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
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 42) Bucharest, Romania
Political party	USR (2016–2021) USR PLUS (2021) USR (2021–present)
Alma mater	University of Toronto

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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]