Factbox on ministers of the new government of Romania:

Prime minister Calin Popescu Tariceanu was born on January 14, 1952 in Bucharest. He graduated from the Hydrotechnique Faculty of the Construction Institute of Bucharest. He finished the one-year post-graduate course on ''Informatics and mathematics for research'' (1982) and thus obtained the Master of Science title.
Engineer with the National Water Company, Arges Branch (1976-1977) and Industrial Construction Bucharest (1977-1979), university assistant with the Hydrotechnique Faculty of the Construction Institute of Bucharest (1980-1991). In 1990 he founded Romania's first private radio station, Radio-Contact, and managed it as general director from 1992 to 1996.
Associate partner with Automotive Trading Services, official importer of Citroen, founding member and president of Car Producers and Importers of Romania Association - APIA (1994-1997, 2001-2003). He has been the honorary president of APIA since 2003.
After December 22, 1989, he engaged in rebuilding the liberal movement under the National Liberal Party (PNL). Member of the group that founded in July 1990 the National Liberal Party - Young Wing, until June 1992, when he resigns from this party and becomes member of the New Liberal Party (NPL). Following the unification congress between PNL and NPL of February 1993, he is elected vice-president of PNL and occupied this position until October 2, 2004, when he is appointed interim president of PNL after Theodor Stolojan's withdrawal. Also on October 2, 2004 he becomes co-president of PNL-PD D.A. Alliance.
He was elected PNL deputy of Arad in the May 20, 1990 elections, re-elected on PNL Bucharest lists on November 3, 1996 and November 26, 2000 elections. He was member of Committee for Economic Policy, Reform and Privatisation (1996-2000), vice-chairman of Chamber of Deputies' Committee for Budget, Finance and Banks.
Elected PNL deputy of Bucharest on November 28, 2004 and leader of the PNL parliamentary group in the Chamber of Deputies. In the Victor Ciorbea Cabinet, he was state minister, minister of industry and trade (December 12, 1996 - December 7, 1997). On December 22, 2004, he was designated prime minister by President Traian Basescu in line with the constitutional provisions, being assigned to form the new government.
He wrote 37 scientific papers and articles on water supply and water treatment.
He is married, with two children.

Gheorghe Copos - minister of state without portfolio, in charge of coordinating the activity in the field of business environment and the small and medium-sized enterprises.
He was born on April 27, 1953, at Tasnad, Satu Mare County (northern Romania). He graduated from the Sports Academy in Bucharest (1978) and from the Academy of Social and Political Sciences in Bucharest (1986). He is the founder, majority shareholder and chairman of the Board of Directors of the companies belonging to the Ana Group. President of the Rapid Football Club. President of the Confederation of the Employers' Association in Romania, 2000. Founder member of the Association of the Businessmen in Romania. Life member of the International Federation of University Sport.
During the parliamentary elections on November 28, 2004, he was elected senator for Arges County (southern Romania), representing the Romanian Humanist Party. Vice-chairman of the Economic Commission of Romania's Senate (2004).
He is married, with one daughter.

Bela Marko - minister of state without portfolio, in charge of coordinating the activities in the field of culture, education and European integration.
He was born on September 8, 1951, at Targu-Secuiesc, Covasna County (central Romania). He attended the Philology Faculty of the Babes-Bolyai University of Cluj-Napoca in central Romania (1970-74), Hungarian and language and literature, French language and literature section.
Founder-member of the Hungarian Democratic Union of Romania (UDMR), since 1989, member on the UDMR presidium (1991-92). UDMR president since January 1993.
He was UDMR senator for Mures County (central Romania) during all the

Adriean Videanu - state minister without portfolio, assigned to coordinate economic activities.
Born on June 1, 1962 in Grevnicu village, Teleorman county (south). He graduated from the Transport Faculty of the Polytechnic Institute of Bucharest (1987); he attended post-graduated courses organised by the National Institue of Economic Development.
In 1990 entered the private sector by managing Titan Mar company.
Member of the National Salvation Front since 1990; he was vice-president of Democratic Party (PD) and member of PD Executive Bureau; interim president of PD Bucharest since December 18, 2004. He was deputy in the 1990-1992, 1992-1996 legislatures.
He was elected PD deputy of Teleorman on November 28, 2004; secretary of the Chamber of Deputies' Standing Bureau (since December 21, 2004).
He is married, with two children.
terms in office of Romania's Parliament (1990-92, 1992-96, 1996-2000, 2000-2004). UDMR senator for Mures County elected on November 28, 2004.
He published books of poems translated into Romanian, books of poems in English and French as well as ten books of poems in Hungarian and a book of essays. He is a member of the Writers' Union of Romania.
He is married, with three children.

Mihai Razvan Ungureanu - minister of foreign affairs.
He was born on September 22, 1968. Education: Faculty of History, Al I Cuza University of Iasi (eastern Romania), 1994-2000, Centre for Jewish and Hebrew Studies, St Cross College, University of Oxford, Great Britain, MPhil, 1992-93.
Deputy coordinator of South East European Cooperation Imitative (SECI), Vienna, 2003, managing director, special envoy of the Stability Pact for South-East Europe, Romanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MAE), 2001-2003, Secretary of State with MAE, 1998-2001, Senior Reader, George C Marshall Center for Security Studies, Garmisch Partenkirchen, Germany, 2003, SNSPA associate teaching staff member, Bucharest, 2002, senior reader, NATO School (SHAPE), Oberammergau, Germany, 2001.
More than 60 scientific articles published in Romania and abroad, over 60 contributions to newspapers in Romania and abroad, between 1991 and2004.2000: Grand officer of the National Order of Merit, Romania, 2000, commander first class, of Dannebrog Royal Order, Denmark, etc.

Ionut Popescu - minister of public finance Born on December 10, 1964. He graduated in 1988 from the Academy of Economic Studies in Bucharest, the Finance and Accountability Faculty.
He was over 1996-November 1999 editor-in-chief of Capital weekly; starting 1993 he collaborated with various publications, radio and TV channels, such as BBC - World Service - Romanian department, the Romanian Public Television, Banii Nostri (Our Money) publication.
Since October 2004 he has been spokesman for the D.A. Alliance of the National Liberal Party and Democratic Party. He has been adviser on economic matters of the president of the National Liberal Party since February 2003; he enrolled in the National Liberal Party in February 2003; in 2000 he was state secretary and spokesman for the Mugur Isarescu government.

Monica Luisa Macovei - minister of justice.
Born on February 4, 1959. She graduated in 1982 from the Law Faculty of the University of Bucharest, with a merit diploma, and in 1994 from the University of the State of New York/Central European University; she has been master of law in compared constitutional law.
She took several courses in Finland, UK, Austria.
Over 1993-1997 she was a prosecutor; over 1997-2004 a lawyer with the Bucharest Bar; over 2001-2004 she chaired the Association for the Defence of Human Right - Helsinki Committee (APADOR-CH), over 1996-2004 she worked as an expert/advisor with the Helsinki International Federation, the European Center for Rroma Rights, the UN Development Programme, Transparency International-Romania. She is married, with a child.

Teodor Atanasiu - minister of National Defence
He was born on September 23, 1962.
Over 1982-1987, he attended the Polytechnic Institute of Cluj-Napoca, Mechanics Faculty, Machinery Building Technology Department, while in 1999 he graduated from the Open University Business School, financial management, competition management and public relations management.
In February 1990 he became a member of the National Liberal Party (PNL). In 2001 and 2002 he was a member of the PNL Central Standing Bureau. He has been on the Assembly of the European Regions Bureau since 2004.
He co-authored "The Strategy for Restructuring of the Romanian Defence Industry," Ministry of Industry, 2000.
He is married, with one child.

Barbu Gheorghe, Minister for Labour, Social Solidarity and Family Affairs; born on November 3, 1951, he graduated from the Metallurgy Faculty of the Bucharest Polytechnics University in 1975; he attended a project management course in water construction and quality, in Cambridge, the UK, and a training course in local administration management in 2000, at La Rochelle, France.
In 1992 he joined the Democratic Party (PD) and became an MP in December 2000.

Barbu Sulfina - Minister of Environment and Water Management; born on March 9, 1967; she graduated from the Faculty of Geology and Geophysics of the Bucharest University in 1990; he attended a course in waste management in South-Eastern Europe delivered by the JICA Agency of Japan (2004) and a postgraduate course in the management of local public administration at the Bucharest School of Economics (2003-2004).
Barbu is a member of the Democratic Party.

Gheorghe Flutur - Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Rural Development; born on July 8, 1960; he is a 1985 graduate of the Brasov Faculty of Forest Engineering. He became a member of the National Liberal Party (PNL) in 2000 and was elected PNL Vice-President in 2002; he became a Senator in 2000.

Gheorghe Dobre - Minister of Transport, Constructions and Tourism; born on April 24, 1948, he is a 1972 graduate of the Transportation Faculty of the Bucharest Polytechnics university. He has held many public offices including Executive Director with the General Inspection and Audit Directorate with the Bucharest Municipality; Sectary General of the Transport Ministry ( 1998-2000) and Director General with the General Management, Strategy and European Integration Directorate of the Transport Ministry (1997-1998); a member of the PD since 2001.

Mircea Miclea - Minister for Education and Research; born on November 8, 1963, he is a 1987 graduate of the Philosophy and Psychology Faculty and a PhD in psychology of the Babes Bolyai University in Cluj-Napoca; he has been head of the Higher Education Management and Governance Department of UNESCO since 200. He is also head of the Psychology Chair of the Babes Bolyai University and chairman of the Romanian Association of Cognitive Scientists. He is a member of the PD.

Mircea Cinteza - Minister of Health Affairs; born on May 9, 1950, he is a 1975 best-achiever graduate of the General Medicine Faculty of the Bucharest University of Medicine and a holder of a PhD in Medicine; he is working as a primary physician at the Internal Medicine and Cardiology Department of the Bucharest University Hospital. He has been chairman of the College of Romanian Doctors since 1997 and a senior member of the Romanian Society of Cardiology.

Nagy Zsolt - Minister of Communications and Information Technology; born on June 21, 1971; he is a 1995 graduate of the Faculty of Automatics and Computers of the Cluj Napoca Technical University, with a degree in Automation and Industrial Informatics. A member of the Hungarian Democratic Union of Romania (UDMR), he represented UDMR before the European Democrat Union, 1998-2003.

Mihai Voicu, Minister Delegate for Government's General Secretariat; born in 1968, he is a graduate of the Bucharest Constructions Institute; he was a secretary general of the PNL over 2001-2004;

Cristian David, Minister Delegate for Control of the implementation of internationally-sponsored programmes and European acquis; born in 1967, he is a graduate of the Bucharest School of Economics (ASE); in 2004, he became chairman of the PNL Committee on Foreign Affairs.

Sorin Vicol, Minister Delegate for Control Authorities; born in 1970, he is a graduate of the Al. I Cuza Police Academy and a graduate of postgraduate studies in law at the Bucharest School of Law; he is a member of the Romanian Humanist Party (PUR)

Bogdan Olteanu, Minister Delegate for Parliament Relation; born in 1971, he is a graduate of the Bucharest Polytechnics and a holder of first degrees in law; he is a PNL member.

Laszlo Borbely, Minister Delegate for Public Works and Physical Planning; born in 1954, he is a graduate of the Timisoara School of Economics; he is executive vice-president of UDMR.

Iuliu Winkler - Minister Delegate for Commerce; born in 1964, he is a graduate of the Petrosani Faculty of Economic and Finance Sciences; a member of UDMR since 1991.

Vasile Blaga - Minister of Administration and the Interior
He was born at Petrileni, Bihor county (western Romania) on July 26, 1956. He graduated from the Traian Vuia Polytechnic Institute of Timisoara (western Romania), Mechanics Faculty, as well as advanced courses in customs in Vienna and Weiden (Germany), and the National Defence College.
He was a deputy, senator and parliament expert over 2000-2004, as well as Bucharest senator and presidential adviser on defence and national security affairs.
He is a founder member of the Democratic Party (PD) and in 2004 he became a member of the National Leadership Council for the D.A. (Justice and Truth) Alliance PNL (National Liberal Party) - PD.
He is married, with two children.

Ioan Codrut Seres, Minister of Economy and Trade
Born on August 2, 1969, he graduated from the Technical Military Academy in 1993, specialising as a mechanical engineer, and attending the courses of the Romanian-Canadian MBA programme in marketing over 1998-1999. He also attended professional training classes, such as those held by the Academy of Economic Studies (ASE) with CBE, affiliated to the Washington Small Business Development Center, with the Washington State University, specialising as a trainer for professional business consultants. He has a master's degree in Business Consultancy (MBC) as from 2002. He specialised as a professional business consultant (PBC) over 2001-2002, attending ASE-CBE classes of the Washington Small Business Development Center together with the Washington State University. In 2001, he attended classes in strategic communication held by the Graduate School of Management and Foundation for International Training in Canada.
He is vice-president of the Humanist Party of Romania as from 2004.
Since 2003 he has been vice-president of the National Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises Credit Guaranteeing Fund.

Monica Octavia Musca, minister of Culture and Religious Affairs
Born on May 4, 1949, she graduated from the Philology Faculty with the University of Timisoara in western Romania.
Scientific researcher with the Iorgu Iordan Linguistics Institute of the Romanian Academy over 1982-1996, she was an instructor with the University in Timisoara over 1975-1982.
A member of the National Liberal Party, deputy for Bucharest in the 2004 elections, she is a member of the D.A. PNL-PD Alliance National Coordinating Committee.
She is married, with one child.

Ene Dinga, Minister of European Integration