Senate of Romania

Corpul Ponderator (Moderating Body) 1864 - 1866	Nifon Rusailă

Senat 1866 - 1940	Nifon Rusailă Ştefan Golescu Nicolae Golescu Alexandru Plagino Nifon Rusailă Calinic Miclescu Constantin Bosianu Dimitrie Ghica Ion Emanoil Florescu Nicolae Creţulescu Ion Emanoil Florescu Constantin Boerescu Gheorghe Grigore Cantacuzino Dimtrie Ghica Dimitrie Alexandru Sturdza Eugeniu Stătescu Nicolae Gane Constantin Boerescu Eugeniu Stătescu Petre S. Aurelian Constantin Boerescu Petre S. Aurelian Constantin Budişteanu Gheorghe Grigore Cantacuzino Theodor Rosetti Ion Lahovari Basile M. Missir Emanoil Porumbaru Dimitrie I. Dobrescu Paul Bujor Constantin Coandă Mihail Pherekyde Constantin I. Nicolaescu Constantin Coandă Constantin I. Nicolaescu Traian Bratu Mihail Sadoveanu Nicolae Costălescu Leonte Moldovan Constantin Dimitriu-Dovlecel Alexandru Lapedatu Nicolae Iorga Constantin Argetoianu

Senat since 1990	Alexandru Bârlădeanu Oliviu Gherman Petre Roman Mircea Ionescu-Quintus Nicolae Văcăroiu Doru-Ioan Tǎrǎcilǎ* Ilie Sârbu Mircea Geoană Petru Filip* Vasile Blaga Crin Antonescu

^* interim (acting)

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