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| Sorin Cimpeanu Is Appointed Interim Prime Minister of Romania | Sorin Cimpeanu Is Appointed Interim Prime Minister of Romania |
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| BUCHAREST, Romania — Sorin Cimpeanu was appointed interim prime minister of Romania on Thursday, replacing Victor Ponta, who resigned a day earlier after huge protests over a nightclub fire in Bucharest where 32 people died. | |
| President Klaus Iohannis’s appointment of Mr. Cimpeanu, who was elevated from education minister, is a stopgap measure until a new candidate for the post is selected. | |
| Mr. Iohannis has said that he will hold meetings with the main political parties about the formation of a new government over the next two days. | Mr. Iohannis has said that he will hold meetings with the main political parties about the formation of a new government over the next two days. |
| Despite the resignation of Mr. Ponta, tens of thousands of people took to the streets of Bucharest, the capital, and other Romanian cities on Wednesday night, continuing the protests and calling for significant changes in government. | Despite the resignation of Mr. Ponta, tens of thousands of people took to the streets of Bucharest, the capital, and other Romanian cities on Wednesday night, continuing the protests and calling for significant changes in government. |
| Mr. Iohannis appeared to have received the message, saying he would also consult with people outside the political elite about a new prime minister. | |
| “I decided that, further to the consultations with the parties scheduled for today and tomorrow, to consult for the first time a new actor: the civil society,” he said. “I will convene for Friday afternoon a group representing both the civil society and what we call ‘the street.’ ” | “I decided that, further to the consultations with the parties scheduled for today and tomorrow, to consult for the first time a new actor: the civil society,” he said. “I will convene for Friday afternoon a group representing both the civil society and what we call ‘the street.’ ” |
| It was not yet clear who would be part of that group. | It was not yet clear who would be part of that group. |