Ministry of National Education (Romania)

Ministry of National Education
Coat of arms of Romania
Incumbent
Valentin Popa
since 30 January 2018
First holder Spiru Haret
Website www.mects.ro

The Ministry of National Education (Romanian: Ministerul Educației Naționale) is one of the ministries of the Government of Romania.[1]

Former names of the Ministry

Over the years the Ministry changed its title. Initially it was called Ministry of Religion and Public Instruction (Romanian: Ministerul Religiei și Instrucțiunii Publice), then Ministryof Public Instruction (Romanian: Ministerul Instrucţiunii Publice), then it changed to Ministry of Teaching (Romanian: Ministerul Învǎțǎmântului), Ministry of Teaching and Science (Romanian: Ministerul Învǎțǎmântului și Științei), than changed back to Ministry of Teaching (Romanian: Ministerul Învǎțǎmântului). When Andrei Marga became Minister, it introduced the largest reform measures, starting with the name of the institution: Ministry of National Education (Romanian: Ministerul Educației Naționale). In 2000 the name was changed to Ministry of Education and Research (Romanian: Ministerul Educației și Cercetǎrii). This title was kept until April 2007, when it changed to Ministry of Education, Research and Youth (Romanian: Ministerul Educației, Cercetǎrii și Tineretului). In 21 December 2012 the title was changed to Ministry of National Education (Romanian: Ministerul Educației Naționale) and was kept until 17 December 2014, when it changed to Ministry of National Education and Scientific Research (Romanian: Ministerul Educaței Naționale și Cercetării Științifice) This title was kept until 4 January 2017, when it changed back to Ministry of National Education.

Ministers

Since 1989

Minister Title No. Name Term start Term end Party Cabinet
Minister of Teaching 1 Mihai Șora 30 December 1989 28 June 1990 none Roman I
Minister of Teaching and Science 2 Gheorghe Ştefan 29 June 1990 16 October 1991 FSN Roman II
Roman III
3 Mihail Golu 17 October 1991 19 November 1992 Stolojan I
Minister of Teaching 4 Liviu Maior 20 November 1992 11 December 1996 PDSR Văcăroiu
5 Virgil Petrescu 12 December 1996 4 December 1997 PNȚ-CD Ciorbea I
Minister of National Education 6 Andrei Marga 5 December 1997 27 December 2000 Ciorbea I
Vasile I
Isărescu I
7 Ecaterina Andronescu 28 December 2000 18 June 2003 PDSR/PSD Năstase I
Ministry of Education, Research and Youth 8 Alexandru Athanasiu 19 June 2003 28 December 2004 PSD
Ministry of Education and Research
Ministry of Education, Research and Youth 9 Mircea Miclea 29 December 2004 9 November 2005 PD Tăriceanu I
10 Mihai Hărdău 10 November 2005 4 April 2007
11 Cristian Adomniței 5 April 2007 7 October 2008 PNL Tăriceanu II
12 Anton Anton 8 October 2008 21 December 2008
Ministry of Education, Research and Innovation (7) Ecaterina Andronescu 22 December 2008 30 September 2009 PSD Boc I
- Emil Boc 1 October 2009 22 December 2009 PD-L
13 Daniel Funeriu 23 December 2009 8 February 2012 Boc II
Ministry of Education, Research and Youth 14 Cătălin Baba 9 February 2012 6 May 2012 Ungureanu I
Ministry of Education, Research, Youth and Sport
15 Ioan Mang 7 May 2012 14 May 2012 PSD Ponta I
- Liviu Pop 15 May 2012 1 June 2012 Independent
(7) Ecaterina Andronescu 2 June 2012 20 December 2012 PSD
Ministry of National Education 16 Remus Pricopie 21 December 2012 17 December 2014 Ponta II
Ministry of National Education and Scientific Research 17 Sorin Cîmpeanu 18 December 2014 17 November 2015 Independent Ponta IV
18 Adrian Curaj 18 November 2015 5 July 2016 Cioloș
19 Mircea Dumitru 6 July 2016 4 January 2017
Ministry of National Education 20 Pavel Năstase 5 January 2017 28 June 2017 PSD Grindeanu
21 Liviu Pop 29 June 2017 29 January 2018 Tudose
22 Valentin Popa 30 January 2018 26 September 2018 Dăncilă

References

  1. ↑ (in Romanian) www.edu.ro - official site
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