President Nicușor Dan nominates diplomat Luca Niculescu as prime‑ministerial candidate

President Nicușor Dan has named Luca Niculescu, a career diplomat who has coordinated Romania’s OECD accession and previously served as ambassador to France, as his candidate for prime minister. Niculescu, who also began his career as a journalist, currently holds the post of state secretary in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The nomination marks the fourth time the president has put forward a candidate to form a government amid a deep parliamentary split. Analysts note that the choice of a non‑partisan technocrat is intended to facilitate the building of a governing majority.