The political agreement signed on Monday morning by the leaders of the Social Democratic Party (PSD), the National Liberal Party (PNL), the Save Romania Union (USR), the Hungarian Democratic Union of Romania (UDMR) and the group of national minorities includes a rotating prime ministership, with the position of prime minister to be held by the Liberals (PNL) between June 2025 and April 2027, after which it will be assumed by the Social Democrats (PSD) for the period April 2027 – December 2028.

‘The signatory political parties agree to implement a rotation mechanism regarding the position of prime minister. For the period June 2025 – April 2027, the coalition-supported candidate for the office of prime minister shall be designated by the PNL. For the period April 2027 – December 2028, the coalition-supported candidate for prime minister shall be designated by PSD,’ — provides Article 4 of the Political Agreement.

According to the document (Article 5), the structure of the Government includes: a Prime Minister, 16 ministries, distributed as follows: 6 ministries to PSD, 4 ministries to PNL, 4 ministries to USR, 2 ministries to UDMR. The Government will also include: 3 Deputy Prime Ministers without portfolio: one each for PSD and UDMR, and one independent; 2 Deputy Prime Ministers with portfolio: one from PNL, and one from USR. At the moment the agreed rotation is implemented, in accordance with Article 4, one Deputy Prime Minister without portfolio position will be assigned to PNL, and one Deputy Prime Minister with portfolio will be assigned to PSD.

PSD (Social Democratic Party)
-Deputy Prime Minister without portfolio
-Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure
-Ministry of Justice
-Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development
-Ministry of Energy
-Ministry of Health
-Ministry of Labour, Family, Youth and Social Solidarity
-General Secretariat of the Government

Independent
Deputy Prime Minister without portfolio

PNL (National Liberal Party)
-Deputy Prime Minister and Ministry of Internal Affairs
-Ministry of Investments and European Projects
-Ministry of Education and Research
-Ministry of Finance

USR (Save Romania Union)
-Deputy Prime Minister and Ministry of National Defence
-Ministry of Foreign Affairs
-Ministry of Environment, Waters and Forests
-Ministry of Economy, Digitalisation, Entrepreneurship and Tourism

UDMR (Hungarian Democratic Union of Romania)
-Deputy Prime Minister without portfolio
-Ministry of Development, Public Works and Administration
-Ministry of Culture

Each ministry will generally have two state secretaries, with a maximum of four state secretaries in ministries that have complex activities, according to the political agreement.

The political agreement to form the coalition is valid for the period 2025-2028 and comes into force on the date of signing.

AGERPRES