| Cabinet Name: | Ponta III |
| Cabinet Number: | 123rd |
| Jurisdiction: | Romania |
| Flag: | Flag of Romania.svg |
| Flag Border: | yes |
| Date Formed: | 5 March 2014 |
| Date Dissolved: | 17 December 2014 |
| Government Head: | Victor Ponta |
| State Head: | Traian Băsescu |
| Political Parties: | PSD, UNPR, PC, PLR, UDMR |
| Legislature Status: | Coalition |
| Opposition Parties: | PNL, PMP, PNȚCD |
| Opposition Leaders: | Klaus Iohannis, Elena Udrea, Aurelian Pavelescu |
| Legislature Term: | 2012–2016 |
| Previous: | Ponta II |
| Successor: | Ponta IV[1] |
The Third Ponta Cabinet was the executive of Romania from 5 March to 13 December 2014. It was established after one day before it received the vote of confidence from the country's Parliament.[2] The Third Ponta Cabinet is supported by PSD–UNPR–PC Alliance and an unregistered party (PLR) led by Călin Popescu-Tăriceanu. In December 2014, UDMR voted the egress from the government, invoking the result of the presidential election, inasmuch as Klaus Iohannis, PSD counter candidate, was voted by more than 70% of the electorate in the ethnic Hungarian counties.
The Third Ponta Cabinet was approved by the Romanian Parliament on 4 March 2014 and took the oath in the presence of President Traian Băsescu on the evening of 5 March 2014.
Liberal Democratic Party and People's Movement Party, members of the opposition, submitted to the Constitutional Court of Romania a contestation against the government investiture, arguing that the government can't be invested without a political program.[3] Even the President has repeatedly stated that he won't invest the government if it won't adopt as soon as a new political program. The Ponta Government announced the engagement of liability in Parliament for a new program, and therefore the Constitutional Court found, with 8 votes for and 1 against, that the contestation is redundant.[4]
| Function | Incumbent[5] | Party | In office since | Until | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prime Minister | PSD | 5 March 2014 | 17 December 2014 | |||
| Deputy Prime Ministers | ||||||
| Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Regional Development and Public Administration | Liviu Dragnea | PSD | 5 March 2014 | 13 December 2014 | ||
| Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Internal Affairs | Gabriel Oprea | UNPR | 5 March 2014 | 13 December 2014 | ||
| Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development | Daniel Constantin | PC | 5 March 2014 | 13 December 2014 | ||
| Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Culture | Hunor Kelemen | UDMR | 5 March 2014 | 24 November 2014 | ||
| Csilla Hegedüs | UDMR | 24 November 2014 | 13 December 2014[6] | |||
| Ministers | ||||||
| Minister of Foreign Affairs | Titus Corlățean | PSD | 5 March 2014 | 10 November 2014 | ||
| Teodor Meleșcanu | Independent | 10 November 2014 | 18 November 2014 | |||
| Bogdan Aurescu | Independent | 24 November 2014 | 13 December 2014 | |||
| Minister of National Defence | Mircea Dușa | PSD | 5 March 2014 | 13 December 2014 | ||
| Minister of Public Finance | Ioana Petrescu | Independent | 5 March 2014 | 13 December 2014 | ||
| Minister of Economy | Constantin Niță | PSD | 5 March 2014 | 13 December 2014 | ||
| Minister of Justice | Robert Cazanciuc | PSD | 5 March 2014 | 13 December 2014 | ||
| Minister of Transport | Dan Șova | PSD | 5 March 2014 | 24 June 2014[7] | ||
| Ioan Rus | PSD | 25 June 2014 | 13 December 2014 | |||
| Minister of Health | Nicolae Bănicioiu | PSD | 5 March 2014 | 13 December 2014 | ||
| Minister of Environment and Climate Change | Attila Korodi | UDMR | 5 March 2014 | 13 December 2014 | ||
| Minister for the Information Society | Răzvan Cotovelea | Independent | 5 March 2014 | 13 December 2014 | ||
| Minister of Labour, Family, Social Protection and Elders | Rovana Plumb | PSD | 5 March 2014 | 13 December 2014 | ||
| Minister of National Education | Remus Pricopie | PSD | 5 March 2014 | 13 December 2014 | ||
| Minister of European Funds | Eugen Teodorovici | PSD | 5 March 2014 | 13 December 2014 | ||
| Minister of Youth and Sports | Gabriela Szabo | PSD | 5 March 2014 | 13 December 2014 | ||
| Minister Delegates | ||||||
| Minister Delegate for Budget | Liviu Voinea | PSD | 5 March 2014 | 15 June 2014 | ||
| Darius Vâlcov | PSD | 28 August 2014 | 13 December 2014 | |||
| Minister Delegate for Small and Medium Enterprises, Business Environment and Tourism | Florin Jianu | Independent | 5 March 2014 | 13 December 2014[8] | ||
| Minister Delegate for Higher Education, Scientific Research and Technological Development | Mihnea Costoiu | PSD | 5 March 2014 | 13 December 2014 | ||
| Minister Delegate for Water, Forests and Pisciculture | Doina Pană | PSD | 5 March 2014 | 13 December 2014 | ||
| Minister Delegate for Energy | Răzvan Nicolescu | Independent | 5 March 2014 | 13 December 2014 | ||
| Minister Delegate for Relations with Parliament | Eugen Nicolicea | UNPR | 5 March 2014 | 13 December 2014 | ||
| Minister Delegate for Romanians Abroad | Bogdan Stanoevici | Independent | 5 March 2014 | 13 December 2014 | ||
| Minister Delegate for Social Dialogue | Aurelia Cristea | PSD | 5 March 2014 | 13 December 2014 | ||