UPDATE 1 - Romania Government Coalition Partners Unveil Ministerial Nominations

PD-L leader and Prime Minister-designate Emil Boc said that former Bucharest mayor Adriean Videanu and former vice premier Gheorghe Pogea are the official proposals of the party to head the ministries of economy and finance, respectively. PD-L nominated a total of nine ministers.

PSD leader Mircea Geoana announced his party nominations for another nine ministerial seats. Boc said he hoped the nominations will be voted on in a joint session of the chambers of parliament on Monday. PD-L and PSD signed an agreement to form a coalition cabinet on Sunday .

The ministerial nominations follow as announced by the two party leaders:

PD-L NOMINATIONS

- Ministry of Finance - Gheorghe Pogea

- Ministry of Transport - Radu Berceanu

- Ministry of Regional Development - Vasile Blaga

- Ministry of Economy - Adriean Videanu

- Ministry of Defence - Mihai Stanisoara

- Ministry of Communications - Gabriel Sandu

- Ministry of Tourism - Elena Udrea

- Ministry of Youth - Monica Ridzi

- Ministry of Culture - Toader Paleologu

PSD NOMINATIONS

- Ministry of Labour, Family and Social Protection - Marian Sarbu

- Ministry of Education and Research - Ecaterina Andronescu

- Ministry of Health - Ionut Bazac

- Ministry of Agriculture - Ilie Sarbu

- Ministry of Internal Affairs - Gabriel Oprea

- Ministry of Foreign Affairs - Cristian Diaconescu

- Ministry of Environment - Nicolae Nemirschi

- Ministry of Small and Medium Sized Enterprises and Business Environment - Constantin Nita

- Minister without portfolio responsible for relations with parliament - Victor Ponta

The two parties have agreed that the Justice Ministry will be headed by an independent expert but have named no candidate so far. PSD-affiliated Dan Nica was named deputy prime minister in charge of the government's European Affairs Department and state regulators, Geoana said.

PD-L won 115 seats in the lower chamber and 51 in the Senate in the November 30 elections. PSD, which ran on a joint ticket with the smaller Conservative Party, got 114 seats in the Chamber of Deputies and 49 seats in the upper house. Thus the two parties would jointly control 329 of the 471 seats in parliament.