Romania's centrist President Nicusor Dan on Sunday designated Adrian Vestea, a member of the ​liberal party, as prime minister, after independent candidate Eugen Tomac withdrew, Reuters reported. 

Vestea, 52, is the county council president of the central Romanian county of Brasov. Eugen Tomac had been ​seeking to lead a government of technocrats, ​but lacked support from the parties in ⁠parliament.