In office 5 March 2014 – 9 November 2015 Acting: 23 January 2014 – 5 March 2014
Prime Minister
Victor Ponta
Preceded by
Radu Stroe
Succeeded by
Petre Tobă
In office 22 December 2008 – 13 January 2009
Prime Minister
Emil Boc
Preceded by
Cristian David
Succeeded by
Dan Nica (Acting)
Deputy Prime Minister of Romania
In office 21 December 2012 – 9 November 2015
Prime Minister
Victor Ponta Sorin Cîmpeanu (Acting)
Preceded by
Florin Georgescu
Succeeded by
Vasile Dîncu Costin Borc
Minister of National Defence
In office 23 December 2009 – 7 May 2012
Prime Minister
Emil Boc Cătălin Predoiu (Acting) Mihai Răzvan Ungureanu
Preceded by
Mihai Stănișoară
Succeeded by
Corneliu Dobrițoiu
Personal details
Born
(1961-01-01) 1 January 1961 (age 63) Fundulea, Călărași County, Romania
Political party
Independent
Other political affiliations
National Union for the Progress of Romania (2010–2016) Social Democratic Party (2003–2009)
Spouse
Sanda Oprea
Children
2
Alma mater
Nicolae Bălcescu Land Forces Academy University of Bucharest Carol I National Defence University
Military service
Years of service
1983–2003
Rank
General
Gabriel Oprea (Romanian pronunciation:[ɡabriˈelˈopre̯a]; born 1 January 1961) is a Romanian politician and a general in the army reserves. The former president of the National Union for the Progress of Romania (UNPR) and a former member of the Social Democratic Party (PSD) who is now an independent, he was a member of the Romanian Chamber of Deputies for Ilfov County from 2004 to 2012 and was a Senator for Bucharest from 2012 to 2016.
In the Adrian Năstase cabinet, he was Minister-Delegate for Public Administration from June 2003 to July 2004; in the Emil Boc cabinet, he was Minister of Administration and Interior from December 2008 to January 2009; again under Boc and continuing under Mihai Răzvan Ungureanu, he was Defence Minister (December 2009–May 2012); and in the Victor Ponta cabinet, served as deputy Prime Minister from December 2012, additionally holding the Interior portfolio from January 2014. From June to July 2015, and again from late July into August, he was interim Prime Minister of Romania. That November, he left the government after Ponta's resignation.
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