Gabriel Oprea

Gabriel Oprea
Prime Minister of Romania Acting
In office 29 July 2015 – 10 August 2015
President	Klaus Iohannis
Preceded by	Victor Ponta
Succeeded by	Victor Ponta
In office 22 June 2015 – 9 July 2015
President	Klaus Iohannis
Preceded by	Victor Ponta
Succeeded by	Victor Ponta
Minister of Internal Affairs
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: [ɡabriˈel ˈopre̯a]; 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.