Romania''s first woman PM leads third left-wing cabinet

1/31/2018 - 2:50:38 PM

Romania's first woman Prime Minister Viorica Dancila and her cabinet were sworn in before President Klaus Iohannis late on January 29.

Romania's new Prime Minister Viorica Dancila attends the swearing-in ceremony in Bucharest, Romania, on January 29, 2018. (Xinhua/Cristian Cristel)

Dancila's cabinet, the third Social Democratic government in less than 13 months, won the vote of confidence in the parliament earlier, with 282 votes in favour, 136 against and one abstention, much more than the required 233 votes, thus half plus one of the total MPs.

"My term's goal is that, in 2020, Romania will be in the top half of the ranking of the strongest economies in the European Union, so that the youth should no longer leave Romania, and those who already left wish to come back home," said Dancila.

She vowed to strictly follow every point of the government program and try to have a good cooperation with all the ministers.

Dancila has 27 members in her cabinet, including four deputy prime ministers and 25 ministers, with two of deputy prime ministers also serving as minister of the environment and minister of regional development and public administration, respectively.

The Social Democrats won more than 45 percent of the votes in the general elections at the end of 2016. Together with the Alliance of Democrats and Liberals, they hold a majority of 250 seats in the 465-member parliament.

Source: NDO

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