Romanian PM Ciolacu fires head of Revolutionaries’ Secretariat after denial of his 1989 role recognition, appoints former PSD Bucharest interim president

Romanian Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu dismissed Mihai Iulian Dodu as the State Secretary of the Secretariat for Revolutionaries. This decision was published in the Official Monitor on Wednesday. Dodu had initiated a review of Ciolacu’s request to be recognized as a key figure in the December 1989 Revolution, but a special committee within the secretariat found Ciolacu did not meet the criteria for revolutionary certification.

Romanian PM Ciolacu fires head of Revolutionaries’ Secretariat after denial of his 1989 role recognition, appoints former PSD Bucharest interim president