Cătălin Predoiu

**Cătălin Marian Predoiu** (; born 27 August 1968) is a Romanian politician and lawyer who was the acting Prime Minister of Romania from 6 May 2025 until 23 June 2025. He was acting prime minister before from 12 June to 15 June 2023 and from 6 February to 9 February 2012.

He was the Minister of Justice three times from 2008 to 2012, 2019 to 2020, and from 2021 to 2023.

## Infobox (officeholder)

- **name**: Cătălin Predoiu
- **image**: Catalin Predoiu (portrait crop).jpg
- **caption**: Official portrait, 2025
- **order1**: Acting
- **office1**: Prime Minister of Romania
- **president1**: Ilie Bolojan (acting)
Nicușor Dan
- **deputy1**: Marian Neacșu
_Himself_
Barna Tánczos
- **term start1**: 6 May 2025
- **term end1**: 23 June 2025
- **predecessor1**: Marcel Ciolacu
- **successor1**: Ilie Bolojan
- **term start2**: 12 June 2023
- **term end2**: 15 June 2023
- **president2**: Klaus Iohannis
- **deputy2**: Sorin Grindeanu
Hunor Kelemen
- **predecessor2**: Nicolae Ciucă
- **successor2**: Marcel Ciolacu
- **president3**: Traian Băsescu
- **deputy3**: Béla Markó
- **term start3**: 6 February 2012
- **term end3**: 9 February 2012
- **predecessor3**: Emil Boc
- **successor3**: Mihai Răzvan Ungureanu
- **office4**: Deputy Prime Minister of Romania
Ministry of Internal Affairs (Romania), Minister of Internal Affairs
- **primeminister4**: Marcel Ciolacu
_Himself_ (acting)
- **term start4**: 15 June 2023
- **predecessor4**: Lucian Bode (as Internal Affairs)
Sorin Grindeanu
Hunor Kelemen (as Deputy Prime Ministers)
- **office5**: Ministry of Justice (Romania), Minister of Justice
- **primeminister5**: Nicolae Ciucă
_Himself_ (acting)
- **term start5**: 25 November 2021
- **term end5**: 15 June 2023
- **predecessor5**: Lucian Bode (acting)
- **successor5**: Alina Gorghiu
- **primeminister6**: Ludovic Orban
- **term start6**: 4 November 2019
- **term end6**: 23 December 2020
- **predecessor6**: Ana Birchall
- **successor6**: Stelian Ion
- **primeminister7**: Călin Popescu-Tăriceanu
Emil Boc
_Himself_ (acting)
Mihai Răzvan Ungureanu
- **term start7**: 29 February 2008
- **term end7**: 7 May 2012
- **predecessor7**: Teodor Meleșcanu (acting)
- **successor7**: Titus Corlăţean
- **office8**: Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Romania), Minister of Foreign Affairs
- **primeminister8**: Emil Boc
- **term start8**: 1 October 2009
- **term end8**: 23 December 2009
- **predecessor8**: Cristian Diaconescu
- **successor8**: Teodor Baconschi
- **office9**: Acting President of the National Liberal Party (Romania), National Liberal Party
- **term start9**: 12 February 2025
- **predecessor9**: Ilie Bolojan (acting)
- **office10**: Member of the Chamber of Deputies (Romania), Chamber of Deputies
- **term start10**: 21 December 2016
- **term end10**: 20 December 2024
- **constituency10**: Călărași County
Prahova County
- **office11**: Senate of Romania, Senator of Romania
- **term start11**: 20 December 2024
- **constituency11**: Prahova County
- **birth place**: Buzău, Socialist Republic of Romania, Romania
- **party**: National Liberal Party (Romania), PNL (2014–present)
- **otherparty**: PNL-AT (1991–1993)
Democratic Liberal Party (Romania), PDL (2013–2014)
- **profession**: Lawyer
- **alma mater**: University of Bucharest