Ioana 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 independent
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]

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]

Notes

  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.
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