Romanian President Nicusor Dan announced Sunday that he is nominating Adrian Vestea as Prime Minister after the resignation of Eugen Tomac. File Photo by Bogdan Cristel/EPA-EFE
June 14 (UPI) -- Romanian President Nicusor Dan nominated a new candidate, Adrian Vestea, for prime minister Sunday after the resignation of Eugen Tomac.
Vestea, a former mayor, is a member of the National Liberal Party. A former development minister, he highlighted development as a central focus.
"We are the sixth-largest country in Europe and we need to put a major emphasis on development, which I will do from day one," Vestea said.
Vestea added that he plans to form a "political government that will undertake real reforms and keep Romania on a pro-Western path.
