# First Ponta cabinet

After a second vote of no confidence passed in the Parliament of Romania on 27 April 2012, this time aimed against the Ungureanu Cabinet, Victor Ponta was asked by President Traian Băsescu to form a new Government. His cabinet, unveiled on 1 May, received the parliamentary vote of confidence on 7 May 2012 and governed Romania until the 2012 Romanian legislative election.

## Structure

| Cabinet office | Name | Party | In office since | Cabinet left office |
| Prime Minister | Victor Ponta | PSD | 7 May 2012 | 21 December 2012 |
| Deputy Prime-Minister, Minister of Public Finance | Florin Georgescu | Ind. | 7 May 2012 | 21 December 2012 |
| Ministry of Foreign Affairs | Titus Corlățean | PSD | 6 August 2012 | 21 December 2012 |
| Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development | Daniel Constantin | PC | 7 May 2012 | 21 December 2012 |
| Minister of Economy, Commerce and Business Environment | Daniel Chițoiu | PNL | 7 May 2012 | 21 December 2012 |
| Minister of Administration and Interior | Mircea Dușa | PSD | 6 August 2012 | 21 December 2012 |
| Minister of National Defense | Corneliu Dobrițoiu | PNL | 7 May 2012 | 21 December 2012 |
| Minister of Justice | Mona Pivniceru | Ind. | 23 August 2012 | 21 December 2012 |
| Minister of Labor, Family and Social Protection | Mariana Câmpeanu | PNL | 7 May 2012 | 21 December 2012 |
| Minister of Education, Research, Innovation, Youth and Sport | Ecaterina Andronescu | PSD | 2 July 2012 | 21 December 2012 |
| Minister of Transport and Infrastructure | Ovidiu Silaghi | PNL | 7 May 2012 | 21 December 2012 |
| Minister of Health | Raed Arafat | Ind. | 7 November 2012 | 21 December 2012 |
| Minister of Regional Development and Tourism | Eduard Hellvig | PNL | 7 May 2012 | 21 December 2012 |
| Minister of Environment and Forests | Rovana Plumb | PSD | 7 May 2012 | 21 December 2012 |
| Minister of Culture and National Patrimony | Puiu Hașotti | PNL | 25 June 2012 | 21 December 2012 |
| Minister of Communications and Information Society | Dan Nica | PSD | 7 May 2012 | 21 December 2012 |
| Minister of European Affairs | Leonard Orban | Ind. | 20 September 2011 | 21 December 2012 |
| Minister Delegate for the Business Environment | Mihai Voicu | PNL | 6 August 2012 | 21 December 2012 |
| Minister Delegate for Administration | Radu Stroe | PNL | 6 August 2012 | 21 December 2012 |
| Minister Delegate for Social Dialog | Liviu Pop | Ind. | 7 May 2012 | 21 December 2012 |
| Minister Delegate for Liaison with Parliament | Dan Șova | PSD | 6 August 2012 | 21 December 2012 |
| Former cabinet members and cabinet offices held |||||
| Cabinet office | Name | Party | In office since | In office until |
| Ministry of Foreign Affairs | Andrei Marga | PNL | 7 May 2012 | 6 August 2012 |
| Minister of Administration and Interior | Ioan Rus | PSD | 7 May 2012 | 6 August 2012 |
| Minister of Justice | Titus Corlățean | PSD | 7 May 2012 | 6 August 2012 |
| Minister of Justice | Victor Ponta interim | PSD | 6 August 2012 | 23 August 2012 |
| Minister of Education, Research, Innovation, Youth and Sport | Ioan Mang | PSD | 7 May 2012 | 15 May 2012 |
| Minister of Education, Research, Innovation, Youth and Sport | Liviu Pop (interim) | Ind. | 15 May 2012 | 2 July 2012 |
| Minister of Health | Vasile Cepoi | Ind. | 7 May 2012 | 2 October 2012 |
| Minister of Health | Victor Ponta (interim) | PSD | 3 October 2012 | 7 November 2012 |
| Minister of Culture and National Patrimony | Mircea Diaconu | PNL | 7 May 2012 | 19 June 2012 |
| Minister Delegate for the Business Environment | Lucian Isar | Ind. | 7 May 2012 | 6 August 2012 |
| Minister Delegate for Administration | Victor Paul Dobre | PNL | 7 May 2012 | 6 August 2012 |
| Minister Delegate for Liaison with Parliament | Mircea Dușa | PSD | 7 May 2012 | 6 August 2012 |