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Nicolae Ciucă
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Nicolae Ciucă is a Romanian male military officer and politician born in 1967 in Plenița. He holds the rank of general within the Romanian Land Forces and has served as the Prime Minister of Romania, succeeding Ludovic Orban. His political career includes positions as chairperson, President of the Senate of Romania, and defence minister. He is a member of the National Liberal Party and the Romanian Communist Party.
Ciucă was educated at the Carol I National Defence University and speaks Romanian and English. He is affiliated with the Romanian Orthodox Church. In 2024, he was a candidate in the Romanian presidential election. He received the Legion of Merit award, which is recognized in the Legion Of Merit collection.
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Key facts
- Preceded by
- Alina Gorghiu (acting)
- Succeeded by
- Ilie Bolojan
- President
- Klaus Iohannis
- Deputy
- Hunor Kelemen , Sorin Grindeanu
- Prime minister
- Ludovic Orban , Himself , Florin Cîțu
- Constituency
- Dolj County
- Born
- Nicolae Ionel Ciucă , ( 1967-02-07 ) 7 February 1967 (age 59) , Plenița , Dolj County , Socialist Republic of Romania
- Party
- National Liberal Party (2020–present)
- Other political affiliations
- Romanian Communist Party (1986—1989)
- Spouse
- Cristina Maria Ciucă
- Awards
- Ordre national du Mérite , Commander rank National Order of Merit (Romania) , Commander rank Order of the Star of Romania , Officer rank Legion of Merit
- Branch service
- Romanian Land Forces
- Years of service
- 1988–2019
- Rank
- General
- Commands
- 26th Infantry Battalion "Red Scorpions" Chief of the Romanian General Staff
- Battles wars
- War in Afghanistan Iraq War
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Romania
- Place of birth
- Plenița
- Occupation
- military officer
- Position held
- President of the Senate of Romania
- Educated at
- Carol I National Defence University
- Political party
- Romanian Communist Party
- Languages spoken
- Romanian
- Religion
- Romanian Orthodox Church
- Field of work
- politician
- Military branch
- Romanian Land Forces
- Military rank
- general
- Image
- Nicolae-Ciucă (cropped).jpg
- Height
- 185
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- date of birth
- 1967-02-07
- name in native language
- Nicolae Ciucă
- allegiance
- Romania
- P10632
- Nicolae Ciucă
- replaces
- Ludovic Orban
- Commons category
- Nicolae-Ionel Ciucă
- candidacy in election
- 2024 Romanian presidential election
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Encyclopedic overview
Nicolae Ionel Ciucă (born 22 September 1967) is a former 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). From 10 April 2022 until his resignation on 25 November 2024, he has served 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.
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