Political sources say that the surprise visit of President Nicușor Dan to the Government also had the purpose of informing the Prime Minister about his intentions to appoint new chiefs at SRI and SIE.
President Nicușor Dan PHOTO: Presidential Administration
President Nicușor Dan seems to have decided on the new heads of the Romanian Intelligence Service and the Foreign Intelligence Service. During the surprise visit made by the head of state to the Government, the president would have informed Ilie Bolojan and Sorin Gringeanu about his intentions in this regard.
According to the information, Nicușor Dan considers lawyer Gabriel Zbârcea for the head of SRI and the diplomat Marius Gabriel Lazurca for the head of SIE.
Zbârcea is a coordinating lawyer of Ţuca Zbârcea & Asociatii and founder of the law firm and was president within the Authority for the Valuation of State Assets (AVAS), as well as in the Privatization Commission of the Romanian Commercial Bank (BCR).
Diplomat Marius Gabriel Lazurca was an ambassador of Romania at the Holy See (2006-2010), in the Republic of Moldova (2010-2016), Hungary (2016-2020) and Mexico (from 2021).