Cătălin Drulă

Cătălin Drulă
President of the Save Romania Union
In office 10 July 2022 – 10 June 2024 Acting: 7 February 2022 – 10 July 2022
Preceded by	Dacian Cioloș
Succeeded by	Elena Lasconi
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–present)
Alma mater	University of Toronto

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.

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

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.