Ioana Petrescu

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Ioana Maria Petrescu
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Minister of Economy and Finance
In office
4 March 2014 – 15 December 2014
PresidentTraian Băsescu
Prime MinisterVictor Ponta
Third Ponta Cabinet
Preceded byDaniel Chițoiu
Succeeded byDarius Vâlcov (Finance)
Mihai Tudose (Economy)
Personal details
Born (1980-07-01) July 1, 1980 (age 41)
Bucharest, Romania
NationalityRomanian
Political partyPRO Romania
Alma materWellesley College
Harvard University
Occupationpolitician
Professioneconomist

Ioana Maria Petrescu (born July 1, 1980) is a Romanian economist who served as the country's Finance Minister between March and December 2014.[1]

Biography[]

The daughter of two engineers, she was brought up by her grandparents in Cornu until she went to school in Bucharest.[2] After graduating from the Mihai Viteazul high school, she received a B.A in economics and mathematics from Wellesley College, and later a Ph.D in economics from Harvard University.

She worked as an N.R.I. Fellow at the American Enterprise Institute in Washington, DC, before she became an assistant professor at the University of Maryland.[3] Taking a two-year leave from teaching, she was named in the second half of 2013 a state counselor for economic affairs by Romanian prime-minister Victor Ponta.[4]

Finance Minister of Romania[]

Despite a clear lack of experience, both career and politics wise, in 2014 she has been named Romania's Finance Minister. Following this, she took a job "somewhere at a 6 figure salary" according to her own statement.[citation needed]

Notes[]

  1. ^ (in Romanian) Adina Vlad, "Cine este Ioana Petrescu", Adevărul, March 3, 2014; accessed March 12, 2014
  2. ^ "Andreea Esca despre Ioana Petrescu: Ai putea spune orice, dar nu ca e ministru de Finante" (in Romanian). Retrieved July 16, 2014.
  3. ^ "Ioana Petrescu Assistant Professor" (in Romanian). Retrieved July 16, 2014.
  4. ^ "Cine este Ioana Petrescu, personajul principal al ultimelor 24 de ore, cum l-a întâlnit pe Victor Ponta şi cum a ajuns ministrul Finanţelor" (in Romanian). Ziarul financiardate=July 15, 2014. Retrieved July 16, 2014.

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