Minister of Justice Catalin Predoiu of Romania

Predoiu is an associate lawyer at the ZRP law partnership since 2005.
Cătălin Predoiu accepted the nomination for the office of Minister of Justice only for the adoption of the new codes in the Parliament and removal of the European Commission monitoring mechanism which is crucial to Romania.
ro Vineri, 19 decembrie 2008, 22:31 English | Politics Incumbent Justice minister Catalin Predoiu was nominated by the alliance of Social Democratic (PSD) and Democratic Liberal (PD-L) parties for the seat of Justice minister, PD-L leader and PM nominee Emil Boc announced on Friday evening.
Predoiu was the one to force the replacement this summer of anti-graft prosecutors office DNA chief Daniel Morar shortly after the EU gave a half-year report on Romanias evolution which blasted its performance in the field of judiciary reform and fight against corruption since it joined the EU two years ago.
ro Vineri, 29 februarie 2008, 19:13 English | Top News Catalin Marian Predoiu Foto: Guvern Lawyer Catalin Marian Predoiu was officially named as Justice minister of Romania on Friday evening.
Catalin Predoiu is an associate at law house Zamfirescu, Racoti, predoiu and a member of the Bucharest Bar Council since 2003.
Tariceanus nomination of Predoiu came hours after President Traian basescu sent the prime minister a letter inviting him for talks on Saturday, March 1 to solve the problem of the Justice Ministry.
Predoiu is partner in the law firm with Andrei Calin Zamfirescu, honorary president of the Lawyers Union, who is involved in an investigation ran by anti-graft prosecuting body DNA over the bankruptcy of The International Bank of Religions (BIR.
Racoti – Predoiu was founded in 1995 by Ioana Racoti and Catalin Predoiu, at that time two young attorneys who had already gain their good reputation of specialists in commercial transactions.
Racoti – Predoiu has been mandated in several of the most important merger, acquisition and privatization transactions in Romania between 1997 and 2005.
Moreover, Racoti – Predoiu was given important mandates in the energy and natural resources fields.
Predoiu said he hoped the EU's next report would note Romania's progress in the fight against corruption.
EUOBSERVER / BRUSSELS - Romania's parliament will have to change its attitude towards corruption if the country is to succeed in cleaning up its judicial system, Romanian justice minister Catalin Predoiu has said.
Predoiu was compared by Basescu with Dacian Ciolos, Minister of Agriculture, appreciated by the Head of State in several public interventions.
According to PNL Vice-President Crin Antonescu, Predoiu has been a PNL member since 1991, something that has never been a criterion for an administrative or a political career.
Basescu Tariceanu consultation related to Predoiu was preceded on Friday by a new letter, by which the president invited PM at Cotroceni Palace, in order to discuss solutions and proposals for the vacancy.
Predoiu is one of the best lawyers in Romania, as his colleagues tell.
In his opinion, Predoiu is a capable young man.
Magistracy's decision as a regrettable error.
Regarding the possibility of adopting the Codes by the Governments undertaking responsibility Cătălin Predoiu said that this would be, certainly, a more operative procedure.
However, Mr Predoiu has expressed optimism that his country will have made enough progress on judicial reform in spite of the fact that the post he has inherited has proved in the past to be something of a poisoned chalice.
Predoiu is the man who deserves to carry on the activity he started, the Senate speaker said.
After an extraordinary meeting of the partys leadership, Saturday, PNL vice-president Ludovic Orban said that Predoiu is out of the party and lacking political morals.
most important merger, acquisition and privatization transactions in Romania between 1997 and 2005.
in the energy and natural resources fields.
Predoiu was a bit disappointing, Laura Stefan of the Romanian Academic Society think tank said.
Business lawyer Catalin Predoiu has been appointed Minister of Justice at a time when Romania must win a favourable result in the European Commission monitoring report on justice due this summer.
Widely seen as a hardworking technocrat with a good legal mind, Predoiu was associate lawyer in Romanian law firm Zamfirescu Racoti Predoiu.
Predoiu described the CSM's decision as a "regrettable error.
In his turn, justice minister Predoiu said he believes the EC Report will be objective and balanced.
Catalin Predoiu says that any analysis is redundant because the problems have to be solved not explained.
Catalin Predoiu is the minister of Justice since March 3, 2008, being preceded by Teodor Melescanu.
Catalin Predoiu says he hopes Monica Stefanescu will continue efforts to fight corruption.
Predoiu said Monday that he hoped the European Union would note progress in the fight against corruption in its next report, and that in 2009 Romania would no longer be monitored by thebloc.
Justice Minister Catalin Predoiu said he planned to replace Morar with another prosecutor, Monica Serbanescu, in a bid to make prosecutions more credible and more effective.
Incumbent Justice minister Catalin Predoiu was nominated by the alliance of Social Democratic (PSD) and Democratic Liberal (PD-L) parties for the seat of Justice minister, PD-L leader and PM nominee Emil Article accessible to subscribers only.