Former Romanian Prime Minister and Foreign Affairs Minister becomes presidential adviser

Former Romanian Prime Minister Mihai-Razvan Ungureanu is the new advisor to president Klaus Johannis. Ungureanu, 46, known to have the shortest PM mandate in post-Communist Romania – just three months in early 2012 – is also a Senator and a first-vice president within the National Liberal Party. He will continue to hold both these jobs, as the presidential advisor job is not paid. If he was paid as an advisor, he would have had to leave his seat in the Parliament. Ungureanu is a historian and diplomat. Before his short PM mandate, he was the head of the Foreign Intelligence Service SIE between 2007 and 2012, and Romania’s Foreign Affairs Minister for three years prior to that. He will most likely advise the president on foreign affairs and diplomacy matters. editor@romania-insider.com