| Cătălin Drulă | |
| Office: | President of the Save Romania Union |
| Term Start: | 10 July 2022 |
| Term End: | 10 June 2024 |
| Predecessor: | Dacian Cioloș |
| Successor: | Elena Lasconi |
| Office2: | Minister of Transport and Infrastructure |
| Term Start2: | 23 December 2020 |
| Term End2: | 7 September 2021 |
| President2: | Klaus Iohannis |
| Primeminister2: | Florin Cîțu |
| Predecessor2: | Lucian Bode |
| Successor2: | Dan Vîlceanu (acting/ad interim) |
| Birth Date: | 1981 5, df=yes |
| Birth Place: | Bucharest, Romania |
| Nationality: | Romanian |
| 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 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]