New faces at the table of the Romanian Government

Six key ministers were replaced last week by prime-minister Boc. Here’s who they are:

Gheorghe Ialomitianu – finance minister

A graduate of the Babes-Bolyai University, Ialomitianu, 51, holds certificates from the Paris Institute for Public Administration, East-France Fiscal Control Division and Swedish Tax Authority. From 1997 to 2008 he worked as deputy director and general manager of the Brasov Public Finances Authority.

He is a vice-president at the superior council of the Accounting Experts Body. Since 2008, he has been a Democrat Liberal Party PDL deputy in Brasov, and serves as the vice-president of the Budget, Finance and Banking Commission.

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Ion Ariton – economy minister

Since 2008 Ariton has been president of the Budget, Finance and Banking Commission in the Romanian Senate. The 54-year-old is a graduate of the Timisoara University, the Economic Sciences Faculty. He worked for Petrom between 1993 and 2000, where he held various positions in the Sibiu branch. Between 2005 and 2007 he was the prefect of Sibiu county.

He is taking over a ministry which oversees companies such as Hidroelectrica and Romgaz.

Nelu Ioan – labor  minister

Ioan Nelu Botis, 43, serves as Deputy for Bistrita County. In 1991 he graduated from the Polytechnics faculty in Cluj-Napoca. He holds a master’s degree in European Studies from the Babes-Bolyai University, and is currently doing his PhD in engineering. In between 2001 and 2004 he was deputy mayor of Bistrita. From 2004 to 2008 he ran the Bistrita Employment Agency.

He is a vice-president of the Labor and Social Protection Commission in the Deputies Chamber.

Valeriu Tabara – agriculture minister

Valeriu Tabara previously served as agriculture minister in the Vacaroiu government between 1994 and 1996. At the time he was vice-president of nationalist party PUNR, which disappeared in the merger with the Great Romania Party, another nationalist party. In 2002 he joined the Democratic Party in the Timis county branch.

He served as deputy in the Romanian Parliament between 1992 and 2004.

He has a doctorate in Agronomy, a degree he received in 1984, after graduating from the Timisoara Agronomy faculty.

Valerian Vreme – communications minister

The 47-year-old is a PDL deputy. He is a graduate of the Electro-technical faculty at Iasi University. He had several study and training sessions abroad in London  and Paris. Before he was a deputy, he served as Bacau county councilor and local councilor in Onesti.

Anca Boagiu – transport minister

Boagiu, 42, returns to her role, having served as transport minister in 2000, succeeding now president Traian Basescu who quit the position to become the mayor of Bucharest. She held the job for only six months. In between 2005 and 2007 she was part of the Tariceanu government as European integration minister. She is currently a senator and vice-president of the European Affairs Commission in the Romanian Parliament.

She graduated from the Construction faculty of the Constanta Ovidius University in 1995.