The government crisis triggered at the beginning of May by the dismissal of the Government led by PNL President Ilie Bolojan has come to an end. Parliament has voted in the new Executive, headed by independent Prime Minister Luca Niculescu, according to ClujToday.ro.
The Government is dominated by ministers appointed by the PSD and also includes independents.
The new Prime Minister built his career as a journalist and diplomat. Luca Niculescu was born on April 25, 1971. In 1995, he graduated from the Faculty of Journalism and Communication Studies at the University of Bucharest. A year later, Luca Niculescu earned a master’s degree in journalism in Strasbourg, France.
During his student years, starting in 1992, he began working for the Romanian branch of Radio France Internationale, Delta RFI (today RFI România). In 2000, he became the editor-in-chief of RFI România. In parallel, Luca Niculescu produced and hosted television shows at The Money Channel, TVR, and Digi24. He also served as a Romania-based correspondent for several prestigious Francophone media outlets, including France Culture, France Info, Libération, and TV5 Monde.
In 2016, Luca Niculescu stepped away from journalism to become Romania’s Ambassador to France, Monaco, and Andorra. In 2019, he was elected President of the Group of Francophone Ambassadors in France. Luca Niculescu remained in this post until 2022, when he was recalled to Bucharest and appointed State Secretary within the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, tasked with coordinating Romania’s accession efforts to the OECD.
The new Prime Minister has received several distinguished honors. He was named Commander of the Legion of Honor by the President of France. He was also awarded the Cross of the Royal House by Her Majesty Margareta, Custodian of the Romanian Crown, having previously received the King Michael I Medal for Loyalty from His Majesty King Michael I of Romania. Additionally, he holds the rank of Commander of the Order of Arts and Letters of France, a distinction conferred by the French Minister of Culture.
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