Post: | Ministry of Foreign Affairs |
Insignia: | COA Ministry of Foreign Affairs Romania.svg |
Insigniasize: | 100px |
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]
No. | Name | Term start | Term end | Party |
---|---|---|---|---|
align=center colspan=9 | United Principalities | |||
1 | Apostol Arsache | 22 January 1862 | 24 June 1862 | |
2 | Alexandru Cantacuzino | 24 June 1862 | 29 September 1862 | |
3 | General Ioan G. Ghica | 29 September 1862 | 29 August 1923 | |
4 | Nicolae Rosetti-Bălănescu | 23 August 1863 | 29 October 1865 | |
5 | Alexandru Papadopol-Calimah | 29 October 1865 | 10 February 1866 | |
6 | Ion Ghica | 11 February 1866 | 10 May 1866 | ML |
7 | Petre Mavrogheni | 11 May 1866 | 13 July 1866 | |
8 | George Barbu Ştirbei | 15 July 1866 | 21 February 1867 | |
9 | Ştefan Golescui | 1 March 1867 | 5 August 1867 | |
10 | Alexandru Teriachiu | 17 August 1867 | 12 November 1867 | |
11 | Ştefan Golescuii | 13 November 1867 | 30 April 1868 | |
12 | Nicolae Golescu | 1 May 1868 | 15 November 1868 | |
13 | Dimitrie Ghica | 16 November 1868 | 27 November 1869 | |
14 | Nicolae Calimachi-Catargiui | 28 November 1869 | 1 February 1870 | |
Alexandru G. Golescu | 2 February 1870 | 18 April 1870 | ||
15 | Petre P. Carpi | 20 April 1870 | 14 December 1870 | |
16 | Nicolae Calimachi-Catargiuii | 18 December 1870 | 11 March 1871 | |
17 | Gheorghe Costaforu | 11 March 1871 | 27 April 1873 | |
18 | Vasile Boerescui | 28 April 1873 | 29 January 1876 | |
19 | Ion Bălăceanu | 30 January 1876 | 31 March 1876 | |
20 | Dimitrie Cornea | 4 April 1876 | 26 April 1876 | |
21 | Mihail Kogălniceanui | 27 April 1876 | 23 July 1876 | PNL |
22 | Nicolae Ionescu | 24 July 1876 | 2 April 1877 | |
23 | Mihail Kogălniceanuii | 3 April 1877 | 24 November 1878 | PNL |
24 | Ion C. Câmpineanui | 25 November 1878 | 10 July 1879 | |
25 | Vasile Boerescuii | 11 July 1879 | 9 April 1881 | |
align=center colspan=9 | Kingdom of Romania | |||
26 | Dimitrie C. Brătianu | 10 April 1881 | 8 June 1881 | PNL |
27 | Eugeniu Stătescu | 9 June 1881 | 30 July 1881 | |
28 | Dimitrie A. Sturdzai | 1 August 1881 | 1 February 1885 | |
29 | Ion C. Câmpineanuii | 2 February 1885 | 27 October 1885 | |
Ion Brătianu | 28 October 1885 | 15 December 1885 | PNL | |
30 | Mihail Pherekyde | 16 December 1885 | 21 March 1888 | |
31 | Petre P. Carpii | 21 March 1888 | 5 November 1889 | |
32 | Alexandru Lahovaryi | 5 November 1889 | 21 February 1891 | |
33 | Constantin Esarcu | 21 February 1891 | 26 November 1891 | |
34 | Alexandru Lahovaryii | 27 November 1891 | 3 October 1895 | |
35 | Dimitrie A. Sturdzaii | 4 October 1895 | 21 November 1896 | |
36 | Constantin Stoicescu | 21 November 1896 | 29 March 1897 | |
37 | Dimitrie A. Sturdzaiii | 31 March 1897 | 30 March 1899 | |
38 | Ioan Lahovaryi | 11 April 1899 | 6 July 1900 | |
39 | Alexandru Marghiloman | 7 July 1900 | 13 February 1901 | |
40 | Dimitrie A. Sturdzaiv | 14 February 1901 | 8 January 1902 | |
41 | Ion I. C. Brătianui | 9 January 1902 | 11 December 1904 | PNL |
42 | General Iacob Lahovary | 22 December 1904 | 8 February 1907 | |
43 | Ioan Lahovaryii | 9 February 1907 | 11 March 1907 | |
44 | Dimitrie A. Sturdzav | 12 March 1907 | 27 December 1908 | |
45 | Ion I. C. Brătianuii | 27 December 1908 | 1 November 1909 | PNL |
46 | Alexandru Djuvara | 1 November 1909 | 28 December 1910 | PNL |
47 | Titu Maiorescu | 29 December 1910 | 4 January 1914 | PC |
48 | Emanoil Porumbaru | 4 January 1914 | 7 December 1916 | |
49 | Ion I. C. Brătianuiii | 8 December 1916 | 28 January 1918 | PNL |
Alexandru Averescu | 29 January 1918 | 4 March 1918 | ||
50 | Constantin C. Arion | 5 March 1918 | 23 October 1918 | |
51 | General Constantin Coandă | 24 October 1918 | 28 November 1918 | |
52 | Ion I. C. Brătianuiv | 29 November 1918 | 27 September 1919 | PNL |
Arthur Văitoianu | 27 September 1919 | 15 October 1919 | ||
53 | Nicolae Mișu | 15 October 1919 | 30 November 1919 | |
54 | Alexandru Vaida-Voevodi | 1 December 1919 | 13 March 1920 | |
Ștefan Cicio Pop | 15 January 1920 | 13 March 1920 | ||
55 | Duiliu Zamfirescu | 13 March 1920 | 12 June 1920 | |
56 | Take Ionescu | 13 June 1920 | 16 December 1921 | |
57 | Gheorghe Derussi | 17 December 1921 | 19 January 1922 | |
58 | Ion G. Duca | 19 January 1922 | 29 March 1926 | |
59 | Ion Mitilineu | 30 March 1926 | 3 June 1927 | |
Barbu Știrbey | 4 June 1927 | 20 June 1927 | ||
60 | Ion I. C. Brătianuv | 21 June 1927 | 24 November 1927 | PNL |
61 | Nicolae Titulescui | 24 November 1927 | 9 November 1928 | |
62 | Gheorghe Mironescu | 10 November 1928 | 9 October 1930 | |
63 | Ion Mihalache | 10 October 1930 | 17 April 1931 | |
Constantin Argetoianu | 18 April 1931 | 26 April 1932 | ||
64 | Dimitrie I. G. Ghica | 27 April 1931 | 5 June 1932 | |
65 | Alexandru Vaida-Voevodii | 6 June 1932 | 19 October 1932 | |
66 | Nicolae Titulescuii | 20 October 1932 | 1 October 1934 | |
Gheorghe Tătărescu | 2 October 1934 | 9 October 1934 | ||
67 | Nicolae Titulescuiii | 10 October 1934 | 28 August 1936 | |
68 | Victor Antonescu | 29 August 1936 | 28 December 1937 | |
69 | Istrate Micescu | 29 December 1937 | 10 February 1938 | |
Gheorghe Tătărescu | 11 February 1938 | 29 March 1938 | ||
70 | Nicolae Petrescu-Comnen | 30 March 1938 | 31 January 1939 | |
71 | Grigore Gafencu | 1 February 1939 | 1 June 1940 | |
72 | Ion Gigurtu | 1 June 1940 | 28 June 1940 | |
73 | Constantin Argetoianu | 28 June 1940 | 4 July 1940 | |
74 | Mihail Manoilescu | 4 July 1940 | 14 September 1940 | |
75 | Mihail R. Sturdza | 14 September 1940 | 17 January 1941 | |
Ion Antonescu | 18 January 1941 | 1 January 1943 | Mil. | |
76 | Mihai Antonescu | 1 January 1943 | 23 August 1944 | |
77 | Grigore Niculescu-Buzești | 23 August 1944 | 3 November 1944 | |
78 | Constantin Vișoianu | 4 November 1944 | 5 March 1945 | |
79 | Gheorghe Tătărescu | 6 March 1945 | 29 December 1947 | |
align=center colspan=9 | Communist Romania | |||
80 | Ana Pauker | 30 December 1947 | 9 July 1952 | PMR |
81 | Simion Bughici | 10 July 1952 | 3 October 1955 | |
82 | Grigore Preoteasa | 4 October 1955 | 14 July 1957 | |
83 | Ion Gheorghe Maurer | 15 July 1957 | 15 January 1958 | |
84 | Avram Bunaciu | 23 January 1958 | 20 March 1961 | |
85 | Corneliu Mănescu | 20 March 1961 | 20 August 1965 | |
Corneliu Mănescu | 21 August 1965 | 18 October 1972 | PCR | |
86 | George Macovescu | 18 October 1972 | 8 March 1978 | |
87 | Ștefan Andrei | 8 March 1978 | 11 November 1985 | |
88 | Ilie Văduva | 11 November 1985 | 26 August 1986 | |
89 | Ioan Totu | 26 August 1986 | 2 November 1989 | |
90 | Ion Stoian | 2 November 1989 | 22 December 1989 | |
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.