Mihai Stănișoară

He served on its foreign affairs committee and headed the Romanian Parliament's delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe.

[2] During this term, he was accused of abuse of office and influence-peddling, after allegedly stopping an Interior Ministry investigation into the firing of the head of the Mehedinți County ambulance service.

[3] Upon leaving the Chamber in 2007, he became National Security Adviser to President Traian Băsescu, a position he held until 2008.

[5] Upon winning confirmation, he pledged adequate funding for active units, increased interoperability with allied armies, the purchase of armoured vehicles for the Land Forces and of upgraded airplanes and surface-to-air missiles, and modernisation of the Navy's frigates.

[11] In March 2013, at a time when he was a first vice president of the PD-L, he defected to the PNL, stating that his new party represented the future, and his old one the past.