Ministry of Education, Research, Youth and Sport (Romania)

Ministry of Education, Research, Youth and Sport
Coat of arms of Romania
First:	Spiru Haret
Formation:
Incumbent since 9 February 2012	Cătălin Baba (PD-L)
Website	www.meci.ro

The Ministry of Education, Research, Youth and Sport (Romanian: Ministerul Educaţiei, Cercetǎrii , Tineretului şi Sportului) is one of the nineteen ministries of the Government of Romania.

Over the years the Ministry changed its title. Initially it was called Ministry of Religion and Public Instruction (Romanian: Ministerul Religiei şi Instrucţiunii Publice), then Ministry of Public Instruction (Romanian: Ministerul Instrucţiunii Publice), then it changed to Ministry of Teaching (Romanian: Ministerul Învǎţǎmântului), Ministry of Teaching and Science (Romanian: Ministerul Învǎţǎmântului şi Ştiinţei), than changed back to Ministry of Teaching (Romanian: Ministerul Învǎţǎmântului). When Andrei Marga became Minister, it introduced the largest reform measures, starting with the name of the institution: Ministry of National Education (Romanian: Ministerul Educaţiei Naţionale). In 2000 the name was changed to Ministry of Education and Research (Romanian: Ministerul Educaţiei şi Cercetǎrii). This title was kept until April 2007, when it changed to Ministry of Education, Research and Youth (Romanian: Ministerul Educaţiei, Cercetǎrii şi Tineretului). Since December 2008 the title is Ministry of Education, Research and Innovation (Romanian: Ministerul Educaţiei, Cercetǎrii şi Inovării).

From October 1, 2009 to December 23, 2009, Prime Minister Emil Boc served as ad interim Minister, member of the PD-L, and .

As of December 23, 2009, Daniel Funeriu of the of the PD-L holds the post of Minister of Education. He was replaced by Cătălin Baba on 9 February 2012 from the same party.

Ministers

Name	Term start	Term end	Party	Cabinet	Minister Title
Mihai Şora	December 1989	June 1990	none	Roman I	Minister of Teaching
Gheorghe Ştefan	June 1990	October 1991	FSN	Roman II Roman III	Minister of Teaching and Science
Mihail Golu	October 1991	November 1992	FSN	Stolojan I
Liviu Maior	November 1992	December 1996	PDSR	Văcăroiu	Minister of Teaching
Virgil Petrescu	December 1996	December 1997	PNŢ-CD	Ciorbea I
Andrei Marga	December 1997	December 2000	PNŢ-CD	Ciorbea I Vasile I Isărescu I	Minister of National Education
Ecaterina Andronescu	December 2000	June 2003	PDSR/PSD	Năstase I	Minister of Education and Research
Alexandru Athanasiu	June 2003	December 2004	PSD
Mircea Miclea	December 2004	August 22, 2005	PD	Tăriceanu I
Mihail Hărdău	August 22, 2005	April 2007	PD
Cristian Adomniţei	5 April 2007	8 October 2008	PNL	Tăriceanu II	Ministry of Education, Research and Youth
Anton Anton	8 October 2008	22 December 2008	PNL
Ecaterina Andronescu	22 December 2008	1 October 2009	PSD	Boc I	Ministry of Education, Research and Innovation
Emil Boc	1 October 2009	23 December 2009	PD-L
Daniel Funeriu	23 December 2009	9 February 2012	PD-L	Boc II	Ministry of Education, Research, Youth and Sport
Cătălin Baba	9 February 2012	present	PD-L	Ungureanu Cabinet

External links

• EDU.ro
• GUV.ro