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Mugur Isărescu

Mugur Isărescu

Constantin Mugur Isărescu (born 1949) is a Romanian economist and independent, Governor of the National Bank of Romania in 1990-1999 and again since December 2000, and Prime Minister from December 1999 to December 2000.

Born
1949 (77 years), Drăgășani
Party
independent politician
Office
Governor of the National Bank of Romania 2000–
Chairperson of the executive board 1990–
Education
Bucharest University of Economic Studies, Bucharest University of Economic Studies

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Parliament renewed his mandate in 2024. He is named among the possible contenders for Prime Minister of Romania.

Career

Isărescu graduated from the Bucharest Academy of Economic Studies in 1971 and took his doctorate there in 1989 with a thesis on exchange-rate policies. He taught at the Academy from 1975 to 1989, worked at the Institute of International Economics and served in 1990 as economic and monetary affairs secretary at the Romanian embassy in the United States. He has been Governor of the National Bank of Romania from September 1990 to December 1999 and from December 2000 onward, and was Prime Minister between those spells, from December 1999 to December 2000. He is a member of the Trilateral Commission and the Club of Rome and an ex-officio member of the European Systemic Risk Board.

Offices held
  1. Governor of the National Bank of Romania 1990–1999, 2000–
  2. Chairperson of the executive board 1990–
  3. Prime Minister of Romania 1999–2000

Source: Wikidata

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Photo: Presidential Administration of Romania, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons (cropped)

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Prime Minister of Romania?

OutcomeLeft – RightAgeProbability
Luca Niculescu5561%
Sorin GrindeanuCentre-left5211%
Alexandru Nazare4610%
Eugen TomacCentre-right452%
George SimionFar right402%
Ilie BolojanCentre-right572%
Alexandru RogobeteCentre-left352%
Dan MotreanuCentre-right562%
Șerban Matei1%
Leonardo BadeaCentre-left511%
Victor Ponta541%
Mugur Isărescu77<1%

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