Romania’s Ciolacu Becomes Prime Minister After Securing Majority
- Ciolacu takes premiership as part of power-swap accord
- Two rival parties’ government has brought measure of stability
Marcel Ciolacu
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Romania’s Social Democratic leader Marcel Ciolacu secured a majority to become prime minister after his new government won a confidence vote, completing a power swap between the Black Sea nation’s two ruling parties.
Lawmakers in Bucharest voted 290 in favor of Ciolacu, who succeeds Liberal party leader Nicolae Ciuca. The two rival parties agreed on the handover two years ago as part of a joint coalition agreement that’s given the eastern European Union nation a measure of stability after years of political turmoil.