The President of Romania, Nicușor Dan, is analyzing the option of appointing a technocrat prime minister in the context of consultations for the formation of the future Government, and among the names considered are Radu Burnete and Șerban Matei.
According to Digi24 sources, the first name circulated is that of Radu Burnete, current presidential advisor for economic and social issues. He was appointed to the Cotroceni Palace last summer, after a five-year experience as executive director of the Concordia Employers’ Confederation.
Previously, Burnete was active in the Council of Foreign Investors and worked in Brussels for a consulting company in the field of financial services. He is a graduate of the Faculty of Political Sciences of the University of Bucharest and holds a master’s degree obtained in Vienna.
The second variant analyzed is Șerban Matei, current director of the International Relations Department of the National Bank of Romania, considered a close friend of Governor Mugur Isărescu.
Matei was appointed Romania’s representative at the International Monetary Fund in 2012 and participated, over time, in negotiations with the IMF, the World Bank and European institutions. He is a graduate of the Academy of Economic Studies in Bucharest, majoring in Finance and Banking.
On Tuesday, Nicușor Dan declared that he would not appoint a prime minister without the existence of a clear parliamentary majority and specified that all parliamentary parties, including the AUR, would be invited to the official consultations in Cotroceni.
The head of state announced that talks with the political formations could take place in the coming days and left open the possibility of appointing a technocrat prime minister, depending on the outcome of the political negotiations.
Asked directly if the Ilie Bolojan option is still on the table, the president avoided a nominal answer, maintaining the same line: without a majority, no proposal advances.
