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Cătălin Drulă

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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

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]

Biography

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Born in Bucharest, Drulă went to high school at the city's Tudor Vianu National College of Computer Science (1995–1999). He pursued his studies at the University of Toronto, graduating in 2002 with a degree in computer engineering. After spending a year at the Grenoble Institute of Technology on an exchange program, he obtained in 2005 an MS degree in computer science from the University of Toronto, with thesis "Fast and Energy Efficient Neighbour Discovery for Opportunistic Networking with Bluetooth".[9]

References

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  1. ^ "Cătălin Drulă a câștigat cele mai multe voturi pentru Biroul Național, surclasându-l pe Dan Barna" (in Romanian). G4Media. 3 October 2021. Retrieved 4 October 2021.
  2. ^ "Members of Cîțu 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.ro (in Romanian). 23 December 2020. Retrieved 2 January 2021.
  4. ^ "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). "Miniștrii USR PLUS și-au depus demisiile din Guvernul Cîțu. Barna: "Am făcut ceea ce am anunțat"". Adevărul (in Romanian). Retrieved 29 September 2021.
  6. ^ "Emanuel Ungureanu: Cătălin Drulă ar putea fi în 2024 propunerea USR PLUS pentru candidatura la președinția României". G4Media (in Romanian). 3 October 2021. Retrieved 10 December 2021.
  7. ^ Roman, Mihai (7 February 2022). "Dacian Cioloș a demisionat de la șefia USR după patru luni, Cătălin Drulă devine președinte interimar". G4Media (in Romanian).
  8. ^ "Cătălin Drulă și-a dat demisia de la șefia USR, după eșecul în alegeri: "Îmi asum acest rezultat"" (in Romanian). Digi24. 10 June 2024.
  9. ^ "Cine este Cătălin Drulă, propus ministru al Transporturilor". www.economica.net (in Romanian). 23 December 2020. Retrieved 2 February 2025.


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