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| Ministry of Foreign Affairs | |
|---|---|
Coat of arms of the Romanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs | |
since 23 June 2025 | |
| Formation | 22 January 1862 |
| First holder | Apostol Arsache |
| Website | www.mae.ro |
TheRomanianMinistry of Foreign Affairs (Romanian:Ministerul Afacerilor Externe) is the ministry responsible for external affairs of theRomanian Government. The current foreign minister isOana Țoiu.[1]
| No. | Name | Term start | Term end | Party | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| United Principalities | ||||||||
| 1 | Apostol Arsache | 22 January 1862 | 24 June 1862 | |||||
| 2 | Alexandru Cantacuzino | 24 June 1862 | 29 September 1862 | |||||
| 3 | GeneralIoan G. Ghica | 29 September 1862 | 29 August 1923 | |||||
| 4 | Nicolae Rosetti-Bălănescu | 23 August 1863 | 29 October 1865 | |||||
| 5 | Alexandru Papadopol-Calimah | 29 October 1865 | 10 February 1866 | |||||
| 6 | Ion Ghica | 11 February 1866 | 10 May 1866 | ML | ||||
| 7 | Petre Mavrogheni | 11 May 1866 | 13 July 1866 | |||||
| 8 | George Barbu Ştirbei | 15 July 1866 | 21 February 1867 | |||||
| 9 | Ştefan Golescui | 1 March 1867 | 5 August 1867 | |||||
| 10 | Alexandru Teriachiu | 17 August 1867 | 12 November 1867 | |||||
| 11 | Ştefan Golescuii | 13 November 1867 | 30 April 1868 | |||||
| 12 | Nicolae Golescu | 1 May 1868 | 15 November 1868 | |||||
| 13 | Dimitrie Ghica | 16 November 1868 | 27 November 1869 | |||||
| 14 | Nicolae Calimachi-Catargiui | 28 November 1869 | 1 February 1870 | |||||
| Alexandru G. Golescu | 2 February 1870 | 18 April 1870 | ||||||
| 15 | Petre P. Carpi | 20 April 1870 | 14 December 1870 | |||||
| 16 | Nicolae Calimachi-Catargiuii | 18 December 1870 | 11 March 1871 | |||||
| 17 | Gheorghe Costaforu | 11 March 1871 | 27 April 1873 | |||||
| 18 | Vasile Boerescui | 28 April 1873 | 29 January 1876 | |||||
| 19 | Ion Bălăceanu | 30 January 1876 | 31 March 1876 | |||||
| 20 | Dimitrie Cornea | 4 April 1876 | 26 April 1876 | |||||
| 21 | Mihail Kogălniceanui | 27 April 1876 | 23 July 1876 | PNL | ||||
| 22 | Nicolae Ionescu | 24 July 1876 | 2 April 1877 | |||||
| 23 | Mihail Kogălniceanuii | 3 April 1877 | 24 November 1878 | PNL | ||||
| 24 | Ion C. Câmpineanui | 25 November 1878 | 10 July 1879 | |||||
| 25 | Vasile Boerescuii | 11 July 1879 | 9 April 1881 | |||||
| Kingdom of Romania | ||||||||
| 26 | Dimitrie C. Brătianu | 10 April 1881 | 8 June 1881 | PNL | ||||
| 27 | Eugeniu Stătescu | 9 June 1881 | 30 July 1881 | |||||
| 28 | Dimitrie A. Sturdzai | 1 August 1881 | 1 February 1885 | |||||
| 29 | Ion C. Câmpineanuii | 2 February 1885 | 27 October 1885 | |||||
| Ion Brătianu | 28 October 1885 | 15 December 1885 | PNL | |||||
| 30 | Mihail Pherekyde | 16 December 1885 | 21 March 1888 | |||||
| 31 | Petre P. Carpii | 21 March 1888 | 5 November 1889 | |||||
| 32 | Alexandru Lahovaryi | 5 November 1889 | 21 February 1891 | |||||
| 33 | Constantin Esarcu | 21 February 1891 | 26 November 1891 | |||||
| 34 | Alexandru Lahovaryii | 27 November 1891 | 3 October 1895 | |||||
| 35 | Dimitrie A. Sturdzaii | 4 October 1895 | 21 November 1896 | |||||
| 36 | Constantin Stoicescu | 21 November 1896 | 29 March 1897 | |||||
| 37 | Dimitrie A. Sturdzaiii | 31 March 1897 | 30 March 1899 | |||||
| 38 | Ioan Lahovaryi | 11 April 1899 | 6 July 1900 | |||||
| 39 | Alexandru Marghiloman | 7 July 1900 | 13 February 1901 | |||||
| 40 | Dimitrie A. Sturdzaiv | 14 February 1901 | 8 January 1902 | |||||
| 41 | Ion I. C. Brătianui | 9 January 1902 | 11 December 1904 | PNL | ||||
| 42 | GeneralIacob Lahovary | 22 December 1904 | 8 February 1907 | |||||
| 43 | Ioan Lahovaryii | 9 February 1907 | 11 March 1907 | |||||
| 44 | Dimitrie A. Sturdzav | 12 March 1907 | 27 December 1908 | |||||
| 45 | Ion I. C. Brătianuii | 27 December 1908 | 1 November 1909 | PNL | ||||
| 46 | Alexandru Djuvara | 1 November 1909 | 28 December 1910 | PNL | ||||
| 47 | Titu Maiorescu | 29 December 1910 | 4 January 1914 | PC | ||||
| 48 | Emanoil Porumbaru | 4 January 1914 | 7 December 1916 | |||||
| 49 | Ion I. C. Brătianuiii | 8 December 1916 | 28 January 1918 | PNL | ||||
| Alexandru Averescu | 29 January 1918 | 4 March 1918 | ||||||
| 50 | Constantin C. Arion | 5 March 1918 | 23 October 1918 | |||||
| 51 | GeneralConstantin Coandă | 24 October 1918 | 28 November 1918 | |||||
| 52 | Ion I. C. Brătianuiv | 29 November 1918 | 27 September 1919 | PNL | ||||
| Arthur Văitoianu | 27 September 1919 | 15 October 1919 | ||||||
| 53 | Nicolae Mișu | 15 October 1919 | 30 November 1919 | |||||
| 54 | Alexandru Vaida-Voevodi | 1 December 1919 | 13 March 1920 | |||||
| Ștefan Cicio Pop | 15 January 1920 | 13 March 1920 | ||||||
| 55 | Duiliu Zamfirescu | 13 March 1920 | 12 June 1920 | |||||
| 56 | Take Ionescu | 13 June 1920 | 16 December 1921 | |||||
| 57 | Gheorghe Derussi | 17 December 1921 | 19 January 1922 | |||||
| 58 | Ion G. Duca | 19 January 1922 | 29 March 1926 | |||||
| 59 | Ion Mitilineu | 30 March 1926 | 3 June 1927 | |||||
| Barbu Știrbey | 4 June 1927 | 20 June 1927 | ||||||
| 60 | Ion I. C. Brătianuv | 21 June 1927 | 24 November 1927 | PNL | ||||
| 61 | Nicolae Titulescui | 24 November 1927 | 9 November 1928 | |||||
| 62 | Gheorghe Mironescu | 10 November 1928 | 9 October 1930 | |||||
| 63 | Ion Mihalache | 10 October 1930 | 17 April 1931 | |||||
| Constantin Argetoianu | 18 April 1931 | 26 April 1932 | ||||||
| 64 | Dimitrie I. G. Ghica | 27 April 1931 | 5 June 1932 | |||||
| 65 | Alexandru Vaida-Voevodii | 6 June 1932 | 19 October 1932 | |||||
| 66 | Nicolae Titulescuii | 20 October 1932 | 1 October 1934 | |||||
| Gheorghe Tătărescu | 2 October 1934 | 9 October 1934 | ||||||
| 67 | Nicolae Titulescuiii | 10 October 1934 | 28 August 1936 | |||||
| 68 | Victor Antonescu | 29 August 1936 | 28 December 1937 | |||||
| 69 | Istrate Micescu | 29 December 1937 | 10 February 1938 | |||||
| Gheorghe Tătărescu | 11 February 1938 | 29 March 1938 | ||||||
| 70 | Nicolae Petrescu-Comnen | 30 March 1938 | 31 January 1939 | |||||
| 71 | Grigore Gafencu | 1 February 1939 | 1 June 1940 | |||||
| 72 | Ion Gigurtu | 1 June 1940 | 28 June 1940 | |||||
| 73 | Constantin Argetoianu | 28 June 1940 | 4 July 1940 | |||||
| 74 | Mihail Manoilescu | 4 July 1940 | 14 September 1940 | |||||
| 75 | Mihail R. Sturdza | 14 September 1940 | 17 January 1941 | |||||
| Ion Antonescu | 18 January 1941 | 1 January 1943 | Mil. | |||||
| 76 | Mihai Antonescu | 1 January 1943 | 23 August 1944 | |||||
| 77 | Grigore Niculescu-Buzești | 23 August 1944 | 3 November 1944 | |||||
| 78 | Constantin Vișoianu | 4 November 1944 | 5 March 1945 | |||||
| 79 | Gheorghe Tătărescu | 6 March 1945 | 29 December 1947 | |||||
| Communist Romania | ||||||||
| 80 | Ana Pauker | 30 December 1947 | 9 July 1952 | PMR | ||||
| 81 | Simion Bughici | 10 July 1952 | 3 October 1955 | |||||
| 82 | Grigore Preoteasa | 4 October 1955 | 14 July 1957 | |||||
| 83 | Ion Gheorghe Maurer | 15 July 1957 | 15 January 1958 | |||||
| 84 | Avram Bunaciu | 23 January 1958 | 20 March 1961 | |||||
| 85 | Corneliu Mănescu | 20 March 1961 | 20 August 1965 | |||||
| Corneliu Mănescu | 21 August 1965 | 18 October 1972 | PCR | |||||
| 86 | George Macovescu | 18 October 1972 | 8 March 1978 | |||||
| 87 | Ștefan Andrei | 8 March 1978 | 11 November 1985 | |||||
| 88 | Ilie Văduva | 11 November 1985 | 26 August 1986 | |||||
| 89 | Ioan Totu | 26 August 1986 | 2 November 1989 | |||||
| 90 | Ion Stoian | 2 November 1989 | 22 December 1989 | |||||
Romania used theJulian calendar until 1919, but all dates are given in theGregorian calendar.
The following party abbreviations are used:
| PNL =National Liberal Party | PC =Conservative Party |
| PNR =Romanian National Party | PP =People's Party |
| PCD =Conservative-Democratic Party | PNȚ =National Peasants' Party |
| PND =Democratic Nationalist Party | PNC =National Christian Party |
| FRN =National Renaissance Front (from 1940 PN; Party of the Nation) | FP =Ploughmen's Front |
| PMR =Romanian Workers' Party (from 1965 PCR; Romanian Communist Party) | FSN =National Salvation Front |
| PDSR =Party of Social Democracy in Romania (from 2001 PSD; Social Democratic Party) | PNȚCD =Christian Democratic National Peasants' Party |
| PSDR =Romanian Social Democratic Party | PD-L =Democratic Liberal Party |
| Mil. = Military | Ind. = Independent |
Additionally, the political stance of prime ministers prior to the development of a modern party system is given by C (Conservative), MC (Moderate Conservative), RL (Radical Liberal) and ML (Moderate Liberal). Interim officeholders are denoted byitalics. For those who held office multiple times, their rank of service is given by a Roman numeral.