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Anca Dragu | |
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.jpg) Dragu in 2015 | |
| President of the Senate of Romania | |
| In office 21 December 2020 – 23 November 2021 | |
| Preceded by | Robert Cazanciuc(acting) |
| Succeeded by | Florin Cîțu |
| Member of theSenate of Romania | |
| In office 21 December 2020 – 29 December 2023 | |
| Constituency | Bucharest |
| Minister of Public Finance | |
| In office 17 November 2015 – 4 January 2017 | |
| Prime Minister | Dacian Cioloș |
| Preceded by | Eugen Teodorovici |
| Succeeded by | Viorel Ștefan |
| Governor of theNational Bank of Moldova | |
| Assumed office 22 December 2023 | |
| Preceded by | Octavian Armașu |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1972-05-03)3 May 1972 (age 53) |
| Citizenship |  Romania Moldova |
| Party | PLUS (2018–2021) USR (2021–present) |
| Alma mater | Bucharest Academy of Economic Studies National University of Political Studies and Public Administration |
| Occupation | Economist, politician |
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Anca Dana Paliu Dragu (born 3 May 1972) is aRomanian economist and politician. She wasMinister of Public Finance of Romania, as well asPresident of the Senate of Romania from 21 December 2020 to 23 November 2021.[1] Dragu was the first woman in the history of the Senate to hold this position.[2] In December 2023, she obtainedMoldovan citizenship and was appointed Governor of theNational Bank of Moldova.[3]
Anca Dana Paliu Dragu was born on 3 May 1972.[4] She graduated from theBucharest Academy of Economic Studies in 1996. From 1999 to 2000, she studied atGeorgetown University inWashington, D.C., United States. She obtained an MA degree in public administration from theNational University of Political Studies and Public Administration inBucharest in 2007 and a PhD in economics from the Bucharest Academy of Economic Studies in 2010.[5]
Between 1996 and 2001, Dragu was an economist for theNational Bank of Romania before working for theInternational Monetary Fund in Bucharest. In 2013, she became an economist in theDirectorate-General for Economic and Financial Affairs of theEuropean Commission before becoming theEuropean Investment Bank Governor for Romania as well asMinister of Public Finance of Romania in November 2015 as atechnocrat,[6][7] a position she held until January 2017.
Standing for election as a politician in the December2020 Romanian parliamentary election, Dragu was elected to theSenate of Romania for theUSR PLUS party. Selected asPresident of the Senate in December 2020 with the backing of the alliance between USR PLUS,PNL andUDMR, she kept this post until the alliance ended and was replaced in November 2021 by a PNL candidate.[8] In 2021, USR PLUS became theSave Romania Union (USR) party.
On 22 December 2023, Dragu was appointed governor of theNational Bank of Moldova (NBM), afterOctavian Armașu had been dismissed the previous day.[9] She was granted Moldovan citizenship.[10][3] She resigned from her position as senator on the same day, ending her mandate. The Senate officially registered her resignation on 29 December.[11]
| Political offices | ||
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| Preceded by | Minister of Public Finance 2015–2017 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | President of the Senate of Romania 2020–2021 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Governor of theNational Bank of Moldova 2023–present | Incumbent |
