On December 20th 2013, the Plenum of Romanian Parliament appointed Mr. Stelian Tanase interim Director General of Romanian Television (TVR).

Stelian Tanase is a writer, essayist, historian, political scientist, journalist, writer, director and political analyst. He graduated from the Faculty of Philosophy, University of Bucharest, and in 1996 he became a Ph.D. in political science. In 1992 he was elected Deputy in the Romanian Parliament.

He produced and appeared on numerous talk shows on political issues on TVR Cultural, Antena 1 and RealitateaTV.