Telecommunications minister Sorin Grindeanu said earlier today Shhaideh will be nominated for regional development minster and will be sworn in later this afternoon.
Shhaideh, 50, is secretary of state at the Ministry of Regional Development and Public Administration.
Dragnea stepped down from the Cabinet after he received a one-year suspended prison sentence for defrauding a referendum held in 2012 to impeach the head of state.