Liviu Nicolae Dragnea (Romanian pronunciation: ['livju niko'la.e 'dragne?a]; born 28 October 1962) is a Romanian engineer and politician.
Starting his career in the Democratic Party (PD), he joined the Social Democratic Party (PSD), eventually becoming its leader.
After holding several positions as Minister, he resigned from the cabinet in May 2015, following a conviction in a case involving electoral fraud, for which he received a two-year suspended sentence in April 2016.
In December 2016, following that year’s legislative election, he became President of the Romanian Chamber of Deputies.
In May 2019, he was sent to prison for three and a half years, convicted of arranging payment for two party members employed in fake jobs and paid by a state agency.
Simultaneously, his term in the Chamber drew to a close.