# Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Romania)

The Romanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Romanian: Ministerul Afacerilor Externe) is the ministry responsible for external affairs of the Romanian Government. The current foreign minister is Emil Hurezeanu.

## List of ministers of foreign affairs (1862–1989)

| No. | Name | Term start | Term end | 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 1923 | |
| 4 | Nicolae Rosetti-Bălănescu | 23 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 Golescu$^i$ | 1 March 1867 | 5 August 1867 | |
| 10 | Alexandru Teriachiu | 17 August 1867 | 12 November 1867 | |
| 11 | Ştefan Golescu$^{ii}$ | 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-Catargiu$^i$ | 28 November 1869 | 1 February 1870 | |
| | Alexandru G. Golescu | 2 February 1870 | 18 April 1870 | |
| 15 | Petre P. Carp$^i$ | 20 April 1870 | 14 December 1870 | |
| 16 | Nicolae Calimachi-Catargiu$^{ii}$ | 18 December 1870 | 11 March 1871 | |
| 17 | Gheorghe Costaforu | 11 March 1871 | 27 April 1873 | |
| 18 | Vasile Boerescu$^i$ | 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 Kogălniceanu$^i$ | 27 April 1876 | 23 July 1876 | PNL |
| 22 | Nicolae Ionescu | 24 July 1876 | 2 April 1877 | |
| 23 | Mihail Kogălniceanu$^{ii}$ | 3 April 1877 | 24 November 1878 | PNL |
| 24 | Ion C. Câmpineanu$^i$ | 25 November 1878 | 10 July 1879 | |
| 25 | Vasile Boerescu$^{ii}$ | 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. Sturdza$^i$ | 1 August 1881 | 1 February 1885 | |
| 29 | Ion C. Câmpineanu$^{ii}$ | 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. Carp$^{ii}$ | 21 March 1888 | 5 November 1889 | |
| 32 | Alexandru Lahovary$^i$ | 5 November 1889 | 21 February 1891 | |
| 33 | Constantin Esarcu | 21 February 1891 | 26 November 1891 | |
| 34 | Alexandru Lahovary$^{ii}$ | 27 November 1891 | 3 October 1895 | |
| 35 | Dimitrie A. Sturdza$^{ii}$ | 4 October 1895 | 21 November 1896 | |
| 36 | Constantin Stoicescu | 21 November 1896 | 29 March 1897 | |
| 37 | Dimitrie A. Sturdza$^{iii}$ | 31 March 1897 | 30 March 1899 | |
| 38 | Ioan Lahovary$^i$ | 11 April 1899 | 6 July 1900 | |
| 39 | Alexandru Marghiloman | 7 July 1900 | 13 February 1901 | |
| 40 | Dimitrie A. Sturdza$^{iv}$ | 14 February 1901 | 8 January 1902 | |
| 41 | Ion I. C. Brătianu$^i$ | 9 January 1902 | 11 December 1904 | PNL |
| 42 | General Iacob Lahovary | 22 December 1904 | 8 February 1907 | |
| 43 | Ioan Lahovary$^{ii}$ | 9 February 1907 | 11 March 1907 | |
| 44 | Dimitrie A. Sturdza$^v$ | 12 March 1907 | 27 December 1908 | |
| 45 | Ion I. C. Brătianu$^{ii}$ | 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 | Emanoil Porumbaru | 4 January 1914 | 7 December 1916 | |
| 49 | Ion I. C. Brătianu$^{iii}$ | 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. Brătianu$^{iv}$ | 29 November 1918 | 27 September 1919 | PNL |
| | Arthur Văitoianu | 27 September 1919 | 15 October 1919 | |
| 53 | Nicolae Mișu | 15 October 1919 | 30 November 1919 | |
| 54 | Alexandru Vaida-Voevod$^i$ | 1 December 1919 | 13 March 1920 | |
| | Ștefan Cicio Pop | 15 January 1920 | 13 March 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. Brătianu$^v$ | 21 June 1927 | 24 November 1927 | PNL |
| 61 | Nicolae Titulescu$^i$ | 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-Voevod$^{ii}$ | 6 June 1932 | 19 October 1932 | |
| 66 | Nicolae Titulescu$^{ii}$ | 20 October 1932 | 1 October 1934 | |
| | Gheorghe Tătărescu | 2 October 1934 | 9 October 1934 | |
| 67 | Nicolae Titulescu$^{iii}$ | 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 | PMR |
| 82 | Grigore Preoteasa | 4 October 1955 | 14 July 1957 | PMR |
| 83 | Ion Gheorghe Maurer | 15 July 1957 | 15 January 1958 | PMR |
| 84 | Avram Bunaciu | 23 January 1958 | 20 March 1961 | PMR |
| 85 | Corneliu Mănescu | 20 March 1961 | 20 August 1965 | PMR |
| 85 | Corneliu Mănescu | 21 August 1965 | 18 October 1972 | PCR |
| 86 | George Macovescu | 18 October 1972 | 8 March 1978 | PCR |
| 87 | Ștefan Andrei | 8 March 1978 | 11 November 1985 | PCR |
| 88 | Ilie Văduva | 11 November 1985 | 26 August 1986 | PCR |
| 89 | Ioan Totu | 26 August 1986 | 2 November 1989 | PCR |
| 90 | Ion Stoian | 2 November 1989 | 22 December 1989 | PCR |

## List of ministers of foreign affairs (1989–present)

| Name | Term of office | Term of office | Party | Prime Minister |
| Sergiu Celac | 26 December 1989 | 28 June 1990 | Independent | Petre Roman |
| Adrian Năstase | 28 June 1990 | 18 November 1992 | FSN FDSN | Petre Roman Theodor Stolojan |
| Teodor Meleșcanu | 19 November 1992 | 11 December 1996 | FDSN PDSR | Nicolae Văcăroiu |
| Adrian Severin | 12 December 1996 | 29 December 1997 | PD | Victor Ciorbea |
| Andrei Pleșu | 29 December 1997 | 22 December 1999 | Independent | Victor Ciorbea Gavril Dejeu (Acting) Radu Vasile Alexandru Athanasiu (Acting) |
| Petre Roman | 22 December 1999 | 28 December 2000 | PD | Mugur Isărescu |
| Mircea Geoană | 28 December 2000 | 28 December 2004 | Independent PSD | Adrian Năstase Eugen Bejinariu (Acting) |
| Mihai Răzvan Ungureanu | 28 December 2004 | 21 March 2007 | PNL | Călin Popescu-Tăriceanu |
| Călin Popescu-Tăriceanu (Acting) | 21 March 2007 | 5 April 2007 | PNL | Himself |
| Adrian Cioroianu | 5 April 2007 | 15 April 2008 | PNL | Călin Popescu-Tăriceanu |
| Lazăr Comănescu | 15 April 2008 | 22 December 2008 | PNL | Călin Popescu-Tăriceanu |
| Cristian Diaconescu | 22 December 2008 | 1 October 2009 | PSD | Emil Boc |
| Cătălin Predoiu | 1 October 2009 | 23 December 2009 | Independent | Emil Boc |
| Teodor Baconschi | 23 December 2009 | 23 January 2012 | PDL | Emil Boc |
| Cristian Diaconescu | 24 January 2012 | 7 May 2012 | UNPR | Emil Boc Mihai Răzvan Ungureanu |
| Andrei Marga | 7 May 2012 | 6 August 2012 | PNL | Victor Ponta |
| Titus Corlățean | 6 August 2012 | 10 November 2014 | PSD | Victor Ponta |
| Teodor Meleșcanu | 10 November 2014 | 24 November 2014 | Independent | Victor Ponta |
| Bogdan Aurescu | 24 November 2014 | 17 November 2015 | Independent | Victor Ponta Gabriel Oprea (Acting) Victor Ponta Sorin Cîmpeanu (Acting) |
| Lazăr Comănescu | 17 November 2015 | 4 January 2017 | Independent | Dacian Cioloș |
| Teodor Meleșcanu | 4 January 2017 | 15 July 2019 | ALDE | Sorin Grindeanu Mihai Tudose Mihai Fifor (Acting) Viorica Dăncilă |
| Ramona Mănescu | 24 July 2019 | 4 November 2019 | ALDE | Viorica Dăncilă |
| Bogdan Aurescu | 4 November 2019 | 15 June 2023 | Independent | Ludovic Orban Florin Cîțu Nicolae Ciucă |
| Luminița Odobescu | 15 June 2023 | 23 December 2024 | Independent | Marcel Ciolacu |
| Emil Hurezeanu | 23 December 2024 | Incumbent | Independent | Marcel Ciolacu |