New leadership for SRR, TVR and AEP
Parliament has voted the new Boards of Directors of the public radio and TV
Mihai Pelin, 19.11.2025, 13:50
The Romanian Parliament on Tuesday voted the new Boards of Directors of the public radio and television broadcasters. Each board will have 13 members, eight appointed by parliamentary groups, two by employees and one each from national minorities, the Presidency and the Government.
Thus, the Board of Directors of the Romanian Radio Broadcasting Corporation (SRR) is made up of:
Ruxandra Ileana Săraru, Radu Bogdan Herjeu and Alexandru Ioan Şerbănescu (PSD);
Maria Muntean (AUR);
Vlad Mircea Pufu (PNL);
Robert Cristian Schwartz and Alexandra Coliban (USR);
Bodoczi Annamária (UDMR);
Ruxandra Georgeta Gheorghe (the Group of National Minorities);
Dragoş Gabriel Pătlăgeanu (the Presidency);
Nadina Ioana Dogioiu (the Government);
Marius Dorian Tănase and Nicoleta Viorica Balaci (SRR employees).
At the public television broadcaster (TVR), the members of the Board of Directors are:
Loredana Corchiş, Nicoleta Amalia Matei and Stelian Bărăgan (PSD);
Radu Carp and Cristina Ancuţa Pocora (PNL);
Catrinel Trofin (USR);
Monica Simona Ghiurco (AUR);
Anderco Aliz Timea (UDMR);
Cristina Narcisa Manciu (the Presidency);
Ana Adriana Săftoiu (the Government);
Emanuel Sorin Torică and Cristian Godinac (TVR employees);
and Borislav Velimirovici (the Group of National Minorities).
It is worth noting that AUR MPs, in opposition, did not participate in Tuesday’s vote. George Simion announced that he had filed a criminal complaint for abuse of office, arguing that his party was entitled to two seats on each Board of Directors, instead of the single seat it received.
After being sworn in, the members of the Boards of Directors met in separate sessions to designate candidates for the position of Director General (chairperson and CEO). At TVR, the nominee is Adriana Săftoiu, a former journalist, former spokesperson for the Presidency and former MP. As for journalist and commentator Robert Schwartz, former editor-in-chief of Deutsche Welle’s Romanian Service (2000-2020), he has been nominated for the position of Director General of the Romanian Radio Broadcasting Corporation.
The two candidates will appear next week before the joint parliamentary committees for culture and will subsequently be validated by Parliament.
Meanwhile, Parliament also approved PSD’s proposal to appoint Adrian Ţuţuianu as president of the Permanent Electoral Authority (AEP). He has served as senator, president of the Dâmbovița County Council (south) and Minister of Defense. In 2012, Adrian Ţuţuianu was investigated by the National Anticorruption Directorate (DNA) for influence peddling in connection with the local election campaign, but he was ultimately not subject to criminal prosecution. (VP)
