Florin Cîțu

Florin-Vasile Cîțu (born 1 April 1972) is a Romanian politician and senator. He was elected in 2016. On 4 November 2019, he became finance minister in the Orban Cabinet, lead by prime minister, Ludovic Orban.

Florin Cîțu
President of the Senate of Romania
In office 23 November 2021 – 29 June 2022
Preceded by	Anca Dragu
Succeeded by	Alina Gorghiu
69th Prime Minister of Romania
In office 23 December 2020 – 25 November 2021
President	Klaus Iohannis
Deputy	Dan Barna (2020–2021) Kelemen Hunor
Preceded by	Nicolae 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	Nicolae Ciucă
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
Incumbent
Assumed office 21 December 2016
Constituency	Bucharest
Others ministerial offices Minister of Health Acting In office 14 April 2021 – 21 April 2021 Prime Minister Himself Preceded by Vlad Voiculescu Succeeded by Ioana Mihăilă Minister of European Funds Acting In office 6 September 2021 – 25 November 2021 Prime Minister Himself Preceded by Cristian Ghinea Succeeded by Dan Vîlceanu
Personal details
Born	(1972-04-01) 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

On 26 February 2020, after the Romanian Parliament passed a motion of no confidence against the Orban Cabinet, President Klaus Iohannis designated Cîțu Prime Minister of Romania and asked him to form a new government. He resigned in November 2021 and later became President of the Senate of Romania.