Nicușo Dan ha nominato il leader liberale Ilie Bolojan come prossimo ministero della Romania

After today’s nomination Ilie Bolojan and his cabinet will need to be confirmed by Parliament.

Ilie Bolojan is the [second most trusted politician](https://www.digi24.ro/stiri/actualitate/social/barometru-inscop-care-sunt-politicienii-care-conduc-in-topul-increderii-romanilor-3266459) in the country after Nicușor Dan. He was the mayor of Oradea between 2008-2020, then becoming the President of the Bihor County Council (Oradea is in Bihor county). Many people attribute [Oradea’s recent development](https://romania.europalibera.org/a/interviu-cu-ilie-bolojan-cum-s-a-schimbat-oradea-la-fa%C8%9B%C4%83-cu-o-jum%C4%83tate-de-miliard-de-euro/30825081.html) to his administrative reforms. At the end of 2024 he was elected to the Senate and became the President of the Senate of Romania. This meant that after the resignation of Klaus Iohannis he automatically became the Acting President of Romania. He served as Acting President between 12th of February and 26th of May 2025.

He will (hopefully) form a government with the 4 pro-EU parties:

* PSD: Social Democrat Party (traditional centre-left)
* PNL: National Liberal Party (traditional centre-right)
* USR: Save Romania Union (reformist)
* UDMR: Democratic Alliance of Hungarians in Romania (Hungarian minority party)

The negotiations for the coalition officially started on the 28th of May, after Nicușor Dan took the oath of office. There was a constitutional deadline today, the 20th of June, as that’s when the mandate of the Acting Prime Minister expires.

Given the massive ideological differences the negotiations were quite tricky and some people doubt this coalition will be able to last until the next parliamentary elections

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**Articles in English:**

[TVP World: Romanian president nominates liberal PM to lead pro-EU government](https://tvpworld.com/87379653/romanian-president-nominates-liberal-pm-to-lead-pro-eu-government)

[Reuters: Romanian president nominates Liberal Party leader Ilie Bolojan as PM](https://www.reuters.com/world/romanian-president-nominates-liberal-party-leader-ilie-bolojan-prime-minister-2025-06-20/)

[Politico: Ilie Bolojan set to be Romanian PM in new pro-European coalition ](https://www.politico.eu/article/ilie-bolojan-nominated-romania-prime-minister-pro-eu-coalition/)

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the amount of eyebrows in this picture is three (3)

It’s so childish, but you cannot ignore that unibrow

It’s just weird to think that in the space of a few months, he has been head of one of the Legislature chambers, State and now will be the head of government.