Cătălin Predoiu

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Cătălin Marian Predoiu

Minister of Justice
Incumbent
Assumed office 29 February 2008
President	Traian Băsescu
Prime Minister	Călin Popescu-Tăriceanu Emil Boc
Preceded by	Teodor Meleşcanu

Born	August 27, 1968 (1968-08-27) (age 40) Buzău, Romania
Political party	National Liberal Party (self-suspended since 19 December 2008)

Cătălin Marian Predoiu (born 27 August 1968, Buzău), is a Romanian lawyer. He has been the Minister of Justice of Romania since 29 February 2008.

Cătălin Predoiu graduated from the Faculty of Law at the University of Bucharest in 1991. In 1994 he completed a training program in commercial law at the Caen Bar in France. Between 1994 and 2007 he taught commercial law as a lecturer at University of Bucharest. Predoiu published several articles and studies about commercial law and has received a prize from the Romanian Academy as a co-author of a law treatise^[1].

Predoiu is an associate lawyer at the ZRP law partnership since 2005. He is a commercial and corporate governance lawyer, having a Ph.D. degree in commercial banks. Since 2003 he is a member of the Council of Bucharest Bar Association.

His term as Minister of Justice was extended in the new Emil Boc Cabinet (since 22 December 2008), composed of Social Democratic Party and Democratic Liberal Party members. This brought criticism from his party, the National Liberal Party, which led to Predoiu's self-suspension. He argued that he accepted this new nomination only to continue his work at the ministry. He is the only independent minister in the Boc Cabinet.

v • d • e Second Călin Popescu-Tăriceanu cabinet (5 April 2007-22 December 2008)

Prime Minister	Călin Popescu-Tăriceanu

Minister of State	Béla Markó (Co-ordinating Culture, Education, European Integration)

Ministers	Tudor Chiuariu/Teodor Meleşcanu/Cătălin Predoiu (Justice) • Teodor Meleşcanu (Defense) • Adrian Iorgulescu (Culture) • Decebal Traian Remeş/Dacian Cioloş (Agriculture) • Eugen Nicolăescu (Health) • Adrian Cioroianu/Lazăr Comănescu (Foreign Affairs) • Varujan Vosganian (Economy) • Paul Păcuraru/Eugen Nicolăescu/Mariana Câmpeanu (Labor) • Attila Korodi (Environment) • Ludovic Orban (Transport) • Cristian David (Interior) • László Borbély (Regional Development) • Cristian Adomniţei/Anton Anton (Education) • Zsolt Nagy/Gyula Winkler/Károly Borbély (Communications and IT) • Ovidiu Ioan Silaghi (Small and Medium Enterprises)

Minister-Delegate	Mihai Voicu (Relation with Parliament)

PNL minister • UDMR minister

v • d • e Emil Boc cabinet (December 22, 2008 - present)

Prime Minister	Emil Boc

Deputy Prime Minister	Dan Nica

Ministers	Cătălin Predoiu (Justice) • Mihai Stănişoară (National Defense) • Theodor Paleologu (Culture and Religious Affairs) • Ilie Sârbu (Agriculture and Rural Development) • Ion Bazac (Public Health) • Cristian Diaconescu (Foreign Affairs) • Adriean Videanu (Economy) • Gheorghe Pogea (Finance)• Marian Sârbu (Labor, Family and Social Protection) • Nicolae Nemirschi (Environment and Sustainable Development) • Radu Berceanu (Transport and Infrastructure) • Gabriel Oprea/Dan Nica/Liviu Dragnea/Dan Nica (Administration and Interior) • Vasile Blaga (Regional Development and Housing) • Ecaterina Andronescu (Education) • Monica Iacob Ridzi (Youth and Sport) • Elena Udrea (Tourism) • Gabriel Sandu (Communications and IS) • Constantin Niţă (Small and Medium Enterprises, Commerce and BE)

Minister-Delegate	Victor Ponta (Relations with Parliament)

PD-L minister • PSD minister • Independent minister

v • d • e Supreme Council of National Defense

President	Traian Băsescu (P)

Vicepresidents	Emil Boc (PM) · Mircea Geoană (P Sen)

Members	Mihai Stănişoară (MApN) · Dan Nica (MAI) · Cristian Diaconescu (MAE) · Cătălin Predoiu (MJLC) · Gheorghe Pogea (MFP) · Adriean Videanu (ME) · George-Cristian Maior (SRI) · Mihai Răzvan Ungureanu (SIE) · Am. Gheorghe Marin (FAR) · Iulian Fota (PC) · Ion Oprişor (Secretary)