Former spy chief to lead Romania's government
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February 10, 2012, Friday
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ROMANIA'S parliament yesterday approved a government led by former spy chief Mihai Razvan Ungureanu, which the ruling coalition hopes will improve its popularity ahead of parliamentary elections this year.
Lawmakers voted 237-2 for Ungureanu's cabinet. The opposition boycotted the vote.
"I am serious, hard-working, go to work at six in the morning and leave when the work is done," Ungureanu, 43, said, after his government was approved. He called work "the most beautiful form of patriotism."
Ungureanu resigned as head of Romania's foreign intelligence service on Wednesday after he was appointed prime minister-designate. That followed the resignation of Emil Boc, who had faced weeks of protests against austerity measures.
"An era of prosperity will not begin tomorrow," Ungureanu cautioned, pledging to respect agreements with the International Monetary Fund, the European Union and the World Bank.
"I am not coming in these hard times with unrealistic promises," he said, but added that the government may consider "prudent salary increases" in the public sector if the economic situation allows it.
Ungureanu is known for his pro-American outlook and is a close ally of President Traian Basescu.
Romanians took to the streets last month over cuts the government instituted to get a US$26 billion loan in 2009 from the IMF, the EU and the World Bank.
Lawmakers voted 237-2 for Ungureanu's cabinet. The opposition boycotted the vote.
"I am serious, hard-working, go to work at six in the morning and leave when the work is done," Ungureanu, 43, said, after his government was approved. He called work "the most beautiful form of patriotism."
Ungureanu resigned as head of Romania's foreign intelligence service on Wednesday after he was appointed prime minister-designate. That followed the resignation of Emil Boc, who had faced weeks of protests against austerity measures.
"An era of prosperity will not begin tomorrow," Ungureanu cautioned, pledging to respect agreements with the International Monetary Fund, the European Union and the World Bank.
"I am not coming in these hard times with unrealistic promises," he said, but added that the government may consider "prudent salary increases" in the public sector if the economic situation allows it.
Ungureanu is known for his pro-American outlook and is a close ally of President Traian Basescu.
Romanians took to the streets last month over cuts the government instituted to get a US$26 billion loan in 2009 from the IMF, the EU and the World Bank.
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