Nicolae Ciucă
Nicolae Ciucă | |
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Official portrait, 2021 | |
| President of the Senate of Romania | |
| In office 13 June 2023 – 23 December 2024 | |
| Preceded by | Alina Gorghiu (acting) |
| Succeeded by | Ilie Bolojan |
| Prime Minister of Romania | |
| In office 25 November 2021 – 12 June 2023 | |
| President | Klaus Iohannis |
| Deputy | Hunor Kelemen Sorin Grindeanu |
| Preceded by | Florin Cîțu |
| Succeeded by | Cătălin Predoiu (acting)Marcel Ciolacu |
| Acting 7 December 2020 – 23 December 2020 | |
| President | Klaus Iohannis |
| Deputy | Raluca Turcan |
| Preceded by | Ludovic Orban |
| Succeeded by | Florin Cîțu |
| Minister of National Defence | |
| In office 4 November 2019 – 25 November 2021 | |
| Prime Minister | Ludovic Orban Himself Florin Cîțu |
| Preceded by | Gabriel-Beniamin Leș |
| Succeeded by | Vasile Dîncu |
| President of the National Liberal Party | |
| In office 10 April 2022 – 25 November 2024 | |
| Preceded by | Gheorghe Flutur (acting) |
| Succeeded by | Ilie Bolojan (acting) |
| Senator of Romania | |
| Assumed office 21 December 2020 | |
| Constituency | Dolj County |
| Chief of the Romanian General Staff | |
| In office 1 January 2015 – 28 October 2019 | |
| President | Klaus Iohannis |
| Preceded by | Ștefan Dănilă |
| Succeeded by | Daniel Petrescu |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 7 February 1967 Plenița, Dolj County, Socialist Republic of Romania |
| Political party | National Liberal Party (2020–present) |
| Other political affiliations | Romanian Communist Party (1986—1989) |
| Spouse | Cristina Maria Ciucă |
| Children | 1 |
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| Military service | |
| Branch/service | Romanian Land Forces |
| Years of service | 1988–2019 |
| Rank | General |
| Commands | |
| Battles/wars | |
Nicolae Ionel Ciucă (Romanian: [nikoˈla.e joˈnel ˈtʃjukə]; born 22 September 1967) is a Romanian politician and retired general of the Romanian Land Forces. Ideologically a conservative, he served as Prime Minister of Romania between 25 November 2021 and 12 June 2023 after receiving widespread parliamentary support on behalf of his own party, the National Liberal Party (PNL) along with the Social Democratic Party (PSD) and the Democratic Alliance of Hungarians in Romania (UDMR/RMDSZ). Since 10 April 2022, he has also been serving as the president of the National Liberal Party (PNL). On 12 June 2023, he resigned as prime minister, as part of a deal with his coalition partner, the PSD, to switch places with Marcel Ciolacu, and was temporarily replaced by Cătălin Predoiu.
Ciucă has participated in the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. He was the Chief of the Romanian General Staff from 2015 to 2019, and from 2019 to 2021 was the Minister of Defence. He briefly led as caretaker the Romanian government between 7 and 23 December 2020, in the aftermath of former prime minister Ludovic Orban's resignation. On 21 October 2021, he was appointed by President Klaus Iohannis to form a new government following the dissolution of the Cîțu Cabinet and the rejection of Dacian Cioloș as prime minister but subsequently gave up his mandate. Iohannis nominated him again on 22 November 2021.