Mihai Nicolae Tănăsescu (born January 11, 1956) is a

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n economist and politician. Born in

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, he graduated from the finance and accounting faculty of the

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in 1978. From that year until 1983, he headed the accounting department at a Bucharest factory. From 1983 to 1990, he was an economist at the

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. Following the

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, he remained at the ministry, heading a series of departments until 1997. From 1997 to 2000, he worked at the

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. From 2000 to 2004, he was Finance Minister in the Adrian Năstase cabinet. In 2002, he was made both a commander of the

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and a knight of the

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.Curriculum vitae
at the Romanian Chamber of Deputies site In 2004, he was elected to the

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on the lists of the

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; he served until May 2007, when he resigned. In the Chamber, he represented

Argeș County Argeș County () is a county ('' județ'') of Romania, in Muntenia, with the capital city at Pitești. Demographics On 20 October 2011, it had a population of 612,431 and the population density was 89/km2. * Romanians – 97% * Roma (Gypsi ...

, and was president of the budget and finance committee. Following his resignation, he became Romania's representative at the

International Monetary Fund The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is a major financial agency of the United Nations, and an international financial institution, headquartered in Washington, D.C., consisting of 190 countries. Its stated mission is "working to foster globa ...

. In 2012, he was named a vice president of the

European Investment Bank The European Investment Bank (EIB) is the European Union's investment bank and is owned by the EU Member States. It is one of the largest supranational lenders in the world. The EIB finances and invests both through equity and debt solutions ...

."Mihai Tănăsescu va fi numit vicepreşedinte al BEI"
''

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'', March 26, 2012 He is married and has two children.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Tanasescu, Mihai 1956 births Politicians from Bucharest Bucharest Academy of Economic Studies alumni Romanian economists World Bank people International Monetary Fund people Social Democratic Party (Romania) politicians Members of the Chamber of Deputies (Romania) Romanian Ministers of Finance Commandeurs of the Légion d'honneur Knights of the Order of the Star of Romania Living people Romanian officials of the United Nations