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{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2012}}{{refimprove|date=November 2014}}{{Infobox official post |post = Ministry of Foreign Affairs |insignia = COA Ministry of Foreign Affairs Romania.svg |insigniasize = 100px |insigniacaption = Coat of arms of the Romanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs |image = |incumbent = Teodor Meleșcanu |incumbentsince = 4 January 2017 |formation = 22 January 1862 |first = Apostol Arsache |website = www.mae.ro }}The Romanian Ministry for Foreign Affairs ({{lang-ro|Ministerul Afacerilor Externe}}) is the ministry responsible for external affairs of the Romanian Government. The current Foreign Minister is Teodor Melescanu. List of Ministers of Foreign Affairs No. | Name | Term start | Term end | Cabinet | Party | |
United Principalities | 1 | Apostol Arsache | 22 January 1862 | 24 June 1862 | 2 | Alexandru Cantacuzino | 24 June 1862 | 29 September 1862 | 3 | General Ioan G. Ghica | 29 September 1862 | 29 August 1863 | 4 | Nicolae Rosetti-Bălănescu | 29 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 | General Iacob 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 | Emanuel 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 | General Constantin Coandă | 24 October 1918 | 28 November 1918 | 52 | Ion I. C. Brătianuiv | 29 November 1918 | 26 September 1919 | PNL | Arthur Văitoianu | 27 September 1919 | 14 October 1919 | 53 | Nicolae Mișu | 15 October 1919 | 30 November 1919 | 54 | Alexandru Vaida-Voevodi | 1 December 1919 | 9 January 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 since 1989 | 91 | Sergiu Celac | 26 December 1989 | 28 June 1990 | Roman I | 92 | Adrian Năstase | 28 June 1990 | 30 April 1991 | Roman II | FSN | 30 April 1991 | 16 October 1991 | Roman III | 16 November 1991 | 18 November 1992 | Stolojan I | 93 | Teodor Meleșcanu | 19 November 1992 | 11 December 1996 | Văcăroiu I | FDSN/PDSR | 94 | Adrian Severin | 12 December 1996 | 29 December 1997 | Ciorbea I | PD | 95 | Andrei Pleșu | 29 December 1997 | 17 April 1998 | Ciorbea I | Independent | 17 April 1998 | 22 December 1999 | Vasile I | 96 | Petre Roman | 22 December 1999 | 28 December 2000 | Isărescu I | PD | 97 | Mircea Geoană | 28 December 2000 | 28 December 2004 | Năstase I | Independent/PSD | 98 | Mihai-Răzvan Ungureanu | 28 December 2004 | 21 March 2007 | Tăriceanu I | PNL | Călin Popescu-Tăriceanu | 21 March 2007 | 5 April 2007 | PNL | 99 | Adrian Cioroianu | 5 April 2007 | 15 April 2008 | Tăriceanu II | PNL | 100 | Lazăr Comănescu | 15 April 2008 | 22 December 2008 | PNL | 101 | Cristian Diaconescui | 22 December 2008 | 1 October 2009 | Boc I | PSD | Cătălin Predoiu | 1 October 2009 | 23 December 2009 | Independent | 102 | Teodor Baconschi | 23 December 2009 | 23 January 2012 | Boc II | PD-L | (101) | Cristian Diaconescuii | 24 January 2012 | 9 February 2012 | Boc II | UNPR | 9 February 2012 | 7 May 2012 | Ungureanu | 103 | Andrei Marga | 7 May 2012 | 6 August 2012 | Ponta I | PNL | 104 | Titus Corlățean | 6 August 2012 | 10 November 2014 | Ponta I, II, III | PSD | 105 | Teodor Meleșcanu | 10 November 2014 | 24 November 2014 | Ponta III | Independent | 106 | Bogdan Aurescu | 24 November 2014 | 17 November 2015 | Ponta III, IV | Independent | 107 | Lazăr Comănescu | 17 November 2015 | 4 January 2017 | Cioloș | Independent | 108 | Teodor Meleșcanu | 4 January 2017 | 29 June 2017 | Grindeanu | ALDE | 29 June 2017 | 29 January 2018 | Tudose | 29 January 2018 | Incumbent | Dăncilă | |
Romania used the Julian calendar until 1919, but all dates are given in the Gregorian 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 | PNŢ = 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) | PNŢCD = 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 by italics. For those who held office multiple times, their rank of service is given by a Roman numeral. ReferencesExternal links{{Ministries in Romania}}{{Supreme Council of National Defense}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Ministry Of Foreign Affairs (Romania)}}{{Foreign affairs ministries of the World}} 9 : Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Romania)|Government ministries of Romania|Foreign relations of Romania|Foreign affairs ministries|Romanian Ministers of Foreign Affairs|Lists of government ministers|Lists of Romanian people|Ministries established in 1862|1862 establishments in Romania |