| Post: | Ministry of Environment, Water and Forests |
| Insignia: | MINISTERUL MEDIULUI LOGO.gif |
| Insigniasize: | 150px |
| Insigniacaption: | Coat of arms of the Romanian Ministry of Environment, Water and Forests |
| Incumbent: | Barna Tánczos |
| Incumbentsince: | 23 December 2020 |
| Formation: | October 1991 |
| First: | Marcian Bleahu |
| Website: | www.mmdd.ro |
The Ministry of Environment, Water and Forests (Romanian; Moldavian; Moldovan: Ministerul Mediului, Apelor și Pădurilor) is one of the ministries of the Government of Romania. It was created in 1991.[1] The institution was known as the Ministry of Environment and Waters Management (Romanian; Moldavian; Moldovan: Ministerul Mediului și Gospodăririi Apelor) before April 2007; and then the Ministry of Environment and Forests.
| Title | Officeholder | Party | Cabinet | Term start | Term end | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minister of the Environment | Marcian Bleahu | PE | Stolojan I | October 1991 | November 1992 | |
| Minister of Water, Forests and Environmental Protection | Aurel Constantin Ilie | FSN | Văcăroiu I | November 1992 | December 1996 | |
| Minister of Water, Forests and the Environment | Ioan Oltean | PD | Ciorbea I | December 1996 | December 1997 | |
| Sorin Frunzăverde | PD | December 1997 | February 1998 | |||
| Romică Tomescu | PD | February 1998 | April 1998 | |||
| Minister of Water, Forests and Environmental Protection | PD | Vasile I | April 1998 | 16 December 1999 | ||
| PD | Isărescu I | 16 December 1999 | 28 December 2000 | |||
| Minister of Water and Environmental Protection | Aurel Constantin Ilie | PSD | Năstase I | 28 December 2000 | January 2002 | |
| Petru Lificiu | PSD | January 2003 | June 2003 | |||
| Minister of Agriculture, Forests, Waters and the Environment | Ilie Sârbu | PSD | June 2003 | March 2004 | ||
| Ministry abolished | March 2004 | December 2004 | ||||
| Minister of the Environment and Waters Management | Sulfina Barbu | PD | Tăriceanu I | December 2004 | April 2007 | |
| Minister of the Environment and Sustainable Development | Attila Korodi | UDMR | Tăriceanu II | April 2007 | December 2008 | |
| Nicolae Nemirschi | PSD | Boc I (nick. I and II) | December 2008 | 1 October 2009 | ||
| PD-L | 1 October 2009 | 23 December 2009 | ||||
| Minister of Environment and Forests | László Borbély | UDMR | Boc II (nick. IV - VI) | 23 December 2009 | 9 February 2012 | |
| 9 February 2012 | 5 April 2012 | |||||
| Mihai Răzvan Ungureanu | Ind. | 5 April 2012 | 10 April 2012 | |||
| Attila Korodi | UDMR | 10 April 2012 | 7 May 2012 | |||
| Minister of Environment and Climate Change | Rovana Plumb | PSD | Ponta I-II | 7 May 2012 | 5 March 2014 | |
| Attila Korodi | UDMR | Ponta III | 5 March 2014 | 16 December 2014 | ||
| Gratiela Gavrilescu | PRL | Ponta IV | 16 December 2014 | 17 November 2015 | ||
| Minister of Environment and Forests | Christiana Pasca Palmer | Independent | Cioloș | 17 November 2015 | 4 January 2017 | |
| Vice Prime Minister, Minister of Environment and Climate Change | Daniel Costantin | ALDE(România) | Grindeanu | 4 January 2017 | 3 April 2017 | |
| Vice Prime Minister, Minister of Environment and Climate Change | Daniel Costantin | ALDE(România) | Grindeanu | 4 January 2017 | 3 April 2017 | |
| Minister of the Environment, Waters and Forests | Grațiela-Leocadia Gavrilescu | ALDE | Mihai TudoseMihai FiforViorica Dăncilă | 27 March 2017 | 27 August 2019 | |
| Minister of the Environment, Waters and Forests | Costel Alexe | PNL | Ludovic Orban | 4 November 2019 | 5 November 2020 | |
| Minister of the Environment, Waters and Forests | Mircea Fechet | PNL | Florin Cîțu | 5 November 2020 | 23 December 2020 | |
| Minister of the Environment, Waters and Forests | Tánczos Barna | UDMR | Florin Cîțu / Nicolae Ciucă | 23 December 2020 | Present |