The president is in charge of defense and foreign policy, names the chiefs of the country's two main intelligence agencies as well as top prosecutors and ambassadors. A former prime minister, lawmakers, soccer club bosses and media tycoons have been imprisoned on corruption charges. Even Basescu's brother has been under arrest since June on suspicion of taking a bribe from a man convicted of attempted murder. Ponta, the 42-year-old prime minister, is an ex-prosecutor whose popularity appears not to have been badly damaged by corruption probes of senior members of his Social Democratic Party. —Former tourism minister Elena Udrea is well-known for her close relationship with the outgoing president and for her glitzy wardrobe — once sparking outrage by wearing a Dolce & Gabbana dress that cost as much as many Romanians earn in a month.