Government’s Working Apparatus

 

Government apparatus (art. 1 GEO no 25/2007)

1. Chancellery of the Prime Minister, the structure without legal personality, subordinated directly to the Prime Minister, funded through the budget of the Secretariat - General of the Government, led by the Head of Chancellery, with the rank of Minister, appointed and removed from office by Prime Minister’s decision, one or more Secretaries of state and State Advisors, appointed, or removed from office by Prime Minister’s decision, perform their activity in the PM Chancellery;


2. Secretariat -General of the Government, public institution with legal personality, subordinated to the Prime Minister, headed by a Secretary -General with the rank of Minister, assisted by a Deputy Secretary-General with the rank of Secretary of State, and, where appropriate, by one or more many Secretaries of State, appointed, or removed from office by Prime Minister’s Decision, the Secretary - General of the Government is the main credit authorizing officer for the apparatus of Government and public institutions and bodies of the central public administration, subordinated or coordinated by the Government, the Prime Minister and the Secretariat -General of the Government;
Website: http://www.sgg.ro


3. Department for Liaison with Parliament, structure with legal personality, funded through the budget of the Secretariat -General of the Government, headed by the Minister for Liaison with Parliament, who has the capacity as tertiary credit authorizing officer. The department comprises one or more Secretaries of State, appointed and removed from office by Prime Minister’s decision.
Website: http://www.drp.gov.ro


4. Department for Infrastructure Projects and Foreign Investment, structure with legal personality, funded through the budget of the Secretariat - General of the Government, headed by the Minister for infrastructure projects of national interest and foreign investment, who has the capacity as secondary credit authorizing officer. The department comprises one or more Secretaries of State, appointed and removed from office by Prime Minister’s decision.
Website: http://www.dpiis.ro/


5. Fight against fraud Department - DLAF, structure with legal personality, in the apparatus of the Government, under Prime Minister’s coordination, financed from the state budget through the budget of the Secretariat -General of the Government, headed by a Chief with the rank of Secretary of State, appointed by Prime Minister’s decision for a period of 5 years, tertiary credit authorizing officer; DLAF is the institution of contact with European Anti-Fraud Office - OLAF and provides supports or coordinates, as appropriate, the fulfillment by Romania of its obligations with respect to the protection of the financial interests of the European Union, in accordance with Art. 325 of the Treaty on European Union, having the power to control the obtaining, unfolding or use of EU funds and related co-financing funds;
Website: http://www.antifrauda.gov.ro/

 

6. Control Body of the Prime Minister, the structure without legal personality, under the Prime Minister’s authority, headed by a Secretary of State, appointed and removed from office by Prime Minister’s Decision, and funded through the budget of the Secretariat -General of the Government; it controls and monitors the activity of Ministries and their decentralized public services, public institutions under Government’s authority, specialized bodies of the central public administration subordinated to the Government, offices, departments, commissions, autonomous companies, national companies and societies, trading companies and financial -banking institutions with state majority capital or entirely owned by state; Control Body of the Prime Minister controls the activity of public institutions subordinated to local public administration authorities, while observing the legal provisions on the general regime of local autonomy and the organization and functioning of local public administration authorities;


7. Department for Interethnic Relations, structure without legal personality, subordinated to the Prime Minister and under the coordination of the General - Secretary of the Government, headed by a Secretary of State, assisted by two Secretaries of State, appointed, or removed from office by the Prime Minister’s decision, and funded through the budget of the Secretariat -General of the Government;
Website: http://www.dri.gov.ro/


8. Other departments, organized as structures with or without legal personality, under Prime Minister’s authority, headed by State Secretaries or others with similar rank, whose establishment and / or operation is approved by Government Decision.