Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Romania) explained

Post:Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Insignia:COA Ministry of Foreign Affairs Romania.svg
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Insigniacaption:Coat of arms of the Romanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Incumbent:Luminița Odobescu
Incumbentsince:15 June 2023
Formation:22 January 1862
First:Apostol Arsache
Website:www.mae.ro

The Romanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Romanian; Moldavian; Moldovan: Ministerul Afacerilor Externe) is the ministry responsible for external affairs of the Romanian Government. The current foreign minister is Luminița Odobescu.[1]

List of ministers of foreign affairs (1862–1989)

No.NameTerm startTerm endParty
align=center colspan=9United Principalities
1Apostol Arsache22 January 186224 June 1862
2Alexandru Cantacuzino24 June 186229 September 1862
3General Ioan G. Ghica29 September 186229 August 1923
4Nicolae Rosetti-Bălănescu23 August 186329 October 1865
5Alexandru Papadopol-Calimah29 October 186510 February 1866
6Ion Ghica11 February 186610 May 1866ML
7Petre Mavrogheni11 May 186613 July 1866
8George Barbu Ştirbei15 July 186621 February 1867
9Ştefan Golescui1 March 18675 August 1867
10Alexandru Teriachiu17 August 186712 November 1867
11Ştefan Golescuii13 November 186730 April 1868
12Nicolae Golescu1 May 186815 November 1868
13Dimitrie Ghica16 November 186827 November 1869
14Nicolae Calimachi-Catargiui28 November 18691 February 1870
Alexandru G. Golescu2 February 187018 April 1870
15Petre P. Carpi20 April 187014 December 1870
16Nicolae Calimachi-Catargiuii18 December 187011 March 1871
17Gheorghe Costaforu11 March 187127 April 1873
18Vasile Boerescui28 April 187329 January 1876
19Ion Bălăceanu30 January 1876 31 March 1876
20Dimitrie Cornea4 April 187626 April 1876
21Mihail Kogălniceanui27 April 187623 July 1876PNL
22Nicolae Ionescu24 July 18762 April 1877
23Mihail Kogălniceanuii3 April 187724 November 1878PNL
24Ion C. Câmpineanui25 November 187810 July 1879
25Vasile Boerescuii11 July 18799 April 1881
align=center colspan=9Kingdom of Romania
26Dimitrie C. Brătianu10 April 18818 June 1881PNL
27Eugeniu Stătescu9 June 188130 July 1881
28Dimitrie A. Sturdzai1 August 18811 February 1885
29Ion C. Câmpineanuii2 February 188527 October 1885
Ion Brătianu28 October 188515 December 1885PNL
30Mihail Pherekyde16 December 188521 March 1888
31Petre P. Carpii21 March 18885 November 1889
32Alexandru Lahovaryi5 November 188921 February 1891
33Constantin Esarcu21 February 189126 November 1891
34Alexandru Lahovaryii27 November 18913 October 1895
35Dimitrie A. Sturdzaii4 October 189521 November 1896
36Constantin Stoicescu21 November 189629 March 1897
37Dimitrie A. Sturdzaiii31 March 189730 March 1899
38Ioan Lahovaryi11 April 18996 July 1900
39Alexandru Marghiloman7 July 190013 February 1901
40Dimitrie A. Sturdzaiv14 February 19018 January 1902
41Ion I. C. Brătianui9 January 190211 December 1904PNL
42General Iacob Lahovary22 December 19048 February 1907
43Ioan Lahovaryii9 February 190711 March 1907
44Dimitrie A. Sturdzav12 March 190727 December 1908
45Ion I. C. Brătianuii27 December 19081 November 1909PNL
46Alexandru Djuvara1 November 190928 December 1910PNL
47Titu Maiorescu29 December 19104 January 1914PC
48Emanoil Porumbaru4 January 19147 December 1916
49Ion I. C. Brătianuiii8 December 191628 January 1918PNL
Alexandru Averescu29 January 19184 March 1918
50Constantin C. Arion5 March 191823 October 1918
51General Constantin Coandă24 October 191828 November 1918
52Ion I. C. Brătianuiv29 November 191827 September 1919PNL
Arthur Văitoianu27 September 191915 October 1919
53Nicolae Mișu15 October 191930 November 1919
54Alexandru Vaida-Voevodi1 December 191913 March 1920
Ștefan Cicio Pop15 January 192013 March 1920
55Duiliu Zamfirescu13 March 192012 June 1920
56Take Ionescu13 June 192016 December 1921
57Gheorghe Derussi17 December 192119 January 1922
58Ion G. Duca19 January 192229 March 1926
59Ion Mitilineu30 March 19263 June 1927
Barbu Știrbey4 June 192720 June 1927
60Ion I. C. Brătianuv21 June 192724 November 1927PNL
61Nicolae Titulescui24 November 19279 November 1928
62Gheorghe Mironescu10 November 19289 October 1930
63Ion Mihalache10 October 193017 April 1931
Constantin Argetoianu18 April 193126 April 1932
64Dimitrie I. G. Ghica27 April 19315 June 1932
65Alexandru Vaida-Voevodii6 June 193219 October 1932
66Nicolae Titulescuii20 October 19321 October 1934
Gheorghe Tătărescu2 October 19349 October 1934
67Nicolae Titulescuiii10 October 193428 August 1936
68Victor Antonescu29 August 193628 December 1937
69Istrate Micescu29 December 193710 February 1938
Gheorghe Tătărescu11 February 193829 March 1938
70Nicolae Petrescu-Comnen30 March 193831 January 1939
71Grigore Gafencu1 February 19391 June 1940
72Ion Gigurtu1 June 194028 June 1940
73Constantin Argetoianu28 June 19404 July 1940
74Mihail Manoilescu4 July 194014 September 1940
75Mihail R. Sturdza14 September 194017 January 1941
Ion Antonescu18 January 19411 January 1943Mil.
76Mihai Antonescu1 January 194323 August 1944
77Grigore Niculescu-Buzești23 August 19443 November 1944
78Constantin Vișoianu4 November 19445 March 1945
79Gheorghe Tătărescu6 March 194529 December 1947
align=center colspan=9Communist Romania
80Ana Pauker30 December 19479 July 1952PMR
81Simion Bughici10 July 19523 October 1955
82Grigore Preoteasa4 October 195514 July 1957
83Ion Gheorghe Maurer15 July 195715 January 1958
84Avram Bunaciu23 January 195820 March 1961
85Corneliu Mănescu20 March 196120 August 1965
Corneliu Mănescu21 August 196518 October 1972PCR
86George Macovescu18 October 19728 March 1978
87Ștefan Andrei8 March 197811 November 1985
88Ilie Văduva11 November 198526 August 1986
89Ioan Totu26 August 19862 November 1989
90Ion Stoian2 November 198922 December 1989

List of ministers of foreign affairs (1989–present)

PortraitNameTerm of officePartyPrime Minister
Sergiu Celac26 December 198928 June 1990IndependentPetre Roman
Adrian Năstase16 November 199118 November 1992FSNPetre Roman
Theodor Stolojan
Teodor Meleșcanu19 November 199211 December 1996FDSN
PDSR
Nicolae Văcăroiu
Adrian Severin12 December 199629 December 1997PDVictor Ciorbea
Andrei Pleșu29 December 199722 December 1999IndependentVictor Ciorbea
Gavril Dejeu (Acting)
Radu Vasile
Alexandru Athanasiu (Acting)
Petre Roman22 December 199928 December 2000PDMugur Isărescu
Mircea Geoană28 December 200028 December 2004Independent
PSD
Adrian Năstase
Eugen Bejinariu (Acting)
Mihai Răzvan Ungureanu28 December 200421 March 2007PNLCălin Popescu-Tăriceanu
Călin Popescu-Tăriceanu
(Acting)
21 March 20075 April 2007PNLHimself
Adrian Cioroianu5 April 200715 April 2008PNLCălin Popescu-Tăriceanu
Lazăr Comănescu15 April 200822 December 2008PNLCălin Popescu-Tăriceanu
Cristian Diaconescu22 December 20081 October 2009PSDEmil Boc
Cătălin Predoiu1 October 200923 December 2009IndependentEmil Boc
Teodor Baconschi23 December 200923 January 2012PDLEmil Boc
Cristian Diaconescu24 January 20127 May 2012UNPREmil Boc
Mihai Răzvan Ungureanu
Andrei Marga7 May 20126 August 2012PNLVictor Ponta
Titus Corlățean6 August 201210 November 2014PSDVictor Ponta
Teodor Meleșcanu10 November 201424 November 2014IndependentVictor Ponta
Bogdan Aurescu24 November 201417 November 2015IndependentVictor Ponta
Gabriel Oprea (Acting)
Victor Ponta
Sorin Cîmpeanu (Acting)
Lazăr Comănescu17 November 20154 January 2017IndependentDacian Cioloș
Teodor Meleșcanu4 January 201715 July 2019ALDESorin Grindeanu
Mihai Tudose
Mihai Fifor (Acting)
Viorica Dăncilă
Ramona Mănescu24 July 20194 November 2019ALDEViorica Dăncilă
Bogdan Aurescu4 November 201915 June 2023IndependentLudovic Orban
Florin Cîțu
Nicolae Ciucă
Luminița Odobescu15 June 2023IncumbentIndependent Marcel Ciolacu

Notes

Romania used the Julian calendar until 1919, but all dates are given in the Gregorian calendar.

The following party abbreviations are used:

PC = Conservative Party
PP = People's Party
PNȚ = National Peasants' Party
PNC = National Christian Party
FRN = National Renaissance Front
(from 1940 PN; Party of the Nation)
FP = Ploughmen's Front
PMR = Romanian Workers' Party
(from 1965 PCR; Romanian Communist Party)
FSN = National Salvation Front
PDSR = Party of Social Democracy in Romania
(from 2001 PSD; Social Democratic Party)
PNȚCD = Christian Democratic National Peasants' Party
PD-L = Democratic Liberal Party
Mil. = Military Ind. = Independent

Additionally, the political stance of prime ministers prior to the development of a modern party system is given by C (Conservative), MC (Moderate Conservative), RL (Radical Liberal) and ML (Moderate Liberal). Interim officeholders are denoted by italics. For those who held office multiple times, their rank of service is given by a Roman numeral.

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Luminiţa-Teodora Odobescu . 3 July 2023 . Ministerul Afacerilor Externe.