Ioana Petrescu

Ioana Maria Petrescu
Ioana Maria Petrescu
Minister of Economy and Finance
	In office; 4 March 2014 – 15 December 2014
President	Traian Băsescu
Prime Minister	Victor Ponta ; Third Ponta Cabinet
Preceded by	Daniel Chițoiu
Succeeded by	Darius Vâlcov (Finance); Mihai Tudose (Economy)
Personal details
Born	July 1, 1980; Bucharest, Romania
Nationality	Romanian
Political party	Pro Romania
Alma mater	Wellesley College ; Harvard University
Occupation	politician
Profession	economist

Ioana Maria Petrescu (born July 1, 1980) is a Romanian economist who served as the country's Finance Minister between March and December 2014.[1]

Biography

The daughter of two engineers, she was brought up by her grandparents in Cornu until she went to school in Bucharest.[2] After graduating from the Mihai Viteazul high school, she received a B.A in economics and mathematics from Wellesley College, and later a Ph.D in economics from Harvard University.

She worked as an N.R.I. Fellow at the American Enterprise Institute in Washington, DC, before she became an assistant professor at the University of Maryland.[3] Taking a two-year leave from teaching, she was named in the second half of 2013 a state counselor for economic affairs by Romanian prime-minister Victor Ponta.[4]

Finance Minister of Romania

Despite a clear lack of experience, both career and politics wise, in 2014 she has been named Romania's Finance Minister. Following this, she took a job "somewhere at a 6 figure salary" according to her own statement.

Notes

(in Romanian) Adina Vlad, "Cine este Ioana Petrescu", Adevărul, March 3, 2014; accessed March 12, 2014
"Andreea Esca despre Ioana Petrescu: Ai putea spune orice, dar nu ca e ministru de Finante" (in Romanian). Retrieved July 16, 2014.
"Ioana Petrescu Assistant Professor" (in Romanian). Retrieved July 16, 2014.
"Cine este Ioana Petrescu, personajul principal al ultimelor 24 de ore, cum l-a întâlnit pe Victor Ponta şi cum a ajuns ministrul Finanţelor" (in Romanian). Ziarul financiardate=July 15, 2014. Retrieved July 16, 2014.

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[1] (in Romanian) Adina Vlad, "Cine este Ioana Petrescu", Adevărul, March 3, 2014; accessed March 12, 2014

[2] "Andreea Esca despre Ioana Petrescu: Ai putea spune orice, dar nu ca e ministru de Finante" (in Romanian). Retrieved July 16, 2014.

[3] "Ioana Petrescu Assistant Professor" (in Romanian). Retrieved July 16, 2014.

[4] "Cine este Ioana Petrescu, personajul principal al ultimelor 24 de ore, cum l-a întâlnit pe Victor Ponta şi cum a ajuns ministrul Finanţelor" (in Romanian). Ziarul financiardate=July 15, 2014. Retrieved July 16, 2014.