Cătălin Drulă (born 2 May 1981) is a Romanian politician who served as the president of the Save Romania Union (USR) political party, until his resignation in 2024 (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.

Cătălin Drulă
President of the Save Romania Union
In office
10 July 2022 – 10 June 2024
Acting: 7 February 2022 – 10 July 2022
Preceded byDacian Cioloș
Succeeded byElena Lasconi
Minister of Transport and Infrastructure
In office
23 December 2020 – 7 September 2021
PresidentKlaus Iohannis
Prime MinisterFlorin Cîțu
Preceded byLucian Bode
Succeeded byDan Vîlceanu (acting/ad interim)
Personal details
Born (1981-05-02) 2 May 1981 (age 43)
Bucharest, Romania
Political partyUSR (2016–present)
Alma materUniversity 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, he has been serving as the ad interim president of the USR, as a result of the resignation of Dacian Cioloș.[7]

Following the poor results of the United Right Alliance in the 2024 Romanian local elections and the 2024 European Parliament election in Romania on 9 June 2024, he announced his resignation from the leadership of USR.[8]

References

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  1. ^ "Cătălin Drulă a câștigat cele mai multe voturi pentru Biroul Național, surclasându-l pe Dan Barna". G4Media. 3 October 2021. Retrieved 4 October 2021.
  2. ^ "Members of Citu Government take oath of office". ACTMedia News Agency. 24 December 2020. Archived from the original on 2 January 2021. Retrieved 2 January 2021.
  3. ^ "Guvernul Cîțu a fost votat în Parlament. A primit 260 de voturi pentru și 186 împotrivă". Alba24 (in Romanian). 23 December 2020. Retrieved 2 January 2021.
  4. ^ "VIDEO Cătălin Drulă: Plec din cauza unui premier iresponsabil, care nu înțelege că e terminat politic. Da, Florine, s-a terminat!". G4Media. 7 September 2021.
  5. ^ Andreea Ghiorghe (7 September 2021). "Miniştrii USR PLUS şi-au depus demisiile din Guvernul Cîţu. Barna: "Am făcut ceea ce am anunţat"". Adevărul (in Romanian). Retrieved 29 September 2021.
  6. ^ "Emanuel Ungureanu: Cătălin Drulă ar putea fi în 2024 propunerea USR PLUS pentru candidatura la preşedinţia României". G4Media (in Romanian). 3 October 2021. Retrieved 10 December 2021.
  7. ^ Roman, Mihai (7 February 2022). "BREAKING Dacian Cioloș a demisionat de la șefia USR după patru luni, Cătălin Drulă devine președinte interimar". G4Media.ro.
  8. ^ "Cătălin Drulă și-a dat demisia de la șefia USR, după eșecul în alegeri: "Îmi asum acest rezultat"". www.digi24.ro. 10 June 2024.