**Romanian President Traian Basescu has nominated acting Prime Minister Emil Boc to head a new government.**Liberal Democrat Mr Boc was ousted as prime minister in October when he lost his government’s parliamentary majority after coalition allies pulled out.
Romania had since been run by a caretaker government and Mr Basescu said the new government should be approved within a week.
Mr Basescu’s re-election was confirmed this week despite opposition protests.
Romania’s constitutional court turned down rival Mircea Geoana’s appeal for a new poll.
It rejected Mr Geoana’s claims of fraud after Mr Basescu won a December presidential run-off vote by a narrow margin of 70,000 votes.
Romania has been hit hard by the global economic recession and is dependent on an IMF loan to pay state salaries.
Before he lost a vote of no-confidence in October, Mr Boc had been struggling to pass economic and social reforms which were a condition of the IMF loan.
The government collapsed when the Social Democrat Party (PSD) withdrew from the coalition to protest against the sacking of the interior minister.