All Social Democrat ministers will resign from the government, announced Romania's Social Democrat leader Mircea Geoana Thursday noon. Geoana made the announcement soon after President Traian Basescu signed the decree on removing Social Democrat Dan Nica from the posts of Depute Prime Minister and Interior Minister. The move means the collapse of the governing coalition between the Democratic Liberal Party and the Social Democratic Party formed after the parliamentary elections at the end of 2008. The Social Democrats held the ministries of interior, foreign affairs, education, health, agriculture, labor, small and medium- sized enterprises, environment and the ministry for the Relation with Parliament. Social democrat state secretaries also resigned out of solidarity. The coalition went into crisis since Monday, when Democrat Liberal Prime Minister Emil Boc announced the plan to fire Nica and asked the Social Democrats to nominate a replacement within 24 hours. Boc said he decided to fire Nica because of his inability to ensure security and his remarks on alleged frauds in the upcoming presidential elections. The position of deputy prime minister and that of interior minister should be filled by Social Democrats under the governing coalition's agreement. Refusing to appoint a replacement, the Social Democrat leadership on Monday evening decided by vote to continue their support for Nica. 