The Cioloș Cabinet was the 125th

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. It was led by

Dacian Cioloș Dacian Julien Cioloș (; born 27 July 1969) is a Romanian Agronomy, agronomist who served as Prime Minister of Romania from November 2015 to January 2017. He previously served as Ministry of Agriculture, Forests and Rural Development (Romania), A ...

, who was appointed

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on 10 November 2015, after the resignation of

Victor Ponta Victor Viorel Ponta (; born 20 September 1972) is a Romanian politician and jurist who served as Prime Minister of Romania from 2012 to 2015. He was president of the Social Democratic Party (Romania), Social Democratic Party (PSD) from 2010 to ...

amid mass protests against generalised corruption linked to the

Colectiv nightclub fire A nightclub fire which occurred in Bucharest, Romania, on 30 October 2015 killed 64 people (26 on site, 38 in hospitals) and injured 146. The fire was caused by a fireworks accident and is the deadliest such incident in Romanian history. It occ ...

. It consisted of 21 ministers. No member of the Cabinet was formally affiliated with a political organisation (except for a PSD minister).

History

After the resignation of

amid November 2015 protests, President

Klaus Iohannis Klaus Werner Iohannis (; ; born 13 June 1959) is a Romanian politician, physicist, and former teacher who served as the fifth president of Romania from 2014 until his resignation in 2025. Prior to entering Politics of Romania, national politics, ...

nominated on 10 November

, former Romanian Minister of Agriculture and European Commissioner, to form a new government. Five days later, Cioloș presented the list of proposed ministers. Two of the initial nominees, Andrei Baciu for the Ministry of Health and Cristina Guseth for the Ministry of Justice, were withdrawn. The Cioloș Cabinet received the vote of confidence from the

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on 17 November, the result being 389 votes "for", 115 "against" and two invalid votes. In his speech to senators and deputies, the premier stated that his team did not want to and could not replace the political class, alluding to criticism raised by

Călin Popescu-Tăriceanu Călin Constantin Anton Popescu-Tăriceanu (; born 14 January 1952) is a Romanian politician who served as Prime Minister of Romania, prime minister of Romania from 2004 to 2008. He was also president of the National Liberal Party (Romania), Na ...

and other MPs who said that the technocratic formula practically abolished the parliament.

Composition

References

External links

List of ministers
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