Profile updated: 09.04.2020
Ion Druta
judge
judge
Date of Birth: 20.01.1967
Citizenship: Republic of Moldova
His career began in 1994, at the Botanica Districtual Court in Chisinau, where 12 years later he made to its chairman. In 2013 Mr. Druta got transferred to the Supreme Court of Justice (CSJ) and five years later he got promoted as CSJ’s chairman.
In 2019, on 25 June, the High Council of Magistrates removes him from chairmanship following a complaint from a fellow judge who felt pressured and harassed by his chief. The Chisinau Court of Appeal restored Ion Druta to his post a month later. The Prosecutor-General’s Office moved in and on 2 October 2019 - one day after submission of his formal resignation - investigative officers held the judge for 72 hours to question him on allegations of illicit enrichment.
Along his career in the judiciary system Ion Druta had examined cases involving financial disputes between the state and the private sector, and he is known for issuing controversial and sometimes illegal decisions that had drained the public budget. One is linked to a company called Aroma-Floris - on this case the Supreme Court of Justice obliged the High Council of Magistrates to let prosecutors investigate Ion Druta for issuing an illegal decision.
In April 2015, Mr. Druta ordered the Moldovan Government to pay out more than 14 million lei to a firm called Basconslux SRL for the demolition of the Republican Stadium in the capital back in 2007. His decision was favorable to the firm in spite of the fact that it had skipped participation in a public tender to earn the contract in strict compliance with the law. In August 2015, Deputy Minister of Finance Maria Caraus filed a complaint with the High Council of Magistrates over the gross injustice.
Ion Druta had been twice questioned by the National Integrity Authority (ANI), in 2014 and 2015. In the first hearing he was acquitted over charges of false statements and in the second hearing ANI found “minor deviations” but stressed “they were not intentional” and cleared the judge of suspicions.
In 2019, on 25 June, the High Council of Magistrates removes him from chairmanship following a complaint from a fellow judge who felt pressured and harassed by his chief. The Chisinau Court of Appeal restored Ion Druta to his post a month later. The Prosecutor-General’s Office moved in and on 2 October 2019 - one day after submission of his formal resignation - investigative officers held the judge for 72 hours to question him on allegations of illicit enrichment.
Along his career in the judiciary system Ion Druta had examined cases involving financial disputes between the state and the private sector, and he is known for issuing controversial and sometimes illegal decisions that had drained the public budget. One is linked to a company called Aroma-Floris - on this case the Supreme Court of Justice obliged the High Council of Magistrates to let prosecutors investigate Ion Druta for issuing an illegal decision.
In April 2015, Mr. Druta ordered the Moldovan Government to pay out more than 14 million lei to a firm called Basconslux SRL for the demolition of the Republican Stadium in the capital back in 2007. His decision was favorable to the firm in spite of the fact that it had skipped participation in a public tender to earn the contract in strict compliance with the law. In August 2015, Deputy Minister of Finance Maria Caraus filed a complaint with the High Council of Magistrates over the gross injustice.
Ion Druta had been twice questioned by the National Integrity Authority (ANI), in 2014 and 2015. In the first hearing he was acquitted over charges of false statements and in the second hearing ANI found “minor deviations” but stressed “they were not intentional” and cleared the judge of suspicions.
Political Affiliation
Private Function
Public Function
Career
2018
Supreme Court of Justice (CSJ)
2019
chairman
2013
Supreme Court of Justice (CSJ)
2019
judge
2006
Botanica Districtual Court
2013
chairman
1995
Botanica Districtual Court
09.2013
judge
1993
Botanica Districtual Court
1994
registrar
1992
Botanica Districtual Court
1993
trainee
2011
Moldovan Association of Judges
2019
chairman
2008
Moldovan Association of Judges
2011
deputy chairman
Income
2019
Total: 15.500,00 EUR
1.121.280,48 MDL
2018
Total: 654.941,42 MDL
2017
Total: 426.530,52 MDL
2016
Total: 3.000,00 EUR
311.290,17 MDL
2015
Total: 535.146,15 MDL
2014
Total: 12.000,00 EUR
500.727,49 MDL
2013
Total: 3.000,00 EUR
314.341,50 MDL
2012
Total: 250.610,28 MDL
Real Estate
2012
House
Value: 1.860.794,00 MDL
Area: 181,6 mp
Ownership: 1/2
2012
Urban land
Value: 620.235,00 MDL
Area: 0,087 ha
Ownership: 1/2
1996 - 2019
Apartment
Value: 387.041,00 MDL
Area: 69,5
Ownership: joint property
Mobile Assets
2010
Car
Honda CR-V
Value: 12.000,00 EUR
Owner: use
2009
Car
Toyota Yaris
Value: 5.000,00 EUR
Owner: use
Bank Accounts
Total: 18.853,38 EUR
43,92 MDL
Loans (Taken)
2016 - 2022
Ion Druta
(0%)
50.000,00 EUR
Ana Druta
Trials
2019 - 2019
Civil
(Chisinau Court of Appeal)
On July 24, 2019, the court overturned point 3 of the Decision of the High Council of Magistrates no. 211/13 of June 25, 2019 regarding the removal from the exercise of the administrative function in the Supreme Court of Justice of President Ion Druță, considering it illegal.
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Connections
Lic-Dana SRL
family business
Moldovan Association of Judges
former chairman