Romania PM announces technocrat cabinet, requires parliament support


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  • Sunday, 15 Nov 2015

Former European Agriculture Commissioner Dacian Ciolos speaks after being appointed as Romania's prime minister by Romania's centrist President Klaus Iohannis (L) in Bucharest, Romania November 10, 2015. REUTERS/Inquam Photos/Octav Ganea

BUCHAREST (Reuters) - Romania's Prime Minister-designate Dacian Ciolos unveiled a cabinet of technocrats with a one-year term on Sunday, including European Union experts, diplomats and civil society leaders, which is expected to win broad support in parliament.

Last week, President Klaus Iohannis named the former European Commissioner Ciolos, 46, to head a cabinet to replace that of leftist Victor Ponta, who quit on Nov. 4 due to public anger over a deadly nightclub fire which killed 55 people.

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