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Social Democrat government wins vote of confidence in parliament
The new government, led by Social Democrat Prime Minister Mihai Tudose, has overwhelmingly won a vote of confidence in parliament.
The ruling leftists and their junior coalition partner ALDE have 10 seats above the required parliament majority. Their cabinet also got backing from the ethnic Hungarian UDMR party in the June 29 confidence vote.
Tudose, who was the economy minister in the previous government, was given the mandate by Romanian President Klaus Iohannis on June 26 as the country's prime minister-designate.
The Mihai Tudose government was vested on Thursday by Parliament by a vote of 275 to 102.Two votes were canceled. The ballot was secret.
The new 27-minister Cabinet is as follows:
* Mihai Tudose — Prime Minister;
* Sevil Shhaideh — Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Regional Development, Public Administration and European Funds;
* Gratiela Leocadia Gavrilescu — Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Environment;
* Ion-Marcel Ciolacu — Deputy Prime Minister;
* Carmen Daniela Dan — Minister of Internal Affairs;
* Teodor Viorel Melescanu — Minister of Foreign Affairs;
* Adrian Tutuianu — Minister of National Defence;
* Ionut Misa — Minister of Public Finance;
* Tudorel Toader — Minister of Justice;
* Petre Daea — Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development;
* Liviu-Marian Pop — Minister of National Education;
* Lia-Olguta Vasilescu — Minister of Labor and Social Justice;
* Mihai-Viorel Fifor — Minister of Economy;
* Toma-Florin Petcu — Minister of Energy;
* Alexandru-Razvan Cuc — Minister of Transport;
* Ilan Laufer — Minister for Business Milieu, Commerce and Entrepreneurship;
* Florian-Dorel Bodog — Minister of Health;
* Lucian Romascanu — Minister of Public Consultation and Social Dialogue;
* Adriana-Doina Pana — Minister of Waters and Forestry;
* Lucian Puiu Georgescu — Minister of Research and Innovation;
* Lucian Sova — Minister of Communications and Information Society;
* Marius-Alexandru Dunca — Minister of Youth and Sports;
* Mircea-Titus Dobre — Minister of Tourism;
* Andreea Pastirnac — Minister for Romanians Abroad;
* Gabriel Petrea — Minister of Public Consultation and Social Dialogue;
* Viorel Ilie — Minister for Parliament liaison;
* Rovana Plumb — Minister Delegate for European Funds;
* Victor Negrescu — Minister-delegate for European Affairs.