Ministry of Education (Romania)

Ministry of National Education
Ministry of National Education
	Coat of arms of Romania
	Incumbent; Monica Anisie; since 4 November 2019
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 (Template:Lang-ro), then Ministryof Public Instruction (Template:Lang-ro), then it changed to Ministry of Teaching (Template:Lang-ro), Ministry of Teaching and Science (Template:Lang-ro), than changed back to Ministry of Teaching (Template:Lang-ro). When Andrei Marga became Minister, it introduced the largest reform measures, starting with the name of the institution: Ministry of National Education (Template:Lang-ro). In 2000 the name was changed to Ministry of Education and Research (Template:Lang-ro). This title was kept until April 2007, when it changed to Ministry of Education, Research and Youth (Template:Lang-ro). In 21 December 2012 the title was changed to Ministry of National Education (Template:Lang-ro) 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
	2	Gheorghe Ştefan	29 June 1990	16 October 1991		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
Minister of Teaching	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	8	Alexandru Athanasiu	19 June 2003	28 December 2004	PSD
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	PD	Tăriceanu I
	11	Cristian Adomniței	5 April 2007	7 October 2008	PNL	Tăriceanu II
	12	Anton Anton	8 October 2008	21 December 2008	PNL	Tăriceanu II
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	Boc I
	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	14	Cătălin Baba	9 February 2012	6 May 2012		Ungureanu I
	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	PSD	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 [ro]	6 July 2016	4 January 2017		Cioloș
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
	-	Rovana Plumb	27 September 2018	19 November 2018
	(7)	Ecaterina Andronescu	20 November 2018	2 August 2019
Ministry of Education and Research	23	Monica Anisie	4 November 2019	Incumbent	PNL	Orban