Anca Dana Paliu Dragu (born 3 May 1972) is a Romanian economist and politician. She was the former
Minister of Public Finance and was the
President of the Senate of Romania
The president of the Senate of Romania is the senator elected to preside over the Senate meetings. The president of the Senate is also the president of the Standing Bureau of the Senate, and the first person in the presidential line of successio ...
from 21 December 2020 until 23 November 2021. She is the first woman in the history of the Senate to hold this position.
Dragu graduated from the
Bucharest Academy of Economic Studies
The Bucharest University of Economic Studies ( ro, Academia de Studii Economice din București, abbreviated ''ASE'') is a public university in Bucharest, Romania. Founded in 1913 as the ''Academy of Higher-level Commercial and Industrial Studies'' ...
in 1996. From 1999 to 2000 she studied at
Georgetown University
Georgetown University is a private university, private research university in the Georgetown (Washington, D.C.), Georgetown neighborhood of Washington, D.C. Founded by Bishop John Carroll (archbishop of Baltimore), John Carroll in 1789 as Georg ...
. She obtained an MA degree in public administration from the
in 2007 and a PhD in economics from the Bucharest Academy of Economic Studies in 2010.
See also
*
List of Ministers of Finance of Romania
A List of Ministers of Finance of Romania:
Before independence (1862–1877)
* Alexandru C. Moruzi – 22 January 1862 – 27 January 1862
* Grigore Balș – 27 January 1862 – 1 March 1862
* Alexandru Catargi – 11 March 1862 – 24 Marc ...
References
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1972 births
Living people
21st-century Romanian economists
21st-century Romanian women politicians
21st-century Romanian politicians
Presidents of the Senate of Romania
Romanian Ministers of Finance
Members of the Senate of Romania
Bucharest Academy of Economic Studies alumni
National University of Political Studies and Public Administration alumni
Freedom, Unity and Solidarity Party politicians
Women legislative speakers
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