Cătălin Drulă
Romanian politician (born 1981) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Cătălin Drulă (born 2 May 1981) is a Romanian politician who currently serves as the president of the Save Romania Union (USR) political party (officially since 10 July 2022 onwards and previously acting/ad interim for c. 5 months before),[1] and as an incumbent member of the Romanian Chamber of Deputies, elected as a deputy for Timiș County at the 2020 Romanian legislative election.
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Cătălin Drulă | |
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President of the Save Romania Union | |
Incumbent | |
Assumed office 10 July 2022 Acting: 7 February 2022 – 10 July 2022 | |
Preceded by | Dacian Cioloș |
Minister of Transport and Infrastructure | |
In office 23 December 2020 – 7 September 2021 | |
President | Klaus Iohannis |
Prime Minister | Florin Cîțu |
Preceded by | Lucian Bode |
Succeeded by | Dan Vîlceanu (acting/ad interim) |
Personal details | |
Born | (1981-05-02) 2 May 1981 (age 43) Bucharest, Romania |
Political party | USR (2016–2021) USR PLUS (2021) USR (2021–present) |
Alma mater | University of Toronto |
From 23 December 2020, he served as the Minister of Transport in the Cîțu Cabinet,[2][3] until his resignation registered on 7 September 2021.[4][5] According to USR MP Emanuel Ungureanu, he could likely be the presidential candidate of USR for the forthcoming 2024 Romanian presidential election.[6]
Since 7 February 2022 onwards, he has been serving as the ad interim president of the USR, as a result of the resignation of Dacian Cioloș.[7]