Lucian Isar

He worked at Citibank Romania and Bancpost, studied financial mathematics at Oxford, and is listed by Polish Wikipedia as independent. He was minister delegate for the business environment in Victor Ponta's government in 2012 and an honorary adviser to Prime Minister Florin Cîțu in 2020-2021. As of 6 October 2026 no source says he is a candidate for or has been proposed as Prime Minister of Romania in 2026.

Career

Polish Wikipedia says Isar earned a finance and banking degree at the Bucharest Academy of Economic Studies in 1999 and a master's in financial mathematics at St Catherine's College, Oxford, in 2007. He worked at Citibank Romania until 2006 and at Bancpost from 2006 to 2010, rising to executive director and vice president. He held several board seats in finance and energy firms. He was minister delegate for the business environment from May to August 2012 and an honorary adviser to Prime Minister Cîțu from 2020 to 2021. Bursa.ro reported the government approving him as Romania's representative at the EBRD.

Positions

Capital.ro reported in December 2019 that Isar had repeatedly criticised National Bank governor Mugur Isărescu in public, alongside senator Daniel Zamfir and lawyer Gheorghe Piperea. In 2016, Bursa.ro reported that Ponta claimed Isar would be the Liberals' prime minister pick.

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