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

Bucharest Academy of Economic Studies The Bucharest University of Economic Studies (, abbreviated ASE) is a public university in Bucharest, Romania. Founded in 1913 as the ''Academy of Higher-level Commercial and Industrial Studies'' (''Academia de Înalte Studii Comerciale și Indu ...

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 county seat at Pitești. Demographics At the 2021 Romanian census, 2021 census, the county had a population of 569,932 and the population density was . At the 2011 Ro ...

, 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 funded by 191 member countries, with headquarters in Washington, D.C. It is regarded as the global lender of las ...

. 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 27 member states. It is the largest multilateral financial institution in the world. The EIB finances and invests both through equity and debt sol ...

."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) Ministers of finance of Romania Commanders of the Legion of Honour Knights of the Order of the Star of Romania Living people Romanian officials of the United Nations