Ioana Mihăilă (born 20 November 1980) is a Romanian politician and

endocrinologist Endocrinology (from ''endocrine'' + '' -ology'') is a branch of biology and medicine dealing with the endocrine system, its diseases, and its specific secretions known as hormones. It is also concerned with the integration of developmental events ...

from

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, who has been the Minister of Health of

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since 21 April 2021. Being specialized in endocrinology since 2010, she is a member of the Romanian Endocrinology Society (). She spent her childhood in a small village from Lăzăreni,

Bihor County Bihor County (, ) is a county (județ) in western Romania. With a total area of , Bihor is Romania's 6th largest county geographically and the main county in the historical region of Crișana. Its capital city is Oradea (Nagyvárad). Toponymy ...

; moved to

Cluj-Napoca Cluj-Napoca ( ; ), or simply Cluj ( , ), is a city in northwestern Romania. It is the second-most populous city in the country and the seat of Cluj County. Geographically, it is roughly equidistant from Bucharest (), Budapest () and Belgrade ( ...

in 1999 and studied at the Iuliu Hațieganu University of Medicine and Pharmacy between 1999 and 2005. She has been a member of

since 26 October 2018 and was appointed as secretary of state in the Ministry of Health by incumbent

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Florin Cîțu Florin Vasile Cîțu (; born 1 April 1972) is a Romanian politician who served as Prime Minister of Romania between December 2020 and November 2021 (acting/ad interim between October and November 2021). Sometimes labeled as Romania's first liber ...

, being proposed by

for the position of Minister of Health on 21 April 2021. On the same day, the

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, appointed her to become the Minister of Health of Romania.

Biography

Ioana Mihăilă was born on 20 November 1980, spending her childhood in a small village from Lăzăreni,

. She moved to

in 1999. She studied at the Mihai Eminescu National College of

Oradea Oradea (, , ; ; ) is a city in Romania, located in the Crișana region. It serves as the administrative county seat, seat of Bihor County and an economic, social, and cultural hub in northwestern Romania. The city lies between rolling hills on ...

. Between 1999 and 2005, she studied at the Iuliu Hațieganu University of Medicine and Pharmacy of

, being licensed in general medicine. In 2008, she got her certificate in endocrine sonography at the Grigore T. Popa University of Medicine and Pharmacy of

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, and she became specialized in

endocrinology Endocrinology (from ''endocrine system, endocrine'' + ''wikt:-logy#Suffix, -ology'') is a branch of biology and medicine dealing with the endocrine system, its diseases, and its specific secretions known as hormones. It is also concerned with the ...

after preparing in

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at the Endocrinology Clinic of the County Emergency Hospital of

() between 2006 and 2010. Mihăilă is a member of the Romanian Endocrinology Society () and speaks English and French. She also is an

, is married and has two children with her husband. She joined the

Freedom, Unity and Solidarity Party The Party of Liberty, Unity and Solidarity (, PLUS) was a Pro-Europeanism, pro-European, liberalism and radicalism in Romania, liberal political party established on 26 October 2018, whose president was Dacian Cioloș, former Prime Minister of Rom ...

(PLUS) when it got founded on 26 October 2018 and was elected president of PLUS Bihor. In 2020, she ran for the city hall of

on behalf of the USR-PLUS Alliance. , she owns three houses in

, three urban patches of land in

, an apartment in Cluj-Napoca, a

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, a car, and over 400,000 lei in her bank accounts. In 2020, she gave the

Save Romania Union The Save Romania Union (, USR) is a Liberalism, liberal List of political parties in Romania, political party in Romania. It is the fourth-largest party in the Parliament of Romania, holding 40 seats in the Chamber of Deputies (Romania), Chamber ...

(USR) a loan worth of 20,000 lei for an election campaign. On 1 February 2021,

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appointed her to be a state secretary in the Ministry of Health. Two months later, on 14 April 2021, Cîțu fires Minister of Health

Vlad Voiculescu Vlad Vasile Voiculescu (; born 6 September 1983) is a Romanian politician and former Romanian Minister of Health in the Cîțu Cabinet (affiliated with the Freedom, Unity and Solidarity Party, PLUS) whose term lasted from 23 December 2020 until ...

. On 21 April 2021,

proposes her to become Minister of Health, to replace

, with President

appointing her on the same day. In her first press conference as minister of health, she said her term will have three priorities along handling the

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: attracting European funds in the health sector, making basic medical services more accessible and reforming the management of hospitals and health services.

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