Florin Cîțu
Florin Vasile Cîțu (Romanian pronunciation: [floˈrin vaˈsile ˈkɨt͡su]; born 1 April 1972) is a Romanian politician who served as Prime Minister of Romania between December 2020 and November 2021 (acting/ad interim between October and November 2021). Sometimes labeled as Romania's first libertarian Prime Minister, he was also the leader of the National Liberal Party (PNL) between September 2021 and April 2022.
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| President of the Senate of Romania | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| In office 23 November 2021 – 29 June 2022 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Anca Dragu | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Alina Gorghiu (Acting) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Prime Minister of Romania | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| In office 23 December 2020 – 25 November 2021 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| President | Klaus Iohannis | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Deputy | Dan Barna (2020–2021) Kelemen Hunor | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Ludovic OrbanNicolae Ciucă (Acting) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Nicolae Ciucă | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| President of the National Liberal Party | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| In office 25 September 2021 – 2 April 2022 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Ludovic Orban | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Gheorghe Flutur (Acting) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Minister of Public Finance | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| In office 4 November 2019 – 23 December 2020 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Prime Minister | Ludovic Orban Nicolae Ciucă (Acting) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Eugen Teodorovici | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Alexandru Nazare | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| In office 8 July 2021 – 18 August 2021 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Prime Minister | Himself | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Alexandru Nazare | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Dan Vîlceanu | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Member of the Senate of Romania | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Assumed office 21 December 2016 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Constituency | Bucharest | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | 1 April 1972 Râmnicu Vâlcea, Vâlcea County, Romania | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Political party | National Liberal Party (PNL) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Education | Grinnell College (BA) Iowa State University (MA) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Website | Official website | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
After a motion of no-confidence ended his premiership, Cîțu was voted President of the Senate of Romania by the new PSD-PNL-UDMR/RMDSZ CNR coalition established in the Parliament, after the fall of the government he headed in late 2021. However, he resigned from this office also in June 2022, after the same coalition withdrew its support for him. Previously, he also served as Minister of Public Finance in both the first and second cabinet of former PNL Prime Minister Ludovic Orban between 2019 and 2020.