Nicolae Ciucă

Nicolae Ciucă
70th Prime Minister of Romania
In office 25 November 2021 – 12 June 2023
President	Klaus Iohannis
Deputy	Hunor Kelemen Sorin Grindeanu
Preceded by	Florin Cîțu
Succeeded by	Cătălin Predoiu (acting)
Acting 7 December 2020 – 23 December 2020
President	Klaus Iohannis
Deputy	Raluca Turcan
Preceded by	Ludovic Orban
Succeeded by	Florin Cîțu
Minister of National Defence
In office 4 November 2019 – 25 November 2021
Prime Minister	Ludovic Orban Himself Florin Cîțu
Preceded by	Gabriel-Beniamin Leș
Succeeded by	Vasile Dîncu
Senator of Romania
Incumbent
Assumed office 21 December 2020
Constituency	Dolj County
Chief of the Romanian General Staff
In office 1 January 2015 – 28 October 2019
President	Klaus Iohannis
Preceded by	Ștefan Dănilă
Succeeded by	Daniel Petrescu
Personal details
Born	(1967-02-07) 7 February 1967 Plenița, Dolj County, Romania
Political party	National Liberal Party (2020–present)
Awards	Ordre national du Mérite, Commander rank National Order of Merit (Romania), Commander rank Order of the Star of Romania, Officer rank Legion of Merit
Military service
Branch/service	Romanian Land Forces
Years of service	1985–2019
Rank	General
Commands	26th Infantry Battalion "Red Scorpions" Chief of the Romanian General Staff
Battles/wars	War in Afghanistan Iraq War

Nicolae Ionel Ciucă ([nikoˈla.e ˈt͡ʃʲukə]; born 7 February 1967) is a Romanian politician and retired general. He is a member of the Romanian Land Forces. He was the Prime Minister of Romania from 25 November 2021 to 12 June 2023.