According to Szabo, the UDMR branch in Bihor, northwestern Romania, has analyzed several options and decided Ritli will be its official health minister proposition.

Szabo said the proposition will be analyzed by UDMR and will be forwarded to Prime Minister Emil Boc at the beginning of this week.

Ritli is a specialist in pediatric oncology and hematology. He was appointed medical director of clinical hospital Dr. Gavril Curteanu in Oradea last year.

Romania’s Health Minister Attila Cseke resigned last week, displeased with the funds the Health Ministry has been allotted at this year’s first budget revision.

The next health minister will be from the ruling coalition’s Hungarian minority party.