Anca Dragu

She was Minister of Public Finance from 2015 to 2017 and President of the Senate from 2020 to 2021. She sat in the Senate for USR until December 2023, when she became Governor of the National Bank of Moldova, a post she holds. G4Media wrote in June 2025 that her name had been floated as a possible technocrat prime minister for President Nicușor Dan, though it was unclear whether he seriously considered her.

Career

Wikipedia says Dragu graduated from the Bucharest Academy of Economic Studies in 1996, studied at Georgetown in 1999-2000 and took a doctorate in economics in 2010. G4Media says she worked at the National Bank of Romania (1996-2001), the IMF (2001-2013) and the European Commission (2013-2015). She was Minister of Public Finance from November 2015 to January 2017 in the Cioloș government. She belonged to PLUS from 2018 and to USR from 2021. She served as senator and Senate President from December 2020 to November 2021, the first woman in that office. She resigned her seat on 22 December 2023 to lead Moldova's central bank.

Controversies

G4Media reported in 2021 that Dragu had used Senate resources and facilities for personal and family use during a 2020 vacation in France, as summarised in its June 2025 profile. No charge or court ruling is reported in the sources consulted.

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