Liviu Dragnea, chairman of the Social Democratic Party which won the December 11 election, said that Sevil Shhaideh, the party's first choice for premier, would serve as deputy premier and as regional development minister, a spot she briefly held in 2015, AP reported.
President Klaus Iohannis decided against nominating Shhaideh, who is a member of the country’s Muslim Tartar minority and married Syria-born businessman living in Romania.
Muslims make less
than 0.5 percent of Romania's total population of 20 million. The majority of
Muslims in the country are of Tatar and Turkish origins.
Source: Islamic News