Mihai Răzvan Ungureanu

Mihai Razvan Ungureanu ( born September 22, 1968 in Iaşi ) is a Romanian politician and historian. Ungureanu was 2007 Romanian Foreign Minister during the period 29 December 2004 to 12 March. On February 9, 2012, the Romanian Parliament Ungureanu chose as Prime Minister of Romania. Less than three months later, on 27 April 2012, his government was overthrown by a vote of no confidence following a dispute over austerity measures. The term of office Ungureanus, as well as the term of office of his successor, Victor Ponta, who was elected May 7, 2012 by the Romanian Parliament by a large majority prime minister was accompanied by a political crisis in Romania.

Life

After finishing school Ungureanu studied at the Faculty of History and Philosophy at the University Alexandru Ioan Cuza Iasi. He then worked for Foreign Affairs in the period from 1998 to 2001 as Secretary of State in the Ministry and from 2003 to 2004 deputy coordinator of the Initiative for South East European Cooperation (SECI ) in Vienna. After joining the National Liberal Party, he was on December 29, 2004 Minister of Foreign Affairs. Due to an escalating power struggle between the Prime Minister Calin Popescu - Tăriceanu and President Traian Basescu, he resigned on February 4, 2007. The immediate reason for the resignation was an affair of two detainees in Iraq Romanian civilians who had been accused of spying on the American side. He then became Director of the Romanian Intelligence Service Serviciul de Informaţii External. The historian specializing in Jewish studies became a professor of modern history at the University of Bucharest Romanian in the same year.

Following the resignation of the Romanian government in early 2012, the non-party Ungureanu the Romanian President Traian Basescu was commissioned to form a government. The Romanian parliament elected him on 9 February 2012 with 237 votes to 2 the new prime minister. Next Ungureanu The Cabinet Ungureanu comprises 17 ministers, including 9 of the PD -L, 4 of the UDMR 2 of the UNPR and 2 independents.

After less than three months in office, failed Ungureanus government in a successful vote of no confidence in Parliament, which of the parties Partidul Social Democrat ( PSD) and Partidul Naţional Liberal (PNL ) had been introduced. The center-right coalition was accused that it would be blackmailed in the allocation of public funds by lobby groups. In the previous weeks, many members of the ruling Liberal Democrat Partidul (PDL ) had defected to the opposition. The PDL was advised due to their rigid austerity of the last four years in the criticism that included wage and pension cuts and tax increases.

Mihai Razvan Ungureanu is married and has a son.